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Instinct Closes $1B Series C At $10B Valuation
Personal AI-agent startup Instinct has closed a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, finalizing a round that had only been reported as a possibility at a similar size.
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Motive's $1.3B Is Revenue-Share Financing, Not a Round
FUNDING$1.3B growth financing
Motive's $1.3B Is Revenue-Share Financing, Not a Round
Motive's $1.3 billion from General Catalyst, re-reported by The SaaS News on Sep 28, is the growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund that Motive announced on Sep 10: non-dilutive capital repaid from revenue, not an equity round, with no.
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Quartermaster Raises Another $140M Series B
FUNDING$140M Series B
Quartermaster Raises Another $140M Series B
Maritime intelligence startup Quartermaster raised another $140 million Series B, led by Insight Partners and Overmatch Ventures, just months after an earlier, smaller round.
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Vinod Khosla: Robotics Valuations Will Fall By 2030
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Vinod Khosla: Robotics Valuations Will Fall By 2030
Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla says valuations for most robotics startups will fall by 2030, arguing today's pricing assumes far more companies succeed than the physical-AI market can actually support.
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Mega Rounds Aren't Special Anymore
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Mega Rounds Aren't Special Anymore
A $2 billion New Mexico sovereign-wealth vehicle and a $3.36 billion pre-IPO raise landed in the same week Pulse also covered $250M rounds as routine -- the unit of a 'big' AI round has quietly moved up an order of magnitude.
THE VC READ
Health AI Raised $655M+ In Just Three Deals
FUNDING$655M+ combined
Health AI Raised $655M+ In Just Three Deals
OpenEvidence, Precision Neuroscience and Rightway alone pulled in more than $655 million in late-September rounds, underscoring how much AI capital is now flowing into healthcare specifically.
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Two Small Raises Point At Physical AI's Edge
FUNDING$1.25M + $4.35M
Two Small Raises Point At Physical AI's Edge
Two fresh, small raises this weekend -- a PIPE for physical-AI systems and a seed extension for edge battery intelligence -- show early capital still forming around AI's physical and power-constrained edges.
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Fireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20B
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Fireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20B
Fireworks AI and Fal are both in talks for new funding rounds that could value the AI-inference startups at up to $30 billion and $20 billion respectively, as enterprise demand for managed inference outside the hyperscalers surges.
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New Mexico's Oil Windfall Becomes A $2B VC Bet
FUNDING$1.8B into VC funds
New Mexico's Oil Windfall Becomes A $2B VC Bet
New Mexico's state investment fund has committed $1.8 billion to venture funds over three years, using oil and gas royalties to seed a fusion, defense and advanced-manufacturing bet meant to outlast its own commodity cycle.
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DensityAI, Founded By Ex-Tesla Dojo Leads, Nears $10B
FUNDING~$10B valuation (in talks)
DensityAI, Founded By Ex-Tesla Dojo Leads, Nears $10B
DensityAI, an AI chip and data center startup founded by former leaders of Tesla's Dojo supercomputer program, is in advanced talks for a round that would value the year-old company at $10 billion, led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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OpenEvidence Raises $250M Led By Andreessen Horowitz
FUNDING$250M
OpenEvidence Raises $250M Led By Andreessen Horowitz
OpenEvidence, the Miami-based clinical search platform for physicians, raised a new $250 million round led by hospital systems and Andreessen Horowitz.
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Rightway Raises $155M To Take On PBM Giants
FUNDING$155M Series E
Rightway Raises $155M To Take On PBM Giants
Rightway raised $155 million in Series E funding led by Francisco Partners as the pharmacy-benefits startup takes aim at the CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx oligopoly.
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Precision Neuroscience Raises $250M For Brain Implants
FUNDING$250M Series D
Precision Neuroscience Raises $250M For Brain Implants
Precision Neuroscience raised $250 million to advance its brain-computer interface technology, backed by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square and the Ackman Oxman Institute.
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Where September's Venture Dollars Actually Went
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Where September's Venture Dollars Actually Went
This issue's three reported funding deals total roughly $625 million, while AI infrastructure, robotics and digital health keep pulling a disproportionate share of the month's largest checks.
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Venture's Quiet Return To $400M+ Mega-Rounds
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Venture's Quiet Return To $400M+ Mega-Rounds
Six financings of $1 billion or more have closed in the past 30 days alone, per Pulse's own funding tracker -- a concentration of mega-checks that rivals 2021's zero-rate peak, just with real revenue attached this time.
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Digital Health Quietly Has Its Best Year Since 2021
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Digital Health Quietly Has Its Best Year Since 2021
Digital health raised $7.4 billion in H1 2026 after two lean years, and Pulse's own tracker shows the pace hasn't slowed since -- roughly $1.85 billion more across nine disclosed rounds in just the past 30 days.
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Lightspeed Targets $250M for New India AI Fund
FUNDING$250M Fund
Lightspeed Targets $250M for New India AI Fund
Lightspeed Venture Partners is targeting $250 million for a new fund dedicated to early-stage AI startups in India, a distinct bet on the country's AI ecosystem.
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AI Agent Security Just Had A $1.15B Week
FUNDING$1.125B across 4 rounds
AI Agent Security Just Had A $1.15B Week
Island, Cyera and BigHat Biosciences alone raised more than $1.1 billion this week to build the layer that governs what AI agents can access and do -- evidence the market has already priced in the exact failure mode this issue's lead story just demonstrated.
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Stablecoin Infrastructure Startup HIFI Raises $37M
FUNDING$37M Series A
Stablecoin Infrastructure Startup HIFI Raises $37M
HIFI, a stablecoin and tokenized-markets infrastructure company processing roughly $7 billion in annualized volume, raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital -- its first priced funding round.
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PicoJool Raises $27.5M For AI Data Center Optical Links
FUNDING$27.5M Series A
PicoJool Raises $27.5M For AI Data Center Optical Links
PicoJool raised a $27.5 million Series A led by Socratic Partners to scale its VCSEL-based optical connectivity products for AI data centers, taking total funding to $39.5 million.
FOLLOW-UP
BigHat Biosciences Raises $75M To Scale AI Antibody Design
FUNDING$75M Series C
BigHat Biosciences Raises $75M To Scale AI Antibody Design
BigHat Biosciences closed a $75 million Series C co-led by DFJ Growth and Premji Invest, taking total funding to $223 million as its AI-designed antibody-drug conjugate enters a Phase 1 trial for gastric cancer.
DEEP DIVE
Compliance Platform MCO Lands $100M Growth Financing
FUNDING$100M+ growth financing
Compliance Platform MCO Lands $100M Growth Financing
MyComplianceOffice, a compliance management software provider for financial services firms, secured more than $100 million in growth debt financing from Accel-KKR Credit Partners to expand AI features and push into new markets.
DEEP DIVE
Precision Neuroscience Hits $1B Valuation On $250M Raise
FUNDING$250M Series D
Precision Neuroscience Hits $1B Valuation On $250M Raise
Precision Neuroscience closed an oversubscribed $250 million Series D co-led by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square and his new Ackman Oxman Institute, valuing the brain-computer interface company at just over $1 billion.
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Ackman Co-Leads Precision Neuroscience's $250M Round
FUNDING$250M Series D
Ackman Co-Leads Precision Neuroscience's $250M Round
Precision Neuroscience closed an oversubscribed $250 million Series D co-led by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, valuing the brain-computer interface company at just over $1 billion as it scales past 100 patient procedures.
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Island Raises $400M To Police AI Agents, Not Just Browsers
FUNDING$400M Series F
Island Raises $400M To Police AI Agents, Not Just Browsers
Island, the enterprise browser security company, raised a $400 million Series F at a $6.4 billion valuation, more than doubling since 2024 as it expands beyond browsers into governing AI agent activity.
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Why AI Deals Are Repricing In Months, Not Years
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Why AI Deals Are Repricing In Months, Not Years
Four venture-backed companies repriced at two to five times their own prior valuation marks in six weeks, and only one of them trains foundation models -- evidence investors are underwriting growth speed broadly, not just an AI-label premium.
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AI And Biotech Funding Hit A New Pace In September
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AI And Biotech Funding Hit A New Pace In September
Three AI-driven biotech rounds and Anthropic's own life-sciences lab landed in a single week, part of a funding pace that has already pushed 2026 startup investment past 2025's full-year total.
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Ema Raises $77M To Scale Its 'AI Employee' Platform
FUNDING$77M Series B
Ema Raises $77M To Scale Its 'AI Employee' Platform
Ema raised a $77 million Series B led by Creaegis to expand its 'Universal AI Employee' platform, which automates HR, IT and finance workflows for enterprise customers including Wipro and ADP.
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Brahma AI Hits $2B Valuation On $150M Round
FUNDING$150M
Brahma AI Hits $2B Valuation On $150M Round
Brahma AI raised $150 million led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management at a $2 billion valuation, building AI tools for enterprise audiovisual content with customers including Warner Bros. and the NBA.
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Numeral Raises $100M To Automate Sales Tax With AI
FUNDING$100M Series C
Numeral Raises $100M To Automate Sales Tax With AI
Numeral raised a $100 million Series C led by Insight Partners, its second large raise in about a year, taking total funding to $157.5 million as it expands its AI-driven sales-tax compliance platform for e-commerce and SaaS companies.
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Tekever Raises $580M For Autonomous Defense Drones
FUNDING$580M Series D
Tekever Raises $580M For Autonomous Defense Drones
European defense-tech startup Tekever raised $580 million in the first close of a Series D round at a $6.4 billion valuation, as Europe ramps up autonomous-systems defense spending.
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Ema Raises $77M As AI Agents Eat Enterprise Software
FUNDING$77M Series B
Ema Raises $77M As AI Agents Eat Enterprise Software
Ema raised a $77 million Series B led by Creaegis, more than quadrupling its valuation since 2024, as its AI agent teams for HR, IT and finance report 180% net dollar retention and 50-fold revenue growth in two years.
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Basecamp Research Raises $140M Led By S32
FUNDING$140M Series C
Basecamp Research Raises $140M Led By S32
Basecamp Research raised a $140 million Series C led by Bill Maris's S32, with Nvidia and Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund among the backers, to train a new generation of its EDEN foundation models and push AI-designed therapeutics into clinical development.
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Jumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Keep Getting Bigger
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Jumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Keep Getting Bigger
More than 40% of seed and Series A investment in 2026 has gone into rounds of $100 million or more, led by AI infrastructure, chip and robotics startups including River AI's $1.2 billion round and Xpeng Robotics' $900 million raise.
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Hubble Network Raises $200M At $1.6B Valuation
FUNDING$200M Series C
Hubble Network Raises $200M At $1.6B Valuation
Hubble Network raised a $200 million Series C at a $1.6 billion valuation and opened its satellite-to-Bluetooth network to any BLE device, expanding a service that already reaches more than 90 million devices through partners like Life360 and Tile.
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MoonPay Buys North Capital To Push Into Tokenized Stocks
FUNDING$60M+ acquisition
MoonPay Buys North Capital To Push Into Tokenized Stocks
MoonPay agreed to acquire SEC-registered broker-dealer North Capital for more than $60 million in an all-stock deal, gaining broker-dealer and alternative trading system licenses to expand into tokenized securities.
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Bird.com Secures $450M To Wire AI Agents Into Comms
FUNDING$450M debt financing
Bird.com Secures $450M To Wire AI Agents Into Comms
Bird.com, the Amsterdam-founded communications platform formerly known as MessageBird, secured a $450 million JPMorgan-backed debt financing and unveiled an Agentic Harness letting AI agents send messages, place calls and manage email natively on its network.
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Enveda Biosciences Raises $311M Series E At $2B
FUNDING$311M Series E
Enveda Biosciences Raises $311M Series E At $2B
Boulder-based Enveda Biosciences raised a $311 million Series E led by Catalio Capital Management at roughly a $2 billion valuation, funding its AI platform that mines natural compounds for new drug candidates.
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TEKEVER Raises $580M Series D At $6.4B Valuation
FUNDING$580M Series D
TEKEVER Raises $580M Series D At $6.4B Valuation
TEKEVER, the Portugal-founded, UK-headquartered drone and autonomous-systems company, raised a $580 million Series D at a $6.4 billion valuation, nearly five times its valuation from earlier this year.
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CoreWeave Upsizes Convertible Debt Sale To $4.2 Billion
FUNDING$4.2B convertible notes
CoreWeave Upsizes Convertible Debt Sale To $4.2 Billion
CoreWeave completed an upsized $4.2 billion offering of 2.875% convertible senior notes due 2033, well above its original $3 billion target, spending roughly $566 million on capped-call hedges to limit future equity dilution.
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Cyera Adds $400M From Goldman At $12B Valuation
FUNDING$400M Series G extension
Cyera Adds $400M From Goldman At $12B Valuation
Cyera raised a $400 million extension to its Series G from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, holding its $12 billion valuation flat from June as the data-security company builds out AI agent monitoring.
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Baselayer Raises $35M To Verify AI Agents
FUNDING$35M Series A
Baselayer Raises $35M To Verify AI Agents
Baselayer raised a $35 million Series A led by M13 to launch identity verification for AI agents transacting with financial institutions, extending a fraud-prevention network that already covers more than 2,300 banks and payments companies.
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HighLife Raises $90M For US Heart Valve Study
FUNDING$90M+ growth financing
HighLife Raises $90M For US Heart Valve Study
HighLife raised more than $90 million co-led by Andera Partners and Sofinnova Partners to fund a US pivotal study of its transcatheter mitral valve system and accelerate its European commercial rollout.
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Heidi Health Lands $340M To Go Beyond AI Notetaking
FUNDING$340M ($100M equity + $240M non-dilutive)
Heidi Health Lands $340M To Go Beyond AI Notetaking
Heidi Health raised $340 million -- $100 million in equity plus $240 million non-dilutive from General Catalyst -- valuing the AI clinical-scribe company at $900 million as it expands into clinical decision support.
DEEP DIVE
Binance Buys Into Circle, Extends USDC Deal Five Years
FUNDING$100M investment
Binance Buys Into Circle, Extends USDC Deal Five Years
Binance invested $100 million in Circle Internet Group, buying shares at a 5% discount with a two-year lock-up, and signed a new five-year agreement to expand USDC distribution across Binance's global user base.
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Go.AI Raises $85M For Auditable Bank AI
FUNDING$85M Series A
Go.AI Raises $85M For Auditable Bank AI
Go.AI raised an $85 million Series A led by Updata Partners to expand on-premises, examiner-ready AI infrastructure for banks, credit unions and other regulated industries, and says the business is already profitable.
DEEP DIVE
Snorkel AI Raises $350M, Triples Valuation To $3.5B
FUNDING$350M Series E
Snorkel AI Raises $350M, Triples Valuation To $3.5B
Snorkel AI raised a $350 million Series E co-led by Insight Partners and Section 32 at a $3.5 billion valuation, nearly triple its mark from 17 months ago, as its data-as-a-service revenue run rate crossed $375 million.
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Firecrawl Raises $75M To Build A Data Library For Agents
FUNDING$75M Series B
Firecrawl Raises $75M To Build A Data Library For Agents
Firecrawl, the open-source web-data extraction startup used by more than 1.5 million developers, raised a $75 million Series B led by Smash Capital and launched Alexandria, a unified data interface meant to feed AI agents.
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Confido Raises $55M To Automate CPG Back Offices
FUNDING$55M Series B
Confido Raises $55M To Automate CPG Back Offices
Confido raised a $55 million Series B led by Insight Partners to expand its AI platform automating finance, trade-spend and demand-planning workflows for consumer packaged goods brands like Olipop and Dude Wipes.
DEEP DIVE
Mirendil In Talks To Raise At $5B, Up 5x In A Quarter
FUNDING$5B valuation (in talks)
Mirendil In Talks To Raise At $5B, Up 5x In A Quarter
Mirendil, the self-improving-AI startup founded by two ex-Anthropic researchers three months ago, is reportedly in talks with Kleiner Perkins and Andreessen Horowitz to raise up to $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation.
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Verda Raises $189M, Becomes A Billion-Dollar AI Cloud
FUNDING$189M Series B
Verda Raises $189M, Becomes A Billion-Dollar AI Cloud
Verda, the Helsinki-based AI cloud company formerly known as DataCrunch, raised $189 million led by Emergence Capital and said it is now valued at more than $1 billion.
DEEP DIVE
Why Small-Business Insurance Is Suddenly Attracting Big Checks
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Why Small-Business Insurance Is Suddenly Attracting Big Checks
Three distinct capital-stack bets on small-business insurance -- Angle Health's $600M round, Luzern Risk's $45M raise, and the previously covered Corridor seed -- landed inside the same week.
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Why Specialist Funds Are Closing Faster Than Generalists
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Why Specialist Funds Are Closing Faster Than Generalists
Three new funds closed this month with a combined $1.53 billion in fresh capital -- Intrepid's $525M AI fund, Matter's $450M hardtech fund and Temporal's $550M round -- all narrowly focused rather than generalist bets.
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Sprive Raises $10M Series A For Mortgage Overpayment App
FUNDING$10M Series A
Sprive Raises $10M Series A For Mortgage Overpayment App
Sprive raised a $10 million Series A led by Wealth Club, Active Partners and Rank Ventures to grow its cashback-funded mortgage-overpayment app, which now supports £42 billion of UK mortgages for 567,000 users.
DEEP DIVE
Spiro Secures $18M More In Debt For African E-Mobility
FUNDING$18M debt (additional)
Spiro Secures $18M More In Debt For African E-Mobility
Spiro secured an additional $18 million in debt financing from the Africa Go Green Fund, taking AGG's total commitment to $36 million, to expand electric-motorcycle and battery-swap infrastructure in Uganda and Rwanda.
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Paymob Raises $35M Pre-Series C For MENA Payments Push
FUNDING$35M pre-Series C
Paymob Raises $35M Pre-Series C For MENA Payments Push
Paymob raised a $35 million pre-Series C co-led by Mubadala and the EBRD to expand its MENA payments platform, as its Gulf revenue grew sevenfold in 18 months and now accounts for roughly half of total revenue.
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Temporal Raises $550M As Agentic AI Needs Durable Code
FUNDING$550M Series E
Temporal Raises $550M As Agentic AI Needs Durable Code
Temporal Technologies raised a $550 million Series E (announced September 14) at a $12.55 billion valuation led by Lightspeed, as demand for durable execution infrastructure grows alongside longer-running agentic AI workloads.
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Amber Electric Raises €49M To Expand Automated Home Batteries
FUNDING€49M Series E
Amber Electric Raises €49M To Expand Automated Home Batteries
Amber Electric raised a €49 million Series E led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT climate strategy to expand its automated home-battery and energy-retail model from Australia, where it holds over 50% share, into Europe and the US.
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Adaptive Raises $30M For Agentic Construction Accounting
FUNDING$30M Series B
Adaptive Raises $30M For Agentic Construction Accounting
Adaptive raised a $30 million Series B led by Tidemark to expand its AI-driven construction accounting platform, which now runs financial workflows for more than 750 construction companies.
DEEP DIVE
A Rare Quiet Week For AI Megadeals
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A Rare Quiet Week For AI Megadeals
Pulse's funding tracker shows a noticeably lighter week for AI mega-rounds after weeks of multibillion-dollar infrastructure raises, with fresh capital instead spreading across smaller, narrower bets like a $25M SMB insurance brokerage.
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