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Amazon has raised £4.25 billion, or about $5.76 billion, in its first-ever sterling bond sale as major technology companies seek new sources of funding for the AI infrastructure boom. The four-part deal attracted more than £10.65 billion in final investor demand.
AI coding startup Cognition has raised more than $2 billion in a Series E funding round at a $48 billion valuation. The company behind the Devin coding agent has nearly doubled its valuation since May as annualised revenue approaches $900 million.
French AI company Mistral has raised €3 billion in a Series D round at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, or about $24 billion. The funding will support frontier AI research, computing infrastructure and the company’s international expansion.
Molten Ventures has secured €203 million in the first close of its new Growth Fund, with backing from the British Business Bank. The fund will provide Series B and later-stage capital to high-growth technology companies across the UK and Europe.
Indian space-tech startup Pixxel has raised $100 million in a Series C round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim. The funding will help the company expand its satellite capabilities, Earth intelligence software and sovereign space systems.
Indian startups opened September with fresh funding across aerospace, defence, electric mobility, healthcare, climate technology and AI, with investors favouring specialised businesses and clear commercial applications.
Israeli and Israeli-founded startups announced around $1.4 billion in funding in the first three days of September, with AI, cybersecurity and enterprise technology leading the surge.
ByteDance has secured a $29.6 billion bank loan as it ramps up spending on AI chips, data centres and overseas infrastructure.
AI infrastructure startup Crusoe has raised more than $3 billion in fresh funding, taking its valuation to roughly $30 billion as demand for specialised AI data centres continues to grow.
Enterprise AI startup Wonderful has raised $550 million in its latest funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $5 billion as investors continue to back the rapidly expanding AI sector.
Generalist has raised nearly $200 million in fresh funding, taking the AI robotics startup's valuation to $3 billion as investment in physical AI accelerates.
Hungarian EdTech company BOOKR has raised €6.1 million in Series A funding as it prepares to expand its digital learning platform across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.
Nigerian startup Terra Industries has raised $52 million to expand AI-powered autonomous systems, strengthen manufacturing and take its defence technology into international markets.
London AI startup Callosum has secured $100 million in seed funding to develop software that helps businesses run AI workloads across different models and computing systems.
