Week in Review

September 21, 2026 — September 27, 2026

190
Stories
$19.4B
Tracked Funding
6
Categories
Anthropic
Most Covered (25)

Venture data this week

45 funding rounds totaling $4.8B tracked by Value Add VC for the week of Sep 21. These are the rounds our database recorded, not a total for the whole market.

45
-10% WoW
Rounds tracked
$4.8B
-46% WoW
Dollars tracked
$580M
Tekever
Largest round
12
New to the database

Trends by sector over 3, 6 and 12 months: startup funding by sector →

Top Stories

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IPOSep 27

This Week's SEC Filings Skew SPACs, Micro-Caps

This week's SEC filing queue was dominated by blank-check SPACs, a REIT and micro-cap biotechs, not venture-backed growth companies, a reminder that genuine venture-scale IPO supply stays thin even as 2026's dollar totals near multi-year highs.

2
FUNDING$1.25M + $4.35MSep 27

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.

3
REGULATIONSep 27

Trump, Anthropic's Amodei Set Private White House Dinner

President Trump will host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private White House dinner tonight, their first one-on-one meeting after months of open conflict over AI safety and a Pentagon contract ban.

4
IPO$15.6B IPO targetSep 27

Is Oura Really The Fall's Healthiest IPO?

Oura prices its Nasdaq debut this week at a targeted $15.6B valuation on real GAAP profit and 74% revenue growth -- unusually strong for hardware -- but a $924M reported net loss from a stock buyback accounting quirk complicates the pitch.

5
AISep 27

Walmart Pledges Its AI Won't Set Personal Prices

Walmart's CEO publicly pledged that neither its AI shopping assistant Sparky nor its new digital shelf labels will price shoppers individually, as surveillance-pricing scrutiny grows nationally.

6
REGULATIONSep 27

China May Let ByteDance, Alibaba Buy New Nvidia Chips

China's government has signaled it may let ByteDance and Alibaba buy Nvidia's new RTX Pro 5500 chip, a partial reversal from Beijing's own months-long push to steer Chinese firms toward domestic AI hardware.

7
BIG TECHSep 27

Can Muse Overcome Meta's Trust Problem?

Meta says its Muse AI agent runs in a secure sandboxed VM that keeps user data away from its ad system, but a hands-on review this week argues the trust problem is bigger than the vulnerability Meta already patched.

Biggest Deal of the Week
$2T target valuation
Anthropic Pushes IPO To November, Still Eyes $2T

Coverage by Category

FUNDING
60
32%
AI
44
23%
IPO
36
19%
BIG TECH
24
13%
REGULATION
22
12%
PEOPLE
4
2%

All 190 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Sep 27IPOThis Week's SEC Filings Skew SPACs, Micro-CapsSEC EDGAR
Sep 27FUNDINGTwo Small Raises Point At Physical AI's Edge$1.25M + $4.35MPulse 2.0
Sep 27REGULATIONTrump, Anthropic's Amodei Set Private White House DinnerAxios
Sep 27IPOIs Oura Really The Fall's Healthiest IPO?$15.6B IPO targetThe Information
Sep 27AIWalmart Pledges Its AI Won't Set Personal PricesFortune
Sep 27REGULATIONChina May Let ByteDance, Alibaba Buy New Nvidia ChipsBloomberg
Sep 27BIG TECHCan Muse Overcome Meta's Trust Problem?TechCrunch
Sep 27REGULATIONBig Tech's Legal Bill Just Hit $200B+$206B+ combined exposureValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 26AIOpenAI Agents Tried Hacking A Federal WebsiteNPR
Sep 26AIOpenAI Pauses AI Training Again After Sandbox EscapeFortune
Sep 26REGULATIONTikTok Pays Alabama $100M Over Teen Safety$100M-$300M settlementCBS News
Sep 26FUNDINGFireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20BYahoo Finance
Sep 26AIWall Street's Biggest Bears Still Won't Short AIThe Information
Sep 26FUNDINGNew Mexico's Oil Windfall Becomes A $2B VC Bet$1.8B into VC fundsThe Information
Sep 26AIBlue Cross Says AI Coding Cost $942M$942M added costsTechCrunch
Sep 26REGULATIONMeta Faces Up To $200B In New Mexico Verdictup to $200B penaltyFortune
Sep 26BIG TECHApple Hit With $5.7B Verdict Over Haptic Patents$5.7B verdictCNBC
Sep 26AIOpenAI Confirms Rogue Agents Leaked Data, Attempted HacksFortune
Sep 25REGULATIONFederal Court Sides With Pentagon In Anthropic DisputeThe Information
Sep 25FUNDINGDensityAI, Founded By Ex-Tesla Dojo Leads, Nears $10B~$10B valuation (in talks)The Information
Sep 25AICrusoe Scraps $1.25B Boom Turbine Power Deal$1.25B deal scrappedTechCrunch
Sep 25IPONscale Raises $3.36B in Pre-IPO Convertible Financing$3.36B Pre-IPO ConvertibleTechCrunch
Sep 25PEOPLEFigma Exec Joins AI Inference Startup BasetenThe Information
Sep 25FUNDINGOpenEvidence Raises $250M Led By Andreessen Horowitz$250MRefresh Miami
Sep 25BIG TECHTesla's Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, SuppliersThe Information
Sep 25FUNDINGRightway Raises $155M To Take On PBM Giants$155M Series EPR Newswire
Sep 25AIAnthropic to Pay Akamai $11.6B in Cloud Deal$11.6B / 7 YearsTechCrunch
Sep 25IPOADARx Prices $446M IPO, Debuts As ADRX$446.3M IPOBioPharma Dive
Sep 25AIMicrosoft Relaunches Copilot as AI 'Super App'The Information
Sep 25AIMeta Bolsters Muse Safety Warning After Flaw FoundThe Information
Sep 25FUNDINGPrecision Neuroscience Raises $250M For Brain Implants$250M Series DMedTech Dive
Sep 25FUNDINGWhere September's Venture Dollars Actually WentValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25REGULATIONTwo Weeks After 'Pace The Frontier,' Nothing SlowedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25FUNDINGVenture's Quiet Return To $400M+ Mega-RoundsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25FUNDINGDigital Health Quietly Has Its Best Year Since 2021Value Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25AIThe AI Price War Nobody's Actually WinningValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25IPOThe Fall 2026 IPO Window, By The NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25IPOThis Week's IPO Class Delivered A Split VerdictValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 25BIG TECHMeta Made Three Different Bets On AI Hardware This WeekBloomberg
Sep 25REGULATIONOpenAI's Rogue Agents Hit More Sites, Report FindsFortune
Sep 24IPOThis Fall's IPO Cohort, Scored Deal By DealValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 24FUNDINGLightspeed Targets $250M for New India AI Fund$250M FundTechCrunch
Sep 24FUNDINGAI Agent Security Just Had A $1.15B Week$1.125B across 4 roundsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 24IPOFirmus Reveals $77M Loss Forecast Ahead Of $5B IPOUp to $5.5B IPOBloomberg
Sep 24IPOADARx Prices Upsized IPO At $446M With AbbVie Backing$446.3M IPOInvesting.com
Sep 24IPOAnthropic Seeks Palantir-Style Voting Control Pre-IPOThe Information
Sep 24IPOEli Lilly Wants In On Oura's IPO, Filings Show ProfitYahoo Finance
Sep 24BIG TECHBlackRock-Led Group Nears $25B Asia Data Center Deal~$25B AcquisitionBloomberg
Sep 24BIG TECHDatabricks Acquires Excel Rival Row ZeroThe Information
Sep 24REGULATIONAn OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Medicare PortalABC News Australia
Sep 24BIG TECHMeta Bets $1,299 On A Post-Smartphone AI Headset$1,299CNN Business
Sep 24AIGoogle DeepMind Signals Gemini 4 Launch Is Close9to5Google
Sep 24FUNDINGStablecoin Infrastructure Startup HIFI Raises $37M$37M Series AThe Block
Sep 24FUNDINGPicoJool Raises $27.5M For AI Data Center Optical Links$27.5M Series ARaptor Group
Sep 24PEOPLEOpenAI, Google, Anthropic Plan Their Own AI RegulatorBankInfoSecurity
Sep 24FUNDINGBigHat Biosciences Raises $75M To Scale AI Antibody Design$75M Series CBioSpace
Sep 24FUNDINGCompliance Platform MCO Lands $100M Growth Financing$100M+ growth financingCrowdfund Insider
Sep 24FUNDINGPrecision Neuroscience Hits $1B Valuation On $250M Raise$250M Series DBioSpace
Sep 24FUNDINGAckman Co-Leads Precision Neuroscience's $250M Round$250M Series DGlobeNewswire
Sep 24FUNDINGIsland Raises $400M To Police AI Agents, Not Just Browsers$400M Series FIsland
Sep 24FUNDINGWhy AI Deals Are Repricing In Months, Not YearsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 24IPOThe Fall IPO Pipeline, By The NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 24AIAI Agents Are Eating Headcount, Not SoftwareValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 24IPONSE India Pops Just 1.8% Despite 5.7x OversubscriptionBloomberg
Sep 24IPOBamboo Insurance Pulls Its IPO Just Before PricingThe Insurer
Sep 24AIDeepSeek's Revenue Doubles To $1B Ahead Of Shanghai IPO$7.5B pre-IPO roundPYMNTS
Sep 24BIG TECHMeta Unveils Charm, A Palm-Sized Dedicated AI GadgetBloomberg
Sep 24REGULATIONOpenAI Admits Its Apple Siri Deal Flopped, Court Files ShowMacRumors
Sep 23AIThe AI Inference Price War, By The NumbersCNBC
Sep 23FUNDINGAI And Biotech Funding Hit A New Pace In SeptemberCrunchbase News
Sep 23AIAnthropic's Claude Finds A New CRISPR-Like SystemAnthropic
Sep 23AIAnthropic's Claude Discovers A Novel Enzyme SystemAnthropic
Sep 23FUNDINGEma Raises $77M To Scale Its 'AI Employee' Platform$77M Series BTechCrunch
Sep 23FUNDINGBrahma AI Hits $2B Valuation On $150M Round$150MBusiness Standard
Sep 23REGULATIONAltman, Amodei, Bengio Brief UN On AI RiskFrance24
Sep 23AIOpenAI's ChatGPT Voice Can Now Run Your Email, Slack9to5Mac
Sep 23BIG TECHAmazon Opens Seller Tools To Claude And Outside AI AgentsGeekWire
Sep 23AIGoogle Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS Voice ModelsGoogle
Sep 23AIOpenAI Extends Daybreak Cyber Defense To UkraineOpenAI
Sep 23FUNDINGNumeral Raises $100M To Automate Sales Tax With AI$100M Series CBusiness Wire
Sep 23FUNDINGTekever Raises $580M For Autonomous Defense Drones$580M Series DTech Startups
Sep 23REGULATIONMalware Now Lets Four AI Models Vote On The AttackTalos Intelligence (Cisco)
Sep 23PEOPLEBessemer Raises $5.75B Across Two New AI Funds$5.75B, two fundsTechCrunch
Sep 23FUNDINGEma Raises $77M As AI Agents Eat Enterprise Software$77M Series BTechCrunch
Sep 23BIG TECHWall Street's GPU Futures Push Stalls At CFTCThe Information
Sep 23AICrusoe Lands $65M-A-Year Deal With Mira Murati's Lab$65M/year dealThe Information
Sep 23FUNDINGBasecamp Research Raises $140M Led By S32$140M Series CPR Newswire
Sep 23FUNDINGJumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Keep Getting BiggerCrunchbase News
Sep 23FUNDINGHubble Network Raises $200M At $1.6B Valuation$200M Series CGeekWire
Sep 23FUNDINGMoonPay Buys North Capital To Push Into Tokenized Stocks$60M+ acquisitionFortune
Sep 23FUNDINGBird.com Secures $450M To Wire AI Agents Into Comms$450M debt financingBloomberg
Sep 23BIG TECHMicrosoft Commits $10B-Plus To Middle East AI Buildout$10B+ through 2030Microsoft
Sep 23BIG TECHAnthropic In Talks To Lease 1GW From Apollo's Stream~$40B implied capexThe Information
Sep 23AIAI Got 280x Cheaper. Enterprise Bills Tripled Anyway.Fortune
Sep 23FUNDINGEnveda Biosciences Raises $311M Series E At $2B$311M Series ETech Startups
Sep 23AIFounders Fund, Khosla Ventures Are Quietly Touring ChinaThe Information
Sep 23REGULATIONCongress Regulates AI While Senate Can't Use ItNPR
Sep 23REGULATIONGoogle, OpenAI, Anthropic Build Their Own AI RegulatorPhemex News
Sep 23FUNDINGTEKEVER Raises $580M Series D At $6.4B Valuation$580M Series DTech Funding News
Sep 23REGULATIONChina Probes DeepSeek, Moonshot Over Claude Data RoutingBloomberg
Sep 23IPONSE Prices IPO At $46B, Below Early $55B Estimate$2.3B IPO, $46B valuationBloomberg
Sep 23AIOpenAI, Grab Will Train 30,000 Gig Workers On AIGrab
Sep 23AIChina Now Home To 40% Of Top AI TalentThe Information
Sep 22FUNDINGCoreWeave Upsizes Convertible Debt Sale To $4.2 Billion$4.2B convertible notesThe Information
Sep 22IPOLive Oak Acquisition Corp VI Prices $200M SPAC IPO$200M SPAC IPOInvesting.com
Sep 22BIG TECHMicrosoft Cuts Copilot Prices Up To 50%Up to 50% off CopilotThe Information
Sep 22BIG TECHSanDisk, Micron Surge As Memory Crunch Hits Nasdaq HighSanDisk +8% to $1,900+Yahoo Finance
Sep 22BIG TECHGoogle's Intrinsic Open-Sources Its Robotics StackSiliconANGLE
Sep 22AIBarrick's Gold Unit Signs AI Deal Before IPOThe Information
Sep 22FUNDINGCyera Adds $400M From Goldman At $12B Valuation$400M Series G extensionPYMNTS
Sep 22FUNDINGBaselayer Raises $35M To Verify AI Agents$35M Series ACrunchbase News
Sep 22AIOpenAI Cuts GPT-6 Prices In Half With Sol And Luna$2/$10 per 1M tokensOpenAI
Sep 22AIOpenAI, Anthropic Cut AI Prices Days After Pledging SlowdownGPT-6 Sol: $2/$10 per 1M tokensFortune
Sep 22FUNDINGHighLife Raises $90M For US Heart Valve Study$90M+ growth financingGlobeNewswire
Sep 22IPOSeeQC Amends Its S-1 As Quantum IPO Wave BuildsSEC
Sep 22AIClaude Opus 5.5 Launches 40% Cheaper To Run$4/$20 per 1M tokensAnthropic
Sep 22REGULATIONMicrosoft Dismantles First AI-Built Phishing ServiceMicrosoft
Sep 22IPOOura Sets $40-$44 Price Range, Trading Starts Next Week$2.2B IPOMobiHealthNews
Sep 22FUNDINGHeidi Health Lands $340M To Go Beyond AI Notetaking$340M ($100M equity + $240M non-dilutive)PYMNTS
Sep 22FUNDINGBinance Buys Into Circle, Extends USDC Deal Five Years$100M investmentBloomberg
Sep 22PEOPLEChris Paul Joins Owl Ventures As Venture PartnerPR Newswire
Sep 22FUNDINGGo.AI Raises $85M For Auditable Bank AI$85M Series AFinovate
Sep 22IPOSB Energy Clears SEC Review, Roadshow Comes Next$5-7B target raiseBloomberg
Sep 22FUNDINGSnorkel AI Raises $350M, Triples Valuation To $3.5B$350M Series EPR Newswire
Sep 22AIOpenAI Opens Model Training To Outside Safety AuditorsBloomberg
Sep 22FUNDINGFirecrawl Raises $75M To Build A Data Library For Agents$75M Series BSiliconANGLE
Sep 22FUNDINGConfido Raises $55M To Automate CPG Back Offices$55M Series BBusinessWire
Sep 22FUNDINGMirendil In Talks To Raise At $5B, Up 5x In A Quarter$5B valuation (in talks)Bloomberg
Sep 22IPOData Center Power Supplier Accelevation Files For $660M IPO$660M IPOSeeking Alpha
Sep 22FUNDINGVerda Raises $189M, Becomes A Billion-Dollar AI Cloud$189M Series BBloomberg
Sep 22AINvidia Chips Turn Armenia Into A Surprise AI Hub$500M AI facilityBloomberg
Sep 22IPOLigent Jumps 19% In Hong Kong IPO On AI Optics Demand$727M IPOBloomberg
Sep 22IPOWhy Some Fall IPOs Are Filing While Others Are PricingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 22IPOThis Fall's Biotech IPOs Are Splitting Into Pops And DropsBioSpace
Sep 22AIAlibaba Unveils AI Chip, Plans 20GW Of Data CentersBloomberg
Sep 22FUNDINGWhy Small-Business Insurance Is Suddenly Attracting Big ChecksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 22IPONewcleo Begins Nasdaq Trading After $2.4B SPAC Merger$2.4B SPAC mergerDealroom
Sep 21IPOAbbVie-Backed ADARx Sets Terms For $350M Nasdaq IPO$350M IPOBloomberg
Sep 21IPOElectra Therapeutics Closes First Day Down 12%$350M raisedCooley
Sep 21REGULATIONNewsom Signs Seven Laws To Rein In Data CentersCalMatters
Sep 21IPONvidia, Qatar-Backed AI Drug Startup Iambic Files For IPO~$5.49B market capBloomberg
Sep 21IPONew $220M SPAC Targets AI Infrastructure, Crypto Deals$220M SPACRenaissance Capital
Sep 21IPONvidia Adds $1.5B More To SB Energy Ahead Of IPO$1.5B additionalBloomberg
Sep 21IPOThe Fall 2026 IPO Pipeline Just Got More CrowdedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 21FUNDINGWhy Specialist Funds Are Closing Faster Than GeneralistsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 21FUNDINGSprive Raises $10M Series A For Mortgage Overpayment App$10M Series AFinextra
Sep 21REGULATIONNadella, Huang, Altman, Cook Join Trump-Xi State DinnerBloomberg
Sep 21FUNDINGSpiro Secures $18M More In Debt For African E-Mobility$18M debt (additional)EVreporter
Sep 21AIxAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot$2/$6 per 1M tokensXenoSpectrum
Sep 21AIOpenAI Forms Math Board After AI Solves 100+ ProblemsTechCrunch
Sep 21BIG TECHAMD Crosses $1 Trillion Market Cap For The First Time$1T market capCNBC
Sep 21FUNDINGPaymob Raises $35M Pre-Series C For MENA Payments Push$35M pre-Series CWamda
Sep 21BIG TECHParamount Settles State Suits, Clears $110B WBD Deal$110.9B mergerBloomberg
Sep 21FUNDINGTemporal Raises $550M As Agentic AI Needs Durable Code$550M Series EGeekWire
Sep 21REGULATIONUN Science Panel Warns AI Safeguards Are UnravelingIBTimes UK
Sep 21FUNDINGAmber Electric Raises €49M To Expand Automated Home Batteries€49M Series ECapital Brief
Sep 21BIG TECHStrategy Buys Bitcoin Again As Rally Tops $85,000$75.7M purchaseBloomberg
Sep 21FUNDINGAdaptive Raises $30M For Agentic Construction Accounting$30M Series BPR Newswire
Sep 21AIOpenAI Proposes Global Standards For Self-Improving AICNBC
Sep 21IPOOura's $2.2B IPO Is Mostly A Payday For Insiders$2.2B IPO / $15.62B valuationTheNextWeb
Sep 21BIG TECHApple's $250M Siri Settlement Opens To iPhone Owners$250M settlement9to5Mac
Sep 21IPORetail Investors Are Chasing Anthropic Shares They Don't Own YetBloomberg
Sep 21BIG TECHCrowdStrike, Okta Trade Rich On An Unproven AI PayoffThe Information
Sep 21BIG TECHSamsung Puts Up To $100M Into Kairos's Google Reactor$100M (combined)TechCrunch
Sep 21FUNDINGA Rare Quiet Week For AI MegadealsPulse Funding Tracker
Sep 21REGULATIONTrump Rejects AI Slowdown, Vows New 'AI Force'Axios
Sep 21FUNDINGBattery Giant CATL Backs Chinese GPU Startup Xingyun~RMB 800M (~$110M)Sina Finance (CVInfo)
Sep 21FUNDINGCorridor Raises $25M To Rebuild SMB Health Benefits$25M seedTechCrunch
Sep 21FUNDINGRainmaker Raises $100M To Seed Clouds For Data Centers$100M Series BPR Newswire
Sep 21BIG TECHGoogle's $899 Googlebook Bets You'll Upgrade For Gemini$899+TechCrunch
Sep 21IPOBamboo Insurance's IPO Won't Give The Company A DollarUp to $700M (secondary)Bloomberg
Sep 21IPOTRex Bio, Retension File S-1s For Nasdaq IPOsFierce Biotech
Sep 21FUNDINGMatter Venture Partners Closes $450M Fund II$450M Fund IIThe Quantum Insider
Sep 21AIOpenAI, Anthropic Near Deal To Stress-Test Rival AIThe Information
Sep 21AIAnthropic Loosens Claude's Biology Guardrails For Vetted LabsHPCwire
Sep 21BIG TECHSoftBank Sells $11B In Junk Bonds To Fund OpenAI Bet$11B+ bond offeringBloomberg
Sep 21IPOADARx Sets Terms For $350M IPO, AbbVie Buys In$350M IPOBloomberg
Sep 21FUNDINGIntrepid Growth Partners Closes $525M Debut Fund$525M Fund IBetaKit
Sep 21BIG TECHAmazon Locks Out Meta's Muse Shopping AgentGeekWire
Sep 21AIThe List Price Per AI Token Is A FictionAIwire / Tokenomics Foundation
Sep 21AIAnthropic Gives Accenture Staff Employee-Level AI Access$2B combined (5-yr)TechCrunch
Sep 21AIOpenAI Builds Features To Counter Grok Bot And MuseThe Information
Sep 21AIZero-Click Flaw Hit Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Gemini CLIThe Register
Sep 21IPOAnthropic Pushes IPO To November, Still Eyes $2T$2T target valuationThe Wall Street Journal
Sep 21REGULATIONGoogle Fined $463M By EU Over Location Data Practices€403M ($463M) fineTech Startups
Sep 21FUNDINGHEO Raises $25M To Photograph Satellites From Orbit$25M Series BAxios
Sep 21AIDeepSeek Bets 160,000 Huawei Chips On Beating Export CurbsThe Information
Sep 21AIAlibaba Cuts Audio AI Pricing 98% With New Omni Model-98% audio pricingTechNode
Sep 21REGULATIONUS Pitches China An AI Risk Alert SystemCNN
Sep 21AIGoogle Confirms Gemini Breached Three Companies In MayCNBC

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