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Importance:NewsAI Life Sciences Funding

Chai brews up $400M series C to fuel AI used by Lilly and Pfizer

Chai Discovery continued its whirlwind emergence, closing its third financing round in 11 months to bring its total funding haul above $600 million. Source: fiercebiotech.com

Importance:Newsdefense AI funding

Defence AI company Helsing hits $18bn valuation in $1.8bn Series E

Helsing reported investor demand "significantly exceeded" available allocation during its latest Series E funding round, which raised $1.8bn. Source: airforce-technology.com

Importance:Newsdefense AI funding

Europe's Anduril rival Helsing raises $1.8 billion at $18 billion valuation

European defense startup Helsing has raised $1.8 billion. The funding round values the German startup at $18 billion. Helsing is a European rival to U.S.... Source: cnbc.com

Importance:NewsAI fundraising automation

Lyzr Uses AI Agent to Drum Up $400M Series B

Lyzr used its internal AI agent, called SivaClaw, to run its Series B fundraising process, drawing investor interest for $400 million. Source: citybiz.co

Importance:NewsAI video funding

PixVerse raises $439M in Series C extension, valuation tops $2B as AI video wars heat up

PixVerse closed a $439M Series C extension at a $2B+ valuation, highlighting the AI funding surge and what it means for crypto AI token projects. Source: cryptobriefing.com

Importance:NewsAI agent funding

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:NewsAI video funding

PixVerse tops a $2 billion valuation after extending its Series C to $439 million

PixVerse has extended its Series C to $439 million, pushing its valuation past $2 billion just four months after hitting unicorn status. The. Source: startupfortune.com

Importance:NewsAI funding rounds

MindRank Raises $52 Million In Series B Financing To Advance AI-Native Drug Development

MindRank AI, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing an artificial intelligence-powered drug research and development platform, announced that it... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:NewsAI funding rounds

SambaNova reaches $11bn valuation in $1bn Series F close

The funding will expand capacity, boost product innovation, and scale global deployments across enterprise, neo-cloud, sovereign AI, and providers. Source: msn.com

Importance:Newsfunding

Lyzr AI Raises $100 Million Series B After Its Own AI Agent SivaClaw Fielded 130‑Plus Investors And Generated $400 Million In Interest

Lyzr AI, an enterprise agentic AI company that builds AI agents designed to handle mission‑critical workflows, has closed a $100 million Series B after... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding

This Startup Is Raising $100 Million Without a Roadshow. Its AI Agent Is Doing the Pitching

Lyzr says its software answered questions from more than 130 investors and helped attract $400 million in interest. Source: inc.com

Importance:Newsfunding rounds

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Deals For Cyber And AI Infrastructure Lead

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Source: news.crunchbase.com

Importance:Newsfunding rounds

Open-source AI model developer MiniMax raises $2B in funding

MiniMax Group Inc., a Shanghai-based artificial intelligence developer, is raising $2 billion in funding. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that more than half... Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:Newsfunding rounds

A Startup That Builds AI Agents Used One to Raise $100 Million

A startup that helps enterprises build AI agents proved the technology's value in the most practical way possible: by deploying one during its own... Source: bloomberg.com

Importance:Newsstartup funding

Christina Qi left a hedge fund trading $7 billion a day. Her new startup just raised $97 million

Databento serves everyone from student traders to the world's largest hedge funds—and counts Nvidia and OpenAI as customers. Source: fortune.com

Importance:Newsstartup funding

Autonomous ship startup Kraken raises $175M at $1B valuation

Kraken Technology Group Ltd., a British defense startup that makes autonomous ships, has raised $175 million in funding. Private equity firm DTCP led the... Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:Newsstartup funding

Databento Raises $97 Million Series B To Expand Global Market Data Infrastructure

Databento, a market data platform for financial institutions, announced it has raised $97 million in Series B funding in a round led by New Enterprise... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsstartup funding

Kraken Technology Group Closes Series B Round At Unicorn Valuation

Led by Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP), the Series B funding round will accelerate Kraken's rapid capability development and international... Source: oceannews.com

Importance:Newsstartup funding

Supply chain startup Auger, led by ex-Amazon operations chief, raises $50M and lands big customers

Former Amazon executive Dave Clark's supply chain startup has raised $50 million in new funding, bringing its total to $150 million, as it builds a customer... Source: geekwire.com

Importance:Newsstartup valuation

Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation

A new $20 billion valuation would be a giant step up from the $10 billion valuation it reached in October. Source: techcrunch.com