Runpod Hits $1B Valuation With $100M Raise
AI cloud provider Runpod has raised $100 million in Series A funding led by Summit Partners, pushing its valuation to $1 billion and total funding to $122 milli...
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Seltz Raises $12.5M for AI Agent Search Infrastructure
Agentic search startup Seltz Inc. has secured $12.5 million in seed funding, led by Speedinvest and B Capital, to build search infrastructure optimized for AI a...
Ornn Raises $33M to Commoditize AI Compute
AI startup Ornn has raised $33 million in seed funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund and Galaxy Ventures, to build a marketplace for GPU computing p...
Gaming Data Powers $2.3B AI Robotics Startup
General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, betting that video game footage can train AI agents for real-world robotics. The startup, bac...
Patronus AI Raises $50M to Stress-Test AI Agents
Patronus AI, founded by former Meta researchers, has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Greenfield Partners to expand its AI agent testing platform. ...
Mirendil Hits $1B Valuation With $200M Raise
Mirendil Inc., an AI startup focused on scientific research, has raised $200 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, reaching a $1 billion valuation...
Fika Jobs Raises $4M for AI Video Hiring Platform
Stockholm startup Fika Jobs has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to build a video-first hiring platform that uses AI agents to interview candidates. Job se...
Lama AI Raises $10M for Automated Bank Lending
Lama AI has closed a $10 million Series A round led by EJF Ventures, bringing total funding to over $20 million after tripling revenue in the past year. New inv...
Dutch Chip Inspection Firm Raises $380M, Hits Unicorn Status
Nearfield Instruments, a Rotterdam-based semiconductor metrology company, has raised $380 million in a Series D round led by Fidelity Management & Research Comp...
Groq Raises $650M After Nvidia's Talent Raid
AI chipmaker Groq has confirmed a $650 million funding round led by Disruptive and Infinitum, roughly six months after Nvidia licensed its LPU chip technology a...
Groq Raises $650M to Expand AI Cloud Platform
Inference chip startup Groq has secured $650 million in funding led by growth firm Disruptive and hedge fund Infinitum. The raise comes seven months after a $20...
Upscale AI Raises $190M, Valued at $2B
Data center networking startup Upscale AI has raised $190 million as an extension to its $200 million Series A round, reaching a $2 billion valuation. The raise...
Architect Labs Raises $24M to AI-Automate Chip Design
Architect Labs launched today with $24 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with backing from Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas, Transformer co-inv...
Prem Raises $100M as AI Export Bans Surge
Swiss AI startup Prem SA is raising $100 million in Series A funding at a valuation of at least $500 million, with the round expected to close in Q3. The compan...
Pramaana Labs Raises $27M for Verifiable AI
Pramaana Labs has raised $27 million in seed funding to build a formal verification layer for AI in high-stakes industries including tax, medical diagnosis, cyb...
Amazon leads $310mn bet on physics AI
Amazon has joined Nvidia and AMD's investment arms in a $310 million funding round for Odyssey ML, an AI start-up focused on simulating the physical world. The...
NEA's Tiffany Luck on AI's ROI Reckoning
NEA partner Tiffany Luck joins TechCrunch's Equity podcast to discuss the shift from tokenmaxxing hype to hard ROI questions, as companies like Uber burn throug...
Military AI Startup Twenty Hits Billion-Dollar Valuation
Twenty Inc., a cyber warfare software startup serving the U.S. military and intelligence community, has raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Accel, va...
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B, Now Worth $50B+
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has reportedly raised over $7.4 billion in new funding, valuing the company at more than $50 billion and making it China's most valuable...
Malaysia's Respond.io Raises $62.5M, Eyes Nasdaq
Kuala Lumpur-based Respond.io has raised a $62.5 million Series B led by Camber Partners, valuing the customer conversation management platform at a significant...