Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

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

Sep 29, 2026

Motorola Solutions Acquires AI Video Analytics Company DeepNeuronic

Motorola Solutions acquired Portuguese AI video analytics company DeepNeuronic and plans to integrate its technology into the Avigilon video security platform.

Sep 29, 2026

Reco Raises $55 Million for AI Agent Security Platform

Reco raised an additional $55 million from investors including AT&T Ventures, Forestay and Quadrille Capital, bringing its total funding to $140 million.

Sep 29, 2026

OpenAI Offered $100 Million to Hugging Face Before NVIDIA Deal

OpenAI offered to invest about $100 million in Hugging Face before NVIDIA agreed to acquire the platform for roughly $13 billion.

Sep 29, 2026

Mitratech Acquires BotDojo for AI Agent Orchestration

Mitratech acquired BotDojo and will integrate its AI agent orchestration technology into the ARIES legal, compliance, and HR platform.

Sep 29, 2026

ITpipes Secures Investment for AI Pipe Inspection Software

Luminate Capital Partners has invested in ITpipes to support its product and AI development for wastewater and stormwater inspection. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Sep 29, 2026

StackGen Acquires Shipyard for Ephemeral Testing Environments

StackGen acquires Shipyard and plans to add its ephemeral testing environments to the Autonomous Operations Factory. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Sep 29, 2026

General Intuition raises $220M at $6.2B valuation

General Intuition has raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation as it begins offering access to foundation models trained on gameplay videos.

Sep 29, 2026

Atomic Raises $12.5 Million for AI Supply Chain Platform

Atomic raised a $12.5 million Series A led by Klass Capital and Madrona. The company will expand its supply chain planning platform and support larger enterprise deployments.

Sep 29, 2026

Modal Labs Nears $750 Million Round at $15.75 Billion Valuation

Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation, including the new investment.

Sep 29, 2026

Anthropic IPO Prospectus Warns of Existential AI Risks

Anthropic's IPO prospectus warns that advanced AI could pose existential risks to humanity. The filing also reports an operating loss of more than $8 billion on nearly $4.6 billion in 2025 revenue.

Sep 29, 2026

AMD to Buy World Labs for $8.2 Billion

AMD will acquire World Labs in an all stock deal valued at $8.2 billion. World Labs cofounder Fei-Fei Li will become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist.

Sep 29, 2026

AIxC Signs $200 Million Term Sheet for Faraday Future Robotics Business

AIxC Holdings signed a nonbinding term sheet to acquire Faraday Future's robotics business in an approximately $200 million stock transaction. The company plans to abandon its crypto strategy and change its Nasdaq ticker to FFR.

Sep 29, 2026

Pearson Agrees to Acquire Workera

Pearson has agreed to acquire Workera, an AI skills assessment platform used by businesses and government customers.

Sep 28, 2026

Instinct Raises $1 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation

Personal AI assistant startup Instinct raised $1 billion in a Series C round, increasing its valuation to $10 billion. Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Coatue participated.

Sep 28, 2026

HCLSoftware to Acquire Robotiq.ai for Agentic Automation

HCLSoftware plans to acquire Robotiq.ai and add its robotic process automation technology to HCL UnO Agentic. The deal is expected to close in November 2026.

Sep 28, 2026

RiskScout Raises Funding for AI Compliance Platform

RiskScout raised an undisclosed amount to expand its compliance and fraud prevention platform for banks and credit unions.

Sep 28, 2026

HiringCafe Raises $6.8 Million, Launches AI Talent Agent

HiringCafe raised $6.8 million in pre seed funding led by Spark Capital and launched a free AI Talent Agent that searches jobs on a user's behalf.

Sep 28, 2026

Outmarket AI Raises $34.5 Million for Insurance Automation

Outmarket AI raised $34.5 million in Series B funding led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $56.5 million.

Sep 26, 2026

Nscale Raises $3.36 Billion in Convertible Financing Before IPO

Nscale raised $3.36 billion through convertible loan notes led by Third Point, with backing from NVIDIA and other investors.

Sep 26, 2026

Overlord Labs Raises $7.25 Million for Battery Intelligence Chip

Overlord Labs raised $7.25 million in seed financing, bringing its total funding to $10 million as it validates its GENESIS battery intelligence chip.

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