There is a significant influx of investment into AI-related companies and infrastructure. This includes funding for AI agents, AI infrastructure, and AI-driven solutions across various industries.
Moonshot AI, after raising over US$700 million earlier this year at a US$10 billion valuation, is in talks for a new funding round. The company aims to raise $1 billion, which would bring its valuation to $18 billion.
Strong demand for AI servers has driven WPG Holdings' revenue to record levels in February. This highlights the growth of the AI server market, which is crucial for training and inference of large language models.
DRAM maker Nanya Technology is stepping up its push into the customized memory market for artificial intelligence applications, already boasting a portfolio of over ten clients. The strategic move aims to capitalize on the growing demand for memory s...
Uber and Motional have relaunched a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas, two years after a restructuring that had halted Motional's commercial operations. The all-electric vehicles will initially operate with a safety operator on board, with the...
The past week saw intense funding and M&A activity in the European tech landscape. Nvidia-backed Nscale raised $2 billion, while Yann LeCun's startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence, exceeded $1 billion. Legora secured $550 million and made its first ...
The $32 billion US spend management platform Ramp has announced the acquisition of Stockholm-based fintech Billhop. The goal is to launch corporate cards and finance tools in the UK and EU this summer, expanding its presence in the European market.
Anthropic has announced a $100 million investment in its Claude Partner Network. This strategic move comes at a sensitive time, as the company faces legal issues with the Pentagon and aims to strengthen key commercial relationships. The initiative ai...
Berlin-based startup Tower, founded by ex-Snowflake engineers, has raised €5.5 million. The goal is to provide a platform for managing and running AI-generated data pipelines, bridging the gap between code generation and its actual implementation.
APMIC's US$7 million Series A funding could boost the adoption of on-premise private AI models. This trend responds to the growing need for data control and regulatory compliance, prompting companies to evaluate self-hosted alternatives to the cloud.
Wistron is expanding its production capacity for AI-dedicated servers, increasing investments in both Taiwan and the United States. This strategic move aims to meet the growing demand for hardware infrastructure for AI workloads, particularly for on-...
According to TPCA estimates, Taiwan's printed circuit board (PCB) production will reach $43 billion in 2025. This figure underscores Taiwan's continued importance in the electronic component manufacturing sector.
Rox AI, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools. The startup has reached a valuation of $1.2 billion, signaling strong market interest in innovative sales automation solutions.
Anthropic has announced a $100 million investment in the Claude Partner Network. The initiative aims to strengthen the ecosystem of partners working with the Claude model, presumably to expand its adoption and integration into various business applic...
Gumloop secures $50M in funding from Benchmark to empower every employee as an AI agent builder. Enterprise automation is identified as the largest opportunity in the AI landscape.
Wonderful announced a $150 million Series B funding round, led by Insight Partners, reaching a valuation of $2 billion. This comes just four months after closing a $100 million Series A round.
Amsterdam-based startup Wonderful has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round. The company, which has been out of stealth for only eight months, already has 350 employees and production deployments across four continents, reaching a valuation...
Qdrant, an open-source vector search engine, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round. The investment will support the further development of Qdrant’s composable vector search platform as infrastructure for production AI systems, addressing sc...
The Paris-based VC Elaia, backed by Bpifrance and Université PSL, has closed its third deep-tech seed fund at €134M, exceeding the initial €120M target set in March 2024.
Nvidia has announced a US$2 billion investment in Nebius, with the goal of developing a next-generation cloud infrastructure specifically designed for large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The initiative aims to provide advanced computa...
Mind Robotics, a startup created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, has raised $500 million. The company will focus on training industrial robots using artificial intelligence, utilizing data and deploying solutions directly in Rivian's factories.
Sybilion has closed a $4.2 million funding round to develop an AI-powered decision platform, designed to help industrial companies respond quickly to market changes and manage margin exposure in volatile conditions. The platform analyzes external dat...
Living Models, a Paris-Berkeley startup, raised $7 million to develop foundation models for biology. The company will use a cluster of 120 NVIDIA B200 GPUs to train AI models on genomic and biological data, initially focusing on agriculture.
The collaboration between Qualcomm and Wayve aims to simplify the integration of physical AI in vehicles. The goal is to provide production-ready advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), combining Wayve's AI driving layer with Qualcomm's Snapdragon...
MiTAC plans to expand its production capacity by 2026 to meet the increasing demand for AI servers and cloud solutions. This strategic move signals a growing commitment to the US market and a greater presence in the sector.
British startup Outpost raised €15 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit. The goal is to simplify international sales by managing cross-border payments, taxes, and compliance for merchants, thereby reducing operational complexities and audit risk...
An early Anthropic funder is reportedly planning to raise US$3 billion in new funding. The move highlights how venture capital is concentrating on AI leaders.
Applied Materials partners with Micron and SK Hynix on a US$5 billion research and development hub focused on memory for artificial intelligence applications. The initiative aims to improve the performance and efficiency of memory used in AI workload...
AgentMail raised $6M to build an API platform that provides AI agents with their own email inboxes. The solution supports two-way conversations, parsing, threading, labeling, searching, and automated replies.
Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D led by Accel to fuel its growth in the U.S.
The Stockholm-born startup Legora, specializing in artificial intelligence for the legal sector, has announced a $550 million Series D funding round, bringing its valuation to $5.55 billion in under two years. The company aims to expand in the US.
Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, reaching a valuation of $5.55 billion. The goal is to accelerate growth in the United States, a core market for the company. The expansion include...
Turing Award winner Yann LeCun has raised $1.03 billion in seed funding to build an alternative to large language models (LLMs), which he believes are a dead end. The initiative represents Europe’s largest ever seed funding.
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, led by Yann LeCun, has raised over $1 billion in seed funding. The company focuses on developing AI models alternative to large language models (LLMs), aiming to understand and predict real-world behavior. Th...
Adlink reported a 16% increase in February revenue, driven by growing demand for edge AI display solutions. This highlights the increasing importance of distributed artificial intelligence and real-time applications.
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion. The pre-money valuation is $3.5 billion. The goal is to build world models, opening new frontiers in artificial intelligence.
British AI infrastructure startup Nscale, backed by Nvidia, has raised another $2 billion, reaching a $14.6 billion valuation. Sandberg and Clegg are among the new board members.
The open-source office suite LibreOffice introduces native support for the Markdown format in its latest version. Users can now import and export documents in CommonMark, expanding compatibility options and simplifying the management of plain text do...
Nscale, an AI infrastructure startup backed by Nvidia, has raised $2 billion in a Series C funding round, valuing it at $14.6 billion. Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg are joining its board of directors.
India's top telco, Reliance Jio, has announced plans to invest $110 billion in datacenters to run AI workloads. The company aims to replicate its successful strategy in the mobile communications market by delivering services with "extreme affordabili...
Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.
Meta and other US Big Tech companies are funding politicians favorable to the artificial intelligence industry. The goal is to influence political decisions ahead of the upcoming elections, in a context of growing datacenter expansion and debate abou...
Freeform raised a $67 million Series B funding round to scale up its laser-based AI manufacturing processes. The company highlights its use of H200 clusters within its on-premise data center.
OpenAI is reportedly seeking $100 billion in a new funding round, aiming for an $800 billion valuation. Potential investors include Nvidia, Microsoft, and SoftBank. The move comes as AI CEOs meet with President Modi in India.
Reliance has announced a $110 billion investment plan to develop AI infrastructure in India. The initial phase involves building multi-gigawatt data centers in Jamnagar, with over 120 MW of capacity expected to be online by 2026.
Berlin-based startup Plato has raised $14.5 million in seed funding to bring generative AI into wholesale distribution. The round was led by Atomico, with Cherry Ventures, Discovery Ventures, and D11Z joining in.
Plato, an AI-based operating system for wholesale distributors, has closed a $14.5 million seed funding round. The aim is to automate sales and ERP workflows, addressing industry challenges such as low margins and rising digital expectations. The fun...
Agaton, a Stockholm-based AI platform that analyzes customer conversations to help sales teams, has raised $10 million in funding. The goal is to improve the effectiveness of sales teams by analyzing customer interactions, identifying opportunities, ...
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million. The company aims to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.
OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year, expanding its presence in higher education to foster AI skills growth.
Quantonation Ventures, a quantum technology VC firm, has closed a €220m fund. The fund, which surpassed its €200 million target, will invest in pre-seed and seed rounds of deep physics and quantum tech firms, including companies engaging in quantum c...
Berlin-based investment firm Tenet has launched an €80 million fund focused on "AI roll-ups," a strategy involving acquiring companies in service sectors and integrating AI to improve efficiency. Tenet has already invested in Taxforce, a German AI-na...
Qualcomm is committing up to US$150 million to support startups in the artificial intelligence sector in India. The initiative aims to foster innovation and the development of new AI technologies in the country.
Nvidia is expanding its AI partnerships in India, supported by a US$1 billion national program. The initiative aims to strengthen the country's AI ecosystem and promote innovation.
Indian industrial conglomerate Adani plans to invest up to $100 billion in AI datacenters. The goal is to equip India with sovereign infrastructure, albeit at a slower pace than Big Tech companies' deployment plans.
The India-based Adani Group plans to invest US$100 billion by 2035 in artificial intelligence data centres powered by renewable energy. This strategic move underscores the growing importance of AI and the need for sustainable infrastructure to suppor...
Mesh, a startup founded by former SpaceX employees, has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round. The company aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers.
In 2026, the artificial intelligence sector continues to show strong appeal to investors. Three U.S.-based companies raised over $1 billion, while fourteen others exceeded $100 million, highlighting a growing market with high potential.
Venture capital is shifting from fast-growing software sectors to more established industries like defense, energy, and manufacturing. This change is driven by the increasing need for innovation in these sectors and the opportunities startups can sei...
Adani Group plans to invest $100 billion in building AI-focused data centers in India, aiming for a capacity of up to 5 gigawatts. The initiative includes partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Flipkart.
SoftBank returns to profitability in Q3, driven by a $4.2 billion gain from its stake in OpenAI. Masayoshi Son's company is further increasing its exposure to the artificial intelligence sector.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed optimism about India's potential to become a leader in the field of artificial intelligence. His statements came before a major AI summit held in New Delhi, highlighting the country's strategic importance in the global...
Neysa aims to deploy over 20,000 GPUs to meet the increasing demand for AI compute in India. Blackstone's investment seeks to support the development of a local AI infrastructure.
London-based deep tech startup Stanhope AI has closed a €6.7 million ($8 million) Seed funding round to advance a new class of adaptive artificial intelligence. The aim is to power autonomous systems in the physical world, moving beyond the limitatio...
Zurich-based startup ScyAI has closed a €2 million pre-seed funding round. The company has developed a platform that creates quantified risk profiles for companies with large physical asset portfolios, combining operational data and external hazard m...
Anthropic announces a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $380 billion. The AI company continues to attract significant investments despite not yet being profitable.
Anthropic has just closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, pushing its valuation to $380 billion. The financing was led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue, with backing from a long list of global institutions.
