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FUNDING$1.8B valuation
Defense-Tech Wunderkind Mach Industries Bets It Can Build the Whole Arsenal at Once
TechCrunch profiles 22-year-old Ethan Thornton, whose defense startup Mach Industries -- fresh off a $300M Series C at a $1.8B valuation -- is pursuing an unusually sprawling product line, from hydrogen-powered weapons to a flexible 'Forge' manufacturing network. The story crystallizes a defense-tech moment where young founders raise mega-rounds to challenge primes across many fronts simultaneously.
Palo Alto's Mind Robotics Lands $500M Series A With a $400M Follow-On
FUNDING$900M (A + extension)
Palo Alto's Mind Robotics Lands $500M Series A With a $400M Follow-On
Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto embodied-AI startup, raised a $500 million Series A followed by a $400 million extension, one of the largest seed-to-A trajectories of the robotics boom. The scale of the raise shows how aggressively capital is front-loading into unproven physical-AI teams.
Apptronik Adds $520M to Scale Production of Its Apollo Humanoid Robot
FUNDING$520M
Apptronik Adds $520M to Scale Production of Its Apollo Humanoid Robot
Austin-based Apptronik raised a $520 million Series A extension to ramp manufacturing of Apollo, its general-purpose humanoid robot, bringing the broader round past $935 million. The capital targets the hardest part of the humanoid race: building reliable robots at industrial volume.
Founders Fund Makes an Outlier Bet on Humanely Killed Fish
FUNDINGOutlier bet
Founders Fund Makes an Outlier Bet on Humanely Killed Fish
Founders Fund backed a startup working on humane fish-harvesting technology -- a deliberately contrarian, non-AI wager from one of tech's most aggressive funds. It's a reminder that even in an AI-saturated cycle, top firms still hunt for asymmetric bets in overlooked physical-world categories.
AI Music Startup Suno Raises $400M at a $5.4B Valuation
FUNDING$400M
AI Music Startup Suno Raises $400M at a $5.4B Valuation
Suno, the generative-AI music platform, raised $400 million led by Bond at a $5.4 billion valuation -- one of the largest rounds in consumer AI even as the company sits at the center of the industry's copyright fight. The raise shows investors are betting AI music is a real consumer category despite the legal cloud.
Helion Closes $465M as Fusion's Funding Boom Hits 17 Startups Over $100M
FUNDING$465M
Helion Closes $465M as Fusion's Funding Boom Hits 17 Startups Over $100M
Helion Energy, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, closed a $465 million round at a reported $15.5 billion valuation -- the standout in a sector where 17 companies have now each raised over $100 million and total private fusion investment has topped $13 billion. AI's insatiable power demand is turning fusion from science project into a fundable energy bet.
The Engineer Who Made VLC Run Smoothly Is Now Doing It for Robots
FUNDINGPhysical AI
The Engineer Who Made VLC Run Smoothly Is Now Doing It for Robots
A veteran engineer behind the buttery playback of the free VLC media player is applying the same low-level performance obsession to robotics, tackling the unglamorous software layer that makes machines move smoothly and reliably. It's a bet that the bottleneck in physical AI is execution, not just intelligence.
Mecka AI Raises $60M to Train Robots With Human Data From Body Sensors and iPhones
FUNDING$60M
Mecka AI Raises $60M to Train Robots With Human Data From Body Sensors and iPhones
Mecka AI raised a $60 million Series A to build a data engine that trains robots using human motion captured from wearable body sensors and iPhones. The bet is that the bottleneck in robotics is no longer hardware or models but high-quality real-world training data -- and that crowdsourced human demonstration is the cheapest way to get it.
VCs Name the 11 Standout Startups From YC's Latest Demo Day
FUNDING11 standouts
VCs Name the 11 Standout Startups From YC's Latest Demo Day
Investors crowning the breakout companies from Y Combinator's latest Demo Day overwhelmingly pointed to AI agents, applied-AI verticals and developer infrastructure -- a snapshot of where the smartest early money thinks the next wave is forming. The list doubles as a read on what the seed market will chase for the next year.
Generalist AI Raises $400M at a $2B Valuation to Build Robot Foundation Models
FUNDING$400M
Generalist AI Raises $400M at a $2B Valuation to Build Robot Foundation Models
Generalist AI, a robotics-focused lab, raised $400 million led by Radical Ventures at a $2 billion valuation to build foundation models that let robots generalize across tasks. It's another giant check flowing into physical AI, where investors increasingly believe the next platform shift will happen in the real world, not the chat window.
Baseten Reportedly Raising ~$1.5B at a $13B Valuation as AI Inference Becomes the Hot Trade
FUNDING~$1.5B
Baseten Reportedly Raising ~$1.5B at a $13B Valuation as AI Inference Becomes the Hot Trade
AI inference platform Baseten is reportedly raising roughly $1.5 billion at a valuation of up to $13 billion -- tripling its mark in about five months -- co-led by Spark Capital, Sands Capital, Altimeter and Wellington. The round captures investors racing into the layer that actually serves AI models in production, where Baseten's ARR has reportedly jumped from $200M to $600M.
Atom Computing Raises $100M Series C to Scale Neutral-Atom Quantum Machines
FUNDING$100M
Atom Computing Raises $100M Series C to Scale Neutral-Atom Quantum Machines
Atom Computing raised a $100 million Series C led by Third Point Ventures to advance its neutral-atom quantum computers. The round lands as quantum re-enters the venture spotlight on the back of error-correction progress and the prospect that quantum and AI compute could become complementary parts of the same buildout.
Genspark Raises $100M Series B Extension at $2.6B for Its AI Agent Platform
FUNDING$100M
Genspark Raises $100M Series B Extension at $2.6B for Its AI Agent Platform
Genspark closed a $100 million Series B extension at a $2.6 billion post-money valuation, extending a torrid fundraising pace for the AI agent and 'super agent' platform. The round underscores how investors keep paying premiums for consumer-facing agentic products that show real usage rather than demos.
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street to Scale Private-Capital Software
FUNDING$140M
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street to Scale Private-Capital Software
Chronograph raised $140M led by Sixth Street Growth to expand its portfolio-monitoring and data software for private-capital investors. As LPs demand sharper visibility into private holdings, the software layer underneath the VC and PE industry is itself becoming a fundable category.
AT&T Ventures' Vikram Taneja on the New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility
FUNDINGSeed strategy
AT&T Ventures' Vikram Taneja on the New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility
AT&T Ventures head Vikram Taneja argues that in an AI world where features are trivially cloned, seed-stage defensibility now comes from proprietary data, distribution and workflow lock-in rather than the product itself. It's a framework for how early investors are re-underwriting moats when the tech advantage evaporates overnight.
Instant-Payments Startup Interchecks Raises $50M Series C
FUNDING$50M
Instant-Payments Startup Interchecks Raises $50M Series C
Interchecks, a Brooklyn-based instant-payments platform, raised a $50 million Series C led by Bettor Capital with Commerce Ventures, Decades Holdings and Thayer Street Partners. The company, which says it has processed more than $50 billion in payouts to date, is riding demand for faster, programmable disbursements across insurance, gaming and the gig economy.
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M to Build an 'Operating System for Marketing'
FUNDING$65M
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M to Build an 'Operating System for Marketing'
Gradial, a Seattle startup building agents that automate marketing work across tools like Adobe, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Databricks, raised $65 million at a $675 million valuation led by Insight Partners. It's a bet that agentic automation with measurable ROI -- not generic AI features -- is what enterprises will pay up for.
Range Raises $8.3M for Treasury and Compliance Across Stablecoins and Fiat
FUNDING$8.3M
Range Raises $8.3M for Treasury and Compliance Across Stablecoins and Fiat
Range raised $8.3 million from TX Ventures and SixThirty to build treasury, risk, and compliance tooling that spans stablecoins and traditional fiat rails. As stablecoins move into mainstream corporate finance, companies need software to manage money across both worlds.
Architect Labs Raises $24M to Speed AI Custom-Chip Design With Kindred Ventures
FUNDING$24M
Architect Labs Raises $24M to Speed AI Custom-Chip Design With Kindred Ventures
Architect Labs raised $24 million led by Kindred Ventures to build AI tools that accelerate custom-chip design, compressing the time and cost of taping out specialized silicon. As every hyperscaler and AI startup races to design its own accelerators, the software that shortens the chip-design cycle is becoming strategically valuable.
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street to Run Private-Capital Reporting
FUNDING$140M
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street to Run Private-Capital Reporting
Chronograph, which builds portfolio-monitoring and reporting software for private-capital investors, raised $140 million led by Sixth Street Growth. It's the second-largest round of the week and a bet that the plumbing of private markets -- not just the deals -- is a venture-scale opportunity.
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M -- Insight Bets on Enterprise AI Workflow Automation
FUNDING$65M
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M -- Insight Bets on Enterprise AI Workflow Automation
Gradial raised $65M at a $675M valuation led by Insight Partners to automate enterprise content and marketing workflows with AI agents. The round reflects capital concentrating on AI automation with measurable, near-term ROI rather than open-ended platform bets.
Swiss Startup Prem AI Raises $100M Series A for Private On-Prem AI
FUNDING$100M
Swiss Startup Prem AI Raises $100M Series A for Private On-Prem AI
Prem AI, a Swiss startup that helps hedge funds, law firms, and enterprises run AI models on their own private infrastructure, is raising a $100 million Series A. The round is a bet on the growing demand for self-hosted, data-sovereign AI among regulated and secrecy-sensitive industries.
Hydra Host Raises $100M From Kindred for a Distributed GPU Cloud
FUNDING$100M
Hydra Host Raises $100M From Kindred for a Distributed GPU Cloud
Hydra Host raised $100 million led by Kindred Ventures to expand its bare-metal GPU platform, which connects customers to distributed AI compute. It's another bet that the GPU-cloud layer -- not just the chips -- is where durable margins in the AI buildout will sit.
Atom Computing Raises $100M From Third Point for Neutral-Atom Quantum
FUNDING$100M
Atom Computing Raises $100M From Third Point for Neutral-Atom Quantum
Atom Computing raised $100 million led by Third Point Ventures to advance its neutral-atom quantum computers. The round is part of a 2026 resurgence in quantum funding as the field inches from research milestones toward commercially useful machines.
Dream Raises $260M at $3B to Sell 'Sovereign AI' Cyber Defense to Governments
FUNDING$260M
Dream Raises $260M at $3B to Sell 'Sovereign AI' Cyber Defense to Governments
Dream, the Israeli cybersecurity startup founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio and former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, raised $260 million at a $3 billion valuation -- roughly tripling its mark in a year as it sells AI-driven national cyber defense directly to governments and critical-infrastructure operators. Just three years old, the company says it has booked nearly $300 million in total contract value since commercial launch in late 2024, and the new round was co-led by Bicycle Capital and Group 11.
Ent.AI Emerges From Stealth With $100M Seed -- Sequoia and Felicis Back AI Endpoint Security
FUNDING$100M
Ent.AI Emerges From Stealth With $100M Seed -- Sequoia and Felicis Back AI Endpoint Security
Ent.AI came out of stealth with a $100M seed round led by Decibel Partners, with Sequoia Capital and Felicis participating, to build AI-native endpoint security. A nine-figure seed signals how aggressively top funds are pre-empting the next category winners in AI security.
Twenty Raises $100M at $1B -- America's First VC-Backed Cyber Warfare Startup
FUNDING$100M
Twenty Raises $100M at $1B -- America's First VC-Backed Cyber Warfare Startup
Twenty Technologies, an Arlington-based startup building automated offensive cyber operations for the U.S. military and intelligence community, raised a $100 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation led by Accel, with Point72 Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, and Friends & Family Capital participating. The round, which brings total funding to $138 million, mints a defense-tech unicorn in a category most VCs avoided a few years ago.
Bland AI Raises $50M From Dell Technologies Capital for Voice Agents
FUNDING$50M
Bland AI Raises $50M From Dell Technologies Capital for Voice Agents
Bland AI raised $50 million led by Dell Technologies Capital to scale its AI voice agents that automate inbound and outbound phone conversations. The round rides the surge in enterprise demand for agents that can actually pick up the phone and complete tasks.
Ent.AI Raises $100M Led by Decibel for AI-Native Endpoint Security
FUNDING$100M
Ent.AI Raises $100M Led by Decibel for AI-Native Endpoint Security
Ent.AI raised $100 million led by Decibel Partners to build AI-native endpoint and cybersecurity defense. The round adds to a banner year for security funding as enterprises race to deploy AI-driven defenses against increasingly automated, AI-powered attacks.
Triveni Bio Raises $65M for Antibody Therapeutics in Immunology
FUNDING$65M
Triveni Bio Raises $65M for Antibody Therapeutics in Immunology
Triveni Bio raised $65 million, co-led by Ascenta Capital and Janus Henderson Investors, to advance antibody-based therapeutics for immunological and inflammatory diseases. The round is a reminder that biotech capital is still flowing to differentiated science even in an AI-dominated market.
Neura Robotics Raises $1.4B -- Europe's Biggest Bet Yet on Humanoid Robots
FUNDING$1.4B
Neura Robotics Raises $1.4B -- Europe's Biggest Bet Yet on Humanoid Robots
German humanoid-robotics startup Neura Robotics raised roughly $1.4 billion, one of the largest funding rounds of the year and the biggest European wager yet on 'physical AI.' The capital lands as Figure, Apptronik, and others race to ship general-purpose humanoids into factories and warehouses at scale.
Odyssey Raises $310M Series B at $1.45B to Build AI World Models
FUNDING$310M
Odyssey Raises $310M Series B at $1.45B to Build AI World Models
Odyssey, founded by self-driving veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, raised a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation to build AI world models that simulate real-world physics and causality. Natural Capital led, with Amazon, AMD Ventures and GV joining -- and a strategic AWS Trainium compute deal pointed pointedly away from Nvidia.
SandboxAQ Wins $500M CHIPS Award -- and Hands the US Government an Equity Stake
FUNDING$500M
SandboxAQ Wins $500M CHIPS Award -- and Hands the US Government an Equity Stake
The Department of Commerce signed a definitive $500M CHIPS Act R&D award with Nvidia-backed SandboxAQ to use AI-driven materials discovery for PFAS-free process chemicals, advanced catalysts, rare-earth-free magnets, and battery systems. In a notable twist, Commerce takes a minority, non-controlling equity stake in the company in return.
World-Model Startup Odyssey Raises $310M at a $1.45B Valuation, Backed by Amazon
FUNDING$310M
World-Model Startup Odyssey Raises $310M at a $1.45B Valuation, Backed by Amazon
Odyssey, the AI lab building interactive 'world models' founded by self-driving veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, raised a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation led by Natural Capital, with Amazon, GV, AMD Ventures, EQT and In-Q-Tel participating. AWS becomes its preferred cloud provider, marking one of the largest bets yet on generative, explorable environments.
CuspAI Raises $400M at $2.6B -- Bezos and Kleiner Back AI Materials Discovery
FUNDING$400M
CuspAI Raises $400M at $2.6B -- Bezos and Kleiner Back AI Materials Discovery
UK AI materials-discovery startup CuspAI raised $400M at a $2.6B valuation, with Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions and Kleiner Perkins backing. The company uses generative AI to design new materials -- for carbon capture, batteries and beyond -- collapsing discovery cycles that used to take years.
Twenty Raises $100M Series B at $1B -- America's First VC-Backed Cyber-Warfare Startup
FUNDING$100M
Twenty Raises $100M Series B at $1B -- America's First VC-Backed Cyber-Warfare Startup
Arlington-based Twenty raised a $100M Series B at a $1B valuation to build AI-enabled offensive cyber systems for US military and intelligence customers. It's a rare unicorn-on-Series-B in defense tech and a clean signal that offensive cyber is now a venture category.
Odyssey Raises $310M at $1.45B -- Amazon and AMD Bet on World Models for Physical AI
FUNDING$310M
Odyssey Raises $310M at $1.45B -- Amazon and AMD Bet on World Models for Physical AI
Odyssey, the Los Angeles startup founded by self-driving veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, raised a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation to build 'world models' -- AI systems that simulate physical environments with real-world physics for robotics, autonomy, and interactive media. The round was led by Natural Capital, with Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, Jeff Dean, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, Guillermo Rauch, and Kyle Vogt participating, and notably routes the company onto AWS Trainium after it had earlier taken Nvidia's money.
Cyber-Warfare Startup Twenty Raises $100M Series B at a $1B Valuation
FUNDING$100M
Cyber-Warfare Startup Twenty Raises $100M Series B at a $1B Valuation
Twenty, an Arlington-based startup building AI-enabled offensive cyber systems for the US military and intelligence community, raised a $100 million Series B led by Accel at a $1 billion valuation. Founded only in 2024, it's billing itself as America's first VC-backed cyber-warfare company and just hit unicorn status.
Bland AI Raises $50M Series C -- Dell Capital Backs Enterprise Voice Agents
FUNDING$50M
Bland AI Raises $50M Series C -- Dell Capital Backs Enterprise Voice Agents
Bland AI raised a $50M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital to scale AI voice agents that automate enterprise phone operations. Voice is becoming one of the most concrete, deployable surfaces for AI agents -- and a strategic investor signals enterprise pull.
Radical Numerics Raises $50M to Build AI That Simulates Biology
FUNDING$50M
Radical Numerics Raises $50M to Build AI That Simulates Biology
Radical Numerics raised $50 million led by Emergence Capital to build AI models that simulate biological systems -- a bet that foundation-model techniques can model cells and living processes the way world models simulate physics. It's part of a clear 2026 wave of capital flowing toward AI-for-science applied to specific scientific domains.
Sierra Raises $350M at $10B -- Bret Taylor's Agent Company Triples in a Year
FUNDING$350M
Sierra Raises $350M at $10B -- Bret Taylor's Agent Company Triples in a Year
Sierra, the customer-service AI agent company from ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, raised $350M at a $10B valuation -- roughly 3x its mark from a year ago. Enterprises are paying for agents that actually resolve tickets, and Sierra is the clearest commercial proof that vertical agents, not chatbots, are where the money is.
Triveni Bio Raises $65M for Antibody-Based Immunology Therapeutics
FUNDING$65M
Triveni Bio Raises $65M for Antibody-Based Immunology Therapeutics
Triveni Bio raised $65 million co-led by Ascenta Capital and Janus Henderson to advance antibody-based therapeutics targeting immunological diseases. The round is part of a biotech rebound that's running alongside the AI-infrastructure boom rather than being crowded out by it.
Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A -- Founders Fund and Nvidia Back Bare-Metal GPU Infra
FUNDING$100M
Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A -- Founders Fund and Nvidia Back Bare-Metal GPU Infra
Hydra Host raised a $100M Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with ARK, Founders Fund, and Nvidia participating, to scale its bare-metal GPU platform. The round is a bet that the AI buildout still needs new ways to provision and access compute, not just more chips.
Odyssey Raises $310M Series B for AI Infrastructure -- Amazon and AMD In
FUNDING$310M
Odyssey Raises $310M Series B for AI Infrastructure -- Amazon and AMD In
AI infrastructure startup Odyssey raised a $310M Series B from a syndicate including Natural Capital, Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, and EQT. Strategic backers across the compute stack signal a bet that the AI build-out still needs new infrastructure layers, not just more GPUs.
Behavox Raises $175M in Growth Equity to Scale AI Compliance
FUNDING$175M
Behavox Raises $175M in Growth Equity to Scale AI Compliance
Financial-compliance and regtech firm Behavox raised $175M in growth preferred equity. Its AI monitors employee communications for misconduct and regulatory breaches across banks and trading firms -- a category getting hotter as regulators expect AI-grade surveillance.
Voice-AI Startup Bland Raises $50M Series C After Being Rejected by 180 Investors
FUNDING$50M
Voice-AI Startup Bland Raises $50M Series C After Being Rejected by 180 Investors
Bland AI, which builds AI phone agents for enterprises, raised a $50 million Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, crossing $100 million in total funding -- a striking turnaround for a company its founder says was rejected by 180 investors. The round reflects surging demand for voice agents that can handle high-volume business calls.
Atom Computing Raises $100M Series C -- Plus a $100M U.S. Commerce LOI -- for Fault-Tolerant Quantum
FUNDING$300M+
Atom Computing Raises $100M Series C -- Plus a $100M U.S. Commerce LOI -- for Fault-Tolerant Quantum
Atom Computing announced more than $300 million in total funding to accelerate commercial-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers -- a $100 million Series C led by Third Point Ventures plus a signed $100 million letter of intent from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The neutral-atom developer is racing to deliver on-premises quantum systems for enterprise and government customers.
Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A to Broker Idle GPU Capacity for AI Labs
FUNDING$100M
Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A to Broker Idle GPU Capacity for AI Labs
Hydra Host closed a $100 million Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with Nvidia, ARK Invest, Comcast Ventures and Founders Fund participating, to expand its asset-light 'neocloud' that connects AI builders to dedicated bare-metal GPUs. Its Brokkr operating system standardizes infrastructure across 50+ data centers, positioning Hydra as a broker in the scramble for compute.
AttoTude Raises $52M Series C for High-Speed AI Data-Center Interconnects
FUNDING$52M
AttoTude Raises $52M Series C for High-Speed AI Data-Center Interconnects
AttoTude raised a $52M Series C led by The Westly Group to build high-speed interconnect technology for AI data centers. As clusters scale, the bottleneck is increasingly moving the data between chips -- not the chips themselves.
Interchecks Raises $50M to Scale Its Payments API for Deposits and Payouts
FUNDING$50M
Interchecks Raises $50M to Scale Its Payments API for Deposits and Payouts
Interchecks raised $50 million from Bettor Capital, Commerce Ventures, and others to expand its payments API for handling deposits and disbursements. As embedded finance matures, the infrastructure that moves money in and out of platforms keeps attracting serious capital.
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B -- Becomes China's Most Valuable AI Startup at $50B+
FUNDING$7.4B
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B -- Becomes China's Most Valuable AI Startup at $50B+
DeepSeek closed a $7.4B round backed by Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase and IDG Capital, vaulting past a $50B valuation to become China's most valuable AI startup. The raise is a direct answer to the US frontier labs and a statement that the model race is now a two-superpower contest.
DeepSeek's $7.4B Round Backed by Tencent, CATL and JD
FUNDING$7.4B
DeepSeek's $7.4B Round Backed by Tencent, CATL and JD
The largest AI financing out of China this year: $7.4B from a strategic syndicate that hands DeepSeek both capital and distribution. At a $50B+ valuation, it is now the anchor of China's frontier-model ambitions.
Chronograph Raises $140M+ from Sixth Street to Build the LP Data Layer
FUNDING$140M+
Chronograph Raises $140M+ from Sixth Street to Build the LP Data Layer
Sixth Street Growth led a $140M+ minority round into Chronograph, the portfolio-monitoring and analytics platform private-equity and venture LPs use to track their fund investments. As LPs demand real DPI and transparency, the back-office software of private markets is suddenly a venture-scale category.
Ent Raises $100M Seed to Defend Against AI-Enabled Cyberattacks
FUNDING$100M
Ent Raises $100M Seed to Defend Against AI-Enabled Cyberattacks
Cybersecurity startup Ent raised a $100M seed -- enormous for the stage -- from Sequoia, Craft, Felicis, Crosspoint, Shield Capital and In-Q-Tel. The thesis: as attackers weaponize AI, defense has to be AI-native from day one, and that requires frontier-scale capital before product-market fit.
SiFive Raises $400M for Custom RISC-V Chip Designs
FUNDING$400M
SiFive Raises $400M for Custom RISC-V Chip Designs
SiFive led the week's funding table with $400M to scale custom RISC-V silicon -- the open instruction-set architecture that lets companies design AI chips without paying the Arm or x86 tax. As every hyperscaler chases custom silicon, SiFive sells the foundation.
Sarvam Raises $234M Series B -- India's Sovereign AI Unicorn
FUNDING$234M
Sarvam Raises $234M Series B -- India's Sovereign AI Unicorn
India's sovereign AI thesis is real: 1.4B people, government-subsidized domestic compute, and enterprises needing models trained on Indic languages and local regulatory frameworks. $234M at unicorn status makes Sarvam the clearest bet on AI nationalism outside of China.
SonoThera Raises $125M for Ultrasound Gene Therapy
FUNDING$125M Series B
SonoThera Raises $125M for Ultrasound Gene Therapy
SonoThera closed an oversubscribed $125 million Series B led by Vida Ventures to push its ultrasound-delivered, nonviral genetic medicine platform toward its first clinical trial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 2027.
Hark Raises $700M Series A at $6B Valuation
FUNDING$700M
Hark Raises $700M Series A at $6B Valuation
Hark raised a $700M Series A betting that frontier AI migrates from cloud to personal devices -- a thesis that strengthens every time OpenAI raises API prices. At $6B pre-revenue, investors are underwriting the hardware + AI convergence thesis at a scale unseen since Magic Leap.
Modal Labs Raises $355M Series C at $4.65B
FUNDING$355M
Modal Labs Raises $355M Series C at $4.65B
Modal is the picks-and-shovels winner of the AI boom -- serverless GPU compute that lets teams skip the infra pain entirely. Valuation nearly 5x'd since Series B as every company shipping AI features needs GPU access without a 6-month procurement cycle.
Decart Raises $300M at ~$4B Valuation
FUNDING$300M
Decart Raises $300M at ~$4B Valuation
Another $300M bet on the foundation model layer, but the window for new entrants is closing fast. At $4B, investors are paying frontier-lab multiples for a company that still needs to prove it can compete with labs spending $10B+ annually on training.