26 deals: Xoople $130M data infra, ex-OpenAI Zero Shot VC fund, Alcatraz
$50M face auth, Anthropic's Anthology Fund backs Yuzu Health
💰 26 new AI deals profiled below by category.
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🤖 Alcatraz $50M to replace office badges with facial authentication — total now over $100M.
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🇪🇸 Xoople $130M, backed by Spanish government, for reliable AI data infrastructure.
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🤖 Zero Shot — $100M VC fund by ex-OpenAI engineers, backed by Mira Murati + Khosla.
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🏥 Yuzu Health $35M for health insurance infrastructure — Anthropic among backers.
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🎮 Sony acquires 🇬🇧 UK's Cinemersive Labs to enhance ML + computer vision for PlayStation.
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🛡️ Ireland's Octostar €6.1M for AI investigative tools for law enforcement / national security.
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🧬 Magnax €35.5M (Foxconn-backed) for axial flux motors — hardware for next-gen robotics.
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Featured Deal
Alcatraz
🇺🇸
$50M
Alcatraz, a
Cupertino-based
AI-powered
physical access
control company,
has raised $50
million in a
Series B funding
round, increasing
its total capital
raised to over
$100 million. The
funding was led by
Blackpeak Capital,
Cogito Capital,
and Taiwania
Capital, with
additional
participation from
Almaz Capital,
EBRD, Ray Stata,
and others. The
company aims to
solve security
issues by
replacing
traditional badges
with facial
authentication
technology.
Investors:
Blackpeak Capital,
Cogito Capital,
Taiwania Capital,
Almaz Capital,
EBRD, Ray Stata
AI Model Ecosystems
Noon
🇺🇸
$44M
noon, an AI-native product
design platform, has
raised $44 million in seed
funding to innovate the
design and development of
digital products. The
funding round was led by
First Round Capital, SV
Angel, Scribble Ventures,
Elevation Capital, Afore
Capital, and...
Investors: First Round
Capital, SV Angel,
Scribble Ventures,
Elevation Capital, Afore
Capital, Chemistry
Agent Development
Neubird AI
🇺🇸
$19.3M
Neubird AI has raised
$19.3 million in an
oversubscribed funding
round to enhance its
agentic AI platform aimed
at enterprise production
operations. The funding
round was led by Xora
Innovation, with
participation from
existing investors such as
Mayfield, StepStone
Group,...
Investors: Xora
Innovation, Mayfield,
StepStone Group,
Prosperity7 Ventures, M12
Authentication
Alcatraz
🇺🇸
$50M
Alcatraz, a
Cupertino-based AI-powered
physical access control
company, has raised $50
million in a Series B
funding round, increasing
its total capital raised
to over $100 million. The
funding was led by
Blackpeak Capital, Cogito
Capital, and Taiwania
Capital, with...
Investors: Blackpeak
Capital, Cogito Capital,
Taiwania Capital, Almaz
Capital, EBRD, Ray Stata
Customer Support
Glimpse
🌍
$35M
Glimpse, an AI platform
aimed at automating
operations for consumer
packaged goods and retail
brands, has raised $35
million in Series A
funding, increasing its
total capital raised to
$52 million. The funding
addresses operational
challenges in the retail
sector,...
Starmind
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Capacity, a US-based
support automation
company, has acquired
Swiss AI firm Starmind to
enhance enterprise
knowledge access. This
acquisition combines
Capacity's documented
knowledge solutions with
Starmind's expertise in
connecting users to human
experts, addressing the
gap in undocumented
knowledge. The...
Voaice
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
voaice corporation, an
AI-driven dealership
technology platform, has
acquired thecrm
corporation to integrate
CRM infrastructure with
real-time artificial
intelligence. This unified
system aims to enhance
operations for automotive,
RV, marine, and
powersports dealerships.
Cybersecurity
Penemue
🇩🇪
$1.836M
Penemue, a Freiburg-based
AI startup, has raised
over €1.7 million to
develop solutions for
detecting and combating
online hate speech,
digital violence, and
disinformation. The
funding round includes
several investors such as
Tion Health and Berlin
Angel Fund. Founded in...
Investors: Tion Health,
Berlin Angel Fund
Data Analysis
$1.2M
Coastal Measures has
secured over $1.2 million
in funding, including
support from Amazon Web
Services, to enhance its
AI platform, Cumulus,
which standardizes coastal
and ocean data. The
funding aims to provide
actionable intelligence
for coastal operators,
insurers, and
engineers,...
Investors: Amazon Web
Services
Energy
Soma Energy
🇧🇷
$7M
Soma Energy, an AI-driven
energy optimization
company founded by former
Amazon Web Services
leaders, has raised $7
million in seed and
pre-seed funding. This
funding aims to tackle the
critical issue of access
to reliable and timely
power in the...
Financial Services &
Wealth Management
Accuquant
🇺🇸
$20M
Accuquant, a fintech
platform specializing in
artificial intelligence
and data-driven
technologies, has raised
$20 million in funding to
enhance its AI-driven
financial infrastructure.
This investment aims to
address challenges in
financial technology by
leveraging advanced data
solutions.
Numos
🇺🇸
$4.25M
Numos raised $4.25 million
to develop transparent,
audit-ready AI tools for
enterprise finance,
addressing trust and data
challenges with traceable
AI workflows. The funding
round was led by General
Catalyst and Operator
Collective, with notable
clients like Udemy already
using...
Investors: General
Catalyst, Operator
Collective
Undisclosed
Procap Financial, Inc. has
completed its acquisition
of CFO Silvia, Inc., an AI
model and agent lab
focused on finance. This
acquisition aims to
enhance efficiency in
financial services by
utilizing AI agents to
replicate the work of
hundreds of...
Undisclosed
Versant Media Group has
acquired Stockstory, an
AI-driven financial
insights platform, to
enhance its digital
capabilities and improve
investment insights for
retail investors. This
acquisition aims to
strengthen CNBC's business
news and personal finance
offerings.
Gaming
Undisclosed
Sony Interactive
Entertainment has
announced an agreement to
acquire Cinemersive Labs,
a UK-based machine
learning and computer
vision company. This
acquisition aims to
enhance advanced visual
computing and immersive
gameplay experiences for
the PlayStation business.
General Enterprise
Workflows
Spendhq
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
SpendHQ: Acquisition Of
Sligo AI To Expand Agentic
AI In Enterprise
Procurement
Quickbase
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Quickbase has acquired
Solvice, a provider of
APIs for route
optimization and workforce
scheduling, to enhance its
resource management
capabilities. This
acquisition aims to
address complex
operational challenges by
providing decision
intelligence across
various sectors. Solvice's
advanced algorithms can
reduce...
Calltower
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Court Square Capital
Partners has acquired a
majority stake in
CallTower, a leader in
enterprise-class cloud
communications, from BV
Investment Partners.
Founded in 2002 and based
in South Jordan, Utah,
CallTower specializes in
UCaaS and CCaaS solutions,
serving over 5,000...
Investors: Court Square
Capital Partners, BV
Investment Partners
Health
Yuzu Health
🇺🇸
$35M
Yuzu Health, a third-party
administrator modernizing
health insurance
infrastructure, has raised
$35 million in Series A
funding, totaling $40
million to date. The round
was led by General
Catalyst and Chemistry,
with participation from
several investors
including Anthropic’s
Anthology Fund...
Investors: General
Catalyst,Chemistry,Anthropic’s
Anthology Fund,Bain Future
Back Ventures
Acurion
🇺🇸
$4.3M
Acurion, a San Diego-based
precision oncology
technology company, has
successfully closed an
oversubscribed $4.3
million seed financing
round, surpassing its
initial target of $4
million. The funding will
support the development of
its AI-driven biomarker
detection platform,
OncoGaze.
Legal & Regulatory
Octostar
🇮🇪
$6.588M
Galway-based AI start-up
Octostar has raised €6.1
million in an extended
seed funding round to
enhance its investigative
intelligence tools for
national security, law
enforcement, and finance.
The funding was supported
by existing investors and
new national institutional
investors, including...
Investors: The Techshop
New Venture Capital Funds
Zero Shot
🇺🇸
$100M
Zero Shot, a new venture
capital fund founded by
former OpenAI engineers,
has closed its first
funding round towards a
$100 million target. The
fund aims to leverage
insider knowledge to
influence which AI
startups receive capital,
focusing on companies...
Investors: Mira Murati,
Khosla Ventures
Other AI Category
Xoople
🇪🇸
$130M
xoople, a data
infrastructure company,
has secured a $130 million
Series B funding round,
bringing its total funding
to $225 million. The
investment, led by Nazca
Capital, MCH, and CDTI
(Government of Spain),
aims to solve the need for
reliable...
Investors: Nazca Capital,
MCH, CDTI (Government of
Spain)
Moonbounce
🇺🇸
$12M
Moonbounce, an AI control
engine company, has
launched its platform with
$12 million in funding to
assist organizations in
managing and controlling
AI behavior in real time.
The funding round was led
by Amplify Partners and
StepStone Group, with
additional...
Investors: Amplify
Partners, StepStone Group,
Primeset, Josh Leslie
Robotics
Magnax
🇧🇪
$38.34M
Magnax, a Kortrijk-based
deeptech firm, has raised
€35.5 million in a
two-stage investment led
by Pan-International
Industrial Corp., part of
the Foxconn group. The
funding will be used to
industrialize Magnax's
axial flux motor
portfolio, which offers
higher power density...
Investors:
Pan-International
Industrial Corp.
Sales and Marketing
Daydream
🇺🇸
$15M
San Francisco-based
Daydream has raised $15
million in Series A
funding led by WndrCo,
First Round Capital, and
Basis Set, bringing its
total funding to $21
million. The company
combines human expertise
with AI agents to
modernize SEO and AEO,...
Investors: WndrCo, First
Round Capital, Basis Set
Nfuse
🌍
$2M
Bulgarian B2B ordering
startup nfuse has raised
$2 million from Eleven
Ventures and Launchub to
enhance its expansion
across CESEE, Latin
America, and Southeast
Asia. The company
simplifies ordering for
small businesses by
allowing them to use
messaging apps like...
Investors: Eleven
Ventures, Launchub
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