Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.
Singapore-based AI company Whale has raised over $60 million in Series C1 and C2 funding rounds to enhance its enterprise AI offerings and expand into global markets.
Perplexity AI has acquired Sidekick, a browser startup known for its AI-enhanced browsing experience, according to The Information. This acquisition aims to bolster Perplexity's efforts in developing its own browser, Comet.
Catena Labs, co-founded by Sean Neville, has secured $18 million in seed funding led by a16z crypto to develop the first AI-native financial institution.
Berlin-based Freshflow has raised €6.5 million to expand its AI platform for optimizing fresh food supply chains, with backing from World Fund and others.
TrustCloud has raised $15 million in strategic funding led by ServiceNow Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, to advance its AI-native security assurance platform.
Coworker.ai has introduced an AI agent capable of executing complex tasks using deep company context, supported by a $13M seed round.
Berlin/Potsdam-based startup Sensmore has raised $7.3 million in a funding round led by Point Nine Capital to enhance its Physical AI technology for large mobile machinery.
Rad AI has announced an additional $8 million investment from four major health systems, bringing its Series C funding to $68 million.
Factorial Funds has launched its second institutional fund with $200 million in committed capital, focusing on AI, cloud infrastructure, and robotics.
IRIS Software Group has announced a minority investment in Instead, an AI-powered tax management platform, to enhance automation in tax preparation.
Barndoor AI has raised $13.6 million in seed funding to launch a platform for managing AI agents across enterprises, announced in a press release.
PHASE Scientific has raised $34 million in a Series A funding round to advance its urine-based diagnostic technology for early disease detection, announced in a press release.
Hyra Holdings has announced the approval of a $500 million innovation fund and a roadmap to IPO by 2030, as stated in a press release. The company aims to expand its decentralized AI infrastructure and launch the Hyra Combinator Venture Fund.
Princeton Digital Group has raised over $1.2 billion to expand its data center operations in Asia, focusing on Mumbai, Langfang, and Tokyo.
Trinity Capital Inc. has committed $15 million in growth capital to Lendflow, a company specializing in embedded credit infrastructure for fintechs and SaaS platforms.
Theo Ai has raised $4.2 million in a seed round to advance its AI-powered settlement prediction tools for Big Law firms, announced in a press release.
RoboForce has introduced its AI robot, Titan, designed for industrial deployment, and announced $15 million in total funding.
CoreWeave has announced its intention to offer $1.5 billion in senior notes due 2030, according to a press release. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment.
Cohere has acquired Ottogrid, a Vancouver-based platform specializing in automating market research, as announced by Ottogrid co-founder Sully Omar.
Anaqua has acquired RightHub, an AI-native platform, to enhance its IP management offerings and strengthen its presence in the UK, Sweden, and Denmark.
