Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.

DarioHealth Prices $23.5 Million Stock Offering at Market Value

DarioHealth Corp. announced the pricing of a $23.5 million registered direct offering of common stock, with shares priced at $6.80 each. The offering is expected to close on or about July 23, 2026, subject to customary conditions.

July 23, 2026

Health Endeavors Launches AI Care Suite and Receives Investment from Decathlon Capital Partners

Health Endeavors has introduced an AI-based care management suite called Alex and secured funding from Decathlon Capital Partners to support expansion and technology advancement.

July 23, 2026

Dassault Systèmes to Acquire ArisGlobal from Nordic Capital

Nordic Capital has agreed to sell life sciences software provider ArisGlobal to Dassault Systèmes. The deal marks a full exit for Nordic Capital following its investment in 2019 and is expected to close in the second half of 2026, pending regulatory approval.

July 23, 2026

Trooly Raises $20 Million and Launches AI Research Platform for In-Depth Consumer Interviews

Trooly has launched its AI research platform in North America and raised nearly $20 million in seed funding. The platform conducts 45-minute interviews with global consumers to deliver detailed insights similar to those from human researchers.

July 23, 2026

StrongestLayer Raises $4.1 Million, Expands Seed Round to $9.3 Million for AI Email Security

StrongestLayer has raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed round to $9.3 million. The company plans to strengthen its reasoning-based email security platform designed to detect threats missed by traditional tools.

July 23, 2026

PaleBlueDot AI Secures $255 Million Credit Refinancing for AI Infrastructure Expansion

PaleBlueDot AI has closed a $255 million credit refinancing facility structured as a three-year private note to support the development of its agentic AI infrastructure. The financing was provided by Brookfield Asset Management and Tor Investment Management, with J.P. Morgan serving as the placement agent.

July 22, 2026

Alocity Raises Series A Funding to Advance AI Platform for Physical Security

Alocity announced it has completed a Series A funding round to accelerate its AI platform that connects access control, AI video intelligence, and communications into one integrated operating experience.

July 21, 2026

Falfurrias Growth Partners Invests in FactorLab to Expand AI Safety Platform

FactorLab has secured a strategic growth investment from Falfurrias Growth Partners to accelerate development of its AI platform for safety and risk intelligence across industrial sectors.

July 21, 2026

Karoo Health Raises $16.2 Million to Advance AI Cardiovascular Platform

Karoo Health has secured $16.2 million in Series A funding, co-led by 7wire Ventures and Allumia Ventures, to expand its AI cardiovascular care platform and partnerships with health plans and cardiology providers.

July 21, 2026

Tuya Smart Invests in Robopoet to Expand Physical AI Commercialization

Tuya Smart has invested in Robopoet's 100 million RMB pre-A financing round, aiming to accelerate the commercialization of physical AI. The partnership builds on the success of Robopoet's Fuzozo AI companion, which has sold nearly 300,000 units.

July 21, 2026

Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B at $1 Billion Valuation

Augustus has announced a $180 million Series B funding round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Tiger Global. The funds will support its goal to provide international fintechs and banks with direct access to US dollar accounts through a federally chartered platform.

July 21, 2026

SkyPilot Launches Unified AI Compute Platform with $20 Million Seed Funding

SkyPilot has launched from stealth with $20 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital. The company introduced SkyPilot Platform, a managed system that unifies AI compute across clouds, clusters, and hardware types for frontier AI teams.

July 21, 2026

Meshy Raises $400 Million Series B at $1.5 Billion Valuation

Meshy has secured nearly $400 million in a Series B funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation, supported by major global investors. The AI 3D company also released new features including Meshy 3D Agent, Auto Split, Smart Topology, and 8K Texture.

July 21, 2026

Siemens to Acquire Defacto Technologies for Automated SoC Design Tools

Siemens announced an agreement to acquire Defacto Technologies, a French EDA software firm specializing in automated system-on-chip design creation and integration. The acquisition expands Siemens’ capabilities across the SoC design lifecycle, from early creation through verification and signoff.

July 21, 2026

Skyfall AI Emerges from Stealth to Build the Autonomous Enterprise

Skyfall AI, founded by the creators of Maluuba, has launched from stealth with backing from major investors and plans to acquire a small SaaS business to test fully autonomous company models.

July 21, 2026

CuspAI Raises $450 Million and Launches AI Materials Foundry

British startup CuspAI has secured $450 million in Series B funding and introduced the AI Materials Foundry, a global coalition focused on accelerating the discovery of new materials for semiconductors and other industries using artificial intelligence.

July 21, 2026

Bristol Myers Squibb Expands AI Research with NVIDIA Vera Rubin SuperPOD

Bristol Myers Squibb will deploy NVIDIA's DGX Vera Rubin NVL72 systems to enhance its AI capabilities across drug discovery and development, expanding its existing collaboration with the chipmaker to create the most powerful AI infrastructure in life sciences.

July 21, 2026

Vertiv Acquires Strategic Thermal Labs to Strengthen Liquid Cooling Capabilities

Vertiv has acquired Strategic Thermal Labs, a Texas-based specialist in advanced liquid cooling and thermal engineering for high-performance computing, expanding its expertise in AI and data center thermal solutions.

July 21, 2026

Natural Raises $30 Million to Build Payments Stack for AI Agents

San Francisco-based startup Natural has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures to develop payments infrastructure for AI agents, with six products now generally available.

July 21, 2026

Siemens to Acquire Precision Innovations for AI Chip Design Tools

Siemens has agreed to acquire Precision Innovations, an electronic design automation company specializing in AI-powered chip planning tools built on the OpenROAD framework. The acquisition expands Siemens' EDA portfolio to offer faster system-on-chip design exploration and optimization.

July 21, 2026

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