AI Funding Tracker

Mistral AI positions itself as a European sovereign alternative, prioritizing enterprise deployments and custom models over chasing OpenAI's consumer...

AI seed rounds command clear premiums, with median post-money valuations reaching a record $24 Mn and deal sizes at $4.6 Mn—over $1 Mn above the...

Growth-Stage Rounds

• 🔥 Together AI: Together AI raised $800M at an $8.3B valuation led by Saudi Aramco's VC arm.
• 🔥 TwelveLabs: TwelveLabs...

• Benchmark's P×Q×M model upends SaaS rules: AI firms show lower margins but sky-high prices per customer, with developers spending $36k yearly on...

TwelveLabs' $100M Series B highlights rising demand for multimodal AI that understands video context, not just images.

• Media traction: GS Shop...

• Abu Dhabi's MGX closed a $49 billion AI fund, becoming a cornerstone investor in Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI mega-rounds exceeding $237 billion...

Luxonis secured $14M in Series A funding led by Denali Growth Partners to advance its perception layer for robotics and automated systems. The...

Alsa raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Alibaba and Tribe Capital to build a unified transaction layer letting AI agents discover, access, and...

Major AI Funding Rounds

• 🔥 Hark: AI startup Hark raised over $700 million at a $6 billion valuation in an early-stage round led by Parkway...

The week's largest U.S. funding rounds spotlighted futuristic AI gadgets and frontier labs as key drivers alongside medical devices, reflecting broad investor interest in advanced tech sectors.

Three back-to-back rounds show capital rushing into distinct parts of the AI stack:

• Recursive raised $650M for self-improving models aimed at...

Four recent raises highlight AI spreading into banking, agent management, robotics and nutrition.

• Mercury closed a $200 million Series D at $5.2...

• Frontier labs surge: Anthropic nears $30B+ round at $900B+ valuation; DeepSeek targets $10B for AGI research.
• Investor skepticism grows: 18 Indian...

Zscaler is acquiring Symmetry Systems to gain an access graph that maps relationships between AI models, identities, data, and applications across...

Growth-Stage Funding Rounds

• 🔥 Modal Labs: Modal Labs closed a $355 million Series C at a $4.65 billion valuation for its serverless GPU...

Massive AI funding rounds are boosting US venture capital dominance even as overall deal counts remain flat.

• Hark closed a $700 million Series A at...

Big firms are acquiring AI startups to rapidly strengthen automation and security.

• Coupa acquires Tonkean to expand its AI workflow automation...

Startups like SpaceX, Anthropic, and Figure now stay private far longer, shrinking early access for retail investors versus past giants like Amazon or...

Cursor reached a $3 billion annualized revenue run rate in late April, highlighting strong demand for its AI coding tools and enterprise traction via the upcoming SpaceX deal.

Rillet secures Sequoia backing to automate accounting workflows with AI, as CEO Nicolas Kopp and partner Brian Halligan discussed on Fox Business. This move highlights rising investor appetite for vertical AI applications in fintech.