OpenAI weighs $1.2 trillion valuation, Crusoe raises $3.9 billion, and more - AI Funding Brief #83

September 22, 2026 - AI Funding Brief
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D-Robotics closed a $400 million Series C round for AI robotics chips and software, while Factory raised $200 million at a $5 billion valuation for its enterprise software agent platform. Crusoe also raised $3.9 billion to fund AI data centers, and OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions about a funding round that could value it at about $1.2 trillion.

Investment activity also covered healthcare, compliance and industry software. Ayble Health, Footprint and Adaptive raised new rounds, while Medallion, MRO, Quorum Cyber and Xpansiv pursued acquisitions to expand their AI and data capabilities.
Anthropic forecasts second consecutive quarter of positive adjusted operating income
Anthropic told investors it expects positive adjusted operating income for a second straight quarter, the Financial Times reports. The metric excludes stock based compensation, while its reported gross margin also excludes partner revenue sharing and model training costs. Read more
D-Robotics closes $400 million Series C round
D-Robotics closed a $400 million Series C funding round on September 17, 2026. The company plans to expand its Sunrise chip portfolio and develop software for AI robotics development. Read more
Medallion acquires Andros to expand AI healthcare credentialing
Medallion acquires credential verification firm Andros, adding more than one million providers across nearly 400 healthcare organizations and health plans to its platform. The combined offering will cover credentialing, enrollment, licensing and provider data management, with Andros customers gaining access to Medallion's AI tools over time. Read more
Factory raises $200 million at a $5 billion valuation
Factory, a San Francisco AI startup, raises $200 million at a $5 billion valuation, more than triple its April valuation. The funding will support its AI agent platform for enterprise software development, testing and maintenance. Read more
OpenAI weighs $1.2 trillion valuation in pre IPO funding round
OpenAI is discussing an investor initiated funding round that could value the company at about $1.2 trillion, according to the Financial Times. The early stage talks follow its March financing at an $852 billion valuation, while CEO Sam Altman says an IPO will not occur in 2026. Read more
Quorum Cyber signs deal to acquire Ontinue
Quorum Cyber signs a definitive agreement to acquire Ontinue, combining their Microsoft focused cybersecurity and AI powered security operations services. The deal, which remains subject to customary approvals, would expand services for secure AI adoption, threat detection, incident response and recovery. Read more
Ayble Health raises $16 million for virtual GI clinic expansion
Ayble Health raised an oversubscribed $16 million Series A led by Neon. The company plans to expand its AI enabled virtual gastrointestinal care services and move into adjacent areas, beginning with autoimmune conditions. Read more
MRO acquires Vyne Medical to expand clinical data management
MRO acquires Vyne Medical to expand its clinical data management platform, combining automation with human review services. The combined company will serve more than 2,500 hospitals and 35,000 clinics, while Vyne Dental is excluded from the deal. Read more
RLH Equity Partners invests in Databricks consultancy Climb
RLH Equity Partners invests in Climb, a consultancy that helps enterprises build, migrate and scale data and AI systems on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Climb serves clients in healthcare, life sciences, banking and insurance. Read more
Apex Intelligence raises nearly US$50 million for self evolving foundation models
Apex Intelligence, a Beijing based AI company founded by Tsinghua University assistant professor Yongchao Chen, raised nearly US$50 million in angel funding rounds. The company plans to develop recursively self improving foundation models for scientific research, while investing in computing infrastructure, research data and international hiring. Read more
Footprint raises $25 million for AI financial crime platform
Footprint raises $25 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors to expand its AI platform for financial crime risk and compliance. The company plans to grow its engineering and sales teams, open a San Francisco office and develop Percy and Trust Fabric. Read more
Icelandic Treble raises $18 million for voice simulation platform
Treble, an Icelandic voice simulation startup, raises $18 million in a Series A extension led by Paladin Capital Group. The funding supports its synthetic audio data tools for voice AI, hardware, robotics, vehicles and drones. Read more
Adaptive raises $30 million in Series B funding
Adaptive raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Tidemark, bringing its total funding to $57 million. The company plans to expand its Project Accounting Agents for construction accounting and grow its Boston and New York teams. Read more
Crusoe raises $3.9 billion at a $30.9 billion valuation
Crusoe raised $3.9 billion in a Series F funding round led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, valuing the data center developer at $30.9 billion. The company will fund large data centers, including its Abilene, Texas site used by OpenAI, as well as transportable modular AI factories. Read more
OpenAI Foundation gives UNC Lineberger $40M for AI cancer vaccine research
The OpenAI Foundation is providing UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center with $40 million to generate data for AI models that identify tumor targets and support personalized cancer vaccine research. The work includes studies of de identified tumor and immune samples and clinical trials for triple negative breast cancer, with findings to be shared openly. Read more
Vantora raises $100 million from Silversmith Capital Partners
Vantora, formerly UP.Labs, raises $100 million from Silversmith Capital Partners. The startup builder will create physical AI companies for corporate partners including Porsche, Alaska Airlines, J.B. Hunt, Wabash, and TDG. Read more
Manus seeks $500M after separating from Meta
Manus has resumed independent operations after separating from Meta. The AI startup is discussing a $500 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation and considering a restructuring before a potential Hong Kong IPO. Read more
Expanse raises $5.3 million for AI workload planning
Expanse raises a $5.3 million seed round led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from PXN Ventures and angel investors. The company develops software to forecast the computing resources and runtime required for AI workloads before execution. Read more
Overfuel secures $6 million investment from Comedor Capital
Overfuel receives a $6 million growth investment from Austin based Comedor Capital. The dealership technology company plans to expand its AI powered products, hire staff and support customer service. Read more
Viabot raises $24 million for outdoor property care robots
Viabot raised $24 million in a Series A led by Walden International to expand its outdoor property care robotics business. The company plans to use the funding for hiring, product development and its robotics as a service offering. Read more
Guesty acquires French vacation rental platform Smily
Guesty completed its acquisition of French property and channel management platform Smily, formerly BookingSync. The companies will combine teams, while Guesty will provide its AI tools and Agent Hub to Smily customers. Read more
Hello Haven launches personal AI twin with $15 million in pre-seed funding
Hello Haven launches Haven, a personal AI digital twin that uses a private memory graph to complete tasks across phones, email, voice and web services. The company raised $15 million in pre-seed funding led by Mayfield and plans to introduce a developer platform and device portability. Read more
Terragrit secures National Grid Partners investment
Terragrit secures investment from National Grid Partners, the venture arm of National Grid plc. The company will use the funding to develop its AI powered virtual sandbox and expand commercial operations for energy and utility teams. Read more
Radical Ventures raises over US$1 billion for AI scale ups
Radical Ventures completes a first close of more than US$1 billion for its Radical Breakouts Fund. The fund will invest late stage capital in Canadian AI scale ups and other AI companies worldwide. Read more
Kairon Health raises $5 million for AI value based care platform
Kairon Health raises $5 million in a funding round led by Flare Capital Partners. The company will develop AI features for its value based care workflow platform and expand its care operations, patient outreach and commercial teams. Read more
Pearson acquires Internet Testing Systems
Pearson acquired Baltimore based assessment technology company Internet Testing Systems on September 18, 2026. The company will join Pearson Professional Assessments, adding remote testing, proctoring, performance based assessment and certification technology. Read more
Profound raises $180M Series D at $1.8B valuation
Profound raises $180 million in a Series D led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, valuing the AI marketing platform at $1.8 billion. The company plans to expand its platform and research team as it serves more than 1,000 enterprise customers. Read more
Mantic raises $25 million after beating human forecasters
London based AI startup Mantic raises $25 million in seed funding after its forecasting system outperformed all human competitors in the summer 2026 Metaculus Cup. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with backing from Microsoft's M12, Thinking Machines Lab and Balderton Capital. Read more
Canada and Germany commit up to CAD $300 million to LawZero
Canada and Germany will provide up to CAD $300 million to LawZero for its Scientist AI research, international hiring and computing infrastructure. The company also plans a Berlin office and sovereign Canadian compute infrastructure with Hypertec and 5C. Read more
Delos Data raises more than $100 million for AI infrastructure
Delos Data raises more than $100 million from investors including Matrix, Playground and Socratic Partners. The company plans to expand engineering, product development and sales, while launching its Nonstop AI infrastructure approach. Read more
Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign combination agreement
Cohere and Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive agreement to combine, pending regulatory approval. The company will operate as Cohere, with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin, while retaining Aleph Alpha's Heidelberg research center. Read more
Boxd raises $2 million for AI coding agent cloud infrastructure
Boxd, a Dutch startup, raises $2 million in pre seed funding led by BlueYard Capital. The company will expand its team and develop isolated, persistent cloud machines for developers and AI coding agents. Read more
Healthcare Triangle joins Kanzun-ARCB Growth Fund for Malaysia-US AI corridor
Healthcare Triangle will act as the US technology and capital markets partner for the Kanzun-ARCB Growth Fund, connecting Malaysian healthcare and AI companies with Middle Eastern and potential US investors. The proposed partnership remains subject to due diligence, approvals and final agreements. Read more
EUCLYD raises over €200 million in Series A financing
EUCLYD, an AI infrastructure company based in Eindhoven, raises more than €200 million in a Series A round co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries. The company plans to expand engineering, develop its silicon and systems roadmap, form partnerships, and prepare for commercial deployment, while former ASML CEO Peter Wennink becomes board chair. Read more
Nscale files for proposed NYSE IPO
UK based Nscale filed an S 1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. The company seeks a New York Stock Exchange listing under the ticker NSCL, with share volume and pricing yet to be determined. Read more
Hello Patient acquires Converse Health for back office AI agents
Hello Patient acquires Converse Health to add AI agents for referral and fax intake, follow ups, authorization paperwork, records and registration. The deal expands its automation for outpatient practices from patient calls to back office operations. Read more
Relativity renames RelativityOne as Relativity aiR
Relativity renames its RelativityOne legal data platform to Relativity aiR, consolidating its AI capabilities under one name. The company says the platform is expanding from litigation into investigations, data breach response and regulatory work, while Relativity claiR remains in Advanced Access. Read more
Aristotle raises $5M for voice first AI tutoring platform
Aristotle, a US based AI tutoring company, raises $5 million in seed funding led by True Ventures. The company will use the funding to expand its voice first tutoring platform following a beta with more than 1,000 students. Read more
Hang Ten Systems adds $53 million to seed round
Hang Ten Systems, the AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, raises an additional $53 million in seed funding led by Xora. The funding brings its total seed round to $85 million and will support hiring as it helps enterprises build and modernize software with AI. Read more
Softcat agrees to buy General Datatech for $1.05 billion
Softcat agrees to acquire Dallas based General Datatech from H.I.G. Capital in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. The IT infrastructure and services provider supports AI ready deployments, with the transaction expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2027. Read more
NAVER D2SF invests in ImpriMed's $10 million bridge round
NAVER D2SF invested in ImpriMed, a Silicon Valley AI precision medicine company, through its $10 million Series A2 bridge round. ImpriMed develops tools that analyze live cancer cells and patient data for treatment decisions and drug development. Read more
Darkroom acquires Shadow and opens AI workspace beta
Darkroom acquired Shadow and released its AI workspace in public beta. The platform connects commerce and marketing tools to a shared brand library for teams and AI agents, with paid plans and a three day free trial. Read more
Xpansiv to acquire Formbay compliance platform
Xpansiv will acquire Australian compliance platform Formbay, subject to regulatory approval. Formbay uses AI to verify rooftop solar and home battery installations and manage renewable energy certificates, compliance and payments. Read more
Endra launches AI platform for electrical engineering
Endra launches Power Studio, an AI platform for electrical design tasks including requirements, simulation, code checks and production documents. The company also acquired Swiss AI firm Planlabs to add mechanical engineering capabilities, with a plumbing module planned for 2027. Read more
Rapta raises $8 million for AI manufacturing quality assurance
Rapta, an Oregon based company, raised $8 million in a round co led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners. The company will use the funding to expand deployments of its AI powered Manufacturing Intelligence Platform in defense, aerospace and precision manufacturing. Read more
Magentic raises $18M Series A for supply chain AI agents
Magentic raises $18 million in a Series A led by Felicis, with participation from Sequoia Capital and The Westly Group. The company develops AI agents for procurement and supply chain work, and plans to expand its product and research efforts. Read more
EnforceShield raises €1.7M to automate IP enforcement
EnforceShield, a Lithuanian legal technology company, raises €1.7 million in seed funding led by Vendep Capital, with participation from FIRSTPICK VC. The company will expand its intellectual property enforcement workflows and grow its presence in the US. Read more
Decimal AI raises $4 million for AI customer engineering
Decimal AI raises a $4 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures and Kearny Jackson, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and Weekend Fund. The company also introduces its Customer Engineering Platform for investigating software customer issues and preparing fixes for engineering review. Read more
I-care Group acquires Amiral Technologies for AI maintenance
I-care Group acquired Grenoble based Amiral Technologies, adding its DiagFit anomaly detection and fault diagnosis platform. The technology will be integrated into I-see for industrial customers, including nuclear and defense operators. Read more
Swiss Aeon acquires Aware Health assets
Aeon acquires the core assets of Germany's Aware Health and raises a seed extension, bringing total seed funding above $14 million. The acquisition adds blood testing services, laboratory integrations and nearly 10,000 active customers, with data transfers requiring explicit consent under GDPR. Read more
Tile.ai launches Enterprise AI Data Substrate
TileDB rebrands as Tile.ai and introduces its Enterprise AI Data Substrate in private preview for regulated industries. Former Merck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals CIO George Llado becomes CEO, alongside a strategic investment led by Two Bear Capital. Read more

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