#Funding
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- 01news·4h ago·0 comments
Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you
Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.
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- 02news·4h ago·0 comments
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions
DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.
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- 03news·3d ago·0 comments
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
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- 04news·8d ago·0 comments
Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell.
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- 05news·8d ago·0 comments
Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI
Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
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- 06news·9d ago·0 comments
Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache
The problem with giving everyone in a company access to AI tools is that people will use them in unexpected ways. And that fact is steadily seeding fears that companies now have new, gaping security holes in their systems or, at least, will soon.
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- 07news·9d ago·0 comments
SpaceX and Google both said no. Now his software is riding a SpaceX rocket next to Google’s
Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.
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- 08news·10d ago·0 comments
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
One of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them with tasks and make appropriate suggestions, which, if you'll believe the tech companies, requires apps and devices to listen, watch, or record users' activity…
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- 09news·14d ago·0 comments
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and is now measuring AI models on alignment issues such as lying.
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- 10news·14d ago·0 comments
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated.
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- 11news·15d ago·0 comments
Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users
The developer of Hermes Agent raised a $90 million Series B.
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- 12news·15d ago·0 comments
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.
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- 13news·16d ago·0 comments
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
Instead of helping marketers manage and optimize ad spend, the company is focusing on building the tools that generate the creative assets and campaigns.
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- 14news·16d ago·0 comments
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.
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- 15news·21d ago·0 comments
Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites
Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.
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- 16news·22d ago·0 comments
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.
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- 17news·22d ago·0 comments
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
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- 18news·23d ago·0 comments
OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
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- 19news·23d ago·0 comments
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
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- 20news·23d ago·0 comments
Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market
The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million.
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- 21news·24d ago·0 comments
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.
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- 22news·24d ago·0 comments
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago.
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- 23news·24d ago·0 comments
Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite
Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam
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- 24news·24d ago·0 comments
Insurtech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers.
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- 25news·24d ago·0 comments
Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation
Instinct has raised a $1 billion Series C, saying 'we're just getting started.' The company is now valued at $10 billion.
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- 26news·24d ago·0 comments
The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support
OpenAI is expanding the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program with $5 million in funding and up to $5 million in software credits and engineering support.
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- 27news·27d ago·0 comments
Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing
The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
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- 28news·28d ago·0 comments
Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI
The venture firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.
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- 29news·28d ago·0 comments
Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together
Ando has raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence.
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- 30news·29d ago·0 comments
Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services
Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.
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- 31news·30d ago·0 comments
Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
The seven-year-old startup has raised a $350 million Series E to fuel its data-as-a-service approach.
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- 32news·34d ago·0 comments
Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.
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- 33news·35d ago·0 comments
Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular ‘AI factories’
The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.
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- 34news·36d ago·0 comments
Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform
Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers and AI wearable and robotics companies,
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- 35news·37d ago·0 comments
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round
Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
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- 36news·41d ago·0 comments
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
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- 37news·43d ago·0 comments
AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say.
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- 38news·43d ago·0 comments
Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening
Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave when they know they could always be recorded.
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- 39news·44d ago·0 comments
Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
Cognition's valuation multiple is higher than Cursor's was before selling to SpaceX.
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- 40news·44d ago·0 comments
Mistral raises €3B as sovereign AI becomes big business
The French AI lab has raised €3 billion at a €21 billion valuation in a Series D round led by Samsung, Scaleup Europe, and PSG Equity.
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- 41news·44d ago·0 comments
Funding grants for new research into AI and teen development
Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.
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- 42news·48d ago·0 comments
XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
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- 43news·48d ago·0 comments
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
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