Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.
Flux, the AI hardware engineering platform, has announced $37 million in new funding, including a $27 million Series B led by 8VC and a previously undisclosed $10 million Series A. The company plans to use the investment to extend its AI capabilities for complex electronic design tasks.
OpenAI announced a $110 billion investment round at a $730 billion valuation, with major contributions from Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank. The company also signed new strategic partnerships to expand its AI infrastructure and global reach.
Dutch AI chipmaker Axelera AI has raised $250 million to scale manufacturing and commercialization of its energy-efficient inference chips designed for edge computing, according to Sifted.
SWI Stoneweg Icona Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Polarise, a German NVIDIA Cloud Partner, to expand its AI infrastructure capabilities. The deal includes a €1 billion investment to develop GPU- and AI-as-a-Service offerings across Europe.
Turbine has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Interactive Venture Partners, with participation from Beiersdorf Venture Capital and others. The company also announced its first immunology collaboration with a top 10 pharmaceutical firm to model immune cell behavior using AI-driven virtual assays.
Nightfood Holdings, through its subsidiary TechForce Robotics, has completed the acquisition of full intellectual property rights for its BIM-E robotics platform, marking a step toward commercialization in the growing AI service robotics sector.
Turbine has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Interactive Venture Partners, with participation from Beiersdorf Venture Capital and others. The company also announced a new immunology partnership with a top 10 pharmaceutical company to expand its AI-driven virtual cell platform.
Anthropic has acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based AI startup known for its computer-use agent Vy. The deal brings Vercept’s research team into Anthropic and ends Vercept’s independent operations next month.
Emergent has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue just eight months after launch and introduced its new mobile app, Emergent AI, allowing users to build and publish apps directly from their smartphones.
Humain has invested $3 billion in xAI's Series E round, becoming a significant minority shareholder ahead of xAI's merger with SpaceX. The investment also expands their 500MW AI infrastructure partnership in Saudi Arabia.
Selector has raised $32 million in new funding led by AVP, doubling its valuation to $375 million. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate AI innovation, product development, and global expansion.
Kiavi has closed a $350 million rated securitization of residential transition loans, creating up to $1.2 billion in additional funding capacity and marking its sixth rated securitization under the LHOME shelf.
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is seeking a $10 billion valuation in an expanded funding round supported by Alibaba and Tencent, following its recent $500 million raise at a $4.3 billion valuation.
Cydelphi has launched from stealth with $3 million in seed funding led by Glasswing Ventures to advance its AI-native Digital Forensics and Incident Response platform, designed to accelerate ransomware recovery.
Palo Alto Networks has finalized its acquisition of CyberArk, integrating its identity security platform to strengthen protection across human, machine, and AI identities. The company also announced plans for a secondary listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker CYBR.
Maestro AI has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by New Stack Ventures to expand its AI-driven platform that automates and coordinates mortgage origination workflows.
Canadian AI startup Cohere reported $240 million in annual recurring revenue for 2025, exceeding its $200 million target and signaling momentum ahead of a potential IPO.
Trener Robotics has secured $32 million in Series A funding to advance its AI-driven industrial automation platform Acteris, co-led by Engine Ventures and IAG Capital Partners.
Highspot and Seismic have signed a definitive merger agreement that will combine their enablement platforms under the Seismic brand, with Seismic CEO Rob Tarkoff leading the unified company and Highspot founder Robert Wahbe joining its board.
Didero has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate deployment of its AI agents that automate procurement tasks for manufacturers and distributors. The round was co-led by Chemistry and Headline, with participation from Microsoft’s venture fund M12.
