Team8 raises $365M to back AI-native enterprise startups, nearing $2B in assets
Team8 secures $365M for new fund and follow-on investments, focusing on AI-native enterprise startups and infrastructure.
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Keenable raises $26M to build AI-optimized search infrastructure
Keenable secures $26M seed funding to develop web search tools tailored for AI agents, with a 100B+ document index already in use.
Liner secures $36.1M Series C to fuel enterprise AI push with 14M users
Liner raises $36.1M Series C to expand AI research and agent platform, now serving 14M users and partnering with HUMAIN.
Nvidia eyes $30B+ stake in Perplexity as AI startup's valuation soars 50%
Nvidia is in talks to invest in Perplexity during a funding round that could value the AI startup at over $30 billion, a 50% jump from its last valuation.
Callosum raises $100M to build interoperable AI compute platform, partners with NVIDIA, Intel, and others
Callosum, a UK-based AI startup, raises a $100M seed round to build an interoperable AI compute platform, partnering with NVIDIA, Intel, and others.
Liner's $36.1M Series C fuels enterprise AI push with 14M users, 500M-record database
Liner secures $36.1M Series C to expand AI platform, now serving 14M users and powering enterprise tools like HUMAIN ONE.
Instinct hits $2.5B valuation on $350M funding, led by Index and Benchmark
Instinct, a 23-year-old founder's AI assistant startup, raises $350M at a $2.5B valuation, co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark.
eComID raises $17M to expand AI-powered shopping passports globally
eComID raises $17M to expand its AI-powered shopping passports globally, aiming to personalize shopping experiences for 20M monthly shoppers.
Singapore's 1982 Ventures joins $400M round valuing Higgsfield at $5.4B
Singapore-based 1982 Ventures invests in US AI startup Higgsfield's $400M Series B round, valuing it at $5.4B.
Runable lands $21M to build AI platform for small business apps
Runable raises $21M to build an AI platform for small business apps, co-led by Susquehanna and Nexus Venture Partners.
Runable's $21M Series A targets small business automation
Runable, an AI agent startup, raises $21M to expand its platform for small businesses, hitting $2M ARR in just three weeks.
Ringg AI's Series A round swells to $15M with Peak XV Partners' lead
Ringg AI secures an additional $9.5M in Series A funding, bringing the total to $15M, led by Peak XV Partners.
Generalist hits $3B valuation after $200M Series B extension
Generalist, a robotics startup, raises $200M at a $3B valuation to advance its AI foundation model for robots.
Anthropic's $1T valuation hinges on a risky public debut amid political and financial storms
Anthropic, the OpenAI rival, targets a $65B raise as it prepares to go public amid legal battles and massive losses.
South Korean AI startup Wrtn bags $870M valuation for global push
Wrtn Technologies raises funds at $870M valuation to fuel international expansion.
Anthropic commits $5M to AI wellbeing research, aims for industry-wide standards
Anthropic commits $5M to AI wellbeing research, aiming to create industry-wide standards for evaluating AI's impact on users' emotional health.
Repodo raises €8.2M to rebuild audit with AI from the ground up
Repodo, founded by ex-Lunar leaders, secures €8.2M to launch an AI-native audit firm targeting Europe's $74B market.
NEC invests in Dexmate, backing its VEGA humanoid robot and Physical AI platform
NEC's venture fund invests in Dexmate, supporting its AI-controlled humanoid robot VEGA and Physical AI development platform.
MachineFlow secures seed funding from LG and Bluepoint to build Logic Graph AI coding platform
MachineFlow raises seed funding from LG Electronics and Bluepoint Partners to develop enterprise AI coding platform Logic Graph.
Embedd lands $2.7M pre-seed to automate physical AI integration
Embedd raises $2.7M to automate physical AI integration, accelerating development of intelligent machines with Seedcamp's support.
Anthropic's $2T IPO hinges on whether businesses pay for its priciest AI model
Anthropic aims for a $2T IPO, but customers favor cheaper models over its most advanced AI, Fable 5, raising growth concerns.
Rillet's $100M round in 48 hours signals VC hunger for AI accounting
AI accounting startup Rillet closed a $100M round in 48 hours, reaching unicorn status with Iconiq and Sequoia leading the round.
Anthropic's $2T IPO hinges on navigating AI backlash, data center slowdowns
Anthropic's IPO filing will highlight AI backlash and data center opposition as key risk factors, with a potential $2T valuation.
Tross raises $400K pre-seed for healthcare AI infrastructure
Tross secures $400K pre-seed funding led by All In Capital to expand its healthcare AI infrastructure platform.
1789 Capital raises $150M to back AI, defense, and fintech startups
1789 Capital secures $150M to invest in AI and other growth-stage startups outside ESG frameworks
Acorn Robot raises angel funding to build tactile AI model for flexible manufacturing
Acorn Robot secures angel funding to develop Natus AGE-0, a tactile-focused AI model for robots in flexible manufacturing.
Happy Health raises $75M to expand AI-powered sleep care platform
Happy Health secures $75M to grow its AI-driven sleep care platform and FDA-cleared Happy Ring device.
Dexmal targets $3B valuation in new funding round, backed by Alibaba
Dexmal, a Chinese robotics startup, seeks a $3B valuation in its latest funding round with Alibaba's support.
Anthropic targets $86.2B IPO, aiming to top SpaceX's record
Anthropic PBC aims to surpass SpaceX's $86.2B IPO with its own public offering, targeting a filing by month's end.
Callosum raises $100M for Tailored Inference, claims 3.7x speedup over GPT-5.6
Callosum Ltd. secures $100M funding for its AI workload optimization service, Tailored Inference, which claims 3.7x speedup over GPT-5.6.
Mirae Asset's 4th IMA product targets 100B won, raises benchmark to 5%
Mirae Asset Securities launches its fourth IMA product, aiming to raise 100 billion won with a new 5% benchmark return.
Velatir raises €5M to expand AI infrastructure across Europe
Velatir secures €5M to fuel European expansion and compete for top AI talent, six months after its pre-Seed round.
Veeda AI secures $90M seed round for world models, largest Canadian seed round ever
Veeda AI, led by Sanja Fidler, raises $90M seed funding for multimodal world models, the largest seed round for a Canadian startup.
Nvidia eyes $20B stake in AI data startup Mercor for open-source push
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Mercor at a $20B valuation, doubling its October valuation, to support its open-source Nemotron models.
Fractile's $6.5B valuation talks follow Anthropic chip deal
British AI-chip startup Fractile is in advanced talks to raise funds at a $6.5B valuation after securing a deal with Anthropic.
Natural secures $100M credit facility for AI agent payments
Natural, the San Francisco startup building payments infrastructure for AI agents, has secured a $100M credit facility from Upper90 Capital.
Korea's tech funding triples to $1.4B as AI mega-rounds skew recovery
Korea's tech funding surged 195% to $1.4B in H1 2026, driven by AI chipmaker Rebellion's $400M Series D and XCENA's $135M Series B.
Temporal Technologies eyes $12B valuation in new funding round
Temporal Technologies seeks a $12B valuation in talks for a new funding round, per Bloomberg.
Etched's valuation rockets to $21B in a month, Jane Street leads $700M round
Etched's valuation jumps to $21B after Jane Street leads a $700M round, impressed by its AI hardware performance.
Groq raises $350M at $3.5B valuation, shifts focus to AI cloud infrastructure
Groq raises $350M to expand its AI cloud infrastructure, pivoting from chipmaking to compete with Nvidia-backed neoclouds.
Databricks leads $10B AI funding week with $5B strategic round
Databricks raised $5B in a strategic round, leading a $10B funding week across 40 AI and adjacent startups.