Business6 Nov 2026
OpenAI gets first $11 billion of round at $1.25 trillion valuation
Bloomberg reports the first $11 billion has reached OpenAI, part of a round now expected to total about $20 billion, well under the $30 billion first sought.
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Models6 Nov 2026
Thinking Machines launches Inkling 2 Small as a $5 billion raise is reported
Business5 Nov 2026
Future Secure AI raises US$80 million at US$1.2 billion valuation
The Sydney maker of AI agent "co-workers" raised US$80m in convertible notes and is eyeing an ASX listing in late 2027.
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Business4 Nov 2026
Applied Compute raises $350 million at a $3.25 billion valuation
The ex-OpenAI founders' startup passed $100 million in annualized revenue and raised $350 million to build custom open-model AI for companies.
Business3 Nov 2026
Fal raises $1.3 billion at a $16 billion valuation, double April's figure
The generative-media inference platform fal doubled its valuation in seven months, with Bessemer leading a $1.3 billion round and Nvidia joining as a strategic backer.
Business31 Oct 2026
OpenAI trims its funding round to about $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation
OpenAI has cut its target by $10 billion and its asking valuation by $150 billion after investors pulled back and tech stocks fell, the Financial Times reported.
Business30 Oct 2026
Sebastian Thrun's hardware-design AI startup Dulo raises $130 million
Dulo, co-founded by Google X's Sebastian Thrun to build foundation models for hardware design, has raised $130 million from backers including Eric Schmidt and Marc Benioff.
Business29 Oct 2026
Wabi, the group AI assistant from Replika's founder, raises $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation
Eugenia Kuyda's Wabi, an AI assistant built around group chat, raised $55 million led by IVP; no user numbers or business model have been disclosed.
Business29 Oct 2026
FuriosaAI raises $620 million Series D at a valuation of about $2.9 billion
The Seoul inference-chip designer says the round, anchored by Korea's state growth fund, will scale RNGD production and a Broadcom-built third-generation chip, with an IPO possible in 2027.
Business29 Oct 2026
Cohere closes first stage of Series E, seeking up to C$7bn at C$35.7bn valuation
Cohere has banked the first close of a Series E aiming for up to C$7bn, with Schwarz Group leading and the Canadian government investing, as it pitches sovereign AI.
Business29 Oct 2026
Solink raises more than $100 million to put AI video analytics on cameras businesses already own
Ottawa's Solink takes a $100M-plus round led by Vertu Capital, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Golub Growth and Comcast Ventures, for AI that reads existing security cameras.
Business28 Oct 2026
Bedrock Robotics raises $600M at a $4.1B valuation for self-driving excavators
A $600M Series C at a $4.1B valuation lets Bedrock Robotics put its retrofit self-driving excavator kits on more job sites and branch into other heavy machinery.
Business28 Oct 2026
Easol raises $30M and launches Teammates, AI agents for festival promoters
London festival-commerce platform Easol closes a $30M Series A extension and launches AI agents that run sales, support and insight work for promoters, with Coachella among new clients.
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Film26 Oct 2026
French AI film studio Inevitable raises €15 million to make features in four months
Paris studio Inevitable has raised €15 million to make AI-built feature films in about four months, though its cost and speed claims are untested and an actors' union objects.
Business23 Oct 2026
Pathos AI raises $237M at a $3B valuation in a round led by Bristol Myers Squibb
The AI drug-development company's Series E, led by Bristol Myers Squibb, arrives with a data-licensing tie-up involving Tempus AI.
Business23 Oct 2026
OpenAI nears $30 billion bridge round at $1.25 trillion valuation
OpenAI is close to a round of up to $30 billion led by UAE investors and Coatue, valuing it at $1.25 trillion before a possible IPO.
Business22 Oct 2026
DeepSeek closes in on a $15 billion funding round
DeepSeek is wrapping up a round of about $14.98 billion at a 500 billion yuan pre-money valuation, with CATL and Tencent reported among the largest backers.
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Business21 Oct 2026
Flapping Airplanes raises $1 billion at a reported $6 billion valuation
A year-old San Francisco lab with no product or revenue has raised $1bn, a valuation that roughly quadrupled in nine months, to build AI that needs far less data.
Business21 Oct 2026
Legal AI company Legora raises $550 million at an $8.8 billion valuation
Stockholm-based Legora closed a $550 million Series E led by Atreides, lifting its valuation to $8.8 billion on annual recurring revenue above $200 million.
Business21 Oct 2026
Pigment raises $250m at a $2.3bn valuation in a round led by the EU's Scaleup Europe Fund
The Paris planning-software maker raised $250m from a new EU fund managed by EQT, with Nvidia among its investors, to build AI agents and expand in Asia.
Business20 Oct 2026
AI work-assistant startup Town raises $108M at a $1B valuation
San Francisco's Town reached unicorn status with a Series B, saying the money will help its AI assistants work across whole teams rather than for one person.
Business19 Oct 2026
doubleAI raises $200M Series A with Nvidia and Dell backing
The Tel Aviv startup behind a code-optimising model called Maxwell announced a $200M round at a reported valuation above $1B.
Business19 Oct 2026
Tenstorrent raises $1.5B Series E at a $6.2B valuation
The RISC-V AI chip maker more than doubled its 2024 valuation and will spend on Galaxy servers, manufacturing and hiring, while Nvidia remains the rival to beat.
Business14 Oct 2026
Modal closes $750M Series D at $15.75B valuation
The AI inference startup raised $750M led by Accel and says its annualized run rate now tops $1B, with usage tripling in five months.
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