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AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $45M Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550M valuation, up from $60M after it raised a $10M Series A in 2025 (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation, up from $6.6B in December 2025, becoming one of Europe's most valuable startups (www.wsj.com)
12 days ago Europe Startup AI

Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago Startup Africa

Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M (www.businessinsider.com)
13 days ago Startup AI

A look at London-based AI startup Cosine, which is building a frontier model with UK government backing, as some question if it has the talent and resources (www.ft.com)
13 days ago Startup AI London

Sources: Chinese regulators have told banks to back tech companies, but lenders still prefer stable cash flows and profitability over loss-making tech startups (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago China Startup

Sources: Situational Awareness invested $500M, including $400M this week, into Source Foundry, a startup that plans to develop new AI chip manufacturing tools (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago Startup AI Manufacturing

Sources: legal AI startup Harvey is in talks to raise $500M+ at a $15.5B valuation, up from $11B in March, and is generating $350M+ in annualized revenue (www.theinformation.com)
17 days ago Startup AI

AMD Buys AI Chip Startup Taalas That Hardwires AI Models Into Its Silicon (hardware.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Startup AI AMD

Singapore-based AI infrastructure startup Acrab raised a $130M Series B, bringing its total funding to more than $480M (www.dealstreetasia.com)
17 days ago Startup AI Singapore

Filing: ex-a16z partner Bryan Kim is forming venture firm Mido Capital; sources: he plans to raise ~$100M for a fund backing early-stage AI and other startups (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago Startup AI

Sources: Stripe recently entered exclusive talks to buy OpenRouter in a cash-and-stock deal that would value the startup for close to $10B (www.theinformation.com)
18 days ago Startup

PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 '26, vs. $1B in Q1 '25, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for a new generation of AI agents (www.ft.com)
18 days ago Google Startup AI

Source: Yunfeng Capital, a PE firm co-founded by Jack Ma, invested ~$30M in AI insurance tech startup Corgi, leading a round that reportedly valued Corgi at $4B (www.businessinsider.com)
19 days ago Jack Ma Startup AI Insurance

Sources: Google is in talks with AI coding agent startup Mechanize on a possible deal, potentially worth $1.5B+, to hire some of its talent and license its tech (www.businessinsider.com)
19 days ago Google Startup AI

Dubai-based vehicle fleet management startup Moove raised $250M led by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala at a $2.1B valuation to build autonomous vehicle “nests” for docking (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Startup Autonomous Car Dubai

Sources: Anthropic agreed to a $10B deal for computing capacity in Norway from Nvidia-backed AI cloud startup Volta; Volta says the deal runs for six years (www.bloomberg.com)
20 days ago Startup AI Nvidia Norway

AI cloud startup Volta raised $300M co-led by a16z and Altimeter at a $2.4B valuation and says it landed a $10B contract with an unnamed leading AI developer (www.bloomberg.com)
20 days ago Startup AI

London-based AI chip startup Olix raised $312M led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, at a $3.3B valuation, up from $1B+ after raising $220M in February (www.ft.com)
21 days ago Startup AI London

Japanese startups are racing to enter defense drone production, as Tokyo seeks to cut reliance on Chinese industrial drones, which control 91% of Japan's market (asia.nikkei.com)
21 days ago China Japan Startup Drone Tokyo

A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question the revenue potential of open-weight startups like Arcee, Reflection AI, and Poolside (www.wsj.com)
21 days ago Startup AI

Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valued at just under $200M and is structured as an almost all-cash deal (techcrunch.com)
25 days ago Startup AI

Enterprise data pipeline startup DataBahn raised a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $59M (siliconangle.com)
25 days ago Startup

Source and docs: Intel has given access to its Atom processor tech to Rosaic, a new startup led by Amarjit Gill; Lip-Bu Tan and Gill are longtime co-investors (www.reuters.com)
26 days ago Intel Startup

New York-based AI detection startup Pangram raised $9M led by Menlo, and releases Pangram 4.0 and its first AI image detection model, claiming 99.5% accuracy (www.nytimes.com)
26 days ago Startup AI New York

Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high (news.crunchbase.com)
27 days ago Startup AI

NYC-based AI startup Runlayer sues Rippling for allegedly stealing trade secrets to “build essentially a clone” of Runlayer's safety and governance product (nypost.com)
27 days ago Startup AI

Data security startup Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security, which provides non-human identity security, in a deal valued at about $1B (www.crn.com)
27 days ago Startup

UK startup Dwelly, which buys real estate businesses and adds AI to handle maintenance, contracts, and other tasks, raised $95M in equity and $75M in debt (www.bloomberg.com)
27 days ago Startup AI Equity

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