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Importance:NewsAI infrastructure funding

Samsung to put $1B into KKR's Nvidia-backed Helix Digital Infrastructure

Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI infrastructure company launched by KKR and backed by Nvidia, is set to raise $1 billion from Samsung. The deal headlines a venture roundup that also covers Flow's $750M valuation and Bain's $250M investment in Kahua. Source: axios.com

Importance:NewsAI SaaS funding

Clay lands $115M Series D, valuation hits $7.1B

Clay has closed a $115 million Series D round that lifts its valuation to $7.1 billion. The company is expanding its AI-powered GTM platform and training a new generation of GTM engineers. Source: saasrise.com

Importance:NewsAI infrastructure funding

PaleBlueDot AI raises $200M Series C at $3.2B valuation

PaleBlueDot AI has secured $200 million in Series C financing at a $3.2 billion valuation. The funds will go toward expanding its Super Intelligence Infrastructure Platform and deploying it more widely. Source: pulse2.com

Importance:NewsFunding Rounds

This Week's Top 10 Funding Rounds Are Dominated by AI

A curated tracker follows the biggest startup funding deals of 2026, covering venture rounds of $100 million or more raised by U.S.-based companies. This week's list is almost entirely made up of AI businesses. Source: news.crunchbase.com

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Supabase Lands $150M in Funding and Acquires Turso

Supabase, which positions itself as a leader in agentic infrastructure and an open source Postgres development platform, announced a new $150 million funding round. The company also revealed it is acquiring Turso. Source: prnewswire.com

Importance:NewsCybersecurity

Armadin Raises $255.5M Series B at Over $2.5B Valuation

Armadin, an AI-native cybersecurity company led by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia, announced it has raised $255.5 million in a Series B round. The round values the company at more than $2.5 billion. Source: hedgeco.net

Importance:Newsfunding_round

ElevenLabs reaches $22B valuation via employee share sale

The voice AI company completed a $300 million employee tender offer. Wellington and T. Rowe Price led the transaction. Source: mobihealthnews.com

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Exclusive: Mandiant founder's AI cyber startup Armadin raises $255M

Kevin Mandia's newest venture benefits from heavy investor appetite for early-stage startups fighting AI-powered attacks. Source: wsj.com

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Armadin reaches $2.5B valuation with $255.5M Series B

Armadin closed a $255.5 million Series B led by a16z and Accel. The round puts its valuation above $2.5 billion. Source: fintech.global

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Efficient Computer raises $97M Series B at $650M valuation

Efficient Computer Corp. announced a Series B round of nearly $100 million. The raise values the startup at $650 million. Source: wpxi.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Armadin raises $255.5M Series B at valuation above $2.5B

The AI-native cybersecurity company secured $255.5 million in Series B funding. The valuation exceeds $2.5 billion, just seven months after the company's debut. Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

PaleBlueDot AI raises $200M Series C at $3.2B valuation for compute expansion

On October 1, 2026, PaleBlueDot AI announced a $200 million Series C round led by ComputeCore. The deal values the company at $3.2 billion and will fund expansion of its super intelligence compute. Source: unite.ai

Importance:Newsfunding_round

AI security startup Armadin tops $2.5B valuation after fresh funding

Armadin announced a $255.5 million Series B round on Thursday. The raise values the AI cybersecurity company at more than $2.5 billion. Source: reuters.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Armadin lands $255.5M Series B to scale autonomous security

The funding lifts Armadin's valuation above $2.5 billion only seven months after launch. The company is betting on AI as the window between finding vulnerabilities and exploiting them shrinks. Source: prnewswire.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Reverion lands $175M Series B funding

German company Reverion, based in Eresing, builds dispatchable, carbon-negative power plants. It has raised $175 million in Series B funding. Source: finsmes.com

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Venture roundup: ElevenLabs at $22B, Varda's $251M, TPG's $10B climate fund

Varda Space, an El Segundo, California-based maker of drugs in orbit, raised $251 million in a Series D led by Lux Capital and Natural Capital. The weekly funding digest also highlights ElevenLabs reaching a $22 billion valuation and a $10 billion climate fund from TPG. Source: axios.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Flow Engineering raises $50M Series B at $750M valuation

Flow Engineering has secured $50 million in Series B funding at a $750 million valuation. The company is using the money to expand its AI-powered platform for hardware engineering. Source: citybiz.co

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Miter lands $40M Series B for AI-driven construction platform

Miter has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Battery Ventures, lifting its total funding to $78 million. Existing backers, including Bessemer Venture Partners, also participated. Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding_round

Miter closes $40M Series B round

San Francisco-based Miter, which offers an AI-powered workforce management platform, has raised $40 million in Series B funding. Source: finsmes.com

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Valor, Atreides and Sequoia back Flow Engineering at $750M valuation

Flow Engineering, which builds AI tools for hardware design, has raised a $50 million Series B at a $750 million valuation. The round drew several big-name investors, including Valor, Atreides and Sequoia. Source: techcrunch.com