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Major Fundings ($100M+)

Nvidia 🇺🇸 ($100000M) - Nvidia Corp. plans to participate in OpenAI's latest funding round, with CEO Jensen Huang describing the investment as potentially the largest the company has ever made. While the exact amount is unspecified, it is expected to be significant. Nvidia's commitment aims to support OpenAI in building data centers for AI infrastructure. OpenAI is seeking to raise up to $100 billion, with other potential investors including Amazon and Microsoft. Concerns have been raised about the nature of such AI partnerships.
Amazon, Microsoft

OpenAI 🇺🇸 ($100000M) - OpenAI is preparing for a potential IPO in Q4 2026, aiming to capitalize on investor interest in AI despite concerns about profitability. The company, currently valued at $500 billion, is looking to raise an additional $100 billion at an $830 billion valuation. OpenAI has committed to $1.4 trillion in data center spending by 2033, facing a projected $207 billion funding shortfall by 2030. Key investors and metrics highlight the ongoing debate about the sustainability of AI investments.Find careers

Uk Research And Innovation 🇬🇧 ($1875M) - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) plans to invest £1.5 billion over the next four years to enhance life sciences research in the UK. This funding aims to support institutions like the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, known for its significant contributions to healthcare advancements. The initiative is expected to foster long-term stability and encourage further breakthroughs in the sector.

Waabi 🇨🇦 ($1000M) - Waabi has secured an oversubscribed $750 million in a Series C funding round, with additional milestone-based capital from Uber, totaling $1 billion. The Canadian autonomous-vehicle company aims to enhance its physical AI platform, advance autonomous trucking, and launch robotaxis exclusively on Uber's platform. Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, this funding will significantly accelerate their development efforts.Find careers
Uber

Perplexity 🇺🇸 ($750M) - Perplexity has secured a $750 million cloud agreement with Microsoft, lasting three years, to utilize Azure cloud services for running various AI models, including those from OpenAI and Anthropic. This deal allows Perplexity to maintain its multi-cloud strategy, with Amazon Web Services still serving as its primary cloud provider. The partnership enhances Microsoft's Azure by adding a significant AI customer and supports startups in improving reliability through diverse model access.

Redwood Materials 🇺🇸 ($425M) - Nevada-based Redwood Materials has raised $425 million in its Series E funding round, bringing its total funding to $2.3 billion. The investment aims to enhance AI data centers and industrial sites by building a circular battery supply chain. Key investors include Capricorn, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and new investor Google. The company's post-money valuation exceeds $6 billion, driven by its innovative energy storage solutions that repurpose used EV batteries for grid-scale applications.
Capricorn, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Google

Genspark 🇺🇸 ($300M) - Genspark, a Palo Alto-based company, has launched AI Workspace 2.0, aimed at achieving operational autonomy by enabling AI agents to manage multi-step tasks. The company raised $300 million in a Series B funding round and has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, addressing the challenges of modern work such as tool switching and manual formatting.

Decagon 🇺🇸 ($250M) - Decagon, a company specializing in conversational AI agents for concierge-style customer experiences, has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by new investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures, with participation from ChemistryVC, Definition Capital, and Starwood Capital, as well as existing backers like a16z and Accel. This funding values the company at $4.5 billion.Find careers
Coatue Management, Index Ventures, ChemistryVC, Definition Capital, Starwood Capital, a16z, Accel

Palebluedot AI 🇺🇸 ($150M) - Palebluedot AI, a Silicon Valley-based AI compute platform founded in 2024, has raised $150 million in a Series B financing round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. The round was led by B Capital, an investment firm with over $9 billion in assets under management, aiming to scale the global AI compute platform.Find careers
B Capital

Propy 🇺🇸 ($100M) - Propy, a Miami-based real estate tech company, has secured a $100 million credit facility to enhance its AI-driven property transaction platform. The funding, led by Metropolitan Partners Group, aims to streamline the closing process by automating tasks traditionally handled by escrow officers, thereby reducing costs and inefficiencies. Since 2021, Propy has processed over $5 billion in transactions, with plans to acquire title and escrow firms to further scale its operations.Find careers
Metropolitan Partners Group

Mid-Sized Fundings ($20M-$100M)

Sokin 🇬🇧 ($87.5M) - Sokin, a London-based fintech company founded in 2019, secured £70 million through a debt growth facility to enhance its international payments services for businesses. The funding was led by Oxford Finance. This week, UK tech investment totaled £134 million, reflecting a 5% decrease from the previous week.Find careers
Oxford Finance

Indigo 🇺🇸 ($50M) - Indigo, an AI-driven medical professional liability insurance platform, has secured $50 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing round. This funding aims to accelerate product development, expand distribution, and scale operations in its malpractice coverage business. The round was led by existing investor Rubicon Founders, with significant participation from new investor Town Hall Ventures and continued support from strategic investors, including Optum Ventures.Find careers
Rubicon Founders, Town Hall Ventures, Optum Ventures

Eliyan 🇺🇸 ($50M) - Eliyan, a Santa Clara-based developer of high-performance connectivity technology for AI and high-performance computing systems, has secured $50 million in strategic investments from notable investors including AMD, ARM, Coherent, and Meta, along with returning backers Samsung Catalyst Fund and Intel Capital. This funding aims to scale their AI interconnect chiplets.Find careers
AMD, ARM, Coherent, Meta, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Intel Capital

Poetiq 🇺🇸 ($45.8M) - Poetiq Inc., a startup focused on enhancing the capabilities and cost-efficiency of large language models, has secured $45.8 million in seed funding. The investment was led by Fyrfly Venture Partners and Surface Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, and Neuron Venture Partners.Find careers
Fyrfly Venture Partners, Surface Ventures, Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, Neuron Venture Partners

Automata 🇬🇧 ($45M) - Automata, a London-based lab automation company, has secured $45 million in a Series C funding round led by Dimension. The funding aims to enhance its fully integrated platforms for life sciences, addressing the need for AI-ready labs. Notable investors include Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, and Octopus Ventures. Murali Venkatesan, Ph.D., from Danaher Ventures, will join Automata's board as part of the deal.Find careers
Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures

Adaptive6 🇺🇸 ($44M) - Adaptive6 has raised $28 million in Series A funding, totaling $44 million, to enhance cloud cost governance, aiming to reduce cloud spending by 15% to 35%. The funding round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, with participation from New Era Capital Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Pitango VC, and Vertex Ventures.Find careers
U.S. Venture Partners, New Era Capital Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Pitango VC, Vertex Ventures

Outtake 🇺🇸 ($40M) - Outtake, a digital trust platform aimed at combating AI-driven impersonation and identity-based abuse, has secured $40 million in a Series B funding round led by ICONIQ. The round also saw participation from CRV, S32, and notable angel investors including Satya Nadella and Bill Ackman.Find careers
ICONIQ, CRV, S32, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman

Recare 🇩🇪 ($39.96M) - recare, a Berlin-based provider of technology for hospitals and care providers, has secured a growth financing round of up to €37 million, including a €7 million option. This funding will help accelerate the rollout of their AI agent platform aimed at improving discharge management and aftercare. DNV has become the largest shareholder following this investment.
DNV

Terra Energy 🇺🇸 ($35M) - Terra Energy, based in Miami, Florida, has secured $105 million in funding, including a $35 million green loan from Breakwall Capital. The funding aims to support the company's expansion into Texas and California, addressing long-standing challenges in residential solar financing. Terra's model simplifies subscriptions with zero upfront costs, significantly reducing electricity bills for customers. The deal highlights the growing investor interest in residential solar solutions.
Breakwall Capital

Virtue AI 🇺🇸 ($30M) - Virtue AI Inc. has launched Agentsuite, a software platform aimed at protecting artificial intelligence agents from threats like malicious MCP servers. This follows the company's initial funding of $30 million raised from a consortium including Intel Corp. The platform addresses critical security challenges for enterprises using AI technology.Find careers
Intel Corp

Northslope 🇺🇸 ($22M) - Northslope, an applied AI company focused on the Palantir operating system, has raised $22 million in a Series A financing round. This funding will help scale its forward-deployed engineering model and expand its Palantir-native AI application platform.Find careers

Boldvoice 🇺🇸 ($21M) - Boldvoice, an AI-based voice coaching platform, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Matrix, with participation from Flybridge, Xfund, Corazon Capital, Alumni Ventures, Umami Capital, and Y Combinator. The platform aims to help non-native English speakers improve their pronunciation and clarity.Find careers
Matrix, Flybridge, Xfund, Corazon Capital, Alumni Ventures, Umami Capital, Y Combinator

Smaller Fundings (<$20M)

Dragonfly AI 🇬🇧 ($6.25M) - Dragonfly AI, a UK-based company utilizing neuroscience-led predictive AI for testing and optimizing advertising and creative assets, has raised over £5 million in a funding round led by early-stage investor 24Haymarket.
24Haymarket

Arkero 🇺🇸 ($6M) - Arkero, an AI-driven operations platform for professional sports organizations, has secured a $6 million pre-seed funding round. The company aims to enhance operations for teams in major league soccer, the national women’s soccer league, and England’s football league, with early partnerships already established. Key investors were not mentioned in the article.Find careers

MITO AI 🇺🇸 ($4.5M) - MITO builds a collaborative, AI-native platform for professional video creation, helping teams produce films, commercials, and music videos faster by automating production workflows. The company has raised a $4.5m pre-seed round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Kibo Ventures.Find careers
Lightspeed, Kibo Ventures

1buy.ai 🇮🇳 ($3.9M) - 1buy.ai, an AI-first electronics procurement platform based in Delhi, India, raised $3.9 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by 100unicorns, with participation from FJ Labs and Gruhas, among other global investors. The company plans to use the funds to expand its operations.Find careers
100unicorns, FJ Labs, Gruhas

Lucend 🇺🇸 ($3.3M) - Lucend has raised a $3.3 million seed round to expand into the U.S. with software that utilizes existing sensor data to provide explainable, 'human-in-the-loop' optimization recommendations for data center operations, aiming to significantly improve energy, water, and labor efficiency.

Decube 🌍 ($3M) - Decube, a data trust and context platform for enterprise AI, has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Taiwania Hive Ventures, with participation from Iterative and 500 Global. The funding will support global growth, product development, and expansion in the Asia Pacific region, addressing the need for enterprises to operationalize AI with trustworthy data.Find careers
Taiwania Hive Ventures, Iterative, 500 Global

Levellr 🇬🇧 ($2.5M) - Levellr, an AI insights platform aimed at assisting brands and game studios in understanding and monitoring Discord and other community platforms, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Fuel Ventures.Find careers
Fuel Ventures

Tetraxai 🇪🇸 ($1.62M) - Tetraxai, an AI-driven B2B SaaS platform focused on due diligence and risk management for clean energy infrastructure, has raised €1.2 million in a pre-seed round led by the Footprint Firm, with participation from Norrsken Evolve and Carbon13. With additional non-dilutive support from Spain’s Neotec Deeptech grant programme, total funding reaches €1.5 million. Founded in 2024, Tetraxai aims to modernize clean energy assessment processes, significantly reducing time and costs for developers and investors.Find careers
Footprint Firm, Norrsken Evolve, Carbon13

Branded Realities 🇺🇸 ($1.6M) - Branded Realities Inc. raised $1,600,000 to finalize the development of its new realities platform, which simplifies the creation of AR/AI fan experiences. This platform enhances fan engagement and offers innovative advertising solutions, with a reported 10x return on advertising spend for sponsors. The company, led by CEO Erik Muendel, has a strong track record in interactive technologies and has attracted notable investors who emphasize the platform's value for fans and sponsors alike.

Proba 🇳🇱 ($1.35M) - Proba, an Amsterdam-based startup, has raised €1.25 million to expand into the United States and Brazil. The company focuses on certifying scope 3 emissions reductions in the agri-food supply chain, addressing the significant climate impact of nitrogen fertilizers. The funding round included investors such as Future Food Fund, Yield Lab Europe, and Value Factory Ventures. Proba aims to make fertilizer-related emissions reductions measurable and credible, helping companies meet climate commitments.
Future Food Fund, Yield Lab Europe, Value Factory Ventures

Mos Health 🇺🇸 ($1.1M) - Mos Health, a Polish-American startup, has raised $1.1 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Smok Ventures and Movens Capital. The company addresses the execution gap in health and wellness by providing personalized health protocols and supplements through an AI-based platform. The platform analyzes data from various sources to generate tailored health recommendations, aiming to improve adherence to health guidelines. The funding will be used to develop its MVP and advance technology for initial deployments in the U.S.Find careers
Smok Ventures, Movens Capital

Wealthai 🇬🇧 ($0.90396M) - London-based WealthAI, a fintech company, has raised €837,000 ($1 million) in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven operating system for wealth managers, family offices, and private banks. The funding round was led by Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory. WealthAI aims to replace fragmented legacy systems with a modular AI layer, enhancing operational efficiency and compliance for wealth management firms.
Fuel Ventures, Founders Factory

Q.ai 🇮🇱 ($1.5E-6M) - Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup focused on developing artificial intelligence technology for audio. This acquisition aligns with Apple's strategy to enhance its hardware lineup with AI-driven features. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
GV, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital

Technology Management Concepts 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Technology Management Concepts, a Microsoft-focused consulting firm based in El Segundo, California, has acquired TM Group, an ERP and CRM consulting firm in Novi, Michigan. This acquisition enhances their capabilities in Microsoft ERP and CRM, focusing on modern data, automation, and AI solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.Find careers

Linkedin 🌍 (Undisclosed) - Details undisclosed.Find careers

Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity company, has completed its acquisition of Chronosphere, an observability company. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. This acquisition aims to integrate Palo Alto Networks' Cortex Agentix with Chronosphere's cloud-native observability platform, enabling customers to utilize AI agents for enhanced security and IT solutions.Find careers

Scoro 🇬🇧 (Undisclosed) - Estonian-founded project management platform Scoro has acquired the AI-driven expense and bill management company Envoice. This acquisition addresses the fragmentation in managing time and costs for professional services firms by integrating Scoro’s project management capabilities with Envoice’s expense automation. The integration allows for real-time insights into project costs, enhancing efficiency and profitability. Key figures include Fred Krieger, CEO of Scoro, and Jaanus Põder, CEO of Envoice, who emphasize the importance of automating bookkeeping and expense approvals.Find careers

Beatstars 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - BeatStars, an independent music marketplace, has acquired Lemonaide AI, a generative music company focused on consent-based model training. This acquisition aims to establish a new standard for the development and monetization of AI tools alongside creators, enhancing the ethical framework of the music industry.

Handshake 🌍 (Undisclosed) - Handshake has acquired Cleanlab to enhance AI research and data quality for training frontier models. The acquisition aims to improve the reliability of AI systems by focusing on higher-quality training data. The Cleanlab team will lead these efforts under Handshake's direction.Find careers

Microsoft 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Microsoft reported a significant $81.3 billion in second quarter revenue, up 17% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for its cloud services. However, concerns arose over a slowdown in Azure's growth and rising capital expenditures, which reached $72.4 billion in the first half of fiscal 2026. Key investors are worried about the company's ability to meet AI demand and convert its $625 billion demand backlog into revenue. The lead investors include Morgan Stanley, which highlighted concerns about return on investment related to capital expenditures.Find careers


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