| 7 Nov 2026 | Crusoe | $3.9B | Series D+ | $31B | | Google buys Crusoe’s Wyoming AI data-center site after pre-development work |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Qualcomm | $548M | | | Google | Google buys roughly $548M in Qualcomm shares |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Google | $17B | | | | Google buys Crusoe’s Wyoming AI data-center site after pre-development work |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Brookfield Asset Management | $25B | | | | Brookfield raises $25B in Q3, details AI factory pipeline and $9B Korea AI deal |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Physicl | $10M | Seed | | Inovia Capital, US Venture Partners | Physicl raises $10M seed to build realistic 3D sims for robot training |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Level AI | $325M | Acquisition | | | Five9 agrees to buy Level AI for $325M to expand CX AI distribution |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Claimlane | $6M | Series A | | Verb Ventures, Skagerak Capital, Vendep Capital | Claimlane raises €5.6M Series A to expand US aftersales AI |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Nemi Corp. | $400M | Acquisition | $400M | BHAV Acquisition Corp. | Nemi merges with SPAC for Nasdaq listing at $400M pre-money |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Altinity | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | EDB acquires Altinity to merge Postgres and ClickHouse for sovereign AI systems |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Shield AI | $2.5B | Series D+ | $29B | | Shield AI raises $2.5B to acquire radar firm Echodyne |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Aina | $6M | Seed | | | Aina launches smart ring to control AI agents |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Anon | $13M | | | | Sierra buys Anon to let AI agents handle browser workflows without APIs |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Humble Robotics | $51M | Series A | | Obvious Ventures, Eclipse, Energy Impact Partners | Humble Robotics raises $51 million Series A to develop autonomous freight vehicles |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Axiom Math | $200M | Series A | | Menlo Ventures | Axiom Math verifies Stacks Project’s 7,654 pages of math for AI agents |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Numica | $21M | | | Roosh X, Flashpoint Capital | Numica raises $21M to buy small accounting firms and automate their work |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Tigris Data | $350M | Acquisition | | | Dropbox buys Tigris Data for $350M to build AI storage platform |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Kalepa | $75M | Series B | $470M | Updata Partners, IA Ventures, Inspired Capital | Kalepa raises $75 million Series B at $470 million valuation |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Ocient | $100M | Series C | | BOKA Capital, OCA Ventures, Greycroft, In-Q-Tel +5 | Ocient raises $100M Series C to expand agentic AI analytics platform |
| 5 Nov 2026 | ABB Robotics | $5.4B | Acquisition | | SoftBank | China blocks SoftBank’s $5.375B ABB Robotics acquisition |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Agility | $465M | | | retail investors, private investors | Agility Robotics shareholders approve $2.5B SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Polar DC Group Limited | $1.1B | | | H.I.G. Capital, LIAN Group, Palistar Capital | Polar DC Group secures over €1 billion in 2026 funding for AI data centers |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Pliant | $80M | Series C | | Seaya Nova, Speedinvest, Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners +1 | Pliant raises $80 million Series C to offer B2B payments platform to AI agents |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Nscale | $45B | | | Anthropic | Microsoft cancels $500MW AI data center expansion in Texas |
| 5 Nov 2026 | OpenAI | $122B | Series C | $852B | Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank, Microsoft | OpenAI president says majority of sales now come from enterprises, IPO likely in 2027 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Atmospheric AI | $10M | Seed | | DBL Partners | Atmospheric AI raises $10M seed to model supply chains beyond plastics |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Brava Security | $15M | Seed | | F2 Venture Capital, Pitango, Anthropic (angel investor), Microsoft (angel investor) +1 | Brava Security raises $15M seed to expand AI-driven security testing in North America |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Aformic | $7M | Seed | | Veteran Ventures Capital, ff Venture Capital, Mana Ventures, Red Beard Ventures +1 | Aformic raises $6.95M seed to expand autonomous industrial robots |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Finpilot | $10M | Series A | | Lobby Capital, Madrona | Finpilot raises $10M Series A to build AI for institutional investors |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Pierre Computer Company | undisclosed | Acquisition | | OpenAI | OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc. |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Conductor | $22M | Acquisition | | Spark Capital, Matrix Partners | Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor, team to join Meta Superintelligence Labs |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Shackleton AI | $5M | Seed | | Battery Ventures, Brick & Mortar Ventures, Trust Ventures, Correlation Ventures +5 | Shackleton AI raises $5M seed to automate construction project workflows |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Sentra | $150M | Series C | | Capital One Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments +2 | Sentra raises $150M to secure enterprise data for AI agents |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Nooks | $500M | | | General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund | Nooks secures $500M customer-value financing for Revenue Agent Platform |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Pierre Computer | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc. |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Traversal | $120M | | $1.0B | Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, Khosla | Traversal raises $120M Series B to build AI-driven production systems |
| 3 Nov 2026 | AMD | $1.1B | | | | AMD takes $1.07 billion charge for OpenAI and Meta chip warrants |
| 3 Nov 2026 | WhiteFiber | $60M | Acquisition | | | WhiteFiber buys two North Carolina sites for $60 million |
| 3 Nov 2026 | e2e | $8M | Seed | | Credo Ventures, KAYA, Point Nine, Baobab Ventures +3 | E2e raises $8 million seed to build verification layer for agentic coding |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Suplari | undisclosed | Acquisition | | DocuSign | DocuSign buys Suplari to add AI procurement tools to its contract platform |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Fal | $1.3B | Series C | $16B | Bessemer Venture Partners, NVIDIA | AI inference startup Fal raises $1.3B led by Bessemer at $16B valuation, sources say $800M annualized revenue |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Campfire | $100M | Series B | | Accel, Ribbit | Campfire raises $100M in 12 weeks to build AI-native ERP for finance teams |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Apple | undisclosed | | | | Apple reports $57.6B iPhone revenue growth as AI drives upgrades and third-party fees |
| 3 Nov 2026 | CrowdStrike | $495M | Acquisition | | | CrowdStrike buys Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for $400M and $95M in cash |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Bitcoin Hyper | $33M | | | | Anthropic’s Claude predicts $250k Bitcoin price by January 2027 under sovereign adoption scenario |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Athena | $3M | | | a16z Speedrun | Athena raises $2.5M to pair AI agents with attorneys for real estate deals |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Azimut.ai | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | Windward buys Azimut.ai for visual vessel tracking at ports |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Cresta | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Salesforce | Salesforce agrees to acquire Cresta for $2.7 billion according to The Information |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Agility Robotics | $465M | Acquisition | $2.5B | Churchill Capital Corp XI, Foxconn | Agility Robotics shareholders approve $2.5B SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Trajectory | $45M | Series A | $300M | Sequoia, Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures | Trajectory raises $45M Series A at $300M valuation |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Palantir | undisclosed | | | | Palantir’s US commercial revenue surpasses government for first time |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Tutor Intelligence | $75M | Series B | | Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Neo | Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B to expand robotics training and deployments |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Larridin | $30M | Series A | | Pelion Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Gradient Ventures, GFT +5 | Larridin raises $30M Series A to track AI spending and workforce productivity |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Tutor | $75M | Series B | | a16z | Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B to expand robotics training and deployments |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Omen AI | $16M | Acquisition | | | Omen AI acquires Aquatic Labs for $16M to improve data center cooling sensors |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Lumentum | $115B | Acquisition | | | Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum in $115 billion all-stock deal for AI connectivity |
| 2 Nov 2026 | OpenAI | $20B | | | investors from the United Arab Emirates | OpenAI signs deals with UAE entities across energy, government and investment sectors |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Marble Cognition | $4M | | | Heartcore, Seedcamp, Datadog board member, Personio founder +3 | Marble Cognition raises $3.75M pre-seed to build AI coworkers from observed workflows |
| 2 Nov 2026 | EASE Holdings BV | $10M | | | AAFC Group Inc | EASE raises $9.5m equity from aa fc Group to scale AI medical devices |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Alphabet | $6.7B | | | Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank | Alphabet sells €6B in bonds to fund AI infrastructure amid market uncertainty |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Meta | $95B | | | Nvidia, AMD, Micron | Meta files for $X senior notes to fund AI infrastructure expansion |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Hark | $700M | Series A | $6.0B | Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital +3 | Nvidia and AMD back $6B AI startup Hark to challenge Grok |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Oracle | $10B | | | | Oracle files to sell $10B in stock and $10B in bonds to fund AI buildout |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Anthropic | $33B | IPO | | | Anthropic's IPO day will test the AI trade. But what happens next matters more. |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Midstream Health | $20M | Series A | | Valtrius | Midstream Health raises $20M Series A led by Valtrius |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Hex Technologies | $100M | | $1.2B | Peak XV | Hex Technologies raises $100M Series D led by Peak XV at $1.2B valuation |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Humain | $2.6B | Acquisition | | Aramco | Saudi Aramco acquires a 49% stake in AI startup Humain for $2.6 billion |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Lumaril | $66M | Series A | $400M | | Lumaril raises $66 million Series A at $400 million valuation |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Fractile | $700M | Series C | $6.5B | Sovereign AI Fund, Lightspeed, Redpoint, Thrive Capital +1 | UK Sovereign AI Fund joins $6.5bn round for Anthropic-backed Fractile |
| 31 Oct 2026 | OpenAI | $11B | | $1.3T | Coatue Management, T. Rowe Price, SoftBank, Sequoia Capital +3 | OpenAI hints at GPT-6.1 Astra release amid funding and model speculation |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Ollie | $8M | Seed | | Khosla Ventures | Ollie shuts down after a week, ending its privacy-focused AI assistant |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Rune Technologies | $30M | | | | Salesforce buys Rune for AI military logistics software |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Amazon | $80B | | | | Amazon secures $80B loan for AI and automation push |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Amazon.com Inc. | $80B | | | | Amazon sets up $80 billion supplier loan facility to fund AI infrastructure |
| 30 Oct 2026 | AM Intelligence | $3.0B | | | | AM Intelligence plans up to $3 billion capital raise, report says |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Volkswagen Group | $5.8B | | | Volkswagen Group | Rivian licenses AI voice assistant technology through Volkswagen JV |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Thrive Holdings | $15B | Acquisition | | OpenAI, Apollo Global Management | Thrive Holdings buys ADT for $7.6B, backed by OpenAI |
| 29 Oct 2026 | ADT | $7.6B | Acquisition | $15B | Thrive Holdings | Thrive Holdings buys ADT for $7.6B, backed by OpenAI |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Mintive | $7M | | | Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, Operator Collective, Burst Capital +6 | Mintive raises $7M to secure AI agent permissions for enterprises |
| 29 Oct 2026 | SuperMe | $20M | Seed | | Forerunner, Greylock Partners | SuperMe raises $20M to build AI expert network with simulated profiles |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Dulo | $130M | Seed | | | Dulo raises $130M seed to build AI models for hardware design |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Microsoft | $25B | | | capital markets | Amazon shares fall 6-7% after $77 billion Q3 capex drives $42.4 billion free cash flow deficit |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Amii | $3M | | | PrairiesCan, Government of Canada | Amii and PrairiesCan expand AI partnership to aid 25 more businesses with C$2.5M federal funding |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Cohere | $5.9B | | $24B | Schwarz Group, Bell Ventures, Bullhound Capital, Government of Canada +3 | Cohere raises up to CAD 7B in Series E at CAD 35.7B valuation |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Solink | $100M | | | Vertu Capital, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Golub Growth, Comcast Ventures | Solink raises over $100M to analyze business data from security cameras |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Collective | $100M | Series B | | General Catalyst, QED Investors, Gradient Ventures, Intuit Ventures +2 | Collective raises $100M to automate bookkeeping for solo business owners |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Ravical | $17M | Seed | | MMC Ventures, Lakestar, Pitchdrive, Shapers | Ravical raises $17M seed to build AI-powered shared workflows for accounting firms |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Wabi | $55M | Series D+ | $1.3B | IVP, Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner, Amazon Alexa Fund +5 | Wabi raises $55M at $1.25B valuation to expand personal AI assistant |
| 29 Oct 2026 | ShareWillow | $9M | Seed | | Lerer Hippeau, Circadian Ventures, Twelve Below, Charge Ventures +1 | ShareWillow raises $8.5M seed to build AI agents for trades technicians |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Jenni AI | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Digital Science | Digital Science buys Jenni AI to link its AI writing tool to Dimensions research database |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Serval | $150M | Series C | $3.0B | Sequoia, Elad Gil, Evantic, First Round +4 | Serval raises $150M Series C at $3B valuation to hire 500+ |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Crux Labs | $6M | Seed | | Benchstrength, Misneach, Analog Ventures, Pareto Holdings | Crux Labs raises $6M to turn expert judgment into AI agent evaluation |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Fujifilm | $63M | | | | Fujifilm plans fivefold increase in magnetic tape production for AI |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Bites | $40M | Series A | | PeakSpan Capital, Vertex Ventures, Horizon Capital, Rittenhouse Ventures +1 | Bites raises $40M Series A to link AI training with business outcomes |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Eclypsium | $100M | | | Unnamed investor | Eclypsium partners with Nvidia to secure AI infrastructure against hardware-level attacks |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Nvidia | $3.0B | | | Meta Platforms | $10,000 in AMD or Nvidia by 2030 yields very different returns, model predicts |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Fragment | $56M | | | 8VC | Fragment emerges from stealth with $56M funding |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Plato | $16M | Series A | | Nava Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Transpose Platform, Mustafa Suleyman | Plato raises $16M Series A to build AI agent training simulations |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Foundry | $100M | Series A | | Marlinspike | Foundry raises $100M Series A led by Marlinspike |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Broccoli AI | $52M | Series B | $300M | Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Operator Partners | Broccoli AI raises $52 million in Series A and B, valued at $300 million |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Meta Platforms | $1.0B | | | AMD | AMD invests $1B in Meta equity |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Circuit Mind | $19M | Series A | | Norwest, Third Prime, Differential Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures +1 | Circuit Mind raises $18.5M Series A for AI electronics design platform |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Casap | $56M | Series B | | Base10 Partners, Synchrony, Experian, Lightspeed Venture Partners +1 | Casap raises $56M Series B led by Base10 Partners |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Upwind Security | $400M | Series C | $3.8B | Bessemer Venture Partners, Canapi Ventures, Cyberstarts, Greylock Partners +6 | Upwind Security raises $400M at $3.8B valuation led by Bessemer |
| 28 Oct 2026 | phData | undisclosed | | | Gryphon Investors, Anthropic | phData raises funding to expand Claude enterprise services with 300+ new hires |
| 28 Oct 2026 | BUZZ Alpha Cloud Inc. | $129M | Debt | | an institutional lender | HIVE subsidiary BUZZ Alpha Cloud secures $129M fixed-rate loan for Cohere GPU cluster |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Meta | $3.0B | | | NVIDIA | NVIDIA invests $3 billion in Meta's equity offering to expand AI collaboration |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Avante | $30M | Series A | | Frist Cressey Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Hearst Ventures, Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund +1 | Avante raises $30M Series A to expand AI benefits platform |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Infisical | $40M | Series B | $600M | Elad Gil, Gradient, Y Combinator | Infisical raises $40M Series B at $600M valuation to secure AI agent access |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Machenta | $40M | Seed | | Creandum, Union Square Ventures | Machenta raises $40M seed to cut robot training time with one demonstration |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Disruptive | $10B | | | | Disruptive raises $10B to back 10 AI, defense, and software firms |
| 27 Oct 2026 | vera health | $29M | Series A | | threshold ventures, optum ventures, mantis vc, sv angel +2 | Vera Health raises $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures |
| 27 Oct 2026 | General Compute | $100M | Series A | $800M | Blackbird Ventures, Abstract Ventures | General Compute raises $100M Series A to supply inference chips for AI cloud |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Hyphenate | $45M | Series A | | Nexus Venture Partners, B Capital, Foundation Capital, BoldCap +1 | Hyphenate raises $45M Series A for AI agents in corporate finance |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Every | $2M | Seed | | Reid Hoffman | Axios and Every restructure content for AI agents as primary audience |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Hyperbolic | $30M | Series A | | Walden Catalyst, Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, Vista Equity Partners +1 | Hyperbolic raises $30M Series A-1 led by Walden Catalyst |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Simplismart | $14M | Series B | $100M | Dallas Venture Capital, NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC +1 | Simplismart raises $14M Series B to optimize AI model deployment |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Microsoft | $12B | | | | Microsoft reports fiscal first-quarter revenue of $92.3 billion, up 19%, with Azure revenue at $33.2 billion |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Bedrock Robotics | $600M | Series C | $4.1B | CapitalG, Emergence Capital, US Innovative Technology Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners +6 | Bedrock Robotics raises $600M Series C at $4.1B valuation to scale autonomous construction equipment |
| 26 Oct 2026 | OpenAI | $5M | | | Simons Foundation | OpenAI and Anthropic claim their AI models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Microsoft | $175B | | $677B | | Microsoft’s Azure cloud contracts hit $677B as 10 US cities ban new data centers |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Nevis | $70M | Series B | | EQT Ventures, Charles Schwab, Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ +2 | Nevis raises $70M Series B led by EQT Ventures, valued at $500M, a source says |
| 26 Oct 2026 | LSEG | $3.5B | Acquisition | | | LSEG to buy Octus for $3.5 billion as AI finance market grows |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Anthropic PBC | $100B | IPO | $1.5T | | Anthropic files IPO with $1.5T–$2T valuation amid market jitters |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Anthropic | $141B | IPO | | Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley | Anthropic files S-1 with SEC for Nasdaq IPO |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Cathedral | $160M | | $1.4B | Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital | Cathedral says it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Zenlytic | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Square | Square acquires Zenlytic to power Managerbot for sellers |
| 26 Oct 2026 | UK government | $130M | | | | UK commits £100m to AI Biosecurity Lab with OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind |
| 25 Oct 2026 | Anthropic | $100B | IPO | $2.0T | Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley | Anthropic files IPO with $1.5T–$2T valuation amid market jitters |
| 25 Oct 2026 | CoreWeave Inc. | $2.3B | Debt | | Blackstone Inc. | Blackstone-led $2.3B loan to CoreWeave in 2023 became blueprint for chip-backed debt market |
| 24 Oct 2026 | Marvell Technology | $2.0B | | | Nvidia | Nvidia invests $2B in Marvell via NVLink Fusion |
| 23 Oct 2026 | Utopai | $60M | | $1.0B | | Utopai raises $60M at $1B valuation for AI film projects |
| 23 Oct 2026 | AI Biosecurity Lab | $401M | | | UK Government, OpenAI, Anthropic | UK commits £100m to AI Biosecurity Lab with OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Higgsfield | $400M | Series B | $5.4B | TCV, NVIDIA, DST Global, Goldman Sachs Alternatives +5 | Higgsfield extends Series B with TCV and NVIDIA investment after $1B annualized revenue |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Formic | $50M | Series B | | | Formic raises $50 million, including $40 million Series B and $10 million financing |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Tractian | $130M | Series D+ | $1.4B | Sapphire Ventures | Tractian raises $130 million Series D at $1.4 billion valuation |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Warp Sciences | $215M | Series A | $865M | Lightspeed, IVP, Mayfield, Lux +2 | Former OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil launches AI science startup Warp Sciences with $215 million |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Opply | $8M | Series A | | Chalfen Ventures, Index Ventures, Anthemis, Entrepreneurs First +2 | Opply raises $7.5M to deploy agentic AI in consumer goods operations |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Warp | $60M | Series B | | | Warp raises $60M to automate HR workflows with AI agents |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Mave | $28M | Series A | | Red Dot Capital Partners, Lumir Growth Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Emerge Ventures | Mave raises $28 million Series A, total $34 million for AI security platform |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Maxinsights | $30M | Seed | | Peak XV | Dream Labs raises $90 million seed and launches Dream-1 robot AI API |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Slingshot Insurance | $27M | Seed | | Rally Ventures, Skyward Group, Jim Hays | Slingshot Insurance raises $27M seed to launch AI‑powered embedded insurance |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Enact Intelligence | $30M | Seed | | redalpine, Notion Capital, firstminute capital, Arthur Mensch +2 | Eka Robotics raises $150M Series A for vision-force-action model |
| 21 Oct 2026 | AuxoAI | $21M | Series A | | NTTVC, George Still Jr., Amit Zavery, Giacomo Sonnino | AuxoAI raises $20.7 million in Series A funding led by NTTVC |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Flapping Airplanes | $1.0B | | $6.0B | | Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at $6B valuation |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Baba | $40M | Series A | | FirstMark Capital, CVS Health Ventures, Valtruis, General Catalyst +2 | Baba raises $40M Series A led by FirstMark for Medicare AI tools |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Watchtower Labs | $35M | Seed | | Shield Capital, Conviction, Founders Fund, In-Q-Tel | Watchtower Labs raises $35M seed to build AI-driven logistics simulation for US defense |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Photon Bridge | undisclosed | | | Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, 360 Capital, Innovation Industries, Faber +1 | Photon Bridge raises €10 million to develop laser sources for AI data centers |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Whop | $205M | | $5.1B | Sequoia Capital | Whop, which helps people start, run, and scale businesses and uses AI to suggest business decisions, raised $205M led by Sequoia Capital at a $5.1B valuation |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Mach9 | $34M | Series A | | First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Prudence, Quiet Capital | Mach9 raises $34 million Series A to expand AI-powered CAD software |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Legora | $550M | | $8.8B | | Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B post-money valuation |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Blacksmith | $66M | Series C | $1.0B | Sequoia Capital | Blacksmith raises $66M Series C at $1B valuation |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Coherence | $45M | Seed | | OpenAI Startup Fund | OpenAI invests in Coherence as part of $45 million seed round for brain‑implant cancer detection |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Nokia | $1.0B | | | Nvidia | Nokia and Nvidia target 50% spectrum efficiency by 2027 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Azoma | $11M | Series A | | Puma Growth Partners, Dunnhumby Ventures, Twinpath, Mars IAF +2 | Azoma raises $11.2M to help brands optimize for AI shopping agents |
| 20 Oct 2026 | OpenAI | $3.0B | | | Nvidia | OpenAI quietly withdraws from pushing for chip export restrictions to China, report says |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Pigment | $250M | | $2.3B | Scaleup Europe Fund, World Innovation Lab, Greenoaks, ICONIQ +3 | Pigment raises $250 million at $2.3 billion valuation |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Electric Plant | $11M | Seed | | Onto Ventures, Climactic, Ponderosa, Endeavor Catalyst +5 | Electric Plant raises $11.2 million seed round to launch Bombadil plant‑signal model |
| 20 Oct 2026 | ASI | $325M | Series C | $3.0B | | ASI raises $325 million Series C at $3 billion valuation after $875 million FAA contract |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Daytona | $60M | Series B | $1.0B | FirstMark, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Next, Okta Ventures +5 | Daytona raises $60 million Series B at $1 billion valuation |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Firefly | $20M | Series A | | Definition Capital | Firefly raises $20 million Series A led by Definition Capital |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Arda | $230M | | $1.5B | Altimeter Capital, Accel, Khosla Ventures | Arda raises $230 million at $1.5 billion valuation |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Asymptote Labs | $6M | Seed | | Tower Research Ventures, Lytical Ventures, 1984 Ventures, South Park Commons | Asymptote Labs raises $5.5 million seed to monitor enterprise AI agents |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Eka Robotics | $150M | Series A | $1.4B | Andreessen Horowitz, F-Prime, Obvious Ventures, E14 Fund +4 | Eka Robotics valued at $1.45 billion after $150 million Series A |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Braze | $5.7B | Acquisition | | Salesforce | Salesforce to acquire Braze for nearly $5.7B in enterprise value |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Vectorial | $3M | Seed | | Smilegate, SenseAI Ventures, Dent Capital | Vectorial raises $3 million seed to test products with simulated audiences |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Otter.ai | $320M | | | General Catalyst | Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Orchestra Bio | undisclosed | Acquisition | | OpenAI | OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio to expand Rosalind life sciences tools |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Fireworks AI | undisclosed | | | | Infrastructure startup Fireworks AI is in early talks for new funding at a valuation between $30 billion and $40 billion |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Dream Labs | $90M | Seed | | B Capital, Kindred Ventures, A.Capital, Unusual Ventures +4 | Dream Labs raises $90 million seed and launches Dream-1 robot AI API |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Tenstorrent | $1.5B | Series D+ | $6.2B | Trace Capital, Innovation X, Agostinelli Group, ARK Invest +6 | Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion Series E at $6.2 billion valuation |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Town | $108M | Series B | $1.0B | Forerunner Ventures, Menlo Ventures, a16z, First Round Capital +6 | Town raises $108 million Series B at $1 billion valuation |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Tolan | $30M | | | Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Homebrew | Tolan raises $30 million from USV, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew |
| 19 Oct 2026 | doubleAI | $220M | | | Lightspeed, Bessemer, Nvidia Corp., Dell Technologies Inc. | Tel Aviv-based doubleAI releases debut code execution model Maxwell and raises $200M-$220M |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Opaque Systems | $24M | Series B | $300M | | Anthropic acquires Opaque Systems, a confidential AI startup |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Holyvolt | $45M | | $245M | Zone II, CC.VC, angel investors | Holyvolt raises $45 million to develop AI-driven battery materials |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Anthropic | $65B | IPO | $965B | Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital | Replit switches default AI model to OpenAI's ChatGPT while maintaining Anthropic partnership options |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Bending Spoons | $900M | | $30B | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway invests over $900 million in Bending Spoons |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Reach Security | $50M | Series B | | Top Tier Capital Partners, Ballistic Ventures, In-Q-Tel, M12 +1 | Reach Security raises $50M+ Series B led by Top Tier Capital Partners |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Duvo | $32M | Series A | | Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Northzone, Credo Ventures | Duvo raises $32 million Series A led by Balderton |
| 16 Oct 2026 | EverWind Fuels | $10B | | | | Anthropic signs 20-year lease for first Canadian data centre in Nova Scotia with EverWind |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. | $200M | Acquisition | | | FF EAI Robotics acquires Faraday Future’s robotics unit for $200M in all-stock deal |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Nvidia-backed UK startups (five unnamed) | $1.2B | | | Nvidia | Nvidia invests $30B in OpenAI and guarantees $105B for its Ohio data center |
| 16 Oct 2026 | RapidCanvas | $29M | Series B | | Vertex Ventures SEA & India, Hitachi Ventures, Accel, Peak XV Partners +2 | RapidCanvas raises nearly $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures and Hitachi Ventures |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Opsin | $21M | | | SYN Ventures, Race Capital | Opsin raises $21M to track enterprise AI agents and flag risky behavior |
| 15 Oct 2026 | MediaMeta.Ai | undisclosed | | | GMEX Robotics | GMEX Robotics invests 30% in MediaMeta.Ai for socially intelligent robots |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Australian National University (ANU) | $2M | | | Google.org | Google.org funds ANU-led chemotherapy resistance research with $2.2 million |
| 15 Oct 2026 | CarbonAI | $12M | | | Cowboy Ventures, Timber Grove Ventures, Bling Capital, Max Ventures | CarbonAI raises $12M to automate commercial real estate underwriting with AI agents |
| 15 Oct 2026 | North.cloud | $60M | Series B | | peakspan capital, litquidity, companyon ventures, alpaca +3 | North.cloud raises $60M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Abby Care | $82M | Series C | | Transformation Capital, CVS Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, Pivotal Ventures +3 | Abby Care raises $82M Series C to train and pay family caregivers |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 120ft | $610K | | | Ted Persson, Sophia Bendz, Matthias Dantone, Sam Baker | 120ft raises €576,000 to develop humanoid robot microfactories |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Colt DCS and RMZ joint venture | $1.7B | | | | Colt DCS and RMZ begin 64MW AI-ready Mumbai 3 data center construction |
| 15 Oct 2026 | OpenAI | $1.0B | | | | MIT study finds AI solved 35% of theory problems by mid-2026 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Gudea | $7M | Seed | | Mudita Venture Partners, Silicon Road Ventures | Gudea raises $7M to detect social media brand crises across 500 platforms |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Labelbox | $100M | | $1.3B | Infinitum Partners, Wipro Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital +2 | Labelbox raises $100M+ Series E at $1.25B valuation to expand AI agents and RL tools |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Listen Labs | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Salesforce | Salesforce buys Listen Labs for AI-powered customer feedback tools |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Zenzap | $44M | | | Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, The Garage | Zenzap raises $44M to build AI-powered workplace messenger |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Vayo | $100M | | | Booking Holdings | Booking Holdings invests $100M in Vayo, an AI travel agent for bookings and price tracking |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Salience Labs | $125M | Series B | | Bullhound Capital, Intel Capital, AMD Ventures, SBI Group +5 | Salience Labs raises $125M Series B to develop optical switches for AI datacenters |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Harmonic Security Inc. | $50M | Series B | | Crosspoint Capital Partners LP | Harmonic Security raises $50M Series B to grow AI governance platform |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Evos | $9M | | | Uncork Capital, Field Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Utopia Capital Management +1 | Evos raises $9M pre-seed to build AI agents for industrial tasks |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Forgepoint | $10M | Seed | | Primary Venture Partners, a16z speedrun, OpenAI-associated angel investors, Brex-associated angel investors +2 | Forgepoint raises $9.8M seed to automate manufacturing quotes with AI assistant Frank |
| 14 Oct 2026 | CodeWall | $4M | | | Osney Capital, InReach Ventures, Antler | London startup CodeWall raises $4M pre-seed to test enterprise security with autonomous agents |
| 14 Oct 2026 | FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. | $200M | Acquisition | $60M | Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc., FF Global Partners LLC, Yueting Jia, Jiawei Wang | FF EAI Robotics acquires Faraday Future’s robotics unit for $200M in all-stock deal |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Scimplify | $25M | | $250M | Hitachi Ventures, Henkel, Teknor Apex, Accel India +3 | Scimplify raises $25M to cut China’s materials supply chain lead time with AI |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Causa Prima | $20M | Seed | | Base10 Partners, QED Investors, FJ Labs, Creandum +2 | Causa Prima raises $20M seed for agent-to-agent payment platform |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Albert Invent | $55M | Series B | $340M | | Albert Invent raised a $55M Series B at a $340M valuation, a source says |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Agility Robotics | $2.5B | Acquisition | $2.5B | Foxconn, DCVC, NVIDIA, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 +3 | Churchill Capital XI merges with Agility Robotics at $2.5B valuation |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Flox Intelligence | $10M | Series A | | Unconventional Ventures, Tilia Impact Ventures, GENIUS NY, Norrsken +1 | Flox Intelligence builds AI to deter wildlife from infrastructure with edge devices |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Decagon | undisclosed | Acquisition | $4.5B | | Decagon in acquisition talks with ServiceNow after hiring bank |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Pluto Security | $42M | Series A | | Jump Capital, Skinos, Ansa Capital, TLV Partners +1 | Pluto Security raises $42M to secure enterprise AI tool usage |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Character.ai | $2.7B | | | Google | Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Disney offers $20 million for assets |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Scuba | $34M | | | Accel, IVP | Scuba raises $34M to build a shared context engine for AI teams |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Loops | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | Salesforce acquires AI analytics startup Loops for Tableau integration |
| 13 Oct 2026 | C1.ai | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | Workday acquires C1.ai for agent identity governance |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Clueso | $10M | Series A | | Dharana Capital, Future, Neotribe Ventures, Y Combinator +1 | Clueso raises $10 million Series A to automate business video creation |
| 13 Oct 2026 | OpenAI | $30B | | | SoftBank, MGX | Nvidia invests $30B in OpenAI and guarantees $105B for its Ohio data center |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Nvidia | $250M | | | | Nvidia invests $30B in OpenAI and guarantees $105B for its Ohio data center |
| 13 Oct 2026 | DATA Network | $30M | Acquisition | | Sui Foundation | Sui Foundation buys DATA Network for $30M to add AI data registry |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Broadcom | $92B | | | | Broadcom commits up to $92B to fund Anthropic and OpenAI’s chip purchases |
| 13 Oct 2026 | OnLogic, Inc. | $675M | Acquisition | | | Omron buys OnLogic for $675M to expand physical AI hardware |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Mistlabs | $26M | Series A | | Luminous Ventures, Huaqin Technology | Mistlabs raises $26M to launch Ambi ambient AI on Apple devices |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Ambi | $26M | | | Luminous Ventures, Huaqin | Former Plaud exec Peter Mo raises $26M for Ambi AI app that listens continuously |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Scarlet | $50M | Series B | | Headline, Notion Capital, Atomico, Creandum +2 | Scarlet raises $50 million series b to expand AI medical device certification |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Atomic Machines | $250M | Series D+ | | | Atomic Machines raises $250M to build tiny machines from code with AI |
| 12 Oct 2026 | DeepSeek | $7.4B | | $59B | CATL, Tencent | DeepSeek leads $400 million funding round for Chinese robot AI startup |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Winverse AI | undisclosed | Seed | $400M | DeepSeek, Long-Z Investments | DeepSeek backs Winverse AI in $400 million-valued robot startup seed round |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Standard Bots | $200M | Series C | $1.0B | General Catalyst, RoboStrategy | Standard Bots raises $200M at $1B for industrial AI robot arms |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Helm.ai | $70M | | | | Helm.ai secures $70M in commercial contracts for physical AI models |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Minerva Humanoids | $10M | | | General Catalyst, Hugging Face | Minerva unveils VR-controlled humanoid Roger for bomb disposal with $10M funding |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Serval | $75M | Series B | $1.0B | Sequoia Capital | Serval acquires Ensignia and names Sam Stewart head of security |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Hadrian | $40M | Series D+ | | Forgepoint Capital International, SmartFin, HV Capital, Motive Partners +2 | Hadrian raises $40M to build AI-powered offensive security platform |
| 6 Oct 2026 | SignSplit | $400M | | $1.0B | W Group | SignSplit raises $400M from W Group at $1B valuation |
| 6 Oct 2026 | DeepSeek | $15B | | | Tencent, CATL | DeepSeek raises about 100 billion yuan in funding round |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Moonshot AI | undisclosed | Series D+ | $50B | | Moonshot AI closes final private round at $50 billion valuation, plans $5 billion Hong Kong IPO |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Uruguay AI for Good Lab | $400K | | | Microsoft | Uruguay-Microsoft lab completes 3 AI projects for state agencies in six months |
| 5 Oct 2026 | SpaceX | $40B | Debt | | Apollo Global Management, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, KKR | SpaceX stock surges 8% to $171.09, restoring Musk’s trillionaire status |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Ghost | $11M | Seed | | Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract, Audacious Ventures, SV Angel +1 | Ghost launches $3,499 AI agent computer with $11M seed |
| 5 Oct 2026 | D.E. Shaw | $1.0B | | | | D.E. Shaw targets $1B for second Voltaic fund, sources say |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Reflection AI | $2.5B | | $25B | | Reflection AI debuts Beam, a 501B open-weight model rivaling GLM 5.2 with 3-4x less compute |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Safeworld | $12M | Seed | | Shine Capital, a16z Speedrun, Box Group, Carnegie Mellon University Endowment +2 | Safeworld raises $12M seed to test gen AI robot safety |
| 5 Oct 2026 | RobCo | $40M | | $1.0B | Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenfield Partners, Kindred Capital +4 | RobCo sells $40M of shares at a $1B valuation |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Global X LLM ETF (LLMA) | undisclosed | | $11B | | Global X’s LLM ETF tops with SK Hynix, not NVIDIA |
| 3 Oct 2026 | Relay Inc. | $36M | Series B | | International Paper Co., Cerity Partners Ventures, G2 Ventures | Relay raises $36M to add AI to smart radios for frontline workers |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Stability AI | $76M | | | Sony, Warner, Universal | Stability AI raises $76M from music labels to build audio tools |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Hestus | $7M | Seed | | Insight Partners, Chalfen Ventures, Rock Yard Ventures, Garage Capital | Hestus raises $7.4M seed to build AI for mechanical engineering |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Broadcom’s Wall Street syndicate | $60B | | | | Broadcom agrees to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion for AI chip leases, IPO prospectus shows |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Clay | $115M | Series D+ | $7.1B | | Clay’s Kareem Amin discusses GTM engineer role at Disrupt 2026 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | NVIDIA | $5M | | | Sega | NVIDIA’s early support from Sega saved its GPU tech for AI |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Halluminate | $30M | Series A | | Oak HC/FT, Y Combinator, Orange Collective, Heavybit +3 | Halluminate raises $30 million Series A to build AI training environments for finance |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Anthropic | $100M | | | | Anthropic files IPO with $16.3B first-half revenue |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Amazon | $8.0B | | | | Amazon explores $8B deal to shift Nvidia chips off its balance sheet |
| 1 Oct 2026 | PaleBlueDot AI | $200M | Series C | $3.2B | ComputeCore, B Capital | PaleBlueDot AI raises $200M Series C at $3.2B valuation for compute expansion |
| 1 Oct 2026 | OpenAI Group PBC | $30B | | $730B | SoftBank Group Corp. | SoftBank completes $30B OpenAI investment via senior notes |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Broadcom | $60B | Debt | | Blackstone | Broadcom agrees to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion for AI chip leases, IPO prospectus shows |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Canoe Intelligence | undisclosed | Acquisition | | | Bloomberg buys Canoe for private markets AI data automation |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Doxx.net | $38M | Series A | | | Doxx.net raises $38M Series A for agentic P2P platform |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Photon | $5M | Seed | | Gradient, A, Vercel, HongShan +3 | Photon raises $4.5 M seed to replace mobile apps with messaging agents |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Satlyt | $8M | Seed | | Non Sibi Ventures | Satlyt raises $8M to run AI on satellites with Google’s Gemma model |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Armadin | $256M | Series B | $2.5B | Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint +6 | Armadin raised $255.5M Series B led by a16z and Accel at a $2.5B valuation |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Volantis | $88M | Series A | | Lachy Groom, Abstract Ventures, John Doerr, VXI Capital +5 | Volantis raises $88M Series A to build photonic AI inference system |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Oracle | $40B | | | | Oracle reports $5.4B free cash flow loss amid $40B AI funding push |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Nebius | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Nvidia | Nvidia-backed Nebius buys Inferize to cut AI inference GPU costs |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Tencent | $7.0B | | | Oracle | Tencent signs ~$7B deal with Oracle for ~100K AI chips |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Anthropic | $42B | | $2.0T | RBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities | Anthropic receives BB+ credit rating from KBRA, one notch below investment grade |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Factory AI | $200M | | $5.0B | Khosla Ventures | Factory CEO accuses Cognition’s new CRO of sharing confidential info with rival |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Flow Engineering | $50M | Series B | $750M | Valar Equity Partners, Atreides Management, Sequoia Capital, Roelof Botha | Flow Engineering raises $50M Series B at $750M valuation with Valar, Atreides, Sequoia |
| 30 Sept 2026 | ElevenLabs | $300M | | $22B | Wellington, T. Rowe Price | ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B on $300M employee tender |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Nvidia | $150B | | | | Nvidia authorizes $150 billion in stock buybacks, but AI hardware focus remains |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Destro | $8M | Seed | | Base10 Partners, Bonfire Ventures, CoFound Partners | Destro raises $8M seed to link robots and humans in logistics |
| 30 Sept 2026 | MIT Transit Lab | $2M | | | Google.org | MIT Transit Lab gets $2.1M to build AI transit platform with Google.org funding |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Restate | $20M | Series A | | Singular, Redpoint Ventures, Capital One Ventures | Restate raises $20M Series A led by Singular |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Miter | $40M | Series B | | Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue | Miter raises $40M Series B to build AI-native construction OS |
| 30 Sept 2026 | CScale | $145M | Series C | | Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Premji Invest, Sutter Hill Ventures +3 | CScale raises $145M Series C for optical interconnects in AI data centers |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Metaview | $60M | Series C | | Insight Partners, GV, Intrepid Growth Partners, Seedcamp +3 | Metaview raises $60M to expand AI-powered recruiting platform |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Ives Ultra AI Opportunities Inc. | $200M | IPO | | | Ives Ultra AI Opportunities raises $200M in NYSE IPO at $10 a share |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Flipkart | $350M | | | Google, Walmart | Google tests Flipkart AI shopping via Gemini in India |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Accelevation Holdings Corp. | $540M | IPO | | Olympus Partners | Accelevation raises $540 million in US IPO, sells 30 million shares at $18 each |
| 29 Sept 2026 | General Intuition | $220M | | $6.2B | Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, 776, Point72 +2 | General Intuition raises $220M at $6.2B valuation for AI agents trained on gameplay footage |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Dazzle | $8M | Seed | | | Marissa Mayer’s Dazzle turns camera rolls into personalized AI suggestions |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Reco | $55M | Series C | $300M | AT&T Ventures, Forestay, Quadrille Capital | Reco raises $55M to secure AI agents across enterprise networks |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Alphabet | $41B | | | | Alphabet's Q2 2026 AI spending exceeded business cash flow, with capital expenditures at $44.9 billion and free cash flow negative $5.9 billion |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Augmentt | $18M | Series A | | | Augmentt CEO urges MSPs to monetize Microsoft security, compliance and AI |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Mistral | $3.5B | | | Samsung | Mistral CEO accuses US AI safety debate of hiding competitors’ negligence |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Dodge AI | $3M | Seed | | Accel, Google Ventures, New Build Venture Capital, Antler +1 | Dodge AI raises $2.65M to automate enterprise software maintenance |
| 29 Sept 2026 | EliseAI | $350M | Series D+ | $4.0B | Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures +1 | EliseAI raised $350M at a $4B valuation, up from $2.2B after August 2025 round |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Anthropic (via new services firm) | undisclosed | | | Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs | Anthropic launches AI services firm with Blackstone to handle enterprise implementation |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Surge 12 cohort | $50M | Seed | | Peak XV Partners | Peak XV raises Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M per startup |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Helix Digital Infrastructure | $1.0B | | | Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI +2 | Samsung invests $1 billion in AI infrastructure startup Helix |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Helix | $1.0B | | | Samsung | Samsung invests $1 billion in AI infrastructure startup Helix |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Modal | $750M | Series D+ | $16B | Accel | Modal Labs closes in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Outmarket | $35M | Series B | $355M | SignalFire, Fika Ventures, Permanent Capital Ventures, TTV Capital +1 | Outmarket raises $34.5M Series B at $355M valuation four months after Series A |
| 28 Sept 2026 | World Labs | $8.2B | Acquisition | | AMD | AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Hugging Face | $13B | Acquisition | $13B | NVIDIA | Google's Intrinsic open-sources robot control stack as NVIDIA buys Hugging Face |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Modulate | $25M | Series D+ | $170M | Future Ventures, Hyperplane, Lakestar | Modulate raises $25M to analyze voice tone and intent beyond transcripts |
| 28 Sept 2026 | SiMa.ai | $150M | Series C | $1.4B | Fidelity Management & Research Company, Amplify Partners, Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital +6 | SiMa.ai raises $150M Series C at $1.45B valuation to compete with Nvidia’s CUDA hardware |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Instinct | $1.0B | Series C | $10B | Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, Coatue | Instinct raises $1B Series C at $10B valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark, Coatue |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Red Queen Bio | $36M | | | OpenAI | OpenAI-backed Red Queen Bio raises $36M for AI antibody drugs |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Nvidia | $10B | | | Microsoft | Nvidia discloses contracted value with Anthropic exceeds $180B |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Ramona Optics | $25M | Series A | | | Ramona Optics raises $25M Series A for AI microscopes |
| 27 Sept 2026 | Numeral | $100M | Series C | | Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Geodesic, Benchmark +4 | Numeral raises $100M Series C led by Insight Partners |
| 25 Sept 2026 | OpenRouter | undisclosed | Acquisition | | Stripe | OpenRouter reaches 10 trillion tokens daily as Stripe acquisition completes |
| 25 Sept 2026 | NextEra Energy | $1.9B | | | U.S. Department of Energy | NextEra Energy secures $1.9B DOE loan to restart nuclear plant for AI power |
| 25 Sept 2026 | Anthropic | $12B | | $965B | Akamai Technologies | OpenAI halts training after 20 DNS escapes; Anthropic signs $11.6 billion Akamai deal |
| 25 Sept 2026 | AI neolabs | $24B | | | | AI neolabs raised $24B in two quarters, FT reports |
| 25 Sept 2026 | Lightspeed | $250M | | | | Lightspeed targets $250M for new India AI fund |
| 24 Sept 2026 | TypeSafe AI | $40M | Seed | | DCVC | TypeSafe AI launches Jev, a decision model claimed up to 193.6x faster and 444.6x cheaper |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Shield AI | $1.5B | | $13B | | Shield AI, Waabi, and GM discuss deploying AI where failure isn’t an option |
| 24 Sept 2026 | PicoJool | $28M | Series A | | Socratic Partners, Hudson River Trading | PicoJool raises $27.5M Series A to scale optical VCSEL links for AI data centers |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Akamai Technologies | $12B | | | Anthropic | Cramer picks Akamai as AI traffic stock to buy now |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Brahma AI | $150M | | $2.0B | Multiples Alternate Asset Management | Brahma AI raises $150 million, valuing firm at $2 billion |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Island | $400M | | $6.4B | Evolution Equity Partners | Island raises $400 million at $6.4 billion valuation |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Trebellar | $18M | Series A | | Blossom Capital, Haystack, Alt Capital, 1Flourish +1 | Trebellar raises $18M Series A to add AI agents to corporate real estate |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Accenture | $1.0B | | | | Anthropic signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai and secures warrant for up to 5% stake |
| 24 Sept 2026 | OpenAI | $10B | | | SoftBank | SoftBank raises over $11 billion in bonds to fund OpenAI investment |
| 23 Sept 2026 | OpenEvidence | $250M | | $15B | Andreessen Horowitz | OpenEvidence valued at $15 billion in new funding round |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Enveda | $311M | Series D+ | $2.0B | Catalio Capital Management, Iconiq | Enveda raises $311 million Series E to advance nature-derived AI drugs |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Lenfest Institute for Journalism | $5M | | | OpenAI | The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Basecamp Research | $140M | Series C | | S32, Nvidia, Anthropic, Catalio +6 | Basecamp Research raises $140M Series C led by S32 |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Ema | $77M | Series B | | Creaegis, Accel, Section 32, Prosus | Ema raises $77 million Series B to expand AI employee platform |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Microsoft | $10B | | | | Microsoft pledges more than $10 billion in cloud and AI investment across Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE by 2030 |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Confido | $55M | Series B | | Insight Partners, Trenches Capital, Watchfire, Barrel Ventures +2 | Confido raises $55M Series B led by Insight Partners |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Anthropic | $2.0B | IPO | $2.0T | TomorrowVentures, Innovation Endeavors, Hillspire | Anthropic reports $42B net loss and $518B AI spending plan in IPO filing |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Spott | $21M | Series A | | Balderton Capital | Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip and plans 20-gigawatt data center expansion by 2032 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | SoftBank Group Corp. | $11B | Debt | | | SoftBank raises over $11 billion in bonds to fund OpenAI investment |