Synthesia raises $200M at $4B valuation
Synthesia raised $200 million at a nearly $4 billion valuation, reaching $100 million in ARR while launching a structured employee secondary sale program.
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670 storiesHarvey acquires Hexus to boost legal AI engineering
Legal AI startup Harvey has acquired Hexus, a startup specializing in product demos and guides, to accelerate its engineering capabilities for in-house legal departments.
TikTok establishes US joint venture to comply with executive order
TikTok has established a U.S. joint venture to comply with executive orders, with ByteDance retaining less than 20% ownership and Oracle serving as the security partner.
Ex-Sequoia partner launches Blockit, an AI scheduling startup
Kais Khimji, a former Sequoia Capital partner, launched Blockit, whose AI agents negotiate meeting times directly with other calendars, in a $5 million seed round led by Sequoia.
Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15 billion
Capital One will acquire fintech startup Brex for $5.15 billion in cash and stock, a significant discount from the company's previous $12.3 billion private-market valuation.
LiveKit hits $1 billion valuation with $100 million funding
LiveKit, which powers ChatGPT’s voice mode, has raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation to scale its real-time voice and video infrastructure.
vLLM creators launch Inferact with $150 million seed round
Inferact, the startup commercializing the open-source vLLM project, has raised $150 million in seed funding at an $800 million valuation to accelerate AI inference.
Crush It Ventures launches $5 million fund for wellness startups
Former Dogpound CEO Jenny Liu has launched Crush It Ventures, a $5 million early-stage fund aiming to back wellness startups and bridge funding gaps for underrepresented founders.
Google hires Hume AI team to boost Gemini voice capabilities
Google DeepMind is hiring the CEO and engineers from Hume AI via a licensing deal, marking the latest talent acquisition in the competitive voice AI market.
Quadric raises $30M to scale on-device AI chip IP
Quadric raised a $30 million Series C round to scale its on-device AI chip-IP business, targeting up to $35 million in revenue this year.
RadixArk raises funding at $400M valuation for AI inference tools
RadixArk, the commercial entity behind the SGLang inference tool, has secured funding at a valuation of about $400 million as the market for AI infrastructure accelerates.
Zipline secures $600M funding for U.S. expansion
Zipline raised $600 million at a $7.6 billion valuation to expand its autonomous drone delivery operations to at least four U.S. states in 2026.
Medical AI platform OpenEvidence doubles valuation to $12 billion
OpenEvidence raised $250 million at a $12 billion valuation, doubling its previous valuation while scaling its AI-powered medical information platform to 18 million clinical consultations in December.
Aliisa Rosenthal joins Acrew Capital as general partner
Aliisa Rosenthal, who previously led the expansion of OpenAI’s enterprise sales team, is joining Acrew Capital as a general partner to focus on early-stage artificial intelligence applications.
PraxisPro raises $6M to automate medical sales coaching
PraxisPro raised a $6 million seed round led by AlleyCorp to develop AI-driven sales coaching tools for the life sciences industry.
Zanskar raises $115M to scale AI-driven geothermal exploration
Zanskar raised $115 million in Series C funding to use AI for identifying conventional geothermal sites, aiming to prove the potential is significantly higher than current estimates.
Preply reaches $1.2 billion valuation in Series D funding
Preply has reached a $1.2 billion valuation following a $150 million Series D round, marking a new milestone for the 14-year-old language learning marketplace.
Bolna raises $6.3M to scale its India-focused voice AI platform
Bolna raised a $6.3 million seed round led by General Catalyst to scale its India-focused voice orchestration platform, which is on the verge of crossing $700,000 in ARR.
Ethernovia raises $90M to advance physical AI infrastructure
Ethernovia raised $90 million in Series B funding, highlighting a broader investor shift toward the infrastructure suppliers enabling physical AI technologies like robotics and autonomous vehicles.
Another lands $2.5M to help brands avoid inventory liquidation
Another, a startup helping retailers manage excess inventory, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Anthemis FIL and Westbound to scale its software platform.