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Importance:Newsquantum computing funding

Quantum Motion raises $160m Series C as quantum sector heats up

Quantum Motion, the UK-based company building quantum computers, has raised a $160m Series C. The round is one of the largest fundraises secured by a... Source: sifted.eu

Importance:NewsAI funding - autonomous software development

Blitzy Raises $200M At $1.4B Valuation For Autonomous Software Development

Blitzy, an autonomous software development startup, said it has raised $200 million in a funding round that values it at $1.4 billion, making it the latest... Source: news.crunchbase.com

Importance:Newsfunding round - AI inference

Deepinfra lands $107M in funding to build out its dedicated inference cloud for open-source models

Dedicated inference cloud startup Deepinfra Inc. is looking to expand its global capacity after raising $107 million in a Series B round of funding led by... Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:Newsfunding round - Nvidia strategic investment

Nvidia Backs DeepInfra’s $107 Million Series B and the Investment Is About More Than One Inference Startup

DeepInfra has closed a $107 million Series B with Nvidia among the investors, for an inference platform that scaled processing volume 8000 times since. Source: startupfortune.com

Importance:Newsfunding round

Bret Taylor's Sierra raises nearly $1 billion months after last capital push

Sierra's $950 million Series E funding round was led by Tiger and Google's GV, with participation from Benchmark, Sequoia, Greenoaks and others. Source: cnbc.com

Importance:Newsrobotics funding/valuation

Exclusive: China robot-hand-building unicorn Linkerbot targets $6 billion valuation

Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot, the global market leader in highly dexterous robotic hands for humanoids, will seek a $6 billion valuation ​in its next... Source: reuters.com

Importance:NewsAI startup funding

Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's AI startup hits $2B valuation with $100M funding

Parag Agrarwal's AI-agent startup Parallel Web Systems has reached a valuation of $2 billion along with achieving $100 million in Series B funding,... Source: msn.com

Importance:NewsAI agent startup funding

Parallel Web Systems Raises $100M Series B Led by Sequoia, Valuation Hits $2B - News and Statistics

Parallel Web Systems, the AI-agent API startup founded by ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, raised $100M in Series B funding at a $2B valuation, led by Sequoia. Source: indexbox.io

Importance:NewsAI/tech funding rounds - Rogo, Hightouch

Rogo's $160M raise, Hightouch's $2.75B valuation and Teva's Tourette syndrome biotech buy

Venture Capital. • Rogo, an NYC-based AI platform for finance, raised a $160m Series D. Kleiner Perkins led, joined by Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital,... Source: amp.axios.com

Importance:Newsfunding round

Ex-Twitter CEO’s AI Startup Raises Funds at $2 Billion Valuation

Parallel Web Systems raised $100 million in Series B funding to continue building web search for AI agents. Source: wsj.com

Importance:Newsmarket dynamics

North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level

The first quarter was one for the North American venture capital record books. U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed-... Source: news.crunchbase.com

Importance:NewsEuropean AI funding - Mistral

Recap: Europe’s top funding rounds this week (30 March – 5 April)

A week bookended by Mistral's $830 million debt raise and a €1.1 million workpod pre-seed is a useful reminder of how wide the band of European ambition now... Source: thenextweb.com

Importance:NewsChinese AI robotics funding

3 Billion Yuan Raised in Two Months, Valuation Breaks 20 Billion Yuan: What is GALAXEA's Edge?

Gasgoo Munich- Following a 1 billion yuan Series B round in February, GALAXEA recently secured another 2 billion yuan in a Series B+ extension. Source: autonews.gasgoo.com

Importance:Newscloud/AI infrastructure

ScaleOps Raises $130M Series C at $800M+ Valuation

ScaleOps, an Israeli developer of software designed to automate the management and scaling of cloud and AI infrastructure, has raised $130 million in a... Source: israeldefense.co.il

Importance:Newsrobotics/embodied AI

Chinese Robotics Startup Galaxea AI Raises $290M USD in Series B+ Funding, Valued at $29B USD

Galaxea AI has raised about $290 million in a Series B+ round, valuing the Chinese embodied intelligence startup at roughly $29 billion, Yicai Global... Source: theaiinsider.tech

Importance:Newsseries B funding

Tenex.ai secures $250 million Series B funding for AI-powered threat detection | brief | SC Media

Tenex.ai Inc., a managed threat detection and response service provider, announced it has raised $250 million in a Series B funding round led by Crosspoint... Source: scworld.com

Importance:NewsAI chip startup valuation and IPO

Cash-strapped AI chip startup Hailo sees valuation halved to under $500 million ahead of urgent IPO

Israeli firm seeks critical funding through a SPAC merger amid mounting market pressures. Source: calcalistech.com

Importance:NewsAI code quality and governance

Qodo Targets AI Code Risks, Quality With $70M Series B Raise

As AI-generated code surges, New York-based startup Qodo has raised $70 million in Series B funding to address governance and quality challenges. Source: bankinfosecurity.com

Importance:Newsmarket dynamics

VC Hits $297 Billion in One Quarter, AI Swallows 81% of Funding

The first quarter of 2026 marks a historic moment for venture capital. Investors poured $297 billion into 6000 startups worldwide — an increase of around. Source: trendingtopics.eu

Importance:Newsmarket dynamics

Q1 2026 Shatters Venture Funding Records As AI Boom Pushes Startup Investment To $300B

The first quarter of 2026 was unlike any other for venture investment, driven by unprecedented spending on AI compute and frontier labs. Source: news.crunchbase.com