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Healthleap, an AI startup, secured $38 million in seed and Series A funding to expand its platform that analyzes patient records to identify undiagnosed conditions like malnutrition and delirium in hospitals.
Boston-based voice intelligence startup Modulate has secured $25 million in new funding to enhance its platform, which uses an array of small AI models for transcription, emotional analysis, deepfake detection, and policy enforcement for voice agents.
Vantora, a firm that builds startups for corporate clients, has raised $100 million from Silversmith Capital Partners and is pivoting to focus exclusively on physical AI ventures that its corporate partners can fully acquire.
AI startup Manus is in talks to raise $500M at a $4B valuation after resuming operations as an independent company.
Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed
TechCrunch has announced the latest group of venture capitalists who will serve as judges for the Startup Battlefield 200 competition at Disrupt 2026, evaluating early-stage companies across various industries, including robotics.
Profound, an AEO startup specializing in marketing software for AI search results, has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation, just seven months after its previous round.
Chinese AI developer Z.ai is pursuing a new US$5 billion fundraising round through a share placement and convertible bond sale, following a previous HK$31.4 billion capital raise in July. This significant financial push aims to fund the substantial costs associated with d…
Adani Enterprises' shares surged nearly 5% after its airport subsidiary, Adani Airport Holdings, secured a $1 billion fundraising deal from global and domestic investors. This investment values the airport unit at approximately $18 billion on a pre-money basis.
A charity, the Greenaway Foundation, is hosting a live music event called Greenaway Live to raise £200,000 for its Christmas project, which provides dinners and presents to low-income families in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey. The initiative aims to support over 1,000 families…
Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months
Israeli-Dutch AI startup Wonderful has secured $550 million in Series C funding, pushing its valuation to $5 billion, more than double its previous valuation just six months prior.
Arga Labs secured $10 million in seed funding to develop digital twin environments for training enterprise AI agents, addressing the difficulty of testing agents in complex business software like Salesforce and Workday.
Indian voice AI startup Ringg secured $10 million from Peak XV Partners, extending its Series A to $15.5 million, as it expands its automated voice agents beyond simple calls to complex enterprise workflows.
Gatik, a self-driving truck startup, has raised $200 million in funding, led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies. The company has commercial deals worth $600 million in contracted revenue and plans to scale its operations with the new funding.
Keenable, a startup backed by Accel, is building a web search index for AI agents. The company has raised $26 million in seed funding and is working to provide a cost-efficient solution to AI companies.
General Intuition, an AI startup developing a foundation model for generalized AI agents, is reportedly raising new funds at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. This significant investment, involving Valor Equity Partners and Point72 Ventures, will fuel its expansion into r…
Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation. The startup aims to manufacture hypersonic weapon systems at a lower cost and at faster speeds than traditional defense primes.
The SEC proposed exemptions allowing crypto projects to raise up to $5 million over four years or $75 million annually without full securities registration.
Groq has raised $350 million, led by Disruptive with Nvidia's planned participation, valuing the company at $3.5 billion. This funding supports its pivot from an AI chipmaker to a "neocloud" company providing AI infrastructure services, primarily operating Nvidia systems.
Terra Industries, an African defense tech company, has closed a $52 million seed round to build autonomous systems and other infrastructure for the Global South. The company plans to expand manufacturing across the region, open offices in London and San Francisco, and acc…
AI dictation startup Wispr secured $280 million in Series B funding, reaching a $2 billion valuation, as it expands beyond dictation into meeting note-taking and new human-computer interfaces.
Databricks, an AI big-data company, raised $5 billion in a new round of funding at a $190 billion valuation. The company had initially wanted to raise $1 billion but ended up with $15 billion of interest from investors.
Cognition is reportedly discussing a new round that could value it at $40 billion, up from $26 billion in May. The startup says Devin is gaining enterprise use and has big-name customers.
Situational Awareness, an embattled hedge fund, has invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a startup aiming to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper. This investment brings the fund's total investment in Source Foundry to $500 million.
Naïve, a startup that offers infrastructure for AI agents to automate business setup and operation, has raised $28.5 million in a Series A funding round. The company has scaled annual run-rate revenue by 10x to the low double-digit millions over the past six months.
Bending Spoons has agreed to buy Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Airtable has raised over $1.4 billion and was valued at $11 billion in 2021, but its shares were trading at $4 billion earlier this year.
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire leads a $1 billion round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics, which is building small modular nuclear reactors. Valar has raised $200 million in credit from Erebor and other banks.
More girls in Singapore are bravely shaving their heads in the Hair for Hope campaign to support children with cancer and raise funds for the Children's Cancer Foundation. Participants like Gerlyn Ng and Joy Ang find head-shaving empowering and help reduce the stigma arou…
Encore AI, a startup that studies companies' customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Team8. The company's platform analyzes conversations between a company's employees and customers to identify successfu…
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. The startup's tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from well-hidden bot traffic.
Fish Audio, a Palo Alto-based startup, has raised a $52 million seed round to expand its AI voice model technology for both creative and enterprise applications.