AI Funding Pulse

AI Agent Security Rounds

• Certiv: Seattle-based Certiv emerged from stealth with $4.2M pre-seed funding from Aviso Ventures, Founders Co-op, and...

HeyDonto AI Technology (DBA HeyDonto) closes $20M seed round at $200M valuation, fueling Conduit platform scale-up – a premium early-stage multiple for AI tech.

Singapore's Muun AI, founded by Silicon Valley vet Kathryn Knight, raises $700K pre-seed from Wavemaker Impact to grow its AI team and convert...

Massive early bet on AI-native accounting: Modus raises $85M seed/Series A led by Lightspeed, with Comma Capital and Garry Tan.

• Funds accelerate AI...

• Trent AI (London) raises $13M seed for multi-agent security platform targeting agentic gaps; backed by LocalGlobe, Cambridge Innovation Capital,...

Massive bet on physical AI: Palo Alto's Eclipse VC raised $1.3B targeting startups in robotics, energy, transportation—split into $591M early-stage...

Mega AI Fundraises

• 🔥 OpenAI $122B Raise: OpenAI raised $122 billion at an $852 billion post-money valuation, anchored by Amazon, Nvidia, and...

• Zero Shot: OpenAI veterans launch $100M fund, backing task automation (Worktrace AI) and robotics (Foundry, $13.5M seed); dismiss vibe coding and...

Mega rounds (> $100M) now dominate AI fundraising, blurring stage norms—what was Series B money funds seeds.

• Seed: Typical $1M-$5M, mega $100M-$2B...

Unprecedented scale in AI funding: OpenAI raised $122B at $852B valuation, anchored by Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank; Anthropic's $30B Series G hit $380B...

Trend alert: Agentic AI startups raise for vertical automation in toil-heavy workflows.

• NeuBird snags $19.3M (led by Xora) to deploy autonomous...

Massive rapid funding: $420M across two rounds in 30 days, including $145M co-led by Shunwei (Lei Jun) and Yunfeng (Jack Ma) funds—rare joint...

Early-Stage AI Funding

• 🔥 True AI Series A: True AI, an AI-based trading startup, is raising $30M in Series A at a $250M pre-money valuation.
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• AI-native product design startup Noon raises $44M (₹408 crore)
• Emerging from stealth mode in latest funding round
• Key feature: Integrates directly with codebases, momentum for applied AI tools

Investor frenzy favors Anthropic: Secondary buyers eye $2B in shares with no sellers; OpenAI can't offload even $600M at $765B val (discount from...

• Serial founder Ben Bilski's (NAGA ex-CEO) True AI goes live after Dec 2025 soft launch.
• $30M Series A priced at $250M pre-money valuation for...

Matthew Gallagher built Medv, a $1.8B telehealth company, with just two employees and a $20K initial investment.

• Leveraged AI tech stack to fully...

AI Infrastructure Funding

• 🔥 MatX $500M Raise: AI chip startup MatX raised $500M to build LLM chip MatX One competing with Nvidia.
• 🔥 Sarvam...

Noon, AI-native product design startup, raises $44M (₹408 crore) in funding round while emerging from stealth – spotlighting India's rising applied AI tools for VCs.

India's homegrown AI push heats up as Sarvam nears unicorn status:

• $300-350M raise at $1.5-1.55B valuation, closing next week; led by Bessemer with...