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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:NewsAI chips

Inference chip startup SambaNova valued at $11B in $1B funding round

Chip startup SambaNova Inc. today announced that it has raised $1 billion in funding at a $11 billion valuation. General Atlantic led the Series F round... Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:NewsAI funding

Prime Intelliect's $1b valuation, Ardian's HR software stake, and Paradigm's new fund

Venture Capital. • Prime Intellect, an SF-based agentic AI building platform, raised $130m in Series A funding at a $1b valuation. Source: axios.com

Importance:NewsAI agents

Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents

Founded in 2024, Prime Intellect's goal is to give organizations capabilities to train their own agentic systems without relying on frontier AI labs. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:NewsAI infrastructure

Upscale AI Adds $190 Million in Extension to Series A, Reaching Half-Billion Dollars in Total Funding

Upscale AI, Inc., a pure-play AI networking infrastructure company, today announced it has raised $190 million in Series A-1 financing. Source: businesswire.com

Importance:NewsAI funding trends

North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI

North American venture investment hit all-time highs in the first half of 2026, driven by late-stage megarounds for AI industry leaders, Crunchbase data... Source: news.crunchbase.com

Importance:NewsAI funding (legal AI)

Norm Ai Hits Unicorn Status with $120M Series C at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Norm Ai, the New York-based legal and compliance AI company, today announced a $120 million Series C round at a $1.2 billion valuation, crossing the unicorn... Source: lawnext.com

Importance:NewsAI funding (legal AI)

Norm Ai Raises $120M Series C At $1.2B Valuation

Legal and compliance startup Norm Ai announced Tuesday the raising of $120 million in a Series C funding round that valued the company at $1.2 billion. Source: law360.com

Importance:NewsAI funding (legal AI)

Norm Ai Raises $120 Million at a $1.2 Billion Valuation Led by Khosla Ventures to Deliver the Full-Stack Model for Legal AI

PRNewswire/ -- Norm Ai raised a $120 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Khosla Ventures, the first institutional investor in OpenAI.... Source: prnewswire.com

Importance:NewsAI funding (legal AI)

AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation

AI law startup Norm on Tuesday said it has raised $120 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the almost three-year-old startup... Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:Newsfunding

Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent

Even Realities, an ex-Apple team building camera-free smart glasses, raised $150 million from Meituan and Tencent at a $1 billion valuation. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:Newsfunding

Even Realities raises $150M, hits $1B valuation with smart glasses

Even Realities, a Shenzhen-based smart glasses startup founded by a former Apple $AAPL engineer, has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round,... Source: qz.com

Importance:Newsfunding

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding

CarbonSix Raises $40M Series A to Scale Physical AI for Global Manufacturing

CarbonSix, a Physical AI company building deployment-ready robotic intelligence for manufacturing, has raised $40 million in Series A funding, drawing a... Source: en.wowtale.net

Importance:Newsacquisition

Cyera in advanced negotiations to acquire Oasis Security for over $1 billion

Fresh off a $600 million funding round, the Israeli cybersecurity unicorn is accelerating its acquisition strategy. Source: calcalistech.com

Importance:Newsfunding

EquiLibre Raises Series A At $500+ Million Valuation To Scale AI Trading Agents

EquiLibre Technologies announced the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation of more than $500 million. The round was led by Creandum,... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million Series B To Build Video Superintelligence

TwelveLabs announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon,... Source: pulse2.com

Importance:Newsfunding

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million in Series B Led by NEA and NAVER Ventures

Video AI company TwelveLabs announced on July 2 that it has raised US$100 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to US$200 million. Source: thelec.net

Importance:NewsAI Valuation

Anthropic Tops OpenAI With $965B Valuation As AI Funding Race Resets

Key Points: Anthropic closed a $65B Series H round at a $965... Source: yellow.com

Importance:NewsAI Funding

ElevenLabs is in talks for a $22B valuation, doubling its price tag five months after its last raise: report

ElevenLabs is holding early talks with investors over a secondary share sale that would value the London-based AI voice company at roughly $22 billion,... Source: techfundingnews.com