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FUNDING$1.7B Funding Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz to build AI and robotics systems for mines, factories, and logistics networks.
Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
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Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
Real headline funding is bigger than ever, but a two-speed market has emerged: AI-adjacent mega-rounds keep getting bigger while everything else gets harder to raise, based on Crunchbase's H1 2026 data and this week's own deal flow.
Corgi Hits $4B Valuation in Third Round in Eight Weeks
FUNDINGB2 Round at $4B
Corgi Hits $4B Valuation in Third Round in Eight Weeks
AI insurance startup Corgi raised at a $4 billion valuation -- its third round in eight weeks and a 54% jump from the $2.6 billion mark it held in late May -- as annualized revenue races toward $450 million.
Genesis AI in Talks to Raise $500M at $3B Valuation
FUNDING~$500M Funding Talks
Genesis AI in Talks to Raise $500M at $3B Valuation
Robotics foundation-model startup Genesis AI is in talks to raise roughly $500 million at a $3 billion pre-money valuation, less than 13 months after emerging from stealth with a $105 million seed round.
Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes Europe's Robot Unicorn
FUNDING$152M Series A
Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes Europe's Robot Unicorn
London-based Humanoid raised $152 million at a $1.35 billion valuation, becoming Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn on the strength of billions in factory pre-orders.
Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
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Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
Crunchbase data shows the count of billion-dollar-plus venture rounds climbing through H1 2026, concentrated overwhelmingly in AI, fintech and healthcare -- a structural shift in how the largest checks in venture get written.
Coinbase Takes Stake in Tokenized Abu Dhabi Fund
FUNDING~$75M on-chain
Coinbase Takes Stake in Tokenized Abu Dhabi Fund
Coinbase invested directly in a blockchain-native tokenized version of Mubadala Capital's private markets fund, adding roughly $75 million in on-chain assets across Base, Solana and Sui.
Fomo Raises $75M Series B for Consumer Crypto Trading
FUNDING$75M Series B
Fomo Raises $75M Series B for Consumer Crypto Trading
Consumer crypto trading app Fomo raised a $75 million Series B led by Index Ventures at a $550 million valuation, adding equities and prediction markets after its first year saw $4 billion in trading volume.
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
FUNDING$160M at $1.4B Valuation
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
Four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for Cathedral, an AI-driven military cyber startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
FUNDING$1.7B Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company Atoms closed a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted him as CEO in 2017 -- investing alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
FUNDING$1.7B
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics holding company Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted Kalanick in 2017 -- joining the round alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
FUNDING$160M Funding Round
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
Cathedral, a defense-tech startup founded by former Department of Government Efficiency staffers, closed a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia to expand US military cyber capabilities.
Glow Exits Stealth With $180M at $1.2B Valuation
FUNDING$180M at $1.2B valuation
Glow Exits Stealth With $180M at $1.2B Valuation
Glow, founded by former Meta, Snowflake and Claroty executives, emerged from stealth with $180 million at a $1.2 billion valuation to rebuild endpoint security for a world where AI agents, not just employees, operate on corporate devices.
Glow Emerges From Stealth as $1.2B Security Unicorn
FUNDING$180M at $1.2B
Glow Emerges From Stealth as $1.2B Security Unicorn
AI-native endpoint security startup Glow emerged from stealth with $180 million in funding at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Sequoia, Cyberstarts, Greenoaks and Redpoint Ventures.
Glow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B to Rethink Endpoint Security
FUNDING$1.2B valuation
Glow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B to Rethink Endpoint Security
Glow launched publicly with a $1.2 billion valuation, betting that AI agents running on employee devices need an entirely new category of endpoint protection that legacy tools like CrowdStrike and SentinelOne weren't built for.
Crystalys Raises $130M to Push Gout Drug Through Phase 3
FUNDING$130M Series B
Crystalys Raises $130M to Push Gout Drug Through Phase 3
Crystalys Therapeutics raised a $130 million Series B led by Frazier Life Sciences to fund global Phase 3 trials of dotinurad, an oral gout drug already approved in five Asian markets, less than a year after a $205 million Series A.
Glow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B Valuation for AI-Era Endpoint Security
FUNDING$180M Series A
Glow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B Valuation for AI-Era Endpoint Security
Ex-Meta and Snowflake executives launched Glow with $180 million at a $1.2 billion valuation to rebuild endpoint security for a world where AI agents run on employee devices and attackers use generative AI to automate phishing and malware.
Candid Health Raises $120M to Fix Medical Billing
FUNDING$120M
Candid Health Raises $120M to Fix Medical Billing
Candid Health raised $120 million to automate the revenue-cycle-management process behind America's $280 billion medical billing industry, betting AI can strip out the manual claims work insurers and providers still rely on.
ServiceNow Invests $40M in Indian Banking Software Firm
FUNDING$40M Series C stake
ServiceNow Invests $40M in Indian Banking Software Firm
ServiceNow invested $40 million for roughly a 5% stake in BusinessNext, a 24-year-old Indian banking software firm serving 70+ banks, deepening ServiceNow's push into AI-powered financial services software globally.
Augustus Raises $180M to Build a 'Global Dollar Bank'
FUNDING$180M Series B at $1B
Augustus Raises $180M to Build a 'Global Dollar Bank'
Augustus raised a $180 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation led by Tiger Global to build a federally chartered clearing bank giving international fintechs direct access to U.S. dollar accounts, rails and stablecoin connectivity.
Dimension Capital Raises $800M Fund for Science-Meets-Compute Bets
FUNDING$800M Fund III
Dimension Capital Raises $800M Fund for Science-Meets-Compute Bets
Dimension Capital closed an $800 million third fund aimed at the intersection of scientific research and compute infrastructure, underscoring how much venture capital is now chasing the compute-heavy science boom.
Dimension Capital Closes $800M Fund for Science and AI
FUNDING$800M Fund III
Dimension Capital Closes $800M Fund for Science and AI
Dimension Capital raised an $800 million third fund, 60% larger than its prior vehicle, betting that founders increasingly want to build companies crossing the boundary between biotech, physical science and AI compute.
Augustus Raises $180M at $1B Valuation for Dollar Banking
FUNDING$180M Series B
Augustus Raises $180M at $1B Valuation for Dollar Banking
Fintech Augustus raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation led by Tiger Global, as its 25-year-old founder pursues a national bank charter that would make him one of the youngest CEOs of a federally chartered US bank in over 140 years.
Sila Raises $300M to Expand US Silicon Anode Manufacturing
FUNDING$300M
Sila Raises $300M to Expand US Silicon Anode Manufacturing
Battery materials startup Sila raised $300 million to expand its Washington state factory, bucking the EV slowdown with a silicon-carbon anode material already supplying Mercedes and Panasonic.
Sila Raises $300M to Expand Battery Materials Factory
FUNDING$300M
Sila Raises $300M to Expand Battery Materials Factory
Battery materials startup Sila raised $300 million to expand its US factory, bucking the broader EV slowdown that has hit demand forecasts across the electric vehicle supply chain.
Empirical Security Raises $25M to Predict AI-Era Exploits
FUNDING$25M Series A
Empirical Security Raises $25M to Predict AI-Era Exploits
Cybersecurity startup Empirical Security raised a $25 million Series A led by Brightmind Partners to build predictive models that flag which of the 18,000+ actively exploited vulnerabilities actually threaten a given organization.
Meshy Raises Nearly $400M for AI 3D Generation
FUNDING~$400M Series B
Meshy Raises Nearly $400M for AI 3D Generation
Meshy raised nearly $400 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the largest round on record for AI 3D generation, as its revenue grows roughly 12x year-over-year to more than 12 million registered users.
Dimension Capital Raises $800M Third Fund for Science-Compute Bets
FUNDING$800M Fund III
Dimension Capital Raises $800M Third Fund for Science-Compute Bets
Dimension Capital closed an $800 million third fund, 60% larger than its prior vehicle, betting on the intersection of biotech and AI compute after early wins including Chai Discovery's jump to a $3.8 billion valuation.
Bluecore Energy Raises $10M for Portable Nuclear on Barges
FUNDING$10M pre-seed
Bluecore Energy Raises $10M for Portable Nuclear on Barges
Bluecore Energy, founded by a former Uber executive, raised a $10 million pre-seed to build portable nuclear reactors mounted on barges, aiming to bring power directly to data centers and remote industrial sites.
Bluecore Energy Raises $10M to Put Nuclear Reactors on Barges
FUNDING$10M pre-seed
Bluecore Energy Raises $10M to Put Nuclear Reactors on Barges
Seven-month-old Bluecore Energy raised a $10 million pre-seed to build small modular nuclear reactors on floating barges that can be towed to power ports and data centers within days rather than the decade-plus timeline of a fixed plant.
UK's Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes a $1.35B Robotics Unicorn
FUNDING$152M Series A
UK's Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes a $1.35B Robotics Unicorn
UK robotics startup Humanoid raised a $152 million Series A at a $1.35 billion valuation led by Prime Movers Lab, becoming Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn as industrial buyers chase labor-shortage automation.
Augustus Raises $180M Series B To Dollarize World
FUNDING$180M Series B
Augustus Raises $180M Series B To Dollarize World
Augustus raised a $180 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation to build what it calls the Global Dollar Bank, giving international fintechs and banks direct access to US dollar accounts and rails.
Ant International Completes $1.2B Series A
FUNDING$1.2B Series A
Ant International Completes $1.2B Series A
Ant International completed a roughly $1.2 billion Series A round backed by Ant Group and Alibaba to expand cross-border payments and agentic commerce tools for global merchants.
Colossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at Up to $30B Valuation
FUNDING$20B-$30B talks
Colossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at Up to $30B Valuation
Colossal Biosciences is reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $20-30 billion valuation, up to triple its January 2025 mark, building revenue-generating spinouts beyond its mammoth and dire wolf projects.
Colossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at $20B-$30B Valuation
FUNDING$20B-$30B valuation
Colossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at $20B-$30B Valuation
De-extinction genetics company Colossal Biosciences is reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $20 billion to $30 billion valuation, a dramatic step up that would make it one of the most valuable biotech startups in the world.
Natural Raises $30M to Build Payments Rails for AI Agents
FUNDING$30M Series A
Natural Raises $30M to Build Payments Rails for AI Agents
A 193-day-old startup raised $30 million from Forerunner to build payments infrastructure for AI agents, positioning directly against Stripe.
Natural Raises $30M to Build Payment Rails for AI Agents
FUNDING$30M Series A
Natural Raises $30M to Build Payment Rails for AI Agents
Natural raised a $30 million Series A from Forerunner to build an orchestration layer letting AI agents move money and settle transactions without a human authorizing each step, positioning directly against Stripe.
The Neocloud Gold Rush: Who's Really Winning the AI Compute Land Grab
FUNDING$8.3B-$11B neocloud marks
The Neocloud Gold Rush: Who's Really Winning the AI Compute Land Grab
Together AI's $8.3 billion valuation, SambaNova's $11 billion mark, and a wave of smaller sovereign-cloud raises show investors are pricing AI compute resellers as aggressively as the model labs they serve.
Space Tech's Quiet Record: $7.5B in Q2 as SpaceX Wobbles
FUNDING$7.5B Q2 space funding
Space Tech's Quiet Record: $7.5B in Q2 as SpaceX Wobbles
Space startups raised roughly $7.5 billion across 141 deals in Q2 2026, near-record territory even as SpaceX -- the sector's biggest public proof point -- trades nearly 39% below its post-IPO high.
Physical AI's Funding Supercycle: Robots, Drones, Materials
FUNDING$23B robotics, $17.4B defense
Physical AI's Funding Supercycle: Robots, Drones, Materials
Robotics startups have raised roughly $23 billion in 2026, nearly matching all of 2025, while defense tech hit a record $17.4 billion -- physical AI, not another chatbot, is where the venture capital rotation is actually happening this year.
AI Labs Ate 43% of H1's Record $510B VC Haul
FUNDING$217B to 2 companies
AI Labs Ate 43% of H1's Record $510B VC Haul
Global startup funding hit a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, but OpenAI and Anthropic alone absorbed $217 billion of it -- 43% of everything raised -- a concentration level that should worry anyone not funding a frontier lab.
Inference Startup Infinity Raises $15M From OpenAI, Anthropic Researchers
FUNDING$15M
Inference Startup Infinity Raises $15M From OpenAI, Anthropic Researchers
Inference startup Infinity raised $15 million from Touring Capital along with individual researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic, a small round with an unusually credible investor base for the crowded AI-inference infrastructure space.
Empirical Security Raises $25M for AI Exposure Management
FUNDING$25M Series A
Empirical Security Raises $25M for AI Exposure Management
Chicago-based Empirical Security raised a $25 million Series A to build predictive models that forecast which vulnerabilities will actually be exploited.
Neo Launches With $100M to Secure Agentic AI Software
FUNDING$100M launch round
Neo Launches With $100M to Secure Agentic AI Software
Three SentinelOne veterans launched Neo out of stealth with $100 million from a16z and Bessemer to secure the AI agents enterprises are now running against production systems.
Bezos Backs CuspAI's $450M Round to Hunt Chip Materials
FUNDING$450M Series B
Bezos Backs CuspAI's $450M Round to Hunt Chip Materials
CuspAI raised a $450 million Series B at a $2.6 billion valuation, roughly five times its mark nine months ago, with Bezos Expeditions joining Kleiner Perkins and NEA as the Cambridge startup launches an AI Materials Foundry with Nvidia and Meta.
AZCOM Maruwa Pays Amazon Japan's Truckers in Stablecoin
FUNDING~$6.2M JPYC investment
AZCOM Maruwa Pays Amazon Japan's Truckers in Stablecoin
AZ-COM Maruwa, one of Amazon Japan's primary logistics distributors, will pay roughly 2,300 partner trucking companies in JPYC, a yen-pegged stablecoin, marking the first large-scale corporate contractor payroll rollout of a stablecoin in Japan.
Why Corporates Wrote the Biggest Checks in AI This Week
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Why Corporates Wrote the Biggest Checks in AI This Week
Nvidia, a bank venture arm and a crypto exchange parent all wrote checks into this week largest late-stage rounds, a sign strategics want direct equity exposure to AI infrastructure.
Why the Biggest Checks Skipped the Chatbots This Week
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Why the Biggest Checks Skipped the Chatbots This Week
None of this week's largest rounds went to a consumer-facing AI app -- Fireworks, Alpaca, NetApp's DataPelago deal and Forward Financing all sit in infrastructure layers investors are betting will outlast whichever model currently tops the leaderboard.
Alpaca Raises $135M ($435M With Debt) for Agent-First Brokerage
FUNDING$135M equity / $435M total
Alpaca Raises $135M ($435M With Debt) for Agent-First Brokerage
Alpaca raised $135 million in equity led by Peak XV, plus debt financing from Kraken parent Payward and BMO for $435 million in total capital, to scale brokerage infrastructure for tokenized markets and AI trading agents.
Cyclops Raises $20M Series A to Bring Stablecoin Rails to Payments
FUNDING$20M Series A
Cyclops Raises $20M Series A to Bring Stablecoin Rails to Payments
Cyclops closed a $20 million Series A led by Nava Ventures to sell payments companies an all-in-one stablecoin settlement platform, four months after an $8 million seed, bringing total funding to $28 million.
Databricks Hits $188B on Coatue-Led Round
FUNDING$188B valuation
Databricks Hits $188B on Coatue-Led Round
Databricks raised a strategic round led by Coatue that values the data-and-AI company at $188 billion, up from $134 billion in February, extending an 18-month run that has nearly tripled its valuation.
Nuclear Startup Valar Atomics Talks $6B Valuation
FUNDING~$1B at $6B
Nuclear Startup Valar Atomics Talks $6B Valuation
Valar Atomics, a three-year-old maker of small modular nuclear reactors backed by Palmer Luckey and Palantir's Shyam Sankar, is in talks to raise roughly $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation, three times its mark from just four months ago.
Wonder Raises $650M Series D at $9B Valuation
FUNDING$650M at $9B
Wonder Raises $650M Series D at $9B Valuation
Meal and delivery startup Wonder raised a $650 million Series D at a $9 billion pre-money valuation, scaling its 140-location New York-born food hall and delivery model toward national expansion.
Chai Discovery Raises $400M at $3.8B for AI Drug Design
FUNDING$400M at $3.8B
Chai Discovery Raises $400M at $3.8B for AI Drug Design
Life-sciences AI startup Chai Discovery raised a $400 million Series C at a $3.8 billion valuation led by Index Ventures, with Sequoia, Dimension and Kleiner Perkins participating, one of the largest rounds yet for AI-driven drug and molecule design.
Toyota Backs Walden Robotics' $300M Round at $1.1B
FUNDING$300M at $1.1B
Toyota Backs Walden Robotics' $300M Round at $1.1B
General-purpose robotics startup Walden Robotics raised $300 million at a $1.1 billion valuation with Toyota and Deviation Capital leading, another sign automakers are underwriting the humanoid and general-purpose robotics race directly.
Brinc Raises $125M for Public-Safety Drones
FUNDING$125M
Brinc Raises $125M for Public-Safety Drones
Public-safety drone maker Brinc raised $125 million led by Motorola Solutions and Index Ventures, with Figma co-founder Dylan Field participating, as police and emergency-response departments accelerate drone-first response programs.
Defense Startup Singularity Raises $80M at $400M
FUNDING$80M at $400M
Defense Startup Singularity Raises $80M at $400M
Defense-tech startup Singularity raised an $80M Series A at a $400M valuation led by Khosla Ventures and Felicis, adding to a wave of LA-based defense startups drawing venture capital once reserved for software.
Alpaca Raises $135M to Build Agent-First Brokerage Rails
FUNDING$135M Series E
Alpaca Raises $135M to Build Agent-First Brokerage Rails
Alpaca raised $135 million led by Peak XV, lifting its total financing to $435 million, to build brokerage infrastructure designed for AI agents and tokenized markets rather than human traders.
AI Travel Agency Fora Hits Unicorn on $60M Round
FUNDING$60M at $1B
AI Travel Agency Fora Hits Unicorn on $60M Round
Fora, a platform that helps people become AI-assisted travel agents, raised a $60 million Series D at a $1 billion valuation led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures.
Fireworks Raises $1.505B Series D at $17.5B Valuation
FUNDING$1.505B Series D
Fireworks Raises $1.505B Series D at $17.5B Valuation
Fireworks closed a $1.505 billion Series D led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV as its annualized revenue crossed $1 billion, more than doubling its prior valuation to $17.5 billion in five months.