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133 Deals Tracked
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Guide Labs Guide Labs 🇺🇸 Fainite Ag Fainite Ag 🇨🇭 World Labs World Labs 🇺🇸 PhysicsX PhysicsX 🌐 CraftStory CraftStory 🇺🇸 Agilerl Agilerl 🇬🇧 Runway AI Runway AI 🇺🇸 Binghamton University Binghamton University 🇺🇸 Euler Euler 🌐 Vyntelligence Vyntelligence 🇬🇧

Latest Deals in AI Research

$0.0001782M
Zurich-based Fainite AG has secured €165,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to enhance its physics-aware AI platform, which aims to improve physics-based simulations for engineering analysis. This funding will help address the challenges faced by approximately 9 million hardware engineers by accelerating simulation workflows and expanding the technology into new engineering domains. The platform utilizes deep learning to streamline processes and provide expert recommendations, ultimately reducing engineering costs and product development time.
Investors: Venture Kick
AI Research Mar 2, 2026
$18.5M
Beyondmath, a deeptech company based in Cambridge, has successfully raised $18.5 million in a seed funding round, which includes a $10 million extension. The funding was led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from existing investors such as Up.Partners, Insight Partners, and Inmotion Ventures. This investment aims to scale their foundational physics AI model.
Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital, Up.Partners, Insight Partners, Inmotion Ventures
AI Research Feb 28, 2026
CesiumAstro, a global provider of space and defense communications systems, has acquired Vidrovr, an AI company focused on real-time multimodal signal analysis. This acquisition aims to integrate AI into space telecommunications and enhance capabilities in intelligent radio frequency optimization and autonomous operations.
AI Research Feb 26, 2026
Cesiumastro Inc. has acquired Vidrovr, an AI company specializing in real-time multimodal signal analysis, to enhance its space telecommunications and ISR infrastructure. This acquisition aims to embed AI for intelligent RF optimization and autonomous operations, improving latency and spectrum efficiency. The integration will be led by Vidrovr co-founder Joe Ellis, focusing on next-generation AI-native space systems. Cesiumastro is committed to scalable production of high-performance communications payloads for national security and commercial customers.
AI Research Feb 26, 2026
$9.25M
Beyondmath, a London-based deep tech firm, has raised $10 million in a seed extension round, bringing its total seed funding to £13.8 million. The company, founded by ex-Google employees, develops a generative physics model for engineering simulations, addressing the need for faster and more flexible simulation technology. The round was led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from existing investors like Up.Partners and Insight Partners. Beyondmath aims to revolutionize engineering design across various industries by combining first-principles physics with modern AI.
Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital, Up.Partners, Insight Partners
AI Research Feb 25, 2026
$18.5M
Beyondmath, a London-based deeptech company, has raised a $10 million seed extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, bringing total seed investment to $18.5 million. The company addresses the challenge of slow legacy simulation tools in engineering by providing a generative physics model that enables simulations up to 1,000 times faster. Founded in 2022 by AI veterans Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey, Beyondmath serves major automotive, aerospace, and electronics manufacturers, with plans to expand its workforce and customer base across Europe, the U.S., and Japan.
Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital
AI Research Feb 25, 2026
$18.5M
London-based BeyondMath has raised a $10 million seed extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, bringing total seed funding to $18.5 million. The company addresses the need for faster and more sustainable engineering simulations by providing an AI model trained on first-principles physics, enabling simulations up to 1,000 times faster than traditional methods. Founded in 2022 by Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey, BeyondMath aims to scale its technology and expand its customer base across various sectors, including automotive and aerospace.
Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital
AI Research Feb 25, 2026
$18.5M
Beyondmath, a London-based deeptech company, has raised $18.5 million in a seed round led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from Up.Partners, Insight Partners, and Inmotion Ventures. Their generative physics platform addresses the inefficiencies of traditional simulation tools by delivering engineering-grade simulations up to 1,000 times faster. This technology enables rapid design iterations for complex aircraft parts, potentially saving billions in fuel and reducing aviation emissions. To date, Beyondmath has raised a total of $20.35 million.
Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital, Up.Partners, Insight Partners, Inmotion Ventures
AI Research Feb 25, 2026
$1000M
World Labs, a spatial intelligence startup co-founded by AI expert Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion in funding to enhance its 'world models'—AI systems that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with 3D environments. This significant investment aims to accelerate the development of these advanced technologies.
AI Research Feb 24, 2026
Guide Labs, a San Francisco start-up, has open-sourced an 8 billion parameter LLM called Steerling-8B, designed to enhance the interpretability of deep learning models. This new architecture allows users to trace every token produced back to its training data origins, addressing challenges in understanding model behavior. The company aims to simplify the complex task of interpreting model outputs, particularly in areas like gender encoding.
AI Research Feb 23, 2026
$1000M
Fei-Fei Li's startup, World Labs, has successfully raised $1 billion to address the growing demand for AI computing power. This funding aims to explore innovative solutions, including the potential for orbital data centers powered by solar energy. Key investors include prominent figures from the tech industry, signaling strong confidence in the future of AI infrastructure.
Investors: prominent figures from the tech industry
AI Research Feb 19, 2026
$1000M
Fei-Fei Li's AI start-up World Labs has raised $1 billion to enhance spatial intelligence, focusing on generative AI 'world models' for complex virtual interactions. The funding round included major investors like Nvidia, AMD, and Autodesk, with Autodesk contributing $200 million and taking an advisory role. World Labs aims to revolutionize storytelling, creativity, and robotics, and was previously valued at around $1 billion after a $230 million investment round.
Investors: Nvidia, AMD, Autodesk
AI Research Feb 19, 2026
$1000M
Fei Fei Li's AI start-up World Labs has raised $1bn to advance spatial intelligence, focusing on generative AI 'world models' that interact with complex virtual environments. The funding round included major investors like Nvidia, AMD, and Autodesk, with Autodesk contributing $200m and taking an advisory role. World Labs aims to revolutionize storytelling, creativity, robotics, and scientific discovery, and is currently valued at approximately $5bn.
Investors: Nvidia, AMD, Autodesk
AI Research Feb 19, 2026
$1000M
World Labs, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion in funding to develop 'world models' that enable AI systems to navigate and make decisions in 3D environments. Autodesk led the investment with $200 million, joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, and AMD. The funding will enhance their product, Marble, which generates detailed 3D worlds, aiming to improve applications in robotics and scientific discovery.
Investors: Autodesk, Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, AMD
AI Research Feb 19, 2026
$1000M
World Labs Inc., an artificial intelligence model developer, has raised $1 billion in funding, with contributions from a consortium including Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and Autodesk Inc. Autodesk invested $200 million to support an AI research collaboration, addressing challenges in engineering software development.
Investors: Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Autodesk Inc.
AI Research Feb 18, 2026
$1000M
Ineffable Intelligence Ltd., a startup founded by former Google DeepMind principal research scientist David Silver, is raising $1 billion in funding. Sequoia Capital is leading the round, with potential contributions from Alphabet Inc., NVIDIA Corp., and Microsoft Corp. The funding aims to address challenges in artificial intelligence.
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Alphabet Inc., NVIDIA Corp., Microsoft Corp.
AI Research Feb 18, 2026
$1000M
Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based startup founded by AI researcher David Silver, is preparing to raise $1 billion in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. This deal, if finalized, would be the largest seed round for a European startup, valuing the company at approximately $4 billion. The venture aims to advance reinforcement learning, moving away from traditional large language models, and reflects a growing investor interest in innovative AI solutions.
Investors: Sequoia Capital
AI Research Feb 18, 2026
$1000M
Sequoia leads a $1 billion seed round for a new AI lab founded by an ex-Google scientist. This funding aims to address challenges in the AI sector, although specific problems are not detailed. The investment highlights the growing interest in AI technologies and the potential for innovation in this field.
Investors: Sequoia
AI Research Feb 18, 2026
$1000M
British scientist raising $1bn for new AI lab in Europe’s biggest seed round
AI Research Feb 18, 2026
$335M
Ricursive Intelligence, co-founded by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, raised $300 million in a Series A funding round at a $4 billion valuation, following a $35 million seed round. The company, which focuses on AI tools for chip design rather than manufacturing chips, aims to automate and accelerate the chip design process. Key investors include Lightspeed, Sequoia, and Nvidia.
Investors: Lightspeed, Sequoia, Nvidia
AI Research Feb 16, 2026