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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.

Basata Raises $21M Series A for Healthcare AI Automation
May 11, 2026Basata

Basata Raises $21M Series A for Healthcare AI Automation

Basata, a Phoenix-based healthcare AI startup, has raised $21 million in a Series A round led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Victoria...

May 11, 2026Cerebras Systems

Cerebras upsizes IPO to 30M shares at $150-$160, targeting up to $4.8B raise at $34.4B valuation

AI chip company Cerebras has upsized its initial public offering to 30 million shares priced between $150 and $160 each, up from the previous plan of 28 million shares at $115-$125. According to an SE...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) Completes ~$2B Funding, Valuation Surpasses $20B
May 11, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) Completes ~$2B Funding, Valuation Surpasses $20B

Moonshot AI, the Chinese AI lab behind the Kimi assistant, has closed approximately $20 billion in new funding, pushing its post-money valuation above $200 billion, according to a report from 36Kr cit...

Rebellion (리벨리온) and FuriosaAI (퓨리오사AI), South Korea's leading AI semiconductor fabless startups, ar...
May 11, 2026Rebellions

Rebellion (리벨리온) and FuriosaAI (퓨리오사AI), South Korea's leading AI semiconductor fabless startups, ar...

Rebellion (리벨리온) and FuriosaAI (퓨리오사AI), South Korea's leading AI semiconductor fabless startups, are stockpiling a combined ~1.8 trillion won (~$1.35B) in cash and near-cash reserves, according to a...

Agnikul Cosmos eyes $50-75M at $500M valuation, tracking India spacetech boom
May 11, 2026Agnikul Cosmos

Agnikul Cosmos eyes $50-75M at $500M valuation, tracking India spacetech boom

Chennai-based spacetech startup Agnikul Cosmos is in early-stage talks to raise $50-75 million at a flat $500 million valuation, sources told The Economic Times. The round would follow a $17 million t...

ProcurePro raises $11M as French construction giant Bouygues joins cap table
May 11, 2026ProcurePro

ProcurePro raises $11M as French construction giant Bouygues joins cap table

Brisbane-based construction procurement startup ProcurePro has raised US$11 million in a Series B round led by Queensland government-backed QIC Ventures, with French construction giant Bouygues — an e...

ProcurePro raises $15M to bring AI procurement to construction, QIC Ventures and Bouygues back Series B.
May 11, 2026ProcurePro

ProcurePro raises $15M to bring AI procurement to construction, QIC Ventures and Bouygues back Series B.

Brisbane-based construction procurement startup ProcurePro has raised $15 million (US$11 million) in a round led by Queensland government-backed QIC Ventures, with French construction giant Bouygues —...

Enter raises $100M Series B at ~$1.2 billion valuation
May 11, 2026Enter

Enter raises $100M Series B at ~$1.2 billion valuation

Enter, a São Paulo-based AI legal technology company, has raised over $100 million in Series B financing, bringing its valuation to approximately $1.2 billion. The company focuses on AI-driven solutio...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave o...
May 11, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave o...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave of capital flowing into Chinese AI startups. The specific amounts and valuations were not disclosed i...

Kimi raises $2B at $20B valuation, led by Meituan Longzhu and China Mobile
May 10, 2026Moonshot AI

Kimi raises $2B at $20B valuation, led by Meituan Longzhu and China Mobile

Kimi, the Chinese conversational AI assistant backed by Moonshot AI (月之暗面), has raised approximately $2 billion in a funding round that values the company at $20 billion. The round was led by Meituan...

DeepSeek plans first external funding round up to 500 billion yuan (~$68B), valuation up to 3,500 billion yuan (~$483B)
May 10, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek plans first external funding round up to 500 billion yuan (~$68B), valuation up to 3,500 billion yuan (~$483B)

DeepSeek, the Chinese foundation-model lab known for its earlier refusal of outside capital, is planning its first external fundraising round. The company is seeking up to 500 billion yuan (~$68 billi...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) completes ~$20B funding round, post-money valuation exceeds $20B
May 10, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) completes ~$20B funding round, post-money valuation exceeds $20B

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) has closed a new funding round of approximately $20 billion, raising its post-money valuation above $20 billion, according to Chinese financial outlet Sina Finance. The round was le...

Helsing nears $18B valuation as defense AI startup surge accelerates
May 10, 2026Helsing

Helsing nears $18B valuation as defense AI startup surge accelerates

German defense AI startup Helsing is approaching an $18 billion valuation in a new $1.2 billion funding round led by Dragooner Investment Group, with Lightspeed Venture Partners co-investing, accordin...

Firestorm Labs raises $82M Series B for mobile drone manufacturing platform
May 10, 2026Firestorm Labs

Firestorm Labs raises $82M Series B for mobile drone manufacturing platform

Firestorm Labs, a San Diego-based defense tech startup, has raised an $82 million Series B round led by Washington Harbour Partners, with participation from NEA, Ondas, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin Ventu...

May 9, 2026Isomorphic Labs

Isomorphic Labs nears $2 billion funding round for AI drug discovery

Isomorphic Labs, the DeepMind spinout focused on AI-driven drug discovery, is nearing a $2 billion funding round, according to a report from Tech in Asia. The company, founded by Demis Hassabis and op...

May 9, 2026Robot Era

Robotera raises over $200M for humanoid robotics, led by SF Group

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera has raised over $200 million in a funding round led by SF Group. The round follows a ~$146 million raise in March at a ~$1.47 billion valuation. The co...

DeepSeek nears first external fundraising at $50B valuation, backed by China Big Fund III and Tencent
May 8, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek nears first external fundraising at $50B valuation, backed by China Big Fund III and Tencent

DeepSeek, the Hangzhou-based frontier AI lab that stunned the industry with its R1 reasoning model at training costs far below US peers, is close to closing its first external fundraising round at a v...

Medtrip raises pre-seed funding for AI-powered medical concierge platform
May 8, 2026Medtrip

Medtrip raises pre-seed funding for AI-powered medical concierge platform

Indonesian medtech startup Medtrip has secured an undisclosed pre-seed investment led by Hasan.VC. The company plans to use the capital to build AI-based products for its medical concierge platform, w...

Moonshot raises $2B at $20B valuation, becomes China's most-funded AI lab
May 8, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot raises $2B at $20B valuation, becomes China's most-funded AI lab

Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based developer of the popular Kimi chatbot and open-source large language models, has raised approximately $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, according to a statement fro...

ReFiBuy raises $13.6M seed for agentic commerce optimization platform
May 8, 2026ReFiBuy

ReFiBuy raises $13.6M seed for agentic commerce optimization platform

ReFiBuy, a Raleigh, NC-based startup building an Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO) platform, has raised a $13.6 million oversubscribed seed round led by NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation...