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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.
Yuanli Semiconductor (原粒半导体) raises over 500M yuan (~$69M) in Pre-A round, led by CEO Fang Shaoxia, former AMD chip director.
The funding signals strong investor appetite for domestic AI chip alternatives in China, especially at the edge and inference segments where Yuanli focuses. The sizable Pre-A round—exceeding typical S...
Upstage (업스테이지) has been selected as the first direct investment target in the AI model segment of K...
Upstage (업스테이지) has been selected as the first direct investment target in the AI model segment of Korea's National Growth Fund (KGF), securing 560 billion won (~$409 million). The deal includes 100 b...
Antioch raises $8.5M to accelerate simulation-based autonomy development
Antioch, a cloud simulation platform for robotics and autonomous systems, has raised $8.5 million in seed funding led by A* and Category Ventures, with participation from MaC Venture Capital, Abstract...
IOVOX takes investment from VC Octopus to scale up in Europe.
UK-based AI voice technology company IOVOX has secured an investment from VC firm Octopus to fund its European expansion, as reported by TechCrunch in October 2012. The amount was not disclosed, and t...
South Korea approves $381M state investment in AI startup Upstage
South Korea's Financial Services Commission approved a 560 billion-won ($380.6 million) investment in Upstage, a domestic AI unicorn valued at over 1 trillion won, through the Korea National Growth Fu...
Sarvam AI nears unicorn status with $250M round from NVIDIA, Accel, HCLTech
India’s Sarvam AI is nearing unicorn status with a $250 million funding round backed by NVIDIA, Accel, and HCLTech, according to the report. The Bangalore-based startup, which builds large language mo...
Upstage secures 560 billion won investment to accelerate Korean-language AI models
South Korean AI foundation model developer Upstage (업스테이지) has secured approximately 560 billion won (~$425 million) in funding approved by the National Growth Fund's Fund Management Committee on Apri...
C2i Semiconductors raises $15M from Peak XV in largest round for an Indian chip startup
Indian chip design startup C2i Semiconductors has raised $15 million from Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India), marking the largest funding round for an Indian semiconductor startup. The...
NVIDIA invests $50M in legal AI startup Legora, signals push into inference-as-infrastructure
NVIDIA's venture arm NVentures has invested $50 million in Legora, a Swedish legal AI startup, as part of a $600 million Series D round that values Legora at $5.6 billion. Legora builds autonomous AI...
Nvidia invests $50M in legal AI startup Legora via NVentures, betting on inference workloads
Nvidia's venture arm NVentures has invested $50 million in Legora, a Swedish legal AI startup, as part of its $600 million Series D round that values the company at $5.6 billion. Legora, founded in 20...
Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $900B valuation, surpassing OpenAI
Anthropic is in discussions with investors to raise approximately $500 billion in new funding at a $900 billion valuation, according to multiple reports. The company closed a $300 billion round at a $...
Avoca raises $125M for AI agents that dispatch physical services
Avoca, an AI startup building agents to manage inbound calls and dispatch for physical services businesses, raised over $125 million across seed and Series A rounds, as reported by Bloomberg. The fund...
Robros, a South Korean robotics developer, has raised approximately ₩10 billion in funding to accele...
Robros, a South Korean robotics developer, has raised approximately ₩10 billion in funding to accelerate commercialization, as reported by Startup Recipe. The round comes alongside a ₩13 billion Serie...
MONTEE AI, a Shanghai-based AI startup, has completed its first funding round led by Xuhui Capital w...
MONTEE AI, a Shanghai-based AI startup, has completed its first funding round led by Xuhui Capital with participation from strategic investors, using Lingang Capital as exclusive financial advisor. Fo...
基流科技 files for Hong Kong IPO, aiming to become 'AI Infra first stock'
AI infrastructure company 基流科技 submitted its IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 29, 2026, seeking to become the city's first listed AI infrastructure pure-play. The company compl...
DeepSeek seeks first external funding to retain talent with stock options
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab behind the R1 reasoning model that shook global markets in early 2025, is pursuing its first external equity raise. According to the Financial Times, the company is in tal...
Loop raises $95M Series C to expand AI logistics platform, stays in Chicago
AI logistics startup Loop has raised $95 million in a Series C funding round to expand its AI-powered logistics platform. The company will maintain its headquarters and largest office in Chicago, sign...
Anthropic targets $900B+ valuation in $50B round, set to surpass OpenAI ahead of IPO
Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocation commitments within 48 hours for a fundraise expected to total roughly $50 billion, targeting a valuation of about $900 billion — more than doubling i...
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Legora, a Swedish-born legal AI startup, closed a $50 million Series D extension led by Nvidia's NVentures, bringing its post-money valuation to $5.6 billion. The round comes just a month after a $550...
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