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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.

Shatterdome Energy exits stealth with $3.5M pre-seed for AI-driven energy trading
May 23, 2026Shatterdome Energy

Shatterdome Energy exits stealth with $3.5M pre-seed for AI-driven energy trading

Shatterdome Energy has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to build an AI-powered platform that aggregates renewable generation, battery storage, and flexible industrial demand...

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity...
May 23, 2026Qianyi AI

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity...

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity financing round after joining the QPioneer OPC community in Jinan Start-up Area. The company, found...

Kuaishou invests 8 billion yuan ($1.1B) to boost Kling AI video ecosystem, with Kling AI reportedly planning IPO spin-off.
May 23, 2026

Kuaishou invests 8 billion yuan ($1.1B) to boost Kling AI video ecosystem, with Kling AI reportedly planning IPO spin-off.

Kuaishou (快手) is committing 8 billion yuan in resources — comprising 2 billion yuan in cash and 10 billion in traffic allocation — to scale its Kling AI (可灵) video generation platform. The investment...

DeepSeek seeks $10B funding to pursue AGI, rivaling OpenAI with research-first strategy.
May 23, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek seeks $10B funding to pursue AGI, rivaling OpenAI with research-first strategy.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising approximately $10 billion (~RMB 70 billion) in a funding round that could value the company at $45 billion pre-money, according to Bloomberg sources. The round i...

Anthropic nears US$30 billion funding round, surpassing OpenAI as most valuable AI startup
May 23, 2026Anthropic

Anthropic nears US$30 billion funding round, surpassing OpenAI as most valuable AI startup

Anthropic is set to close a funding round exceeding US$30 billion at a valuation above US$900 billion, vaulting ahead of rival OpenAI (valued at US$852 billion) as the world's most valuable AI startup...

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11...
May 23, 2026Mythik

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11...

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11 co-founder Harsh Jain, Blume Founder’s Fund, ex-McKinsey partner Rajat Gupta, Zubin Bharti Mittal’s...

May 23, 2026Alice & Bob

France pledges $1.5B for quantum, microchips; quantum startup Alice & Bob to receive part of funding and Nvidia support

The French government has announced a $1.5 billion commitment to quantum computing and microchip research, with Paris-based quantum startup Alice & Bob named as a beneficiary. The company will also re...

Rabbitpre Tech (兔展智能) raises Series F, launches SkillsUI to bridge legacy enterprise systems with AI agents
May 23, 2026Rabbitpre Tech

Rabbitpre Tech (兔展智能) raises Series F, launches SkillsUI to bridge legacy enterprise systems with AI agents

Shenzhen-based Rabbitpre Tech (兔展智能), a visual AI company serving over 41 million users, has closed an undisclosed Series F round and released SkillsUI, a product that acts as an AI orchestration laye...

May 23, 2026AtomBite.AI

AtomBite.AI raises seed funding for embodied intelligence in restaurants, founded by former Meituan delivery head

Embodied intelligence startup AtomBite.AI has completed a multi-million yuan seed round led by Inno Capital and a Tsinghua alumni seed fund. The company was founded by a former head of Meituan's food...

DeepSeek has raised RMB 70 billion (~$9.8 billion) in total funding, according to reporting by QbitA...
May 22, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek has raised RMB 70 billion (~$9.8 billion) in total funding, according to reporting by QbitA...

DeepSeek has raised RMB 70 billion (~$9.8 billion) in total funding, according to reporting by QbitAI, and is signaling a major push into AI coding tools. The company's senior researcher Deli Chen pub...

Nourish raises $100M for AI nutrition platform pairing agents with dietitians
May 22, 2026Nourish

Nourish raises $100M for AI nutrition platform pairing agents with dietitians

Nourish, a New York City-based startup, announced a $100M funding round for its platform that pairs AI agents with registered dietitians to streamline patient care. The company operates at the interse...

May 22, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek is in talks to raise $10 billion in a funding round, with executives telling potential inve...

DeepSeek is in talks to raise $10 billion in a funding round, with executives telling potential investors the proceeds will prioritize groundbreaking AI research. The round underscores the continued m...

Roboxi Raises €13M for AI-Driven Airport Runway Automation
May 22, 2026Roboxi

Roboxi Raises €13M for AI-Driven Airport Runway Automation

Norwegian airport automation specialist Roboxi has raised €13 million in equity financing to scale its AI-powered runway inspection and maintenance systems. The Stavanger-based company deploys modular...

Netomi raises $110M Series C for enterprise AI customer service, partners with Accenture for global expansion.
May 22, 2026Netomi

Netomi raises $110M Series C for enterprise AI customer service, partners with Accenture for global expansion.

Netomi, a developer of an enterprise AI customer service platform, announced a $110 million Series C round led by Accenture Ventures, alongside a strategic partnership to deploy its platform across Ac...

K25.ai secures strategic funding from Nasdaq-listed NIVF at US$100M pre-A valuation
May 22, 2026K25.ai

K25.ai secures strategic funding from Nasdaq-listed NIVF at US$100M pre-A valuation

K25.ai has secured a strategic investment from Nasdaq-listed NIVF at a US$100 million pre-A valuation. The round positions the company as a notable new entrant in the AI startup landscape, though the...

May 22, 2026Modal Labs

Modal raises $4.6B valuation in General Catalyst-led round

General Catalyst has invested in Modal, an AI cloud startup, at a $4.6 billion valuation, according to reports. The funding round underscores the continued investor appetite for compute infrastructure...

May 21, 2026Exa

Exa Labs raises $250M at $2.2B valuation led by a16z

Exa Labs, a San Francisco-based AI search startup, raised $250 million in a Series A round at a $2.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Why it matters: Exa Labs fits the patt...

Hark raises $700M Series A for secretive AI personal assistant platform
May 21, 2026Hark

Hark raises $700M Series A for secretive AI personal assistant platform

Hark, an AI lab founded by entrepreneur Brett Adcock (also behind Figure.AI and Archer), has raised a $700 million Series A at a $6 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Parkway Venture C...

May 21, 2026Modal Labs

Modal Labs raises $355M Series C at $4.65B valuation.

Modal Labs, which operates a serverless cloud platform tailored for building AI applications and running inference workloads, has closed a $355 million Series C round at a $4.65 billion valuation. The...

Imperagen, a Manchester-based BioTech spin-out from the University of Manchester, has closed €5.8 mi...
May 21, 2026Imperagen

Imperagen, a Manchester-based BioTech spin-out from the University of Manchester, has closed €5.8 mi...

Imperagen, a Manchester-based BioTech spin-out from the University of Manchester, has closed €5.8 million (£5 million) in Seed funding to accelerate R&D, expand wet lab capacity, and build go-to-marke...