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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.

OpenRouter raises $113M Series B at $1.3B valuation, highlighting model-gateway momentum.
May 26, 2026OpenRouter

OpenRouter raises $113M Series B at $1.3B valuation, highlighting model-gateway momentum.

OpenRouter, the AI gateway startup, has raised a $113 million Series B led by CapitalG at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation, more than double its $547 million valuation from a year ago. The company...

Flexprice, an open-source billing infrastructure startup focused on AI-native enterprises, has raise...
May 26, 2026Flexprice

Flexprice, an open-source billing infrastructure startup focused on AI-native enterprises, has raise...

Flexprice, an open-source billing infrastructure startup focused on AI-native enterprises, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Shastra VC, with participation from Anupam Mittal and TDV Part...

Quanscient raises €10M Series A for cloud-native multiphysics simulation platform
May 26, 2026Quanscient

Quanscient raises €10M Series A for cloud-native multiphysics simulation platform

Finland-based Quanscient has raised a €10 million Series A round led by Danish quantum fund 55 North and Austrian industrial investor B&C Group, with full participation from existing backers Maki.vc,...

Flexprice raises $1.5M seed to build open-source billing for AI-native companies.
May 26, 2026Flexprice

Flexprice raises $1.5M seed to build open-source billing for AI-native companies.

Flexprice, an open-source billing and metering platform founded in 2024, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Shastra VC, with participation from TDV Partners and Anupam Mittal. The platform...

Hark raises $700M+ Series A for AI-dedicated device, valued at $6B
May 25, 2026Hark

Hark raises $700M+ Series A for AI-dedicated device, valued at $6B

Hark, founded by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, has raised over $700 million in a Series A round led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, Salesforce, and ARK I...

Stilta raises $10.5M seed for AI agents that analyze patent litigation prior art
May 25, 2026Stilta

Stilta raises $10.5M seed for AI agents that analyze patent litigation prior art

Stockholm-based Stilta, founded in December 2025 by four former McKinsey engineers, has raised $10.5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from founders and exe...

abCoffee Bags ₹61 Cr To Expand Offline Footprint
May 25, 2026abCoffee

abCoffee Bags ₹61 Cr To Expand Offline Footprint

Specialty coffee chain abCoffee has raised ₹61 crore (~$6.4 million) in a Pre-Series B round led by Kliff Ventures, with participation from Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, Merisis Venture Fund and S...

Lexroom Raises $50M Series B to Replace General-Purpose AI in Law With Data-First Legal Engine
May 25, 2026Lexroom.ai

Lexroom Raises $50M Series B to Replace General-Purpose AI in Law With Data-First Legal Engine

Milan-based Lexroom has closed a $50 million Series B led by Left Lane Capital, just eight months after its $19 million Series A, bringing its legal AI platform to more than 8,000 law firms and in-hou...

Primer raises $100M Series C to build AI payment operating layer, expand US footprint
May 25, 2026Primer

Primer raises $100M Series C to build AI payment operating layer, expand US footprint

Primer, a unified payments infrastructure platform, has closed a $100 million Series C round led by Sofina, with participation from Peak XV Partners and existing backers including Balderton, Accel, IC...

May 25, 2026Anthropic

Anthropic raises over $30B at $900B valuation, nearing OpenAI

Anthropic has completed a massive capital raise exceeding $30 billion, propelling its valuation to approximately $900 billion. This places the AI lab in striking distance of OpenAI, its primary rival...

NeoRealX raises 540 million yen from Nippon TV for XR entertainment expansion
May 25, 2026NeoRealX Inc.

NeoRealX raises 540 million yen from Nippon TV for XR entertainment expansion

XR entertainment startup NeoRealX has raised a total of 540 million yen (~$3.6M) in a third-party allotment round led by Nippon Television Network (Nippon TV), along with Yoshida Masaki Office and one...

StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for alternative protein manufacturing in India
May 25, 2026StrainX Bioworks

StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for alternative protein manufacturing in India

India-based synthetic biology startup StrainX Bioworks has emerged from stealth with a $13 million funding round led by Prime Venture Partners and Leo Capital, with participation from Good Startup, Sp...

OpenHeart raises ~$1.5M pre-Series A for AI 3D scene platform TAVIO
May 25, 2026OpenHeart

OpenHeart raises ~$1.5M pre-Series A for AI 3D scene platform TAVIO

Tokyo-based startup OpenHeart announced it has raised approximately 217 million yen (~$1.5 million) in a pre-Series A round for TAVIO, a platform that automatically generates photorealistic 3D and 4D...

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gu...
May 24, 2026Gabit

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gu...

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta and entrepreneur Arpana Shahi, has raised approximately ₹36.2 crore (~$3.7 million) in fresh fun...

MENA startups see diversified funding across fintech, HR tech and AI sectors
May 24, 2026

MENA startups see diversified funding across fintech, HR tech and AI sectors

Startups across the Middle East and North Africa raised a series of financings in late May 2026, spanning fintech, HR tech, proptech, mobility and AI-driven sports and insurance technology. Notable ro...

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led...
May 24, 2026

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led...

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs, an affiliate of Binance. IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fu...

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed f...
May 24, 2026Clouted

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed f...

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures, with participation from Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, LINE-Yahoo's...

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May
May 24, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May

Chinese AI startups Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Stepfun (阶跃星辰) have collectively raised over 30 billion Chinese yuan (~$4.2 billion) in funding during May 2026, according to a report from 36Kr. This fundin...

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of...
May 23, 2026Weifan Intelligent (维泛智能)

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of...

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan in seed funding for a native robot "brain chip" that fuses neuromorphic computing with GPU arch...

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed fundin...
May 23, 2026Hardline AI

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed fundin...

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Mucker Capital. The company plans to build its VoiceOps infrastructure to convert jobsite p...