Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

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

Sep 6, 2026

XDOF Nears Series B at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Robotics data startup XDOF is in talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion, with 8VC expected to lead the round.

Sep 5, 2026

BUUU Group Agrees to Acquire 60% of Brightray Science

BUUU Group agreed to acquire a 60% stake in modular data center provider Brightray Science and signed private placements that could help generate more than $60 million.

Sep 5, 2026

CollPlant Acquires LightSolver and Enters Photonic Computing

CollPlant Biotechnologies has completed its acquisition of LightSolver, an Israeli company developing a laser based computing platform.

Sep 4, 2026

Guardio Raises $40 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation

Consumer cybersecurity company Guardio has raised $40 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $167 million.

Sep 3, 2026

Flex to Acquire EPC Power for $4.4 Billion

Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding power conversion technology for AI data centers and grid applications.

Sep 3, 2026

NVIDIA Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion and says the platform will continue supporting models, hardware, cloud services, and inference providers across the AI ecosystem.

Sep 3, 2026

Superluminal Medicines Raises $60 Million for Obesity Drug Trial

The Series B financing will support a Phase 1 trial of a treatment for rare genetic forms of obesity by the end of 2026.

Sep 2, 2026

MulticoreWare Acquires Simulus Automation for Semiconductor Design

MulticoreWare has acquired Simulus Automation to add semiconductor design and verification capabilities for SoCs, chipsets, and accelerator technologies.

Sep 2, 2026

Konko AI Raises $6 Million for Patient Journey Platform

Konko AI raised $6 million to expand its AI platform for healthcare clinics and hospitals in Latin America.

Sep 2, 2026

Airbility Raises $4.7 Million for AI Counter Drone Aircraft

Airbility raised $4.7 million in Series A funding led by Sazze Partners, bringing its total funding to $7.6 million. The company plans to use the funding for counter drone eVTOL aircraft and production capacity.

Sep 2, 2026

Thyme Care Raises Over $125 Million and Forms Thyme Companies

Thyme Care raised over $125 million in Series E funding led by Morgan Health and formed Thyme Companies, a parent entity for new oncology businesses.

Sep 2, 2026

HiddenLayer Raises $100 Million for AI Security Platform

HiddenLayer raised a $100 million Series B round led by Delta-v Capital to expand its AI security platform and runtime protections for enterprise AI systems.

Sep 2, 2026

Plan A Technologies Acquires AI Assessment Tool for M&A Due Diligence

Plan A Technologies acquired a stealth AI assessment tool to expand its technical M&A due diligence practice. The tool is intended to help assess complex technology environments and identify risks, patterns, and opportunities during transaction reviews.

Sep 2, 2026

Aitan Raises $41 Million for Robotic Defense Systems

Aitan has emerged from stealth with $41 million in new funding for robotic defense systems. The round was co led by Deep33 and Dell Technologies Capital, bringing total funding to $54 million.

Sep 2, 2026

Aranya Raises $11M for AI Infrastructure Clusters

Aranya raised $11 million to expand its team and develop its infrastructure software for GPU clusters. The company says its platform converts bare metal servers into custom clusters in under 48 hours.

Sep 2, 2026

LeanTaaS Acquires Aidin for Patient Flow Software

LeanTaaS has acquired Aidin, adding care transition coordination to its iQueue for Inpatient Flow platform. Aidin serves more than 200 hospitals and coordinates more than two million referrals each year.

Sep 2, 2026

S&P Global Completes datacenterHawk Acquisition

S&P Global has completed its acquisition of datacenterHawk, adding data center, fiber optic, and related infrastructure intelligence to S&P Global Energy.

Sep 2, 2026

Salute Agrees to Acquire T5 Operations

Salute has agreed to acquire T5 Operations, a data center operations unit of T5 Data Centers, in a deal that would expand its management footprint to more than 15 GW across over 150 markets.

Sep 2, 2026

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Console for Cortex Security Operations

Palo Alto Networks has acquired Console, an AI native platform for agentic enterprise operations, to expand agentic capabilities in Cortex.

Sep 1, 2026

New Constructs Warns AI Compute Spending Is Not Profit

New Constructs says investors should separate AI infrastructure spending from profit, after Morgan Stanley estimated that five major cloud operators could spend $1.2 trillion on AI infrastructure in 2027.

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