PraxisPro Secures $6M Seed Funding Led by AlleyCorp
PraxisPro, a sales‑coaching platform for medical and life‑science companies, announced a $6 million seed round led by AlleyCorp, with participation from FlyBridge, South Loop Ventures and Zeal Capital Partners. The funding will support further development of its AI‑driven training tools and product expansion. The round was announced on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026.
FGS Global Acquires AI Threat Detection Consultancy Memetica
FGS Global announced the launch of its AI Advisory practice and the acquisition of Memetica, a specialist AI-driven threat detection consultancy. The deal adds advanced threat intelligence capabilities to FGS Global’s portfolio, enhancing its ability to help clients manage AI-generated...
Copeland to Acquire Bueno Analytics to Boost AI-Driven Building Analytics
Copeland, a global provider of compression technologies, announced it will acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australian SaaS firm specializing in AI-powered building analytics and energy management. The acquisition aims to integrate Bueno’s platform with Copeland’s HVAC solutions to deliver advanced data-driven...
Zanskar Raises $115M Series C to Scale AI-Driven Geothermal Exploration
Zanskar, an AI-powered geothermal startup, announced a $115 million Series C funding round led by Spring Lane Capital, with participation from a slate of investors including Union Square Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Munich Re Ventures. The capital will be used to expand its AI-driven...
Minitab Acquires Scytec to Expand Real-Time Manufacturing Data Collection for Operational Excellence
Minitab, a global leader in data management and analytics, announced it has acquired Scytec, a manufacturing technology firm specializing in real-time machine data collection and OEE software. The acquisition expands Minitab’s ability to gather shop‑floor data from CNC machines, PLCs,...
Zipline Raises over $600M in Growth-Stage Round to Expand Drone Delivery to Houston, Phoenix and Beyond
Zipline, the autonomous drone delivery leader, announced a new funding round of more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion. The capital, backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners and Tiger Global, will fund expansion...
Nexxa.ai Secures $9M Seed Funding Led by Construct Capital
Nexxa.ai Inc., a startup building AI agents for heavy industry, announced a $9 million seed round led by Construct Capital with participation from a16z and existing investors. The funding will support its Nitro platform to modernize industrial engineering workflows.
Triple Whale Acquires Anteater to Track AI Search Visibility
Ecommerce intelligence platform Triple Whale announced the acquisition of AI search visibility startup Anteater. The deal will let merchants monitor brand visibility within large language models like ChatGPT and link AI‑driven discovery to revenue. Internal data shows a 60‑fold increase...
Mave Secures $5M Seed Funding Led by Staircase Ventures
Real estate AI startup Mave announced the close of a $5 million seed round led by Staircase Ventures, with participation from Relay Ventures, N49P and Alate Partners. The funding will be used to expand its AI platform for brokers and...
Humain Secures $1.2B Financing From National Infrastructure Fund to Expand Saudi AI Data Center Capacity
Saudi AI company Humain, owned by the Public Investment Fund, announced a financing agreement of up to $1.2 billion from the National Infrastructure Fund. The funding will support the development of 250 MW of data center capacity, part of Humain’s plan to...
Syntys Acquires Q Data QFZ LLC to Boost Qatar Data Centre Capacity
Syntys, backed by Ooredoo Group, has acquired Q Data QFZ LLC, a provider of hyperscale data centre facilities in Qatar, adding 12.5MW of capacity and bringing its live IT capacity to 26MW. The seller is Doha Venture Capital, a subsidiary...
Claim Health Secures $4.4M Funding to Streamline Home Care Payments
Claim Health, a health‑tech startup, announced a $4.4 million fundraising round to develop AI‑driven solutions that automate payment processes for home‑care providers. The capital will support product development and scaling, with investors not disclosed at the time of the announcement.
RiskFront Raises $3.3M Pre‑seed Round Led by Lytical Ventures
Los Angeles‑based AI risk and compliance startup RiskFront Inc. announced a $3.3 million pre‑seed funding round led by Lytical Ventures, with participation from Flint Capital and Oceans. The capital will accelerate development of its AI agents for fraud detection and compliance...
RadixArk Raises Funding Led by Accel at $400M Valuation
RadixArk, the commercial spin‑out of the open‑source SGLang project, announced a new funding round led by Accel that values the startup at about $400 million. The round’s size was not disclosed. The company aims to commercialize inference optimization tools for AI...
AI Legal Tech Startup Ivo Secures $55M Series B Funding
Ivo, an AI-powered contract intelligence platform, announced a $55 million Series B round led by existing investor Blackbird, with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, GD1 and Icehouse Ventures. The new capital will fund product development and scaling...
Legato Secures $7M Seed Funding Led by S Capital VC
Legato, an AI vibe‑coding platform, announced a $7 million seed round led by Israel‑based S Capital VC with participation from Cerca Partners. The funding will accelerate the expansion of its SaaS AI builder for business users, highlighting growing interest in low‑code...
Baseten Labs Raises $300M in Growth-Stage Round, Valuation Hits $5B
AI inference startup Baseten Labs announced a $300 million funding round that values the company at $5 billion. The round was co‑led by Institutional Venture Partners and CapitalG, with Nvidia contributing $150 million. The capital will help scale Baseten’s AI inference infrastructure platform.
Statusphere Secures $18M Series A Funding Led by Volition Capital
Statusphere, an AI-driven influencer‑marketing platform, announced a $18 million Series A round led by Volition Capital, with participation from HearstLab, 1984 Ventures and How Women Invest. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to $27 million and will support scaling its AI‑powered...
Emergent Raises $70M Series B Funding
Emergent, an AI software creation platform, announced a $70 million Series B round led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator. The funding brings the company's total capital raised to...
AZIO AI to Acquire Azio Corp’s AI Division
AZIO AI, a newly formed AI infrastructure company, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the AI division of Azio Corp. The transaction will transfer AI-focused operations, customer relationships, and related commercial activity to AZIO...
Sinpex Raises €10M in Series A Round
Sinpex, an AI-powered KYB/KYC lifecycle management platform, announced a €10 million Series A financing round to accelerate product development and market expansion.
Protera Acquires Redfig to Expand Enterprise IT Modernization Capabilities
Protera announced the acquisition of Redfig, a specialist in SAP BTP and AI automation, to broaden its cloud services and AI-driven solutions. The deal enhances Protera’s capabilities in SAP application management, data integration, and intelligent automation, positioning it to deliver...
Merge Labs Raises $252M to Link Brains and Computers
Merge Labs, a brain‑computer interface startup co‑founded by AI entrepreneur Sam Altman, announced a $252 million fundraising round to develop devices that connect human brains to computers. The capital will be used to advance medical applications before expanding to consumer products.
BlackRock and Microsoft Raise $12.5B for AI Partnership
BlackRock announced that its AI partnership with Microsoft has raised $12.5 billion, bringing the collaboration closer to its $30 billion target. The partnership, which also includes Nvidia, xAi and UAE‑based MGX, aims to fund data‑center infrastructure for AI workloads. The capital raise...
Reprai Inc. Closes $1M Seed Funding Round
AI startup reprai Inc., which offers AI-powered solutions for pharmaceutical sales and marketing, has closed a $1M funding round. The round was announced as the company was named among the 100 Startups to Watch in 2026. The funding will support...
Spangle Raises $15M Series A Led by NewRoad Capital Partners, Valuing AI E‑commerce Startup at $100M
AI e‑commerce startup Spangle announced a $15 million Series A round led by NewRoad Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $21 million and valuing the company at $100 million. The round also included Madrona, DNX Ventures and Streamlined Ventures, along with strategic angel investors....
OpenAI Acqui‑hires Convogo Team to Boost AI Cloud Efforts
OpenAI announced an acqui‑hire of the Convogo team, the creators of an AI‑powered executive coaching platform. The all‑stock deal will see Convogo’s three co‑founders join OpenAI to work on its AI cloud initiatives, while Convogo’s product will be wound down....
Skylight Health Acquires Stellation Care to Boost AI-Powered Provider Analytics
Skylight Health announced on Jan. 8, 2026 that it has acquired Stellation Care, an AI‑driven provider‑analytics firm. The acquisition adds AI‑powered provider and network insights to Skylight’s multispecialty care platform, expanding its capabilities for health plans and risk‑based providers serving over 3 million...
Swap Secures $100M Series C Funding Co-Led by DST Global and ICONIQ
Swap, the AI-driven global commerce operating system, announced a $100 million Series C round co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The funding will accelerate its expansion into cross-border, tax, demand-planning and payments capabilities, including a partnership with Adyen, and support...
Snowflake to Acquire Observe for ~$1B
Snowflake announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire observability platform Observe for an estimated $1 billion. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, will integrate Observe’s telemetry capabilities into Snowflake’s data cloud, enhancing monitoring and debugging for customers.
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20B in Growth‑stage Funding
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI announced a $20 billion fundraising round, surpassing its $15 billion target and pushing its valuation above $230 billion. The round was backed by Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, Valor Equity Partners and Nvidia. The capital will fund new data...
Benteler Acquires Deutsche Bahn's Ioki to Scale Autonomous Mobility
Benteler Group announced it has agreed to acquire ioki GmbH, the Deutsche Bahn-owned mobility software firm, in a deal aimed at creating a European autonomous mobility provider. The acquisition combines Benteler's vehicle manufacturing, ioki's on‑demand routing software, and Benteler Mobility's...
Grab Acquires Robotics Startup Infermove to Bring AI Automation In-House
Grab announced the acquisition of Infermove, a robotics company specializing in unstructured environments, to internalise its robotics capabilities and cut delivery costs. The deal will keep Infermove operating independently under Grab’s CTO, aiming to leverage physical‑world AI for more efficient...
Meta to Acquire AI Assistant Platform Manus for $2B
Meta announced a $2 billion acquisition of AI assistant platform Manus, sparking regulatory scrutiny in both the United States and China. The deal follows a recent financing round led by Benchmark and raises concerns over export controls as Manus relocates from...
XAI Secures $20 Billion in Series E Funding Round
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI announced a $20 billion Series E funding round, up from its original $15 billion target. The round was backed by investors including Fidelity, Valor, Stepstone, Baron, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and the investment arms of Nvidia and Cisco....
I10X Secures $1M Pre-Seed Funding to Build AI Discovery & Distribution Layer
AI startup i10X announced the close of a $1 million pre‑seed round backed by Iterative, Antler AI Disrupt and PPR Ventures. The funding will accelerate product development, infrastructure and team growth for its unified AI workspace targeting SMBs, creators and solo...
SurePath AI Raises Over $5M in Seed Funding
SurePath AI, an AI control plane startup, announced it has raised over $5 million in seed funding to accelerate enterprise GenAI adoption. The capital will support its participation in the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA.
Orq.ai Secures €5M Seed Funding to Scale Enterprise AI Agent Platform
Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai announced a €5 million seed round led by seed+speed Ventures and Galion.exe, bringing its total funding to €7.3 million. The capital will be used to scale its platform for running and governing AI agents in production across Europe and the...
Spectral Capital to Acquire Telvantis Voice Services in Stock-for-Stock Deal
Spectral Capital Corporation announced it has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Telvantis Voice Services, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction, with earn‑out provisions tied to 2026 revenue and profit milestones. The deal is expected to close...
Moonshot AI Secures $500M Series C Funding Led by IDG
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI announced a $500 million Series C round that values the company at $4.3 billion. The round was led by IDG with $150 million and included Alibaba, Tencent and individual investor Wang Huiwen. The capital will fund Kimi‑K3 development and...
Baidu's Kunlunxin Files Confidential Hong Kong IPO, Valued at $3B
Baidu's AI chip division Kunlunxin has confidentially filed for an IPO in Hong Kong, submitting its application on Jan 1. A recent financing round values the unit at roughly $3 billion, though the final offering size remains undetermined. The filing adds Kunlunxin...
Shenzhen Kingkey Smart Agriculture Times to Acquire Controlling Stake in Huibo Robotics
Shenzhen Kingkey Smart Agriculture Times signed an equity investment intention agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Jiangsu Huibo Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. via a capital increase and equity transfer, marking its entry into AI and robotics. The deal, announced...
Hypereal AI Secures Seed Funding to Power Fast, Cost-Efficient AI Image and Video Generation for Developers
Hypereal AI announced the closing of a Seed funding round on December 30, 2025, with undisclosed terms. The capital will accelerate development of its high‑performance API for AI image and video generation, targeting developers who need fast, scalable, and cost‑efficient...
POSCO Group Invests $3M in Persona AI for Industrial Humanoid Robot Development
South Korea’s POSCO Group announced a $3 million corporate venture investment in U.S. startup Persona AI to develop industrial humanoid robots for its manufacturing sites. POSCO DX led a $2 million investment through its corporate venture fund, with an additional $1 million from...
SoftBank Group to Acquire DigitalBridge Group in $4B Deal
SoftBank Group announced it will acquire DigitalBridge Group for $4 billion, expanding its AI‑related digital infrastructure portfolio. The $16 per share offer values DigitalBridge at $2.92 billion, a 15% premium, and the transaction is expected to close in the second half of...
OYMotion Secures 160M Yuan Strategic Investment From Radical in Embodied Intelligence Partnership
Shanghai‑based OYMotion and Hangzhou‑based Radical announced a strategic partnership to develop embodied intelligence technologies. The deal includes a 160 million yuan ($22.8 million) investment from Radical and the creation of a 100 million yuan joint venture to build a vertically integrated supply chain.
Cyderes Acquires Lucidum to Accelerate AI‑driven Security Solutions
Cyderes announced it has acquired Lucidum, a security data‑fabric provider, to unify identity‑aware foundations across its IAM, Exposure Management and MDR offerings. The deal aims to boost Cyderes’ agentic AI capabilities and enable new SaaS‑based security products. Lucidum will continue...
Lemon Slice Raises $10.5M Seed Round From Y Combinator, Matrix Partners and Others
Lemon Slice announced a $10.5 million seed round to fund its AI‑driven digital avatar platform. The round was led by Matrix Partners and Y Combinator, with participation from Dropbox CTO Arash Ferdowsi, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear and The Chainsmokers.
Marissa Mayer’s Dazzle Secures $8M Seed Funding Led by Forerunner Ventures
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s new AI‑assistant startup Dazzle announced an $8 million seed round at a $35 million valuation. The round was led by Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Greycroft, Offline Ventures, Slow Ventures and Bling Capital.
Alphabet to Acquire Intersect for $4.75 B to Power AI Data Centers
Alphabet announced on Dec 22 2025 that it will acquire data‑center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion. The deal, completing in the first half of next year, will keep Intersect operating independently while bolstering Alphabet’s AI‑driven data‑center energy strategy.
