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TypeSafe AI Raises $870 Million at $7.5 Billion Valuation Less Than a Month After Launching Jev
TypeSafe AI's $870 million round, led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $7.5 billion valuation, lands under a month after the startup launched its Jev decision model.
Nous Research Confirms $1.5 Billion Valuation With $90 Million Series B and Enterprise Agent Push
Open source AI startup Nous Research confirmed a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation as its Hermes Agent pushes into enterprise clients.
Robot Brain Startup FieldAI Raises $700 Million at $10 Billion Valuation
FieldAI is raising $700 million at a $10 billion valuation, a fivefold jump in a year, as investors pile into general-purpose robot brain startups.
Viral AI Agent Instinct Raises $1 Billion Series C at $10 Billion Valuation
Instinct, the viral task-completing AI agent, raised a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue, TechCrunch reports.
ElevenLabs Doubles Valuation to $22 Billion in $300 Million Employee Tender
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs doubled its private valuation to $22 billion via a $300 million employee tender offer co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia Raises $255.5 Million for AI Security Startup Armadin
Armadin, Kevin Mandia's agentic cybersecurity startup, raised a $255.5 million Series B at a $2.5 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel.
Ortet Launches With $500 Million From Thoreau to Build a Frontier AI Lab for Health
Ex-Genentech, Meta and AWS AI veterans have launched Ortet, a New York health AI lab, with a $500 million commitment from Matt Holt's Thoreau.
Modal Labs Nears $750M Round at $15.75B Valuation as AI Inference Demand Soars
Inference startup Modal Labs is closing in on a $750 million round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation, TechCrunch reports, citing a source.
AlphaGo Co-Creator Thore Graepel Raises Tens of Millions for Reasoning Startup Metis Reasoning
Bloomberg reports ex-DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel is raising tens of millions for Metis Reasoning, the newest DeepMind spinout chasing reasoning.
Snorkel AI Raises $350M Series E at $3.5B Valuation to Scale Its AI Data Platform
Snorkel AI announced a $350 million Series E at a $3.5 billion valuation, led by Insight and S32, after its data-as-a-service business grew 18x in a year.
Vals Raises $40 Million Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Become the Gold Standard for AI Benchmarking
AI benchmarking startup Vals raised a $40 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz after revenue grew eightfold and its team tripled to 25 people.
Stealth Startup TypeSafe Launches Jev, a 'System One Model' It Claims Is Up to 200x Faster Than LLMs
Stealth startup TypeSafe launched Jev, a 'System One Model' for fast structured decisions it claims runs up to 200x faster than LLMs. Early access is live.
AI Coding Agent Startup Factory Raises $200 Million at $5 Billion Valuation
Factory, the startup behind AI coding agents called Droids, more than tripled its valuation to $5 billion in five months with a new $200 million funding round.
Temporal Raises $550 Million Series E at $12.55 Billion Valuation on AI Agent Demand
Temporal's $550M Series E, co-led by Lightspeed, values the durable execution platform at $12.55B as enterprises run AI agents for weeks.
Andon Labs Launches Pion, an AI Agent Built to Run Entire Companies Autonomously
Andon Labs opened Pion in research preview, letting AI agents run real businesses with email, phone and banking tools. Here is what the platform does.
Mecka AI Nears $500 Million Valuation in Sequoia-Led Round Amid the Rush for Robot Training Data
Robot training data startup Mecka AI is nearing a Sequoia-led round at about $500 million, three months after a $60 million round, TechCrunch reports.
Cohere in Advanced Talks to Raise Up to $3 Billion at $20 Billion Valuation
Cohere is in advanced talks to raise $2–3 billion at a $20 billion valuation with Canadian government backing, The Globe and Mail reports. Close is near.
Meta Acquires Swedish AI Startup Stilla to Strengthen Business AI Agents
Meta buys Swedish AI startup Stilla.ai, maker of multiplayer AI agents for teams, eight months after launch as the enterprise AI land grab intensifies.
AlphaGo Co-Creator Thore Graepel Leaves DeepMind to Build an AI Reasoning Startup
Thore Graepel, who helped build AlphaGo, has quit Google DeepMind to found a startup betting that structured search — not just LLM scaling — is the path to reasoning.
Crusoe Raises $3 Billion at $30 Billion Valuation After $13 Billion Jane Street Deal
AI data center developer Crusoe raised $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation — triple its October round — and signed a $13 billion cloud deal with Jane Street.
AI Security Startup HiddenLayer Raises $100 Million Series B as Agent Threats Drive Spending Surge
HiddenLayer closed a $100 million Series B led by Delta-v Capital as Gartner projects $2.83 billion in AI security spending this year, up 83 percent from 2025.
Wonderful Raises $550 Million Series C at $5 Billion Valuation for Its Enterprise AI Operating System
Enterprise AI startup Wonderful closed a $550 million Series C at a $5 billion valuation led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce joining, six months after its $2 billion round.
Lyte Raises $165 Million Series C at $1.6 Billion Valuation as Apple's Face ID Engineers Build the Perception Layer for Physical AI
Lyte, founded by the engineers behind Apple's Face ID, raised a $165 million Series C led by Maverick Silicon at a $1.6 billion valuation to put its LyteVision perception platform into production robots.
Instinct, the Viral AI Assistant, Raises $250 Million Series B at a $2.5 Billion Valuation
Viral AI assistant Instinct has raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation from Index Ventures and Benchmark, despite privacy concerns.
Stability AI Raises $76 Million Series B Backed by Sony, Universal, Warner and EA
Stability AI has raised a $76 million Series B from Sony Music, Universal, Warner Music and EA, lifting total funding to $232 million under CEO Prem Akkaraju.
Robot Brains Startup Generalist Raises $200 Million Led by 8VC in Physical AI Funding Race
Generalist, the startup building foundation models for robots, raised $200M led by 8VC — two months after its $400M round at a $2 billion valuation.
UK Startup Callosum Raises $100 Million Seed to Route AI Workloads Across Chips
London-based Callosum raised a $100M seed led by Atomico to route AI tasks to the best model and chip — reporting 4x speed and 70% cost cuts with Cerebras.
Veeda AI Raises $90 Million Seed to Build World Models for Physical AI
Former Nvidia research VP Sanja Fidler's startup Veeda AI raised over $90M from Khosla and Radical to build world models that train robots in simulation.
AI Automation Startup Relay Shuts Down — and Its CEO Is Now Building AI Agents Inside Google Chrome
Relay, once hyped as the next Zapier, is closing shop. Founder Jacob Bank rejoins Google as VP of Product for Chrome to lead its AI agent push.
Wispr Raises $280 Million at $2 Billion Valuation to Take AI Dictation Beyond Voice
The AI dictation startup's Series B was led by Menlo Ventures. Wispr also launched Canto, a new speech model it says cuts error rates from 30% to under 10%.
Higgsfield Raises $400 Million at $5.4 Billion Valuation in Round Backed by Goldman Sachs and Intel
AI video startup Higgsfield raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation, with Goldman Sachs, DST Global and Intel backing a fourfold jump in eight months.
SpaceX Officially Closes Its Cursor Acquisition, Pairing AI Coding With Massive Compute
SpaceX has completed its acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, which says it now has access to the world's largest GPU fleet for its next chapter.
AI App Builder Lovable Raises $400 Million Series C at $13.3 Billion Valuation
Lovable's Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures and EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, values the AI software creation platform at $13.3 billion as it surpasses 60 million projects.
CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation as AI-Generated Code Overload Spreads
Nvidia-backed AI code review startup CodeRabbit raised $143M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, launching Agentic Change Management to handle the explosion of AI-generated code.
Google Legend Jeff Dean Raises $1 Billion Seed for Discovery Loop at $10 Billion Valuation
Jeff Dean, who left Google after 27 years, has secured a $1 billion seed round for his AI startup Discovery Loop at a $10 billion valuation, Dealroom reports.
AI Coding Startup Cognition in Funding Talks at $40 Billion Valuation
Cognition, maker of the Devin AI coding agent, is in talks to raise over $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation as its annualized revenue run rate nears $1 billion.
River AI Raises $1.1 Billion to Build Open AI Stack for Custom Model Training
River AI, founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has raised $1.1 billion led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to build full-stack AI infrastructure for open-weight model training and customization.
OpenAI Acquires NextSlide, Folding AI Presentation Startup Into ChatGPT
OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, an AI presentation startup founded by Ahmed Beshry. The team joins ChatGPT in OpenAI's latest acqui-hire.
Legal AI Startup Harvey Targets $15.5 Billion Valuation as Revenue Surges Past $350 Million
Harvey is in talks to raise $500 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, with annualized revenue jumping over 80% to $350 million since January 2026.
Obsidian Security Hits $1.1 Billion Valuation as AI Agent Risks Escalate
Obsidian Security raised $85 million at a $1.1 billion valuation to govern AI agents inside enterprise apps, as rogue agent incidents expose a growing security gap.
Smallest.ai Raises $13 Million to Build Ultra-Fast Voice AI That Aims to Break the Turing Test
Voice AI startup Smallest.ai secured a $13 million Series A to build specialized voice models designed to make speaking to an AI indistinguishable from talking to a human.
China's Moonshot AI Closes $3.5 Billion Round at $35 Billion Valuation, Already Chasing $50 Billion
Moonshot AI, the Chinese startup behind the Kimi chatbot, closed a $3.5 billion funding round at a $35 billion valuation. Reports suggest it may target $50 billion next.
Multiverse Computing Raises $570 Million Series C, Becoming AI Efficiency Unicorn at $1.7 Billion Valuation
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing closed a $570M Series C at a $1.7B valuation. Its CompactifAI technology compresses large language models by up to 95% using quantum-inspired math.
Fish Audio Raises $50 Million Seed to Build Expressive AI Voice Models for Creators and Enterprises
Palo Alto-based Fish Audio secured a $50M seed led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, serving 8 million users and $21M ARR with its open-source voice AI models.
Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Raises $1.7 Billion for Physical AI Startup Atoms
Travis Kalanick's industrial AI company Atoms secured $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber rejoining its founder's bet on automating physical industries with robotics and AI.
AI Insurance Startup Corgi Hits $4 Billion Valuation in Third Funding Round Inside Eight Weeks
Corgi, an AI-powered insurance startup known for its grind culture, has raised again at a $4 billion valuation—its third round in eight weeks—capping a meteoric rise from a 2024 launch.
Prentis, the AI Agent Lab Backed by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, Seeks $100M
Computer-use startup Prentis, co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation. Its Hive-32B agent claims to beat GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on key benchmarks.