Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at $6B valuation, 9 months post-launch
Flapping Airplanes, a year-old AI startup, raises $1B in Series A at a $6B valuation, co-led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital.
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Tether leads $15M Series A for Mural, advancing AI agentic finance
Tether invests $15M in Mural, a fintech startup enabling AI agents to manage payments and compliance.
Eka Robotics raises $30M Series A from Andreessen Horowitz to advance physical AI
Eka Robotics, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, secures $30M Series A to develop its Vision-Force-Action model for robotic manipulation.
Eric Schmidt's 1% Anthropic stake could hit $20B in a $2T IPO
Eric Schmidt's early investment in Anthropic could yield a $20B return if the AI startup reaches a $2T valuation in its upcoming IPO.
Four Indian AI startups secure $50.6M in a week of record funding
Four Indian AI startups raised $50.6M in a week where 28 startups collectively secured $302.85M in funding.
Hurotics raises $19M Series A for medical exosuits, backed by Naver and Lotte
Hurotics secures $19M Series A led by Atinum Investment to expand medical exosuits and wearable AI data platform.
Mettle Capital and Peak XV upsize Empirical Machines round to $20M
Mettle Capital and Peak XV Partners have jointly invested $20M in AI startup Empirical Machines, upsizing the round from $15M.
SUNMMIO raises $277M to mass-produce 3D-stacked AI chips
Beijing-based SUNMMIO secures $277M in Pre-A2 and Series A rounds to scale 3D TokenPU chips for AI inference.
Volantis secures $88M to challenge copper with photonic AI interconnects
Volantis raises $88M Series A to develop light-based AI chip connections, aiming to solve the memory wall problem.
Armadin snags $255.5M at $2.5B valuation for AI security agent swarms
Armadin, backed by Mandia, raises $255.5M to deploy AI agent swarms for enterprise security, hitting a $2.5B valuation.
Headline closes $400M fund to back European AI startups at Seed and Series A
Headline's new $400M fund targets early-stage AI startups across Europe, backing Seed and Series A rounds with global growth potential.
Ascerta raises $18M to help enterprises measure AI ROI
Ascerta secures $18M to help businesses track AI value with its unified platform, connecting to major enterprise AI tools.
ADSYSTEM raises $9.9M Series A to scale low-observable drone production
ADSYSTEM secures $9.9M Series A funding to expand production of its low-observable, jam-resistant drones.
Kevin Durant's $250K Hugging Face investment may net $60M in Nvidia's $12.9B deal
Kevin Durant's early $250K investment in Hugging Face could yield $60M from Nvidia's $12.9B acquisition, per estimates.
Ultraviolette leads Asia's $175M startup week with $85M EV round
Ultraviolette raised $85M to scale EV production, as Asia's startups secured $175.48M across sectors this week.
Metis Reasoning, led by AlphaGo co-creator, targets $100M+ for next-gen AI agents
Metis Reasoning, founded by Thore Graepel, seeks $100M+ to build AI agents for robotics, science, and engineering.
Chamelio secures $26M Series A to automate contract review
Chamelio, an Israeli-founded AI startup, raises $26M in Series A funding to accelerate its AI-powered contract review platform.
Spott's €18.3M Series A fundraise targets AI-native recruitment infrastructure
Spott, an AI-native ATS and CRM platform for recruiters, raises €18.3M in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital.
SparkLabs, Mirae Asset launch $10M fund for Central Asia's AI startups
SparkLabs and Mirae Asset launch $10M fund targeting Series A+ AI startups in Central Asia, with support for global expansion.
AI startups face valuation hurdles as Series A benchmarks hit $300M
AI startups raising Series A rounds now face median valuations of $300M, up from $55M for non-AI companies, creating new execution challenges
Xora Innovation leads $53M round in Hang Ten, totaling $85M
Xora Innovation leads $53M funding round in AI startup Hang Ten, bringing total funding to $85M in just four months.
Disha's $5.96M Series A round lifts valuation to $39.1M, targets AI health coaching expansion
Disha raises $5.96M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst, doubling revenue and narrowing losses in FY25.
Synapse Analytics secures $13M Series A to build African AI decisioning infrastructure
Synapse Analytics, an Egyptian AI company, raises $13M Series A led by Partech to expand its decisioning platform for financial institutions.
Samsung invests in Euclyd's $230M AI chip push to challenge Nvidia
Samsung co-leads a $230M round for Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd, aiming to offer cheaper, more efficient alternatives to Nvidia GPUs.
Emerald AI and Google target 100GW grid capacity for AI data centers
Emerald AI, Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic form the AI Energy Management Alliance to unlock 100GW of grid capacity for AI data centers.
Comp AI secures $34M to automate security and compliance with AI agents
Comp AI raises $34M Series A to build AI-powered security and compliance platform for continuous monitoring.
Synapse Analytics secures $13M Series A to expand AI decisioning platform
Egyptian AI startup Synapse Analytics raises $13M Series A to scale team, accelerate product development, and expand globally.
Samsung leads $231M round for Dutch AI chipmaker Euclyd, challenging Nvidia's GPU dominance
Samsung co-led a $231M funding round for Euclyd, a Dutch AI chipmaker aiming to rival Nvidia's GPUs with a new architecture.
Arrowhead targets $10M Series A to fuel global voice AI expansion
Arrowhead, a voice AI startup, seeks Series A funding to accelerate international growth, with clients like Axis Bank and Kissht.
Emerald AI's $150M round can't solve its 100MW Virginia grid bottleneck
Emerald AI, backed by Nvidia and Digital Realty, raises $150M but faces grid power constraints in Virginia.
Euno secures $23M to build enterprise AI's missing context layer
Euno raises $23M to develop organizational context for enterprise AI agents, aiming to solve a critical gap in AI reliability.
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led round, targeting robot training data
Mecka AI, a startup focused on human motion data for robotics, is nearing a $500M valuation in a Sequoia-led round.
Graph AI secures $13.3M Series A to automate pharma safety with AI
Graph AI raises $13.3M to expand its AI platform for pharmacovigilance across the US and Europe.
Graph AI raises $13.3M to automate pharma safety, claims 66% cost cuts
Graph AI raises $13.3M to expand its AI-driven pharmacovigilance platform, Graph Safety, claims 66% cost cuts.
Cymphony secures $30M Series A at $100M+ valuation for AI agent security
Cymphony raises $30M Series A to secure enterprises against AI agent risks, with Sequoia doubling down on its investment.
Navana.ai secures $4.2M Series A to expand voice AI in Indian BFSI sector
Navana.ai raises $4.2M Series A to scale its voice AI platform in banking, financial services, and insurance.
Ringg raises $10M to expand voice AI for Indian enterprises
Ringg secures $10M from Peak XV to scale its voice AI agents, processing 20M call attempts monthly for enterprises like Flipkart and Practo.
AI startup Runable secures $21M in latest Indian VC deals
AI startup Runable raises $21M as Indian VC funding hits $245M across 27 deals last week.
USD.AI secures $100M Bullish credit facility to scale AI GPU financing
USD.AI secures a $100M stablecoin-based debt facility from Bullish to expand its GPU financing ecosystem for AI infrastructure.
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.
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.