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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.
Quobly raises $134M for quantum computing, expands to Singapore
French quantum computing startup Quobly has raised $134 million in funding and announced plans to expand to Singapore to develop commercial use cases. The company is focused on building scalable quant...
Factorial raises $150M at $2.5B valuation to reposition HR SaaS as AI workforce platform
Factorial, the Barcelona-based HR software company, has raised $150 million in Series D funding led by General Catalyst, with Atomico and Four Rivers participating, valuing the company at $2.5 billion...
ZutaCore has raised a $100 million Series C round led by Mitsubishi Electric for its waterless data...
ZutaCore has raised a $100 million Series C round led by Mitsubishi Electric for its waterless data center cooling technology. The company develops dielectric fluid-based cooling systems that can supp...
Comfi AI lands Yango Group investment, first MENA deal for the global tech firm
UAE-based fintech AI startup Comfi AI has received an investment from Yango Group, marking Yango's first foray into MENA startup investing. The company serves over 1,000 SMEs in the region, providing...
Aippy raises tens of millions USD in first funding round at $250M valuation
Aippy, an AI startup, has completed its first institutional funding round, raising tens of millions of dollars at a $250 million valuation, according to a report by PingWest. The company, whose produc...
ZeroDrift raises $10M seed for real-time AI compliance firewall
ZeroDrift, a startup building a real-time compliance layer for enterprise AI outputs, announced a $10 million seed round on June 2, 2026. The round was led by a16z Speedrun with participation from Rei...
Subtle Medical raises $33M and appoints new CEO to scale AI imaging platform
Menlo Park-based Subtle Medical, a vendor-neutral AI imaging software company, has closed a $33 million Series C led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, with participation from Shinhan Venture Invest...
NavigateAI raises $25M seed to bring AI coach to construction workers
NavigateAI, a startup building an AI coach for construction workers, has raised $25M in a seed round led by Elad Gil. Participants include Khosla Ventures, Fifth Wall, homebuilder Lennar, developer Ti...
OpenRouter raises $113M Series B for AI model switching gateway, processing 25T tokens weekly
OpenRouter, the AI gateway that lets developers route requests across 400+ models from 70+ providers via a single API, announced a $113 million Series B round led by CapitalG (Alphabet's growth fund)....
XCENA raises $135M Series B at $570M valuation for in-memory AI compute chips
XCENA, a chip startup with offices in South Korea and the US, has raised $135 million in a Series B round at a $570 million valuation. The round was led by Seoul-based firms Atinum and IMM Investment....
Mecka AI raises $60M to train robots on direct human data, targeting physical AI deployment
Mecka AI, a New York City-based startup founded in 2025, has raised $60 million in a two-part funding round — a $25 million Series A closed in November 2025 and $35 million in follow-on investments —...
ZeroDrift raises $10M seed for AI governance layer that rewrites non-compliant model outputs
ZeroDrift, a startup offering an AI compliance filtering service, announced a $10 million seed round led by a16z Speedrun, with participation from Reign Ventures, PitchDrive Ventures, and U&I Ventures...
Bayshore exits stealth with €6.9M seed to automate legal and compliance workflows using agentic AI
Munich-based Bayshore has exited stealth with €6.9 million ($8 million) in seed funding led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Lucid Capital, Booom, Heliad, and strategic angels. Fo...
Zhipu AI plans to raise RMB 15 billion (~$2.1B) in a Shanghai STAR Market IPO, according to a PingWe...
Zhipu AI plans to raise RMB 15 billion (~$2.1B) in a Shanghai STAR Market IPO, according to a PingWest report, accelerating a dual-listing strategy that already includes a Hong Kong filing. The Beijin...
Moment raises $78M Series C led by Index Ventures for AI trading platform
Moment, a developer of an AI operating system for investment management, announced a $78 million Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Avra, and exi...
Ocean raises $20M Series A led by Lightspeed for AI agent email security
Ocean, a Tokyo-based email security startup, announced a $28M total raise including a $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Picture Capital, Cerca Partners, and ang...
Sam Altman Backs Stealth Robot Software Startup Alfred
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is investing in Alfred, a stealth startup building a software platform to accelerate robotics and automotive engineering. Founded by former Tesla designer Ankit Ukil and ex-Meta...
Japanese humanoid robotics startup Atom has raised 3 billion yen (approximately $19 million) in seed...
Japanese humanoid robotics startup Atom has raised 3 billion yen (approximately $19 million) in seed funding to develop what it describes as a "new species" of AI-powered bipedal robots. The round was...
Ubifly raises strategic investment from Naver to scale physical AI drone operations
South Korean drone swarm and autonomous flight platform specialist Ubifly has secured a strategic investment from Naver (네이버), forming a partnership that combines Ubifly's drone control technology wit...
Sekai raises $26M seed and Series A for no-code AI software creation platform
Sekai, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised a combined $26 million in Seed and Series A funding to build a consumer creation platform that lets users generate software using AI. The company targe...