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Importance:NewsAI Company Major Funding

Anthropic Nears $965B Valuation After $65B Funding Round

Anthropic has closed a $65 billion funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $965 billion. The deal makes it one of the most valuable private companies in the world. Source: stocktwits.com

Importance:NewsAI Company Funding

Databricks Raises $5B at $190B Valuation, More Than Originally Planned

Databricks initially sought $1 billion, but investor demand pushed the round far beyond that figure. CEO Ali Ghodsi told TechCrunch that AI development is costly, and with so much investor interest, the company ended up raising $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:NewsEnterprise AI Agent Funding

Databricks Secures $5 Billion to Grow Its Enterprise AI Agent Platform

Databricks, a data and AI company, closed a $5 billion strategic funding round that values the company at $190 billion. The capital is meant to accelerate expansion of its enterprise AI agent offerings. Source: pymnts.com

Importance:NewsAI startup funding

Lovable Labs raises $400M Series C, doubling valuation to $13.3B

Lovable Labs Inc. announced a $400 million Series C funding round that values the Swedish AI coding company at $13.3 billion, roughly double its previous valuation. Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:NewsAI startup funding

Lovable joins Europe's most valuable startups after hitting $13B valuation

The vibe-coding AI startup's latest funding round pushed its valuation to $13 billion, placing it among the continent's top-valued young tech companies. Source: wsj.com

Importance:NewsAI startup funding

Lovable's valuation doubles to $13.3B after fresh $400M round

The Swedish AI coding startup confirmed a new $400 million funding round that values the company at $13.3 billion. The raise follows Lovable reaching $500 million in annualized run rate revenue back in June, according to the company. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:NewsAI development tools

AI code-review startup CodeRabbit valued at $1.5B after new funding

CodeRabbit, a startup building AI-powered code review tools, announced Wednesday it raised $143 million in a round that valued the company at $1.5 billion. Source: reuters.com

Importance:NewsAI healthcare funding

Flagler Health raises $50M Series B to expand AI-native musculoskeletal care platform

Flagler Health, an AI-driven healthcare company, closed a $50 million Series B round to further develop its AI-native operating system for musculoskeletal (MSK) care. The funding will support the platform's continued expansion. Source: fiercehealthcare.com

Importance:NewsAI funding

General Catalyst leads $1.1B funding round into two-month-old startup River AI

River AI, a newly founded AI startup led by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has raised $1.1 billion in a combined seed and Series A round. The round was led by General Catalyst, marking a massive early bet on a company that is just two months old. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:Newsfunding

Whatnot lands $545M Series G, valuation soars to $20B

Live shopping platform Whatnot has closed a $545 million Series G funding round, pushing its valuation to $20 billion. The company described the round as one of its largest fundraising milestones to date. Source: finance.yahoo.com

Importance:Newsbiotech

Aureka Biotechnologies secures $100M Series B for AI-driven drug discovery model

Aureka Biotechnologies announced the closing of a $100 million Series B funding round on August 10, 2026, aimed at building a biological world model for drug discovery. Granite Asia contributed the first tranche of the investment. Source: prnewswire.com

Importance:NewsAI infrastructure

Point2 closes $136M Series B with backing from Arm, LB Investment and Maverick Silicon

Point2 Technology, which develops RF-based interconnect solutions for AI data-center infrastructure, has completed an extension of its Series B funding round to $136 million. The round included investment from Arm, LB Investment, and Maverick Silicon. Source: businesswire.com

Importance:Newshumanoid robot IPO

Unitree's Shanghai IPO Values China's First Humanoid Robot Maker at $9 Billion

Unitree launched its Shanghai IPO with a $9 billion valuation, backed by strategic investors DeepSeek and CNPC. The listing serves as a market test for how much investors are willing to pay for humanoid robotics companies. Source: startupfortune.com

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Hadrian Lands $1.37B to Build AI-Driven Defense Factories

Defense manufacturing startup Hadrian raised $1.37 billion in a Series D round announced August 6. The funding pushes its valuation to $7.87 billion as it expands AI-powered factories for defense production. Source: eciks.org

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Convex Nets $57M to Build Reliable Backends for the AI Era

Convex closed a $57 million Series B led by Insight Partners to expand its backend infrastructure platform. The funds will support product development and hiring in San Francisco as AI-generated code raises new demands on system reliability. Source: aol.com

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Synthetic-User Startup Simile Doubles Valuation to $2B in Months

Simile, which builds AI-simulated user platforms, raised a $200 million Series B led by Greenoaks. The round values the company at $2 billion, just five months after its previous funding. Source: trendhunter.com

Importance:Newslive commerce funding

Whatnot hits $20 billion valuation as live shopping keeps surging

Live commerce platform Whatnot raised $545 million in new funding, pushing its valuation to $20 billion. That's nearly double what it was valued at less than a year ago. Source: cnbc.com

Importance:Newslive commerce funding

Whatnot reaches $20 billion valuation with what it calls the biggest live-shopping raise ever

Whatnot closed two funding rounds in 2025, each bringing in more than $200 million. The live shopping platform says this latest round is the largest ever raised in the live commerce sector. Source: tubefilter.com

Importance:Newslive commerce & AI funding

Whatnot secures $545 million Series G at $20 billion valuation to grow live shopping and AI features

Whatnot raised $545 million in a Series G round valuing the company at $20 billion. The funds will go toward expanding its live shopping marketplace and building out new AI-powered tools. Source: pulse2.com

Importance:NewsAI infrastructure funding

Two LA startups raise $2.37B to build the infrastructure AI needs

The biggest checks in tech are increasingly flowing toward companies tackling America's physical infrastructure bottlenecks that limit AI growth. Two Los Angeles-based startups together raised $2.37 billion for this purpose. Source: dot.la