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Valar Atomics in talks to raise funding at $6B valuation for small modular nuclear reactors
Valar Atomics seeks $6B valuation in new funding round for small modular nuclear reactors.
TechCrunch
Jul 17, 2026·1 min read
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Greylock Ventures caps $1.5B fund, resists trend of ballooning fund sizes
Greylock Ventures raises $1.5B fund, defying trend of larger funds, to focus on early-stage startups and personalized support.
TechCrunch
Jul 16, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
DeepSeek in talks to raise $1.5B ahead of potential 2027 IPO
DeepSeek seeks $1.5B in funding at $71B valuation ahead of potential IPO
TechCrunch
Jul 14, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Oratomic Raises $300M to Build Utility-Scale Quantum Computer with 20K Qubits
Oratomic raises $300M to develop a commercially viable quantum computer with 20K qubits, aiming to outperform current systems.
TechCrunch
Jul 10, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch.
TechCrunch
Jul 09, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Nandan Nilekani Steps Down as GP at Fundamentum
Nandan Nilekani exits GP role at Fundamentum Partnership as it launches $200M third fund.
TechCrunch
Jul 09, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in tech startups beyond crypto
Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B for its third venture fund to invest in startups on the 'technical frontier', expanding focus to AI and robotics.
TechCrunch
Jul 08, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, five months after last mega round
SambaNova Systems raises $1 billion at $11 billion valuation led by General Atlantic in Series F round.
TechCrunch
Jul 08, 2026·1 min read
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Chemistry Ventures targets $500M for second fund
Chemistry Ventures aims to raise $500 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing.
TechCrunch
Jul 07, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Melinda Gates' venture firm backs Magnify Ventures' $46.6M Fund II
Magnify Ventures raises $46.6M for Fund II with backing from Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures.
TechCrunch
Jul 02, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
OpenAI proposes donating 5% equity to US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposes giving 5% of company's equity to a US sovereign wealth fund.
TechCrunch
Jul 02, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Together AI raises $800M at $8.3B valuation
Together AI secures $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation, joining ranks of AI neocloud providers.
TechCrunch
Jul 01, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
South Korea Unveils $1 Trillion Chip and AI Investment Plan
South Korea plans $1 trillion investments to boost chip manufacturing and AI capabilities.
BBC Technology
Jun 29, 2026·1 min read
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General Intuition raises $320M to use video game data to train robots
General Intuition is testing world models that will act as training environments for agentic models.
The Robot Report
Jun 26, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Menlo Ventures Raises $3B Fund, Fueled by AI Success
Menlo Ventures announces $3 billion fund, largest in its 50-year history, driven by AI portfolio, especially Anthropic.
TechCrunch
Jun 23, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Groq raises $650M after Nvidia's not-acqui-hire deal
Groq secures $650M funding, rehires staff after Nvidia's $20B deal
TechCrunch
Jun 22, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Seedcamp raises $320M to expand US presence
Seedcamp raises $320M for new fund to expand US footprint after 18 years of focusing on Europe.
TechCrunch
Jun 22, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Baseten Nears $1.5B Funding Round at $13 Billion Valuation
AI inference company Baseten close to finalizing $1.5 billion funding round at $13 billion valuation, WSJ reports.
TechCrunch
Jun 18, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
PayPal Ventures to wind down operations amid company restructuring
PayPal Ventures, a corporate venture arm founded in 2016, will be shutting down as part of the company's ongoing restructuring efforts.
TechCrunch
Jun 17, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Canadian Pension Giant Invests $741 Million in India's CtrlS to Fuel AI Data Center Boom
CPP Investments commits up to ₹70 billion to Indian data center operator CtrlS to tap into India's growing role in AI infrastructure.
TechCrunch
Jun 17, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Nvidia Seeks $25 Billion in First Bond Deal Since 2021
Nvidia plans to sell $25 billion in investment-grade debt, its first bond sale in five years, to gauge investor appetite for AI sector exposure.
Ars Technica
Jun 15, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Mistral AI in talks to raise €3B at €20B valuation
French AI lab Mistral AI seeks €3B in funding at a €20B valuation, Bloomberg reports.
TechCrunch
Jun 12, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B in Series C funding for physical AI
4NE1 humanoid robots and MAV mobile robots in a concept automotive assembly line.
The Robot Report
Jun 10, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
China's $295 billion AI data center push to favor domestic chip suppliers
China to invest $295 billion in nationwide AI data center network, favoring domestic suppliers.
The Decoder
Jun 09, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
The AI Boom: Billions Spent and Hypothetical Returns
The AI market is experiencing rapid growth in expenditure and consumer adoption, but concerns are rising about its viability.
The Guardian Technology
Jun 07, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Google to Pay SpaceX $920M Monthly for Compute Ahead of IPO
SpaceX lands a massive compute deal with Google, paying $920 million monthly for access to 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and other components ahead of its historic IPO.
TechCrunch
Jun 05, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Helion, Backed by Sam Altman, Raises $465M to Build a Power Plant for Microsoft
Helion, a fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, raises $465 million in a new funding round to build a power plant for Microsoft, valuing the company at $15.5 billion.
TechCrunch
Jun 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Generalist raises $400M to scale its general-purpose AI models
From left to right, Generalist’s co-founders: CEO Pete Florence, Chief Scientist Andy Zeng, and CTO Andrew Barry.
The Robot Report
Jun 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story
Ramp, a corporate expense management platform, has raised $750 million at a $44 billion valuation, nearly tripling its valuation in a year as investors clamor for fintechs with an AI story.
TechCrunch
Jun 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Benchmark Raises Its First-Ever Growth Fund as Part of $2B Capital Raise
Benchmark Capital, a storied Silicon Valley VC firm, is breaking with tradition by raising $2 billion across two new funds, including a $1.25 billion vehicle dedicated to later-stage investments.
TechCrunch
Jun 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Alphabet's Record-Breaking $85B Raise for Google's AI Business is a Helluva Good Signal
Alphabet's $85 billion stock sale signals voracious investor appetite for AI-related offerings, boding well for the broader AI IPO pipeline.
TechCrunch
Jun 03, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Focused Energy secures $240 million in oversubscribed Series A funding for its laser-powered fusion technology, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup.
TechCrunch
Jun 02, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Google Owner Alphabet to Sell $80bn in Stock to Fund AI Spending Spree
Alphabet plans to raise up to $80bn in equity to fund its artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, marking the world's biggest equity fundraiser.
The Guardian Technology
Jun 02, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves
As enterprises troubleshoot their AI systems, governance has emerged as a key challenge.
TechCrunch
Jun 02, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Alphabet Plans $80 Billion Raise to Fund AI Infrastructure Buildout
Google parent company Alphabet aims to raise $80 billion to finance its ambitious AI infrastructure expansion.
TechCrunch
Jun 01, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund
Gigascale, led by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer, raises $250 million fund to back climate tech startups rebuilding the physical economy.
TechCrunch
Jun 01, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch
Black founders in the US have raised $643 million in funding since the start of the year, the highest quarterly amount since 2022, but experts warn that significant progress remains elusive.
TechCrunch
May 31, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Proposed US Funding Rules Threaten Science Research
New US funding rules could allow cancellation of grants at any time and prioritize politics over peer review.
Ars Technica
May 29, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic snags $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what could be the AI startup's last private fundraising before debuting on the public markets.
TechCrunch
May 28, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
The US's $2 Billion Quantum Gamble: A Questionable Bet?
A US Congressional committee member is challenging the legality of $2 billion in government investments in quantum computing startups, citing misappropriation of funds.
Ars Technica
May 25, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Convective Capital Raises $85 Million Fund to Build Disaster Resilience
Convective Capital, led by Bill Clerico, closes $85 million fund to invest in startups developing technologies to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.
TechCrunch
May 21, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive 'universal' AI interface
Hark, an AI lab building a universal AI interface, raises $700 million in a Series A round to develop its agentic AI system and hardware devices.
TechCrunch
May 21, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market
Indian startup Scapia raises $63 million in funding round led by General Catalyst to expand its travel booking and mobile payments platform.
TechCrunch
May 21, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Imperagen Raises £5 Million to Revolutionize Enzyme Engineering with Quantum Physics and AI
Biotech company Imperagen secures £5 million seed funding to leverage quantum physics and AI for faster, more efficient enzyme engineering.
TechCrunch
May 21, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43 billion of holdings in startups
Nvidia announced another record revenue figure after market close on Wednesday, reporting financial results for the quarter ending April 26.
TechCrunch
May 20, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute
Earlier this month, Anthropic surprised the AI world with a deal to buy 300 megawatts’ worth of compute — securing the entire output of the Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
TechCrunch
May 20, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Boston Metal Secures $75 Million to Produce Critical Metals
Boston Metal raises $75 million to produce critical metals like niobium, tantalum, and tin, as it shifts focus from steel decarbonization amid waning US support.
MIT Technology Review
May 20, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Anthropic's $900 billion valuation would make it more valuable than OpenAI for the first time
Anthropic is raising $30 billion, valuing the AI lab at $900 billion, a figure that surpasses rival OpenAI.
The Decoder
May 15, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
Bret Taylor's AI startup Sierra raises a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion.
TechCrunch
May 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
OpenAI Raises Over $4 Billion for New Enterprise Deployment Venture
OpenAI has secured over $4 billion in funding for a new joint venture aimed at helping businesses deploy its software.
The Decoder
May 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
Building AI data centers is becoming a stress test for banks
The construction of new AI data centers devours billions in borrowed capital.
The Decoder
May 04, 2026·1 min read
AI Funding
UK 'invention agency' hands £50m to US tech and venture capital firms
Britain's 'invention agency' Aria allocates £50m of public funds to US tech companies and venture capital projects in bid to restore UK's scientific prowess.
The Guardian Technology
May 03, 2026·1 min read