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World-Model Startup Odyssey Raises $310 Million at $1.45 Billion Valuation, Picks AWS Trainium Months After Taking Nvidia's Money
Odyssey closed a $310 million Series B led by Natural Capital with backing from Amazon, GV, and AMD Ventures, naming AWS its preferred cloud after an Nvidia-backed Series A in February.
Ramp Raises $750 Million Series F at $44 Billion Valuation as Investors Bet on AI-Driven Spend Management
Fintech Ramp closed a $750 million Series F at a $44 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth in a year as it pitches tools to manage corporate AI token spending.
Sereact Raises $110 Million Series B to Scale Its Cortex 2.0 Robotic World Model and Expand Into the US
German robotics-AI startup Sereact raised a $110M Series B led by Headline to scale its Cortex 2.0 software and open a first US office in Boston.
Barcelona's THEKER Raises What It Calls Europe's Largest-Ever Robotics Series A at 85 Million Dollars
THEKER raised $85M (€73M) led by CRV with Samsung and LVMH backing, for AI-native factory robots that reconfigure for different tasks.
Generalist AI Raises $400 Million at a $2 Billion Valuation to Build Foundation Models for Robots, Backed by Nvidia and Bezos
The San Mateo startup, founded in 2024 by ex-DeepMind and Boston Dynamics researchers, has now raised more than half a billion dollars to scale its robot foundation models.
Unitree Clears Shanghai STAR Market IPO Review, Billed as China's First Embodied-AI Listing
The Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market listing committee cleared the humanoid robot maker's IPO on Monday, a key hurdle toward a 4.2-billion-yuan raise.
Anthropic Raises $65 Billion Series H at $965 Billion Valuation, Overtaking OpenAI as World's Most Valuable AI Startup
Anthropic's Series H puts it within striking distance of a $1 trillion valuation on $47 billion run-rate revenue, with Altimeter, Sequoia, GIC, and two dozen other institutions as backers.
Scapia Raises $63 Million Series C Led by General Catalyst to Scale India's AI-Powered Travel Fintech
Bengaluru startup Scapia has closed a $63M Series C led by General Catalyst at a post-money valuation exceeding $500 million, more than doubling its $200 million valuation from April 2025.
Brett Adcock's Hark Raises $700 Million Series A at $6 Billion Valuation to Build Personal AI Hardware
The AI startup founded by Figure AI's CEO closed an oversubscribed round led by Parkway Venture Capital, with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm among the backers.
Mercury Raises $200 Million Series D at $5.2 Billion Valuation as AI Reshapes Startup Banking
The fintech platform for startups closed a TCV-led Series D valuing it at $5.2 billion, weeks after securing conditional OCC approval to become a national bank.
Vapi Raises $50 Million Series B at $500 Million Valuation as Voice AI Platform Surpasses 1 Billion Calls
Voice AI infrastructure startup Vapi closes a $50M Series B led by Peak XV at a ~$500M valuation after surpassing 1 billion calls, with Amazon Ring routing 100% of its inbound volume through the platform.
VoltaGrid Raises $1 Billion From Blackstone and Halliburton at More Than $10 Billion Valuation, Acquires Propell to Bring AI-Data-Center Power in House
Houston gas-microgrid maker VoltaGrid took $775M in primary and $225M in secondary from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton, and is buying its main supplier Propell to lock in a 7.5 GW order book through 2030.