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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.
SambaNova Systems valued at $11B, raises $1B in Series F for inference chips
AI chip startup SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion in a Series F round led by General Atlantic, reaching an $11 billion valuation — a fivefold increase from its $2.2 billion valuation just five m...
Edubuk, an AI and blockchain startup focused on credential verification and job matching, has announ...
Edubuk, an AI and blockchain startup focused on credential verification and job matching, has announced a $50 million strategic investment commitment from Nimbus Capital. The company operates two plat...
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in largest foreign IPO in U.S. history
SK Hynix, the South Korean memory chip giant and key supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for Nvidia's AI GPUs, raised $26.5 billion in its U.S. market debut Friday, eclipsing Alibaba's $25 billion...
AI chip startup Etched has announced a cumulative $800 million in funding, reaching a $5 billion val...
AI chip startup Etched has announced a cumulative $800 million in funding, reaching a $5 billion valuation, and simultaneously secured a $1 billion chip order for its Sohu ASIC. The company, founded i...
MiniMax completes 16 billion HKD funding round, CEO Yan Junjie publishes internal letter.
MiniMax, the Chinese AI startup known for its foundation models and generative AI products, has completed a massive 16 billion HKD (approximately $2.04 billion) funding round. CEO Yan Junjie published...
Piq Energy Raises $5M Seed for Agentic Grid Planning Platform
San Francisco-based Piq Energy has raised $5 million in seed funding to further develop its agentic grid planning platform, which applies AI-driven tools to optimize energy infrastructure planning and...
Lyzr reportedly raising $100M at $500M valuation for enterprise agent platform
Lyzr Inc., a two-year-old startup that provides a no-code platform for building enterprise AI agents, is reportedly raising a $100 million funding round at a $500 million valuation — double its March...
Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia, for ultra-low-latency voice AI models
Paris-based Gradium, a startup spun out of French AI lab Kyutai, has raised a total of $100M in a seed round now backed by Nvidia. Gradium originally launched in December with $70M from investors incl...
Mercor nears $20B valuation as AI training demand surges and revenue doubles to $2B
Mercor, an AI training startup, is reportedly in early-stage talks to raise a new round at a $20 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. This would double its $10 billion valuation from a $350 mill...
Hakimo, an AI-driven physical security platform, has raised $12 million in a growth funding round le...
Hakimo, an AI-driven physical security platform, has raised $12 million in a growth funding round led by Zigg Capital, with participation from Neotribe Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Defy.vc, and Rocketsh...
Polysense Raises $10.7M in Seed Funding for AI Food Quality Control
Polysense, a Ghent-based AI-native quality control and process optimization startup serving the food manufacturing industry, has raised $10.7 million in seed funding, according to a company announceme...
AVELIN AI closes $3.7 million pre-seed to expand sovereign AI platform
UAE-based AVELIN AI has raised $3.7 million in a pre-seed round from unnamed angel investors to expand its sovereign AI platform targeting enterprises and governments in regulated industries. Founded...
Lico raises 20 billion won via convertible bonds to expand AI data center and defense optical component production
Lico (라이콤), a South Korean optical communications component manufacturer, has raised 20 billion won (~$14.5 million) through a private placement of zero-coupon, zero-reset convertible bonds (CBs) to f...
Ollama raises $65M Series B, serving 8.9M monthly developers
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures, following a $15 million Series A from Benchmark. The company, founded by Docker veterans Je...
Chinese AI model maker Zhipu AI (智谱) seeks $4B share sale
Zhipu AI, one of China's leading foundation model labs, is pursuing a $4 billion share sale, according to a report from Tech in Asia. The Beijing-based company, known for its GLM series of large langu...
Neoacro Robotics (네오아크로보틱스) raises 5억 원 (~$380,000) seed round led by FuturePlay.
Why it matters: This investment exemplifies the recurring pattern of physical AI startups targeting labor-intensive industrial sectors like shipbuilding and construction, where chronic skilled-labor s...
MindRank AI (德睿智药) completes $52 million Series B funding round.
Chinese AI-driven drug discovery company MindRank AI has completed a $52 million Series B round, with participation from multiple investment institutions and industrial funds, according to a report by...
Prime Intellect raises $130M at $1B valuation for agentic AI platform
Prime Intellect, a San Francisco-based startup building an agentic AI platform, has raised $130 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, according to a report from Axios. The round signa...
Velocity raises $27M seed to build ad network for AI applications
Velocity, an Israeli adtech startup, closed a $27 million seed round led by NFX and Red Dot Capital Partners. The company aims to monetize AI applications through advertising, effectively building an...
Adage Automation raises $28M from InCred to expand AI industrial software
Industrial AI startup Adage Automation has raised approximately Rs 230 crore ($28 million) in a funding round led by InCred Growth Partners. The company plans to use the capital to expand its AI-enabl...