Refiant Raises $5M to Shrink AI Energy Use 80%
AI startup Refiant has secured $5 million in seed funding from VoLo Earth Ventures to develop nature-inspired compression algorithms that reduce AI model energy...
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Sigma Automate Launches With $2.75M for No-Code IT
Sigma Automate has officially launched with $2.75 million in funding to simplify enterprise IT operations through an AI-native, no-code automation platform. The...
Dublin AI firm Apex B2B launches with €1.5m
Dublin-based SaaS company Apex B2B has officially launched with €1.5m in investment and R&D backing from Enterprise Ireland. Incubated within Monsoon Consulting...
Haast Raises $12M to Automate AI Content Compliance
Compliance automation startup Haast has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Peak XV, with participation from DST, Airtree, Aura Ventures and Black She...
Mappedin Raises $24.5M to Chart Indoor Spaces
Mappedin, an AI-powered indoor mapping platform, has secured $24.5 million in growth equity financing led by Edison Partners. The Waterloo-based company has alr...
Eclipse Raises $1.3B for Robotics and AI
Venture capital firm Eclipse has raised $1.3 billion to invest in startups operating in physical industries including AI infrastructure, manufacturing, and defe...
Mappedin Raises $24.5M to Map Indoor Spaces
Mappedin, a Waterloo-based digital indoor mapping company, has secured $24.5 million in growth equity financing led by Edison Partners, with participation from ...
Nvidia-Backed Firmus Hits $5.5B Valuation After Raise
Singapore-based AI data center builder Firmus raised $505 million led by Coatue, reaching a $5.5 billion valuation. The company has now raised $1.35 billion in ...
Aria Networks Raises $125M for AI Switch Tech
Aria Networks, a startup building switches for AI clusters, has raised $125 million from Sutter Hill Ventures, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners and Ec...
Modus Raises $85M for AI Audit Platform
AI-native audit startup Modus Audit Inc. has raised $85 million to accelerate product development and expand partnerships with accounting firms. Founded in 2025...
Natter Raises $23M for AI Employee Interviews
Conversation intelligence startup Natter has raised $23 million, led by Renegade Partners, to scale its AI-powered employee interview platform. The funding will...
Dublin's Zellor raises €850k for AI shopping
Dublin e-commerce start-up Zellor has secured €850,000 in its first external funding round, backed by Enterprise Ireland and Irish investors. The 2022-founded c...
Family Offices Ditch VCs, Bet Big on AI
The AI boom is driving family offices and private wealth managers to bypass traditional venture capital funds and invest directly into AI startups. Firms like A...
NeuBird Raises $19.3M to Fight Engineer Alert Fatigue
NeuBird has closed a $19.3 million funding round led by Xora Innovation, with participation from Mayfield, Microsoft M12, StepStone Group and Prosperity7 Ventur...
Anthropic Revenue Soars to $30B Run Rate
Anthropic's annual revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion, up from $9 billion at year-end, driven by accelerating demand for its Claude AI services. Over 1,...
OpenAI Veterans Launch $100M AI Venture Fund
A group of OpenAI alumni have quietly launched Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund targeting $100 million, with its first close secured at $20 million. The fi...
Firmus Raises $505M, Eyes Massive ASX IPO
Australian AI data center company Firmus Technologies has raised $505 million at a $5.5 billion valuation, led by Coatue Management with continued backing from ...
Cape Town AI Research Startup Yazi Raises First Institutional Funding
South African AI research platform Yazi has secured its first institutional funding from 3 Capital Ventures at a pre-money valuation of R30 million ($1.6 millio...
Spanish startup Xoople raises $130M to map Earth for AI
Spanish space data startup Xoople has closed a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital, bringing its total funding to $225 million. The company, founded in 2...
Anthropic Shares Soar While OpenAI Loses Steam
Demand for Anthropic shares has become nearly insatiable in private markets, with buyers signaling $2 billion ready to deploy, while $600 million in OpenAI shar...