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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.

Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B to mass-produce small nuclear reactors for AI data centers
Aug 4, 2026Valar Atomics

Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B to mass-produce small nuclear reactors for AI data centers

Nuclear energy startup Valar Atomics announced a $1 billion Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from nine other venture firms including Valor Equity Partners and Convicti...

Ex-Swiggy and Zomato executives launch AI startup Profound with $1.5M seed
Aug 4, 2026Profound

Ex-Swiggy and Zomato executives launch AI startup Profound with $1.5M seed

Anuj Rathi and Prashant Parashar, former senior executives at Indian food-delivery majors Swiggy and Zomato, have launched Profound, an AI startup aiming to equip enterprises with AI-powered capabilit...

Aug 3, 2026Nscale

Nscale, a London-based AI infrastructure provider, has secured $790 million in financing to continue...

Nscale, a London-based AI infrastructure provider, has secured $790 million in financing to continue development of its AI data center in Narvik, Norway, scaling compute capacity for European AI workl...

Corgi raises four funding rounds in 2026, valuation jumps from $630M to $4B in six months
Aug 3, 2026Corgi

Corgi raises four funding rounds in 2026, valuation jumps from $630M to $4B in six months

Corgi, an AI-native commercial insurer targeting startups, has completed four funding rounds in 2026, with its valuation soaring from $630 million at the start of the year to $4 billion—a six-fold inc...

Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuat...
Aug 3, 2026Horizon3.ai

Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuat...

Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months. The San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup, which builds AI-powered autonomous...

June emerges from stealth with $20M pre-seed to automate AI deployment
Aug 3, 2026June AI

June emerges from stealth with $20M pre-seed to automate AI deployment

June, a startup founded by former Salesforce executives, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures, with participation from Michael Dell, Aaron...

LiblibAI raises $300M at $2B valuation, proving AI application layer can out-earn model hype
Aug 3, 2026Evoken

LiblibAI raises $300M at $2B valuation, proving AI application layer can out-earn model hype

LiblibAI, operating under parent Evoken (演语科技), announced a Series B+ round of nearly $300 million at a post-money valuation of over $2 billion. The company has reached an ARR of $300 million as of Ma...

Aug 3, 2026Olix

Olix raises $312M at $3.3B valuation for AI chip design, with Arm backing

London-based AI chip startup Olix has raised $312 million in a Series round led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, at a $3.3 billion valuation. The company designs specialized processors for AI...

Aug 3, 2026Zenity

Zenity raises $125M Series C for AI agent security platform

Zenity, which develops a security platform specifically for AI agents, has raised $125 million in a Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The funding round underscores the rapid emergence of...

UK AI materials discovery startup CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding at a $2.6 billi...
Aug 3, 2026CuspAI

UK AI materials discovery startup CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding at a $2.6 billi...

UK AI materials discovery startup CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, bringing total funding to over $650 million. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins a...

Singularity Escape (奇点逃逸) raises millions in seed round led by Xinglian Capital and Shuimu Ventures.
Aug 3, 2026奇点逃逸

Singularity Escape (奇点逃逸) raises millions in seed round led by Xinglian Capital and Shuimu Ventures.

Beijing-based Singularity Escape, founded by a Tsinghua University PhD, has raised a seed round of approximately RMB 10 million (~$1.4M) co-led by Xinglian Capital and Shuimu Ventures, with participat...

David Silver-founded Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B at $5.1B valuation for AI self-improvement models
Aug 2, 2026Ineffable Intelligence

David Silver-founded Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B at $5.1B valuation for AI self-improvement models

Ineffable Intelligence, founded by AlphaGo co-creator David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in a funding round that values the company at $5.1 billion. The startup is building what it calls a "super l...

Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation five months after prior round
Aug 2, 2026Simile

Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation five months after prior round

AI startup Simile has raised $200 million in a new funding round, achieving a valuation of $2 billion just five months after its previous round, according to a report from TechStory. The round signals...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) closes $3.5B Series F at $35B valuation, plans Pre-IPO round. The Beijing-based f...
Aug 2, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) closes $3.5B Series F at $35B valuation, plans Pre-IPO round. The Beijing-based f...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) closes $3.5B Series F at $35B valuation, plans Pre-IPO round. The Beijing-based foundation-model lab behind the Kimi chatbot raised over $3.5 billion in a Series F round, pushing it...

Omnius raises $860K from Korea Investment Partners for fashion AI
Aug 2, 2026Omnious (OMNIOUS.AI)

Omnius raises $860K from Korea Investment Partners for fashion AI

Omnius (옴니어스), a South Korean fashion AI startup specializing in deep learning-based image recognition, has raised 1 billion won (~$860,000) from Korea Investment Partners. The company had previously...

Corgi Doubles Valuation to $2.6B in Three Weeks with $106M Series B1, Raising Investor Questions
Aug 1, 2026Corgi

Corgi Doubles Valuation to $2.6B in Three Weeks with $106M Series B1, Raising Investor Questions

Corgi, an AI-native commercial insurance carrier, announced a $106 million Series B1 led by TCV at a $2.6 billion valuation, exactly double the $1.3 billion valuation from its Series B just three week...

Shizuku AI raises seed round led by a16z for AI virtual YouTuber 'Shizuku'
Aug 1, 2026Shizuku AI

Shizuku AI raises seed round led by a16z for AI virtual YouTuber 'Shizuku'

Shizuku AI, a Japanese character AI startup behind the AI virtual YouTuber "Shizuku," announced a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in February 2026. According to Nikkei, the round values t...

Certuma, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, is building an AI doctor platform designed...
Aug 1, 2026Certuma

Certuma, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, is building an AI doctor platform designed...

Certuma, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, is building an AI doctor platform designed to diagnose and treat common conditions such as urinary tract infections (UTIs) and sore throats. T...

Aug 1, 2026Noon

Noon, an AI-native product design tool, emerged from stealth with $44 million in funding from invest...

Noon, an AI-native product design tool, emerged from stealth with $44 million in funding from investors including Chemistry, First Round Capital, and Scribble Ventures. The startup aims to reshape how...

Naver secures $10B from Brookfield and NVIDIA for AI factory expansion
Aug 1, 2026

Naver secures $10B from Brookfield and NVIDIA for AI factory expansion

South Korean internet giant Naver has secured a $10 billion investment from Canadian alternative asset manager Brookfield and NVIDIA to expand its AI factory infrastructure. The deal, announced at the...