Innovation
UK Commits Around £600 Million to AI Safety and Technology Research
The UK has announced a £600 million AI funding package covering biosecurity, AI safety research, chip design, innovation and regional programmes.
Funding & Investment
Latest funding rounds, venture capital, investments, acquisitions, valuations and tech deals.
Funding & Investment
DeepSeek Funding Round Reportedly Nears $15 Billion
DeepSeek is reportedly raising around $15 billion from corporate and financial investors as it seeks to strengthen its position in the global AI race.
Funding & Investment
ASI Series C Funding Raises $325 Million at $3 Billion Valuation
ASI has raised $325 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation to expand its AI software for critical infrastructure and national security.
Startups
Even Healthcare Raises $50 Million to Expand Hospital Network in Bengaluru
Even Healthcare has raised $50 million at an approximately $300 million valuation, with plans to open five hospitals across Bengaluru over the next six months.
Funding & Investment
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion at $6.2 Billion Valuation to Expand AI Chip Business
Tenstorrent has raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation, with plans to scale AI server manufacturing and expand its chip and software business.
Funding & Investment
Labelbox Raises $100M+ at $1.25B Valuation for AI Agents
Labelbox has raised more than $100 million in Series E financing to expand its AI training, reinforcement learning and enterprise-agent products at a $1.25 billion pre-money valuation.
Funding & Investment
Seers Plans KRW 110 Billion Raise for Global Expansion
South Korea's Seers Technology plans a convertible-bond issue to expand its AI diagnostics business in the US and Middle East and build a smart factory.
Funding & Investment
Tessolve Raises $75 Million From Vector Line Capital
Tessolve has raised $75 million from US-based Vector Line Capital as demand grows for semiconductor engineering, chip validation and testing services.
Funding & Investment
Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion to Expand Its AI Infrastructure
Mistral AI raised €3 billion in a Series D round to expand computing capacity, AI research and international operations.
Funding & Investment
SoftBank Seeks Up to $100B From Gulf Investors for AI Investment Fund
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors to finance a new fund focused on acquiring companies and improving their operations using artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. The proposed fundraising remains under discussion, with talks reportedly involving investors in the United Arab Emirates and potentially other Gulf countries.
Funding & Investment
Manus Raises More Than $500 Million After Unwinding Meta Deal
AI-agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in a new funding round after separating from Meta and returning to independent operations. Its parent company, Butterfly Effect, said Boyu Capital and IDG Capital co-led the financing, while existing investors including Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund also participated. The funding gives Manus fresh capital as it expands its AI-agent business amid growing competition in the sector.
Funding & Investment
Nous Research Raises $90 Million for Its Open-Source AI Assistant
Nous Research has raised $90 million in Series B funding at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand Hermes, its open-source AI assistant, into the enterprise market.
Funding & Investment
Finnish AI Cloud Company Verda Raises $189 Million to Scale Infrastructure
Finnish AI cloud company Verda has raised $189 million in Series B funding to expand compute capacity and develop its full-stack AI cloud for enterprise and frontier AI workloads.
Funding & Investment
Fleuret AI Raises €4M to Automate Offensive Cybersecurity
French cybersecurity startup Fleuret AI has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI agents that continuously test companies for exploitable vulnerabilities and help security teams verify fixes.
Cloud & Data
Amazon to Invest $1B in U.S. Communities Hosting Data Centers
Amazon Web Services will invest more than $1 billion over five years in U.S. communities where it operates data centers, focusing on education, workforce training, energy affordability and water resources.
Funding & Investment
SiMa.ai Raises $150M at $1.45B Valuation to Scale Physical AI
SiMa.ai has raised $150 million in Series C funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, taking its total capital raised to $500 million as it expands AI silicon and software for robots, drones and vehicles.
Funding & Investment
Island Raises $400M at $6.4B Valuation to Expand Enterprise AI Security
Enterprise security company Island has raised $400 million in Series F funding, bringing its valuation to $6.4 billion as businesses increase their use of AI agents.
Funding & Investment
SoftBank Raises Record $11.1B Bond Sale to Fund AI Bets
SoftBank Group has raised $11.1 billion through dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, the largest high-yield corporate bond sale globally, to finance its expanding investments in OpenAI and other AI assets.
Robotics
D-Robotics Raises $400 Million to Scale Embodied AI and Next-Generation Robots
Chinese robotics technology company D-Robotics has closed a $400 million Series C to expand its Sunrise chip portfolio and build software infrastructure for embodied AI and humanoid robots.
Funding & Investment
Mantic Raises $25M After AI Outperforms Humans in Forecasting Competition
London-based AI startup Mantic has raised $25 million in seed funding after its forecasting system outperformed every human participant in the 2026 Metaculus Cup, predicting political, economic and cultural events.
Funding & Investment
Anew Labs Raises $290M at $1.5B Valuation to Advance AI Drug Discovery
Shanghai-based AI drug-discovery company Anew Labs has reportedly raised $290 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, marking a major investment in AI-driven pharmaceutical research.
Funding & Investment
EUCLYD Raises More Than €200M to Build Energy-Efficient AI Silicon
Eindhoven-based AI infrastructure company EUCLYD has raised more than €200 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of its AI silicon, memory architecture and data-center systems. Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink is also joining the company as chairman.
Funding & Investment
Graph AI Raises $13.3 Million Series A to Scale AI Patient Safety
Graph AI has raised $13.3 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to expand its AI-native platform for pharmaceutical patient safety. The company plans to accelerate its expansion across the US and Europe.
Funding & Investment
Navana.ai Raises ₹40 Crore Series A Led by Ronnie Screwvala
Indian voice-AI startup Navana.ai has raised ₹40 crore in a Series A round led by Ronnie Screwvala’s Unilazer Ventures. The company plans to expand its voice-AI platform across banking and financial services and develop speech models for Indian languages.
Funding & Investment
Pentagon Weighs $5B Loan for AI Cloud Startup Fluidstack
The Pentagon is in talks to provide AI cloud company Fluidstack with a roughly $5 billion loan through its Office of Strategic Capital. The proposed financing would support U.S. data-center supply chains and domestic manufacturing tied to the growing demand for AI infrastructure.
Funding & Investment
Z.AI Launches $5 Billion Hong Kong Share and Convertible Bond Sale
Chinese AI developer Z.AI has launched a combined $5 billion fundraising programme in Hong Kong, involving a $2 billion share placement and a $3 billion convertible bond sale. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand research and development, strengthen AI infrastructure, pursue global growth and fund strategic investments as competition in the AI industry intensifies.
Funding & Investment
Focused Energy Raises $240 Million for Laser Fusion Power Plant
German fusion startup Focused Energy has raised $240 million in Series A funding, the largest fully secured Series A in the global fusion industry, as it moves toward building a demonstration laser-fusion power plant in Biblis, Germany.
Funding & Investment
Amazon Raises $5.76 Billion in First-Ever Sterling Bond Sale
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.
Funding & Investment
Cognition Raises More Than $2 Billion at $48 Billion Valuation
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.
Funding & Investment
Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion at $24 Billion Valuation
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.
Funding & Investment
Molten Ventures Raises €203 Million for UK and European Tech Growth
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.
Funding & Investment
Pixxel Raises $100 Million in India’s Largest Space-Tech Funding Round
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.
Funding & Investment
Indian Startups See Fresh Funding Across Deeptech, EV and AI Sectors
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.
Funding & Investment
Israeli Tech Startups Raise $1.4 Billion in First Days of September
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.
Funding & Investment
ByteDance Secures $29.6 Billion Loan to Fund AI Infrastructure Expansion
ByteDance has secured a $29.6 billion bank loan as it ramps up spending on AI chips, data centres and overseas infrastructure.
Funding & Investment
Crusoe Valued at $30 Billion After $3 Billion-Plus Funding Round
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.
Funding & Investment
AI Startup Wonderful Valued at $5 Billion After Raising $550 Million in Latest Funding Round
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.
Funding & Investment
Generalist Raises Nearly $200 Million as AI Robotics Startup Reaches $3 Billion Valuation
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.
Funding & Investment
Hungarian EdTech Startup BOOKR Raises €6.1 Million to Accelerate International Expansion
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.
Startups
Terra Industries Raises $52 Million as African Defence-Tech Ambitions Grow
Nigerian startup Terra Industries has raised $52 million to expand AI-powered autonomous systems, strengthen manufacturing and take its defence technology into international markets.
AI
London AI Startup Callosum Raises $100 Million to Rethink How AI Uses Computing Power
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.