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Cursor Is in Talks to Raise $2 Billion at a $50 Billion Valuation, Roughly Doubling Its Worth in Five Months
Anysphere, maker of the Cursor AI coding tool, is negotiating a $2 billion round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital with Nvidia participating, nearly doubling its November 2025 valuation.
Cerebras Files for Nasdaq IPO With $510 Million in 2025 Revenue and a $20 Billion OpenAI Compute Contract in Hand
AI chipmaker Cerebras submitted its S-1 for a CBRS listing on April 17, backed by a $20 billion multi-year OpenAI deal and a swing to profitability, after withdrawing its first IPO attempt over a national security review.
Halter Raises $220 Million at $2 Billion Valuation to Scale AI-Powered Virtual Fencing for Cattle Worldwide
Halter closes a $220 million Series E led by Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $2 billion as its AI-powered GPS collars for cattle replace physical fencing across three countries.
Starcloud Raises $170 Million to Build Data Centers in Space, Reaching Unicorn Status 17 Months After Y Combinator
The Redmond, Washington-based startup closed a $170 million Series A led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, valuing the company at $1.1 billion as it prepares to launch more powerful orbital compute satellites carrying Nvidia Blackwell chips.
CoreWeave and Meta Expand AI Cloud Partnership to $35 Billion With New $21 Billion Infrastructure Agreement
CoreWeave secures a $21 billion expansion of its Meta partnership through 2032, bringing total commitments to $35.2 billion and reducing customer concentration risk ahead of NVIDIA Vera Rubin deployments.
Dash0 Reaches Unicorn Status With $110 Million Series B to Build Autonomous Observability Agents
The OpenTelemetry-native observability startup closes a $110M Series B at a $1B valuation, betting that AI agents will replace manual incident response.
SpaceX Files Confidential IPO Targeting $1.75 Trillion Valuation and Record $75 Billion Raise
SpaceX submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the SEC on April 1, seeking a Nasdaq listing that could value the company at $1.75 trillion and raise $75 billion, more than triple the largest U.S. IPO on record.
OpenAI Closes Record $122 Billion Funding Round at $852 Billion Valuation, With $35 Billion Contingent on IPO or AGI
The largest private funding round in history values OpenAI at $852 billion, with Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia among the backers.
Mistral AI Secures $830 Million in Debt Financing to Build Its First Data Center Near Paris, Marking a Strategic Shift Toward European AI Infrastructure Sovereignty
The French AI startup raised $830M from seven banks to install 13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs at a 44 MW facility south of Paris, as it moves from renting cloud capacity to owning infrastructure.
Global Venture Capital Hits $189 Billion Monthly Record as Three AI Companies Absorb 83 Percent of All Funding
February 2026 shattered all venture capital records with $189 billion deployed globally, but 83 percent of that capital flowed to just three AI companies, deepening a K-shaped market where mega-rounds surge while seed funding contracts.
XBOW Reaches Unicorn Status With $120 Million Series C to Scale Autonomous Offensive Security Platform
Seattle-based XBOW raised $120 million in Series C funding led by DFJ Growth and Northzone, crossing the $1 billion valuation mark as it scales an AI platform that autonomously discovers and validates software vulnerabilities.
Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Largest European Series C as Nvidia, Citadel and Jane Street Back AI Infrastructure Expansion
UK-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale closes a $2 billion Series C at $14.6 billion valuation, adding Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board.