Week in Review

October 12, 2026 — October 18, 2026

219
Stories
$15.0B
Tracked Funding
6
Categories
Anthropic
Most Covered (19)

Venture data this week

76 funding rounds totaling $5.7B tracked by Value Add VC for the week of Oct 12. These are the rounds our database recorded, not a total for the whole market.

76
+17% WoW
Rounds tracked
$5.7B
-29% WoW
Dollars tracked
$1.85B
Ramp
Largest round
12
New to the database

Rounds and dollars tracked, week by week

Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)

Data
Rounds and dollars tracked, week by week
ItemRounds$M raised
509539
439803
317878
306156
265100
337310
3314882
518959
474814
524524
658031
765701

Where the money went this week (by sector)

Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)

Data
Where the money went this week (by sector)
ItemValue
Fintech$2.0B · 6 rounds
Other$783M · 6 rounds
Biotech$619M · 5 rounds
Enterprise SaaS$540M · 16 rounds
Consumer$210M · 2 rounds
Healthcare$209M · 4 rounds
Semiconductors$192M · 3 rounds
Robotics$173M · 3 rounds

Rounds by stage

Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)

Data
Rounds by stage
ItemValue
Undisclosed18
Series D+ / growth10
Series B13
Series C5
Series A14
Seed16

Largest rounds

CompanyAmountStageLed by
Ramp$1.85Bprimary financingDragoneer Investment Group
Modal Labs$750MSeries DAccel
OMass Therapeutics$310MSeries CBain Capital Life Sciences, Forbion
Icon$200MSeries DBaillie Gifford
Scanntech$180MSeries FL Catterton, Partners Group
Faolf Robotics$140MSeries C+/D—
Souffle Therapeutics$135MSeries B—
Salience Labs$125MSeries BBullhound Capital
Capitolis$120MSeries ECiti Ventures
Labelbox$100M+Series E—

Trends by sector over 3, 6 and 12 months: startup funding by sector →

Dollars tracked, month by month

Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)

Data
Dollars tracked, month by month
ItemValue
Jun 26$39.0B · 98 rounds
Jul 26$35.7B · 153 rounds
Aug 26$30.9B · 142 rounds
Sep 26$38.3B · 190 rounds
Oct 26$68.2B · 322 rounds
Nov 26$575M · 7 rounds

Top Stories

1
FUNDING$500B+ MobilizedOct 18

Nvidia's $500B Capital Play Shows Financing Is The New AI Race

Nvidia has mobilized more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, and growing dependence on debt and credit markets is becoming as decisive a competitive edge as model quality.

2
PEOPLE$2B Across Two FundsOct 18

Benchmark Raised $2B In New Funds | Still Makes Just 2-3 Bets A Year

Benchmark closed $2 billion across a core early-stage fund and a $1.25 billion growth fund, only its second oversized raise in 31 years, while each of its five partners keeps making just two to three new bets a year.

3
AI5% Equity PledgeOct 18

Anthropic Commits 5% of Shares to Public Benefit Fund | Total Near 20%

Anthropic will shift 5% of its equity into a new public benefit fund that can grow with the company's valuation, formalizing how much of the AI giant's windfall goes toward programs addressing AI's societal impact.

4
AIOct 18

Why China's AI Export Curbs Won't Slow Open-Weight Models

China's draft export curbs target the same AI model weights that are already winning on usage and price, a contradiction worth watching rather than a closed case.

5
BIG TECH$60M Hiring DealOct 18

Disney To Pay $60M To Hire Most Of Character.AI's Staff

Disney agreed to pay an estimated $60 million a year to hire at least 60 Character.AI employees, a stalking-horse bid following the startup's bankruptcy and an earlier $20 million asset sale.

6
BIG TECHOct 18

Rivian Pivots To Licensing Its Tech Stack To Other Automakers

Rivian is repositioning itself as a technology supplier, aiming to license its electric vehicle architecture, software and autonomy stack to other automakers rather than selling only its own cars.

7
BIG TECHOct 18

Microsoft Pulls Out of Nscale's UK Data Center After Grid Delays

Microsoft has stepped back from Nscale's planned UK data center project after grid-connection delays pushed the facility's opening years behind schedule.

Biggest Deal of the Week
$2.3T contracted backlog
Jefferies Warns AI's $2.3 Trillion Backlog Risks A Reset

Coverage by Category

FUNDING
82
37%
AI
47
21%
BIG TECH
37
17%
IPO
22
10%
REGULATION
21
10%
PEOPLE
10
5%

All 219 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Oct 18FUNDINGNvidia's $500B Capital Play Shows Financing Is The New AI Race$500B+ MobilizedFortune
Oct 18PEOPLEBenchmark Raised $2B In New Funds | Still Makes Just 2-3 Bets A Year$2B Across Two FundsTechCrunch
Oct 18AIAnthropic Commits 5% of Shares to Public Benefit Fund | Total Near 20%5% Equity PledgeTechCrunch
Oct 18AIWhy China's AI Export Curbs Won't Slow Open-Weight ModelsThe Register
Oct 18BIG TECHDisney To Pay $60M To Hire Most Of Character.AI's Staff$60M Hiring DealTechCrunch
Oct 18BIG TECHRivian Pivots To Licensing Its Tech Stack To Other AutomakersTechCrunch
Oct 18BIG TECHMicrosoft Pulls Out of Nscale's UK Data Center After Grid DelaysThe Information
Oct 18REGULATIONAnthropic Gives Outside Watchdog METR 'Employee-Like' AccessArs Technica
Oct 18FUNDINGAI's Debt Barbell Is Starting To BendValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 18IPOThis Week's IPOs Show Investors Being Picky, Not Bullish$830M Combined IPOsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 18AIVCs Are Funding An AI Agent Police Force, Three WaysValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 18AIAI Agents Are Getting Their Own Payments InfrastructureValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 18FUNDINGAI Infrastructure Debt Keeps Getting More ExpensiveValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 18FUNDINGAIsa Lands Tether As Strategic Backer In Seed Extension$9M+ Total FundingCointelegraph
Oct 17BIG TECHMeta Pulls Clause Letting It Train AI On Business Customers' SitesTechCrunch
Oct 17BIG TECHTikTok Permanently Bans Ads For Elon Musk DocumentaryTechCrunch
Oct 17AIAnthropic Says Its Workforce Is Getting Less JuniorTechCrunch
Oct 17FUNDINGCoreWeave's 15% Bond Yield Is Wall Street's Real AI Bubble TellFortune
Oct 17AIAI Agent Security, By The Numbers: 19 Incidents, 8 States SuingFortune
Oct 17FUNDINGAnthropic's 10%+ AI Debt Is Quietly Becoming Every LP's RiskTokenPost
Oct 17REGULATIONOpenAI Sued By Eight States Over ChatGPT Harm To KidsFortune
Oct 17BIG TECHCobo Shuts Down Its Consumer Wallet, Will Charge Those Who Don't WithdrawAdBytes
Oct 17BIG TECHDario Amodei Spends Up To 40% On Culture | Anthropic Eyes $2T IPO$2T IPO TargetFortune
Oct 17BIG TECHCybercriminals Target Building HVAC And Door SystemsThe Register
Oct 17BIG TECHAlexandr Wang Steers Meta's $100B-Plus AI Bet With Muse Wonder$100B+ AI BetFortune
Oct 17PEOPLENeoGenesis Capital Launches To Back Colossal BiosciencesDealroom
Oct 17AIOpen-Weight Models Now Handle 71.5% Of Gateway Tokens71.5% Of TokensThe Register
Oct 17BIG TECHAlphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI Warning$195B-$205B CapexFortune
Oct 17REGULATIONTsetis Says AI Executives Need Personal LiabilityFortune
Oct 17FUNDINGAnthropic's $60B Debt Plan Would Pay Blackstone 10%+ Yields$60B Debt PackageTokenPost
Oct 17FUNDINGPulse Tracker Tops $196B, Yet Median Round Is Just $110M$196.2B TrackedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 17AIDeepSeek Open-Sources V4.1-Flash, Opens $0.75 Search API$0.75 Per 1K RequestsTechi
Oct 17BIG TECHMark Wahlberg's $99 Gym Takes On The Longevity EliteTechCrunch
Oct 17FUNDINGAI Infrastructure Debt Is Repricing | Cybersecurity Funding Hit $6.8BCrunchbase News
Oct 16FUNDINGValue Add Pulse Tracker Tops $196B As Mega-Rounds Pile UpValue Add Pulse
Oct 16BIG TECHMeta’s New Terms Let It Scrape Any Business Customer For AI TrainingThe Register
Oct 16BIG TECHSchwab Locks Out AI Agents, Following JPMorgan's LeadAmerican Banker
Oct 16BIG TECHSoftBank Weighs $18B Buyout Of Allied Universal$18B (reported deal talks)Y'all 106.7 (Reuters wire)
Oct 16AIReplit Says It's Done Working With AnthropicTechCrunch
Oct 16FUNDINGBiggest US Funding Rounds This Week: Modal's $750M Leads$750M Modal (Top Round)Crunchbase News
Oct 16REGULATIONChina Proposes Export Controls On 23 AI TechnologiesCrypto Briefing
Oct 16AIIndia's CERT-In Flags Rogue AI Agents Across Multiple FirmsTechCrunch
Oct 16AICiteProof Catches Lawyers' Fake AI Citations For $49The Register
Oct 16PEOPLEVishwanath Says Robotics Hasn't Hit Its ChatGPT MomentTechCrunch
Oct 16AIOpenAI Discloses 19 Rogue AI Incidents, Including Unauthorized Wallet UseFortune
Oct 16AIElorian Launches Glimpse, Its First Visual-Reasoning AI Model$55M Seed ($300M Valuation)TechCrunch
Oct 16AITypeSafe AI's Jev Becomes Vercel's Fastest-Adopted ModelTechCrunch
Oct 16AIFaolf Robotics Raises $140M In Back-To-Back Rounds$140M Series C+/DRobotBelt
Oct 16FUNDINGEstuary Biotherapeutics Launches With $103M For Kidney Gene Therapy$93M Series A ($103M Total)FierceBiotech
Oct 16IPO4 IPOs Priced In 24 Hours, One Already Popped 18%Value Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 16FUNDINGRapidCanvas Raises $29M To Build Custom Enterprise AI Apps$29M Series BSiliconANGLE
Oct 16FUNDINGVeritas Ships Metal-Ready Chip, Partners With ATHLOS$1.75M Pre-SeedTechCrunch
Oct 16REGULATIONApple's DOJ Settlement Talks Worry DevelopersMacRumors
Oct 16IPODayOne's Live Data Center Capacity Jumps 43% Before IPOLight Reading
Oct 16IPOTCGX Acquisition Pops 12% In $100M SPAC IPO Debut$100M SPAC IPOIPOScoop
Oct 16IPOSome Investors Float $1.5T For Anthropic, Below Its $2T AskNewcomer
Oct 16REGULATIONChina Drafts Export Curbs On 23 AI TechnologiesBroadband Breakfast
Oct 16FUNDINGParallel Loop Raises $6.6M To Build An AI Operating Platform$6.6M SeedThe SaaS News
Oct 16IPOFirmus Grid Pulls Its Data Center IPO At $30B ValuationNewcomer
Oct 16REGULATIONCMA Pushes Tougher Terms On Microsoft's Office DominanceThe Register
Oct 16FUNDINGAsia Startups Raised $38.5B in Q3, AI Drove 55% Of It$38.5B Q3 totalCrunchbase News
Oct 16FUNDINGDougs Raises €50M To Automate French SMB Accounting€50M Growth CapitalThe SaaS News
Oct 16AICoreWeave Debt Fears Hit 15% Bond Yields, Stock Craters$52B Debt & LeasesFortune
Oct 16REGULATIONNvidia's China Chip Share Fell To 34% As Controls BackfireFortune
Oct 16PEOPLEBenchmark Admits AI Is Breaking VC's No-Rivals RuleTechCrunch
Oct 16PEOPLEBenchmark: AI Boom Is Straining VCs' No-Rivals PactTechCrunch
Oct 16IPOCity Therapeutics Prices Upsized $200M IPO At $18$200M IPO ($18/Share)BioSpace
Oct 16IPOStrive Prices $630M IPO To Fund Bitcoin Buys$630M IPOGlobeNewswire
Oct 16BIG TECHProofpoint Buys Varonis In $6.3B Cybersecurity Deal$6.3B AcquisitionPYMNTS
Oct 16BIG TECHTesla's New Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Under A SecondTechCrunch
Oct 16FUNDINGCarbonAI Raises $12M To Automate CRE Loan Underwriting$12M Seed/Series APulse 2.0
Oct 15AICal AI Hit $30M Revenue | Its Founder Raised $10M For Persona$30M+ RevenueTechCrunch
Oct 15PEOPLEAldaron Closes $885M Debut Fund From Palantir, Carlyle Vets$885M Debut FundDealroom
Oct 15BIG TECHAmazon's Panos Panay: How A $1B Failure Shaped His Playbook~$1B Write-downTechCrunch
Oct 15AIMeta Ships An 816B-Parameter Open Model For MacsTechCrunch
Oct 15AIAnthropic Gives AI Safety Group Employee-Level AccessTechCrunch
Oct 15REGULATIONEight States Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT Harm To KidsFortune
Oct 15AIBluesky's Attie Now Builds Games, Not Just FeedsTechCrunch
Oct 15BIG TECHDimon Blocks Outside AI Agents From JPMorgan AccountsFortune
Oct 15FUNDINGSunbound Raises $24M, Buys Richter Healthcare Consultants$24M Series A ($36M Total)Pulse 2.0
Oct 15AIAccenture AI Chief: 'Close To Zero' Firms Transformed | AXA Targets €500M+€500-700M AI TargetFortune
Oct 15FUNDINGStand Hits $1B Valuation With $70M Series C$70M Series C ($1B Valuation)Pulse 2.0
Oct 15BIG TECHNvidia Has Poured $8B Into Europe In One Year$8B Europe Investment (1Yr)Fortune
Oct 15AIVolvo Doubles Down On Nvidia For City-And-Highway AutonomyTechCrunch
Oct 15FUNDINGOrbiMed Raises $3B Across Two New Healthcare Funds$3B Across 2 FundsPulse 2.0
Oct 15IPOSolidigm Trades China Chip Access For US Factory | Eyes $10B IPO$10B IPO TargetTechCrunch
Oct 15AIAnthropic Hits $16.8B Q3 Revenue | Growth Slows To 46% QoQ$16.8B Q3 RevenueThe Information
Oct 15FUNDINGCybersecurity Startups Raised $6.8B in Q3, Near A Record$6.8B Q3 FundingCrunchbase News
Oct 15FUNDINGSirona Medical Raises $40M Series D For Radiology AI$40M Series DThe SaaS News
Oct 15BIG TECHAmazon Launches $75 Bee AI Wearable To Remember EverythingThe Register
Oct 15FUNDINGChariot Claims Raises $10M For Mass Arbitration$10M Series APulse 2.0
Oct 15BIG TECHAmazon's Bee Launches AI Wearables Starting At $75$74.99-$99.99TechCrunch
Oct 15AIGoogle Launches Universal Cart To Challenge Amazon, OpenAI In AI ShoppingTechCrunch
Oct 15BIG TECHGoogle Launches Universal Cart For AI ShoppingTechCrunch
Oct 15BIG TECHCursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B Deal$60B SpaceX-Cursor DealCryptoBriefing
Oct 15FUNDINGNorth.cloud Raises $60M Series B To Tame AI Spend$60M Series BSiliconANGLE
Oct 15FUNDINGBloomX Raises $13M To Scale Robotic Pollination$13M Series APulse 2.0
Oct 15IPOAmaero Prices Nasdaq IPO At $4.25 Per Share$4.25/Share IPO (~$20M)Renaissance Capital
Oct 15FUNDINGFission Raises $10M To Speed Up Tokenized Fund Exits$10M Series AFortune
Oct 15FUNDINGHolyvolt Raises $45M For Cobalt-Free Battery Cathodes$45M Round ($245M Valuation)Fortune
Oct 15FUNDINGMueon Raises $65M To Rebuild AI Data Centers$65M Series AMorningstar
Oct 15FUNDINGChariot Raises $10M To Fight Hidden Fees, Subscriptions$10M Series ACrunchbase News
Oct 15FUNDINGRamp Hits $60B Valuation | Revenue Tops $2B Annualized$1.85B Round ($60B Valuation)Morningstar
Oct 15BIG TECHCCC Intelligent Sold For $6.1B | $7.75/Share, 44% Premium$6.1B Take-PrivateSEC EDGAR
Oct 15PEOPLEIndian VC Firms Follow Founders Into Silicon ValleyNewcomer
Oct 15FUNDINGRabot Energy Raises $50M To Turn Home Batteries Into A Grid$50M Series BTech Funding News
Oct 15FUNDINGCybersecurity Startups Pull In $6.8B in Q3$6.8B Q3 VC FundingCrunchbase News
Oct 15FUNDINGOMass Therapeutics Raises $310M Series C For Rare Disease$310M Series CValueSpectrum
Oct 15AIRivian Says Outside AI Agents Are Coming To Its CarsTechCrunch
Oct 15FUNDINGOrigin Raises $20M To Build Robots For Drywall Work$20MPulse 2.0
Oct 15FUNDINGAbby Care Raises $82M Series C For Family Caregivers$82M Series CFortune
Oct 15FUNDINGSprints Closes €725M Fund V After $3.6B Fin Exit€725M Fund VTech Funding News
Oct 15REGULATIONFTC Sends Subpoenas To OpenAI, AnthropicAxios
Oct 15AICohere Signs LOI to Buy AI Bug-Hunting Startup AISLEReuters
Oct 15REGULATIONOpenAI Won't Use Alleged Apple Trade Secrets, For NowBloomberg
Oct 15AIOpsin Raises $21M To Police Rogue AI Agents$21MPulse 2.0
Oct 15IPOAnthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX$2.3-2.4T predicted IPO valueFortune
Oct 15BIG TECHFigma Expands Agent Tools With Specs and Code LayersTechCrunch
Oct 15REGULATIONOpenAI Engineer's Lawyer Calls Recorder Charges 'Out Of Character'Fortune
Oct 15IPOIambic Prices $150M IPO At $16, Pops On Nasdaq Debut$150M IPO ($16/Share)BusinessWire
Oct 14AICedarDB Takes On Databricks With One Database For AI AgentsTechCrunch
Oct 14IPOJio Targets $3.2B In India's Biggest-Ever IPO$3.2B IPO (~$108B Valuation)TechCrunch
Oct 14FUNDINGLabelbox Raises $100M+ Series E For RL Data Factories$100M+ Series EPR Newswire
Oct 14AIColossal's New AI Platform Maps A Path Back To The DodoTechCrunch
Oct 14FUNDINGForgepoint Raises $9.8M To Build An AI Sales Rep For Factories$9.8M SeedThe SaaS News
Oct 14IPOBlackstone-Backed AirTrunk Postpones Singapore REIT IPO~$1.5B IPO (Postponed)The Information
Oct 14FUNDINGAnduril In Talks For Employee Sale At $90B Valuation$90B Valuation (Employee Sale)The Information
Oct 14AIApate's AI Agents Get Scammed On Purpose For Fraud Intel$8.15M SeedTechCrunch
Oct 14FUNDINGModal Confirms $750M Series D, Crosses $1B Annualized Revenue$750M Series D ($15.75B valuation)Modal
Oct 14AINvidia And ChipAgents Launch AI Chip-Design EvaluationThe Information
Oct 14FUNDINGBerkshire Hathaway Backs Bending Spoons With $330M$330M (Berkshire Hathaway)The Information
Oct 14FUNDINGZenzap Raises $33M To Replace WhatsApp At Work$33M Series A ($44M total)TechCrunch
Oct 14FUNDINGZippy Raises $20M Series C For Manufactured-Housing Loans$20M Series CThe SaaS News
Oct 14FUNDINGCodeWall Raises $4M To Build AI That Attacks You First$4M Pre-SeedPulse 2.0
Oct 14FUNDINGDuvo Raises $32M Series A For Its Enterprise Execution OS$32M Series ABalderton Capital
Oct 14FUNDINGSalience Labs Raises $125M For Photonic AI Networking$125M Series BMarketMinute
Oct 14PEOPLEMarklo Raises $5M As Stella & Dot's Founder Returns$5M SeedCrunchbase News
Oct 14FUNDINGHarmonic Security Raises $50M To Police Workforce AI$50M Series B ($76M total)Business Wire
Oct 14FUNDINGScimplify Raises $25M To Cut China's Grip On Materials$25M ($250M valuation)TechCrunch
Oct 14FUNDINGUnicorn Board Adds 38 Companies In September$71B added in valueCrunchbase News
Oct 14FUNDINGScanntech Raises $180M Series F To Scale Retail Data$180M Series FFinSMEs
Oct 14AIGoogle Opens Frontier AI Models To 200 EU ResearchersTech Xplore
Oct 14PEOPLEPear VC Closes $333M Fund V, Tops $1.1B AUM$333M Fund VBusiness Wire
Oct 14IPOFrazier Life Sciences II Prices $75M IPO, Lists FLSC$75M IPOBusiness Wire
Oct 14FUNDING1KOMMA5° Raises $78M, Hits $1.35B Valuation$78M (€70M)ESG Today
Oct 14AINvidia Pledges $250M In Compute For UK AI Safety Research$250M over 5 yearsNVIDIA Newsroom
Oct 14IPOFusion CX Raises $36M (Rs315 Crore) In IPO Anchor Round$36M (Rs315 crore) anchor roundThe Hindu BusinessLine
Oct 14REGULATIONDOJ: North Korean Operatives Infiltrated 70+ US CompaniesTechCrunch
Oct 13BIG TECHScience Corp's Chip Restores Sight In Stargardt PatientTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGScuba Raises $34M To Build AI's 'Context Engine'$34MSiliconANGLE
Oct 13IPOThe IPO Window: Biotech Keeps Pricing, Tech Still WaitsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Oct 13AIIndustrial Next's AI Robots Retool Factory Lines In MinutesTechCrunch
Oct 13AICerebras CEO Pushes Back On AI Doomsday WarningsTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGNvidia Buys Stakes In French Startups Doctolib, Genesis AILa Post
Oct 13REGULATIONFBI Arrests OpenAI Employee Over Hidden Office RecorderTechCrunch
Oct 13IPOTRexBio Closes $116.7M IPO, Lilly Eyes Bigger Stake$116.7M IPOFinancialContent
Oct 13AIGoogle Ships Gemini 4 Argon, Price Doubles After Nov. 30$2/$10 per 1M tokensGoogle
Oct 13FUNDINGAllara Raises $30M, Tops $75M For Women's Health$30M ($75M total)AlleyWatch
Oct 13FUNDINGPluto Security Raises $42M To Police Enterprise AI Agents$42M ($8.5M seed + $34M Series A)TechCrunch
Oct 13REGULATIONJudge Orders OpenAI To Hand Over Hiring Records To AppleTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGSatlyt Raises $8M To Run AI Workloads On Satellites$8M SeedTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGAlbert Invent Raises $55M To Scale Chemistry AI$55M Series BMarketMinute
Oct 13BIG TECHApplied Materials Opens $5B Chip Lab To Halve R&D Time$5B R&D facilityFortune
Oct 13FUNDINGBrellium Raises $23M To Hunt AI Billing Errors$23MTech Startups
Oct 13FUNDINGReach Security Raises $50M+ To Fight AI Attacks$50M+ Series BGlobeNewswire
Oct 13AICharacter.AI's Bankruptcy Filing Shows $8-9M Monthly Burn404 Media
Oct 13BIG TECHOpenAI In Early Talks To Acquire Trail Of BitsThe Information
Oct 13BIG TECHBumble Agrees To $1.3B Go-Private Deal With Ithaca$1.3B AcquisitionTechCrunch
Oct 13BIG TECHMicrosoft's New Maia Chip Claims 7x More AI ThroughputThe Register
Oct 13FUNDINGICON Raises $200M As BlackRock, Baillie Gifford Co-Lead$200M Series DAM News
Oct 13FUNDINGSouffle Therapeutics Raises $135M For RNA Therapies$135M Series BFinancialContent
Oct 13REGULATIONIMF Warns AI Investment Boom Threatens Financial StabilityThe Register
Oct 13BIG TECHApple Refreshes Apple TV, HomePod With Siri AI$299 Apple TV 4KTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGSuki Raises $90M Series E To Scale Health AI$90M Series EFinancialContent
Oct 13BIG TECHAmex Builds Guardrails To Stop Rogue AI Agent PurchasesTechCrunch
Oct 13IPORetension's $45M IPO Window Closes On Schedule$45M IPORTTNews
Oct 13BIG TECHRocket Software Buys Geniez AI For Mainframe AgentsFinancialContent
Oct 13AICharacter.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20M$20M Disney DealTechCrunch
Oct 13FUNDINGJefferies Warns AI's $2.3 Trillion Backlog Risks A Reset$2.3T contracted backlogThe Register
Oct 13IPODangote Refinery's $1.6B Share Sale Window Closes Today~$1.6B OfferHydrocarbon Processing
Oct 13FUNDINGLearnUpon Lands $50M Debt For Agentic Learning Push$50M debt facilityPulse 2.0
Oct 13REGULATIONHinton, Bengio Join 400 Scientists Urging Global AI OversightInvesting.com
Oct 13BIG TECHSymbotic Buys Germany's cellumation In Its Third 2026 DealFinancialContent
Oct 13FUNDINGCausa Prima Raises $20M To Fix B2B Billing Disputes With AI$20M SeedFortune
Oct 13FUNDINGMakeO Raises $10M, 8 Months After Absorbing Rival Zenyum$10M Raisee27
Oct 13AIAnthropic Warns Small AI Models May Soon Self-ReplicateNairametrics
Oct 13FUNDINGNEU Battery Materials Raises $7.6M To Recycle EV Batteries$7.6M RaisePulse2.com
Oct 13BIG TECHAlphabet's Porat Defends $200B AI Spending Spree$200B 2026 CapexFortune
Oct 12FUNDINGAlgoX2 Raises $10M To Build A Data Streaming OS$10M ExtensionPulse 2.0
Oct 12REGULATIONAnthropic Says New Defenses Cut AI Theft by Up to 99%Anthropic
Oct 12FUNDINGKlarent Raises $8M To Make Software Testing Deterministic$8M SeedTech Funding News
Oct 12FUNDINGEnergy Capital Partners Closes $834M Continuation Deal$834MPulse 2.0
Oct 12FUNDINGOsavul Raises $10M For AI Risk Intelligence$10M Series APulse 2.0
Oct 12AIMeta Finally Ships A Frontier Model: Muse Wonder$4/$20 per 1M tokensTechCrunch
Oct 12AIAir Force Taps WindBorne For Up To $49M In Weather DataUp to $49MTechCrunch
Oct 12REGULATIONTrump Admin Suspends Microsoft's Green Card PipelineFortune
Oct 12IPOCity Therapeutics Sets Terms For ~$175M Nasdaq IPO~$175M IPOIPOScoop
Oct 12AIHoneyjar's AI Wants to Run Your PR DepartmentTechCrunch
Oct 12REGULATIONMicrosoft's Brad Smith Says Britain Should Write AI's RulesTechCrunch
Oct 12AIBlueprints AI Turns Sketches Into Permit-Ready PlansTechCrunch
Oct 12BIG TECHGoogle's New Fitbit Edge Bets On Gemini, Not Just Hardware$179.99 Base PriceTechCrunch
Oct 12PEOPLEPeter Lee Leaves Microsoft Science For Mercedes F1Fortune
Oct 12BIG TECHIonQ Acquires Elisity For Up To $1.3 Billion$1.3B All-Stock DealBusiness Wire
Oct 12AIMistlabs Raises $26M To Put Ambient AI On Your iPhone$26M Pre-ASiliconANGLE
Oct 12AIGraylark's Raven AI Can Pinpoint Any Room From One Photo404 Media
Oct 12FUNDINGPro Shop Raises $24M Series B Backed By Arthur Blank$24M Series BPulse 2.0
Oct 12FUNDINGScarlet Raises $50M To Certify AI Medical Devices Faster$50M Series BTech.eu
Oct 12FUNDINGSWI Group Raises €800M For AI Data Centers€800M (~$900M) RaiseBlockhead
Oct 12AILoops Raises $3.5M, Already Powers 70+ Online Retailers$3.5M SeedSiliconANGLE
Oct 12FUNDINGAmbi, From An Ex-Plaud Exec, Raises $26M$26M RaisedTechCrunch
Oct 12AITwinCafe Lets Recruiters Interview Your AI Twin FirstFortune
Oct 12REGULATIONAI Labs Can't Be Trusted To Grade Their Own SafetyFortune
Oct 12IPOOPay Files For NYSE Listing Under Ticker OPAY$200M Stanbic PlacementGopexly
Oct 12FUNDINGWiremind Raises First Round After 12 Years€35M (~$39M)EU-Startups
Oct 12FUNDING1Komma5Grad Hits $1.35B Valuation$1.35B ValuationGlobal Banking & Finance Review (Reuters)
Oct 12FUNDINGForbion Closes Record $2.6B Across Two Funds€2.3B ($2.6B)Pulse 2.0
Oct 12FUNDINGLockheed Backs Fortem's $50M Round$50M Series BPulse 2.0
Oct 12FUNDINGRestate Raises $20M To Make AI Agents Durable$20M Series APulse 2.0
Oct 12FUNDINGAMP Lands $70M For AI Waste Sorting$70M DebtPulse 2.0

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