The biggest financing of the week went to Castelion, a defense tech startup developing a hypersonic missile. Other sizable rounds went to companies developing AI inference technology, a video-creation platform, data centers and voice-to-text tools.
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Databricks is back raising another $5 billion, after it raised that amount just eight months ago. The largest fundings this week also went to an AI...
The sectors leading the herd to the ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in July, by count, were financial services, robotics, AI orchestration, multimodal AI, energy and...
A total 195 companies joined The ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts seen since the second half of 2022...
Global venture funding showed no signs of slowing in July. Startup capital totaled $65 billion, up 100% year over year, as the month notched the...
Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI...
A total of 34 companies joined The ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in June, altogether adding more than $110 billion in value, with 10 of those companies AI...
It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion...
AI once again dominated venture funding this week, claiming five of the 10 largest announced rounds, including a pair of billion-dollar financings...
The five most intriguing startup deals from the past month include one that’s simultaneously developing AI models for biology, a company that wants...
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Globally, robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025. The figure also handily...
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