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Advanced manufacturing startup Hadrian announced a $1.37 billion Series D funding round to expand its network of highly automated factories. The company says the investment will help revive domestic industrial production in the US. Source: prnewswire.com
Pinegap, a New York-based AI-powered equity research platform for institutional buy-side investors, has closed an $8 million Series A funding round. The company's valuation has more than tripled compared to its seed stage. Source: app.dealroom.co
The fresh capital builds on an earlier $70 million Series B round and will help Wordsmith expand its push into financial services and insurance markets. Source: law.com
Wordsmith, an Edinburgh-based startup building an AI platform tailored for in-house legal teams, has raised $14 million as an extension to its Series B round. Source: finsmes.com
Mariana Minerals, a startup applying AI to mining and mineral refining, announced it has closed a $310 million Series B round. Source: tectonicdefense.com
HappyRobot has raised $150 million in a Series C round led by Prysm Capital, with Eurazeo serving as co-lead investor. The startup aims to build what it calls enterprise-grade superintelligence. Source: businesswire.com
Volta Infra Holdings Ltd., a new AI cloud computing company, has raised $300 million in venture funding and secured an additional $5 billion in backing. Source: bloomberg.com
DeepX, a South Korean designer of AI chips, closed the first tranche of its Series D funding at a $2.2 billion valuation. That's roughly four times higher than its previous valuation. Source: briefs.co
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy describes the current AI investment landscape as a rare land-grab opportunity for venture capital. The firm has raised $3 billion in fresh capital to invest in the next wave of AI startups. Source: news.crunchbase.com
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics announced a $1 billion Series B funding round to scale up production of small nuclear reactors. The company plans to move from prototype development to mass manufacturing, aiming to meet the AI industry's growing energy demands. Source: siliconangle.com
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 closed a $250 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation. The company says demand is growing for continuous, AI-driven security testing instead of traditional annual audits. Source: techcrunch.com
Zenity's platform helps companies secure and oversee AI agents as they get access to sensitive systems, data, and workflows. The fresh funding round is meant to accelerate expansion of the platform. Source: ynetnews.com
Satellite maker K2 Space raised $500 million in a Series D round, pushing its valuation to $6.8 billion. The funding will support increased production of large, high-power satellites. Source: pulse2.com
James Dacombe, 25, has raised $312 million for his AI chip start-up Olix from investors including Arm, tripling its valuation to $3.3 billion within just six months. Source: ft.com
Simile, a startup building synthetic user models for research and product testing, has closed a $200 million funding round valuing it at $2 billion. The raise comes only five months after the company left stealth mode with a $100 million Series A, marking one of the fastest unicorn ascents in the current AI boom. Source: techcrunch.com
Hush Security has raised a $30 million Series A round to grow its platform for managing identities of AI agents and other non-human users within enterprises. The funding will support expansion of identity security tools tailored to the rise of agentic AI systems. Source: pulse2.com
Cybersecurity startup Onyx Security has closed a $113 million Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The raise comes just four months after the company came out of stealth. Source: calcalistech.com
Enterprise AI startup Freehand has raised $75 million in a Series B round to expand its autonomous AI agents. These agents handle complex supply chain spending for Fortune 500 companies. Source: news.crunchbase.com
With its $27 million funding round, Greyparrot plans to grow its dataset used to identify types of waste, partnering with major players in the waste and recycling industry. The goal is to help divert more than one million tons of waste from landfills using AI-based analysis. Source: wastedive.com
London-based Dwelly, which builds vertical AI services for the residential lettings market, has raised $170 million in a Series B funding round. Source: finsmes.com