Monday, October 12, 2026
Sections
Moove raised $250 million at a $2.1 billion valuation, led by Mubadala Investment Company, to expand its autonomous-vehicle fleet operations beyond its existing human-driven ride-hailing business.
Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Elias Torres' AI customer-success startup Agency, and Torres will join as chief product officer to expand Klaviyo's AI agents.
River, an Indian electric two-wheeler startup that has built its business around a single moped model, has raised a $120 million Series C to expand manufacturing capacity and add new models.
WindBorne Systems, a weather-balloon and AI-forecasting startup, has raised a $37 million Series B at a $250 million valuation as it moves from government contracts toward private-sector customers.
Mitti Labs, a climate-tech startup using satellite imagery and AI to cut water use in Asian rice farming, has raised $9.5 million led by Aramco Ventures — Saudi Aramco's first investment in an Indian startup.
Walmart has completed its acquisition of streaming TV ad platform Vibe.co, reportedly paying $1.4 billion, and is folding it into Walmart Connect.
Bending Spoons has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash, its first acquisition since going public last month.
Intelligence, the company behind AI evaluation tool Design Arena, has raised a $7.9 million seed round led by Index Ventures, building on a product now used by 5.3 million people and generating $60 million in annual recurring revenue.
Home battery startup Base Power raised another $1 billion Series D at a $13 billion valuation, less than a year after its last billion-dollar round.
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its worth in 14 months as AI-driven security threats escalate.
June, a startup founded by former Salesforce executives, has raised $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures to help enterprises deploy AI agents.
Index Ventures raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, lifting its total available capital to $3.5 billion, shortly after its Wiz stake delivered a $32 billion payout.
Smallest.ai raised $13 million in a Series A to build small, specialized voice models aimed at making AI agents indistinguishable from humans.
Ryan Williams, the repeat founder who co-created real estate platform Cadre, raised $10 million in seed funding for Ellis AI, a startup using AI agents to streamline private credit managers' workflows.
AI startup Simile has closed a $200 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, just five months after emerging from stealth with a $100 million Series A led by Index Ventures.
Okta has agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security in a deal a source says is valued at just under $200 million, largely in cash.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised $1 billion in new funding, its largest round since 2021, taking its total funding to $4 billion as it works toward a 2027 breakeven milestone.
Dili, a startup that automates compliance checks for U.S. infrastructure projects, said Thursday it had raised $15 million in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to $21.7 million.
Inforcer, which builds software for the managed service providers that run IT for small and medium businesses, raised a $50 million Series C led by Insight Partners on Thursday.
Encore AI, formerly known as Insait IO, raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Team8 to expand a platform that mines companies' customer conversations to train AI voice agents.