Anthropic weighs new funding round at up to $900 billion valuation
Anthropic is reportedly considering a new funding round of up to $50 billion, which could value the AI company between $850 billion and $900 billion.
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802 storiesParallel Web Systems raises $100M at $2B valuation
Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation, just five months after its Series A.
Pursuit raises $22 million to simplify government sales
Pursuit, a startup using AI to help companies navigate government contracts, has raised $22 million in Series A funding to expand its data-parsing platform.
Firestorm Labs raises $82 million for mobile drone factories
Firestorm Labs raised $82 million in Series B funding to scale its containerized drone manufacturing platform, which aims for full operational deployment within two years.
BMW i Ventures launches $300 million fund for AI startups
BMW i Ventures has launched a $300 million fund to invest in early-stage and Series B startups across North America and Europe, with a primary focus on AI.
Scout AI raises $100 million to build military AI models
Scout AI raised $100 million in Series A funding to develop "Fury," an AI model to operate and command military assets.
Kompas VC raises €160 million for industrial startups
Kompas VC has raised a €160 million fund to invest in startups focused on industrial competitiveness, decarbonization, and productivity across a fragmented geopolitical landscape.
Match Group invests $100 million in cruising app Sniffies
Match Group has invested $100 million in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men with an estimated 3 million monthly active users, to diversify its dating portfolio.
Golden Child launches with $37 million for pet food innovation
Golden Child, a new pet food startup backed by Atomic and Redpoint, has raised $37 million to launch its fresh meal system and shelf-stable liquid topper.
Snabbit raises $56 million to expand on-demand home services in India
Indian on-demand home services startup Snabbit has closed a $56 million Series D round, reportedly valuing the company at around $350 million.
Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1 billion for human-data-free AI
Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation to develop AI that learns without human data.
Signull Labs raises north of $3.58M for agentic iPhone homescreen
Signull Labs has raised north of $3.58 million in pre-seed funding to develop Skye, an agentic, widget-based AI homescreen for the iPhone.
China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Manus
China’s NDRC has blocked Meta’s roughly $2 billion to $3 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, ordering both parties to unwind the deal.
Cohere to acquire Aleph Alpha in sovereign AI push
Cohere is acquiring Germany-based Aleph Alpha to build a sovereign AI alternative, backed by €500 million in financing from Schwarz Group, subject to regulatory approval.
Snabbit nears $400M valuation in new funding round
Indian startup Snabbit is reportedly nearing a $50 million funding round at an around $400 million valuation, signaling continued investor interest in the instant house-help sector.
Pronto nears $200M valuation in new funding round
Indian house-help startup Pronto is reportedly finalizing a funding round of about $20 million led by Lachy Groom, which would value the company at about $200 million.
Cohere to merge with Aleph Alpha, forming $20B AI company
Cohere, the Canada-based enterprise AI company, said Friday it will merge with Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal that would value the combined company at $20 billion, the Financial Times reported.
Thinking Machines Lab secures Google deal amid Meta talent war
Thinking Machines Lab has secured a multibillion-dollar Google cloud deal and a $12 billion valuation while aggressively recruiting top AI talent from Meta.
ComfyUI raises $30M at $500M valuation for node-based AI tools
ComfyUI raised $30 million at a $500 million valuation to scale its node-based workflow platform, which helps creators gain granular control over AI-generated media outputs.
Google plans up to $40 billion investment in Anthropic
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, as the AI firm secures massive compute capacity deals with Amazon and Broadcom to scale its Mythos model.