AI Funding Tracker

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Three NYC startups announced funding, with two AI-focused rounds standing out.

• Vendelux raised $50M Series B for its AI-powered event intelligence...

• Helsing raised $1.8 billion in Europe’s largest defense-tech round, reaching an $18 billion valuation for its AI platforms
• Intel launched a $5.7...

Frontier AI labs captured $264.7B across 21 deals, dwarfing physical AI's $8.73B from 32 deals.

• Concentration gap: Frontier's top deal alone took...

European Defense AI Funding

• 🔥 Helsing $1.8B Round: Helsing raised $1.8 billion at an $18 billion valuation in a growth-stage round led by...

Helsing's record $1.8 billion round at $18 billion valuation underscores strong investor backing for European AI defense platforms.

• The Munich...

Edge silicon investments re-emerged in Q2 2026 as investors bet on physical AI and real-time on-device apps, even as data center chips still captured...

Phonely raised $22M to scale its AI voice agents, signaling continued investor interest in voice infrastructure for enterprises.

In Q1 2026, AI startups captured $242 billion—80% of worldwide venture capital—with four US firms alone taking 65%, a jump from 55% a year earlier....

European startups are gaining traction in energy-efficient AI inference chips, with Axelera AI securing €68 million to build edge-focused alternatives...

Lyzr Inc. used its SivaClaw AI agent to handle 130+ investor queries and draft dozens of memos during its Series B, accelerating the process toward a...

Growth-Stage AI Rounds

• 🔥 SambaNova $1B Series F: SambaNova Systems closed a $1 billion Series F round led by General Atlantic with Intel...

Bellevue startup Auger raised $50 million in Series B funding, bringing its total to $150 million, highlighting investor appetite for applied AI in...

AI claimed five of the week's ten largest U.S. rounds, led by two $1B deals in AI infrastructure and cybersecurity.

• Cybersecurity: Keyfactor's $1B...

• Gradium raised a $100M seed round (with $30M Nvidia extension) for ultra-low latency voice AI transcription and synthesis
• Marker secured $13M seed...

Investor focus is pivoting from AI software to the physical stack of chips, energy, and compute.

• SambaNova closed a $1B Series F at $11B valuation...

Velocity's $27M seed round signals strong investor interest in revenue infrastructure for AI apps, with founders from IronSource and Unity targeting the unique monetization challenges facing native AI companies.

Mercor is negotiating a new funding round targeting a $20 billion valuation—double its prior mark—as its annualized revenue run rate exceeds $2...

Infrastructure and Tools Rounds

• 🔥 Ollama Series B: Ollama raised a $65 million Series B led by Theory Venture following a prior $15 million...

Investor appetite for consumer-facing AI is surging with three distinct rounds.

• Kaon AI closed Series B for real-time personalized entertainment...