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Latest AI startup funding news, investment rounds, Series A/B/C announcements, and venture capital activity in the artificial intelligence sector.

DeepSeek reportedly raises over 50 billion RMB ($7.4B) in first external funding round, re-pricing Chinese large models as strategic assets
Jul 5, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek reportedly raises over 50 billion RMB ($7.4B) in first external funding round, re-pricing Chinese large models as strategic assets

DeepSeek reportedly raises over 50 billion RMB ($7.4B) in first external funding round, re-pricing Chinese large models as strategic assets DeepSeek has reportedly completed its first external funding...

Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with open source frontier models. French AI startup Mistral AI has raised...
Jul 4, 2026Mistral AI

Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with open source frontier models. French AI startup Mistral AI has raised...

Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with open source frontier models. French AI startup Mistral AI has raised significant funding, positioning itself as a formidable competitor to OpenAI by betting on open-sou...

Rebellions becomes first unlisted direct equity investment from Korea's National Growth Fund
Jul 4, 2026Rebellions

Rebellions becomes first unlisted direct equity investment from Korea's National Growth Fund

Rebellions becomes first unlisted direct equity investment from Korea's National Growth Fund Korea's National Growth Fund has selected AI semiconductor fabless company Rebellions as its first direct e...

Kling AI spins out from Kuaishou, raises $3B at $15B pre-money valuation in record multimodal funding round
Jul 4, 2026Kling AI

Kling AI spins out from Kuaishou, raises $3B at $15B pre-money valuation in record multimodal funding round

Kling AI spins out from Kuaishou, raises $3B at $15B pre-money valuation in record multimodal funding round Beijing Kling (北京可灵), the video-generation AI subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Kuaishou, com...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), operator of the Kimi assistant, has launched a new funding round at a $31.5 bill...
Jul 4, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), operator of the Kimi assistant, has launched a new funding round at a $31.5 bill...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), operator of the Kimi assistant, has launched a new funding round at a $31.5 billion pre-money valuation, a 57% increase over its previous $20 billion valuation, according to a repo...

Lawyered raises $2.5M pre-Series A to expand AI-led legal infrastructure in India
Jul 4, 2026Lawyered

Lawyered raises $2.5M pre-Series A to expand AI-led legal infrastructure in India

Lawyered raises $2.5M pre-Series A to expand AI-led legal infrastructure in India Indian legal-tech startup Lawyered has raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Rainmatter and Turbostart...

Jul 4, 2026dConstruct Robotics

dConstruct Robotics Raises Funding for Spatial Tech Enabling Autonomous Robots in GPS-Denied Environments

dConstruct Robotics Raises Funding for Spatial Tech Enabling Autonomous Robots in GPS-Denied Environments Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics has secured funding to advance its spatial technology plat...

Kuaishou's video generation service Kling AI has raised $2.8 billion from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, C...
Jul 4, 2026Kling AI

Kuaishou's video generation service Kling AI has raised $2.8 billion from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, C...

Kuaishou's video generation service Kling AI has raised $2.8 billion from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, CPE, Guofang Investment, Zhongxin Securities, and Abu Dhabi's BlueFive Capital, reaching a post-money...

FASSTO Robotics Secures Pre-IPO Funding, Plans H2 2026 Listing Review
Jul 4, 2026FASSTO

FASSTO Robotics Secures Pre-IPO Funding, Plans H2 2026 Listing Review

FASSTO Robotics Secures Pre-IPO Funding, Plans H2 2026 Listing Review FASSTO Robotics, a South Korean physical AI and robotics solutions company, has secured the first tranche of its pre-IPO funding r...

Jul 4, 2026Stathera

Stathera, a Montreal-based fabless semiconductor company, has closed a $55 million Series B round le...

Stathera, a Montreal-based fabless semiconductor company, has closed a $55 million Series B round led by Maverick Ventures. The funding will accelerate production of its MEMS-based silicon timing comp...

Jul 4, 2026EquiLibre Technologies

EquiLibre, a Prague-based startup founded by three former Google DeepMind researchers, has raised a...

EquiLibre, a Prague-based startup founded by three former Google DeepMind researchers, has raised a new funding round to provide AI solutions for quantitative hedge funds. The amount and lead investor...

Nava raises $22M to build enterprise AI infrastructure across Asia-Pacific
Jul 4, 2026Nava

Nava raises $22M to build enterprise AI infrastructure across Asia-Pacific

Nava raises $22M to build enterprise AI infrastructure across Asia-Pacific Nava, an enterprise AI infrastructure startup founded in 2024 by former Oyo COO Abhinav Sinha, ex-McKinsey partner Vamshidhar...

OptoGuide Technology, a developer of silicon-based optoelectronic integrated chips, completed a 100...
Jul 4, 2026OptoGuide Technology

OptoGuide Technology, a developer of silicon-based optoelectronic integrated chips, completed a 100...

OptoGuide Technology, a developer of silicon-based optoelectronic integrated chips, completed a 100 million yuan (~$14M) Pre-A funding round. Investors include Photon Strong Chain Fund, Shanda Investm...

Runway raises $315M Series E at $5.3B valuation for world model pretraining
Jul 4, 2026Runway AI

Runway raises $315M Series E at $5.3B valuation for world model pretraining

Runway raises $315M Series E at $5.3B valuation for world model pretraining AI video startup Runway raised a $315 million Series E round at a $5.3 billion valuation in February 2026, led by General At...

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round to Help Brands Manage AI Visibility
Jul 3, 2026geoSurge

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round to Help Brands Manage AI Visibility

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round to Help Brands Manage AI Visibility geoSurge, a London-based startup founded just over a year ago, has raised $12 million in a seed round led by AlbionVC to help...

Age Care Labs secures ₹85 crore (~$9M) in Series B1, launches senior living platform Shremoha
Jul 3, 2026

Age Care Labs secures ₹85 crore (~$9M) in Series B1, launches senior living platform Shremoha

Age Care Labs secures ₹85 crore (~$9M) in Series B1, launches senior living platform Shremoha Age Care Labs, parent company of elder care brands Emoha and Epoch Elder Care, has raised ₹85 crore ($9 mi...

Jul 3, 2026Kling AI

Kuaishou's Kling AI video generation model raises nearly $3 billion at $18 billion valuation.

Kuaishou's Kling AI video generation model raises nearly $3 billion at $18 billion valuation. Kuaishou Technology has raised approximately $3 billion for its Kling AI video generation model division,...

Jul 3, 2026VAST

VAST completes over 1 billion RMB Series A3 with backing from Geely, gaming, and internet investors

VAST completes over 1 billion RMB Series A3 with backing from Geely, gaming, and internet investors Chinese AI company VAST has closed a Series A3 strategic round exceeding 1 billion RMB (~$138M), acc...

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to scale autonomous defense systems
Jul 3, 2026Quantum Systems GmbH

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to scale autonomous defense systems

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to scale autonomous defense systems German defense technology firm Quantum Systems has secured $1.2 billion in Series D financing to expand manufacturing of autonomous mil...

Jul 3, 2026OpenAI

OpenAI courts Trump administration as its latest investor

OpenAI courts Trump administration as its latest investor OpenAI is proposing that the Trump administration take an equity stake in the company, according to a report from Axios. The proposal comes as...