29 deals: SiFive $400M Nvidia-backed chips, Chapter $100M Medicare AI,
OpenAI pauses UK project, Serve First leads UK CX
💰 29 new AI deals profiled below by category.
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🇬🇧 Serve First £5M to analyse customer feedback and service performance, led by Pembroke.
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🇬🇧 OpenAI pauses landmark UK AI project, citing high energy costs and regulatory hurdles.
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💻 SiFive $400M at $3.65B valuation for RISC-V chip architecture, backed by Nvidia + Apollo.
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🏥 Chapter $100M to simplify Medicare navigation for retirees, led by Generation IM.
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🇨🇳 Alibaba led $293M into ShengShu (HappyHorse), Beijing startup behind Vidu AI video generation.
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Featured Deal
Serve First
🇬🇧
$6.25M
Serve First, a
UK-based startup,
has raised £5
million to enhance
its AI customer
experience and
performance
management
platform. Launched
in 2023, the
platform analyzes
customer feedback
to improve service
performance,
boasting an annual
recurring revenue
of over £2
million. Key
investors include
Pembroke VCT and
the Midlands
Engine Investment
Fund, with notable
clients like
Brentford Football
Club and The Body
Shop. The funding
reflects strong
market demand and
the company's
rapid growth since
its inception.
Investors:
Pembroke VCT,
Midlands Engine
Investment Fund
AI Chips
Sifive
🇺🇸
$400M
SiFive Inc., a startup
specializing in chip
designs based on the
open-source RISC-V
architecture, has secured
$400 million in funding,
achieving a valuation of
$3.65 billion. The Series
G round was led by
Atreides Management, with
participation from Nvidia
Corp.,...
Investors: Atreides
Management,Nvidia
Corp.,Apollo
AI Hosting Infrastructure
Boost Run
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Boost Run: SPAC Merger
With Willow Lane To Take
AI Cloud Infrastructure
Provider Public
AI Model Ecosystems
Happyhorse
🇨🇳
$293M
Alibaba's cloud division
led a $293 million funding
round for ShengShu
Technology, a
Beijing-based AI start-up
founded in 2023, known for
its Vidu AI video
generation tool. The
investment aims to support
the development of a
'general world model'
for...
Investors: Alibaba, Baidu
Ventures, Luminos Ventures
Afterquery
🇺🇸
$30M
San Francisco-based
startup Afterquery has
raised $30 million in a
Series A funding round,
achieving a $300 million
valuation. Led by Altos
Ventures and supported by
The Raine Group, Y
Combinator, and BoxGroup,
the funding will enhance
its expert network...
Investors: Altos Ventures,
The Raine Group, Y
Combinator, BoxGroup
Rork
🇺🇸
$15M
Rork, an AI platform for
building and launching
mobile apps using natural
language, has secured $15
million in seed funding to
enhance its mission of
transforming mobile
software creation and
monetization. The funding
round was led by Left Lane
Capital,...
Investors: Left Lane
Capital, Peak XV, True
Ventures, Goodwater, a16z
Speedrun
Refiant
🇬🇧
$5M
Refiant AI, an artificial
intelligence model
compression startup, has
raised $5 million in seed
funding from Volo Earth
Ventures. The funding aims
to address the escalating
data center boom by
promoting energy-efficient
AI models. The company's
ambitious goal is to...
Investors: Volo Earth
Ventures
Undisclosed
Accenture has acquired
Keepler Data Tech to
enhance its AI solutions
for clients in Spain and
beyond. This acquisition
is part of Accenture's
strategy to invest in AI,
following several others
aimed at expanding its
capabilities. Keepler,
founded in 2018,...
Accounting
Atlas
🇸🇬
$6M
Atlas, a
Singapore-headquartered
technology company, has
raised $6 million in seed
funding to enhance its
AI-driven accounting
platform and expand into
North America. The funding
round was co-led by Accel
and Stellaris, aimed at
product development and
market growth in...
Investors: Accel,
Stellaris
Authentication
Sybol
🇪🇸
$1.08M
Sybol, a Spanish startup
focused on corporate
digital identity and
verifiable credentials,
has raised over €1 million
in funding to enhance its
enterprise verification
platform and digital
identity wallet. The
funding round includes
public and private
investments, led by the...
Investors: Spanish Society
for Technological
Transformation, Repsol,
Grupo Synaptia
Customer Support
Serve First
🇬🇧
$6.25M
Serve First, a UK-based
startup, has raised £5
million to enhance its AI
customer experience and
performance management
platform. Launched in
2023, the platform
analyzes customer feedback
to improve service
performance, boasting an
annual recurring revenue
of over £2 million....
Investors: Pembroke VCT,
Midlands Engine Investment
Fund
Plume
🇮🇪
$3.564M
Plume, a Franco-American
geospatial AI startup, has
raised €3.3 million in
funding led by Aenu, with
participation from Y
Combinator and others.
Founded in 2024, Plume
addresses the challenges
of renewable energy site
selection by centralizing
over 150 geographic
datasets...
Investors: Aenu, Y
Combinator
Handhold
🇪🇪
$3.24M
Handhold, an AI-agent
platform that converts
website visitors into
customers without sales
reps, has raised €3
million in seed funding
led by Entourage Capital,
with participation from
Inovia Capital and E2VC.
The platform automates the
inbound customer journey,
addressing gaps...
Investors: Entourage
Capital, Inovia Capital,
E2VC
Defense & Security
Airhub
🇳🇱
$4.752M
Airhub, a Dutch drone
operations software
company, has raised €4.4
million in a Series A
funding round led by Keen
Venture Partners and
Runway FBU, alongside
existing investors Lumaux
and Lumo Labs. The funding
will accelerate its growth
as a...
Investors: Keen Venture
Partners, Runway FBU,
Lumaux, Lumo Labs
Windward
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Windward has acquired
U.S.-based defense
technology firm Prominent
Edge to enhance its
capabilities in the
American national security
market. The acquisition
integrates Prominent
Edge's expertise in
geospatial analytics and
mission software into
Windward's maritime AI
platform, addressing the
growing demand...
Investors: FTV Capital
Education
Flashpass
🇺🇸
$4.1M
Flashpass, a startup
focused on workforce
development, has secured a
$4.1 million seed round
led by J2 Ventures. The
company addresses the
challenge of AI replacing
jobs by connecting
training programs to job
opportunities, primarily
selling to government
entities. Ohio...
Investors: J2 Ventures
Financial Services &
Wealth Management
Zone & Co
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Zone & Co Acquires
Sudozi To Expand
AI-Powered Finance
Platform Into Procurement
General Enterprise
Workflows
$2.75M
Sigma Automate Inc., a
startup focused on no-code
IT automation for
enterprises, has launched
with $2.75 million in
funding. This investment
aims to enhance its
AI-native platform, which
addresses the complexities
of IT operations for
enterprises that need
non-devops automation...
Felix
🌍
$1.7M
Felix has raised $1.7
million in pre-seed
funding to enhance its
hyperautomation platform
aimed at legal, finance,
and insurance sectors. The
funding round was led by
XYZ Venture Capital, with
contributions from angel
investors, including
leaders from major tech
companies.
Investors: XYZ Venture
Capital
Intecrowd
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Intecrowd, a global
workday services partner,
was advised by Clearsight
in its acquisition by UST,
a technology
transformation firm. This
deal enhances Intecrowd's
ability to provide
AI-driven solutions and
enterprise transformation
services. The combination
aims to deliver faster
deployments and...
Health
Chapter
🇺🇸
$100M
Chapter, an AI-driven
Medicare navigation
platform, has raised $100
million in a Series E
funding round led by
Generation Investment
Management. The funding
aims to enhance its
retirement solutions,
addressing the
complexities of Medicare
for retirees. Other
participants included
Fifth...
Investors: Generation
Investment Management,
Fifth Down Capital, 8VC
Luminai
🇺🇸
$38M
Luminai, a
healthcare-focused AI
automation platform, has
raised $38 million in a
Series B funding round,
increasing its total
capital to $60 million.
The round was led by Peak
XV Partners, with
participation from Define
Ventures and continued
support from...
Investors: Peak XV
Partners, Define Ventures,
General Catalyst, Y
Combinator
Teiacare
🇮🇹
$7.56M
Italy-based Teiacare has
raised €7 million in a
funding round led by P101
SGR, with participation
from existing and new
healthcare-focused
investors, including
Spanish family offices
Namarel and Inderhabs.
Founded in 2018, Teiacare
develops AI-powered
monitoring solutions for
residential care...
Investors: P101
SGR,Namarel,Inderhabs
Large Language Models
Openai
🇺🇸
$38.75B
OpenAI has paused its
landmark project aimed at
enhancing the UK's AI
capabilities due to high
energy costs and
regulatory challenges.
This project was part of a
larger UK-US AI deal
announced last September,
where US companies pledged
£31 billion...
Legal & Regulatory
Haast
🇦🇺
$12M
Haast, an AI-powered
enterprise compliance
platform, has raised $12
million in Series A
funding, increasing its
total capital to $17.05
million. The funding round
was led by Peak XV
Partners, with
participation from DST
Global Partners, Airtree,
Aura Ventures, and...
Investors: Peak XV
Partners,DST Global
Partners,Airtree,Aura
Ventures,Black Sheep
Capital
Other AI Category
Eight
🇵🇹
$3.24M
Eight is raising a €3
million seed round to
expand its video-first
dating platform across
four European markets. The
startup has secured over
€256.6k from a venture
capital firm and angel
investors. Founded in
2025, Eight offers live
8-minute video...
Investors: venture capital
firm, angel investors
Wind Crest
🇺🇸
$1.6E-5M
Wind Crest, a senior
living community in
Highlands Ranch, Colorado,
has raised nearly $16,000
through the sale of
handcrafted wine bags,
priced at $10 each. The
initiative, led by
resident Irene Moyer and
supported by fellow
residents, aims to
benefit...
Sportsbox AI
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
A group of investors led
by Bryson DeChambeau has
acquired Sportsbox AI, a
company specializing in
kinematic AI and 3D motion
capture technology for
sports training. The
acquisition includes the
introduction of Sportsbox
AI Motion Intelligence
(SAMI), a next-generation
AI...
Investors: Bryson
DeChambeau
Routeware
🇬🇧
Undisclosed
Routeware, a provider of
AI-powered waste and
environmental services
technology, has acquired
Permiserv, a UK-based
leader in garden waste
permit management for
local authorities. This
acquisition enhances
Routeware's presence in
the United Kingdom and
expands its capabilities
to support councils...
Supply Chain
Maeconomy
🇳🇱
$1.62M
maeconomy, a Dutch startup
focused on creating
financial infrastructure
for the circular economy,
has raised €1.5 million to
enhance its market
infrastructure. The
funding round was led by
Lumo Labs, with
participation from LIOF.
The company's platform
addresses inefficiencies
in...
Investors: Lumo Labs, LIOF
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