Nvidia to Buy $1B of Nokia Shares in Strategic AI and 5G Partnership
Nvidia announced a deal to purchase $1 billion in Nokia shares and partner with the company to develop 'AI native' 5G-Advanced and 6G networks. The announcement coincided with Nvidia crossing a $5 trillion market cap.
Fireworks AI Raises $250M Series C at $4B Valuation
Fireworks AI raised $250M in a Series C round at a $4 billion valuation. The financing included primary and secondary proceeds and was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures and Evantic, with participation from Sequoia Capital.
OpenAI Completes For-Profit Restructuring as Microsoft Takes a 27% Stake Valued at ~$135B
On 2025-10-28 OpenAI completed its restructuring into a for-profit entity, with Microsoft receiving a 27% ownership stake valued at approximately $135 billion. The transaction reflects a major corporate investment tying Microsoft more closely to OpenAI's commercial operations.
Grasp Raises $7M Series A Led by Octopus Ventures
Grasp, a Stockholm-based AI startup automating investment banking and consulting work with multi-agent systems, raised $7M in a Series A round led by Octopus Ventures with participation from existing investor Yanno Capital. The funding brings total financing to $9M and...
Wild Moose Raises $7M Seed Round to Power AI SRE First Responder
Wild Moose, an NYC-based AI-powered Site Reliability Engineering platform, raised $7M in a seed funding round led by iAngels with participation from Y Combinator, F2 Venture Capital, Maverick Ventures, Joel Pobar, and Jeremy Edberg. The capital will support development and...
Syllo Raises $30M Growth Round Led by Venrock and Two Seas Capital
Syllo announced a $30 million growth round led by Venrock and Two Seas Capital, with participation from strategic individuals. The funding will support expansion of its AI-powered litigation platform, product innovation, and go-to-market growth.
ConductorOne Raises $79M Series B Led by Greycroft
ConductorOne, an AI-native identity security platform, raised $79M in a Series B round led by Greycroft with participation from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, Felicis Ventures and others, bringing total capital raised to over $100M to date. The funding will support...
Syllo Raises $30M in Growth Funding to Expand AI Litigation Workspace
Syllo, a New York City-based provider of a unified AI litigation workspace, raised $30M in growth funding from investors including Venrock, Two Seas Capital and strategic individuals. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate product innovation, hire engineering and...
Mem0 Raises $24M Across Seed and Series A to Build AI Memory Infrastructure
Mem0, a memory infrastructure platform for AI agents, announced a $24 million Seed and Series A financing. Seed was led by Kindred Ventures and Series A by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from Peak XV Partners, GitHub Fund, Y Combinator...
Uptiq.ai Raises $12M Led by Silverton Partners
Uptiq.ai, an AI infrastructure provider for financial services, announced a $12 million funding round led by Silverton Partners. The round will support the company's growth in AI offerings for financial institutions.
CoreStory Raises $32M Series A to Expand AI-Driven Legacy Code Intelligence
CoreStory announced a $32 million Series A led by Tribeca Venture Partners, NEA and SineWave Ventures with participation from Harrison Metal, Singtel Innov8, Samsung Next, Nimble Partners and Alumni Ventures. The company uses AI models and agentic workflows to accelerate...
Sublime Security Raises $150M Series C to Expand Agentic AI Email Security
Sublime Security, a Washington, DC-based agentic email security platform, raised $150M in a Series C round led by Georgian with participation from Avenir, 01A and existing backers Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures and Slow Ventures. The company will use the...
Indico Data Receives Strategic Investment From Aviva Ventures
Indico Data, a Boston-based provider of an AI-powered automation platform for insurance operations, received a strategic investment from Aviva Ventures to expand adoption among global property and casualty carriers. The amount was not disclosed.
Sublime Security Raises $150M Series C to Expand Agentic AI Email Defense
Sublime Security announced a $150M Series C on 2025-10-28 led by Georgian to accelerate its agentic AI email security platform. New investors Avenir and 01A joined, alongside existing backers Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures, and Slow Ventures.
Fireworks AI Raises $250M Series C at $4B Valuation
Fireworks AI announced a $250 million Series C round at a $4 billion valuation, comprising primary and secondary funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, and Evantic, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital, bringing total...
Spacial Raises $10M Seed Round to Scale AI-Powered Permitting Platform
Spacial, a Palo Alto-based developer of an AI platform automating residential engineering and permitting, raised $10M in a seed round led by TLV Partners with participation from Mango Capital, Re Angels and HTV. The company will use proceeds to accelerate...
Mem0 Raises $24M Series A to Build Memory Layer for AI Apps
Mem0 raised $24 million in total funding, comprising $3.9M in previously unannounced seed and a $20M Series A led by Basis Set Ventures with participation from Kindred Ventures, Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, and the GitHub Fund, to expand its...
Uptiq.ai Raises $12M Led by Silverton Partners to Scale AI Infrastructure for Finance
Uptiq.ai, a McKinney, TX developer of AI infrastructure for financial services, raised $12M in a funding round led by Silverton Partners with participation from Live Oak Venture Partners, Tau Ventures, First Capital and Green Visor Capital. The company will use...
OpenAI Completes For‑profit Recapitalization as Investors Take Stakes, Including SoftBank and Microsoft
OpenAI announced completion of a recapitalization converting into a for‑profit OpenAI Group controlled by a non‑profit foundation, with ownership split (Foundation 26%, Microsoft ~27%, investors and employees 47%). The restructuring accompanies a reported $30B SoftBank investment and extends Microsoft’s IP...
Agtonomy Closes $18M Series B Led by DBL Partners
Agtonomy, a South San Francisco-based automation and physical AI software company for agriculture and land management, closed an $18M Series B. The round was led by DBL Partners with participation from Nuveen and existing investors Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food,...
CampusAI Is Raising a $20M Series A to Expand B2B AI Upskilling
Warsaw‑based CampusAI is currently raising a $20 million Series A to expand its AI upskilling platform into 40 markets by 2030, focusing on B2B sales and enterprise customers. The two‑year‑old startup says it is on track for $2M+ ARR and...
ConductorOne Raises $79M Series B to Expand AI‑Native Identity Security
ConductorOne announced a $79M Series B led by Greycroft with participation from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, Felicis Ventures and others to advance its AI‑native identity‑security platform; total funding now exceeds $100M.
Sequoia Capital Launches $950M in New Early-Stage Funds
Sequoia Capital announced two new early-stage funds totaling $950M: a $750M Series A-focused early-stage fund and a $200M seed fund to back founders at the earliest stages amid the AI-driven valuation surge.
WorkHero Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Navitas Capital
WorkHero, a Boston-based AI-powered back office for small HVAC contractors, raised $5M in a seed round led by Navitas Capital with participation from Workshop Ventures, York IE and strategic angels. The company will use proceeds to expand engineering and product...
Intel Secures Nearly $16B in New Capital From NVIDIA, SoftBank and U.S. Government
Intel received nearly $16 billion in new capital comprising $5B from NVIDIA, $2B from SoftBank and an $8.9B investment from the U.S. government for a 10% stake, disclosed alongside its Q3 2025 results. The financing accompanies a return to profitability...
Mercor Raises $350M Series C at $10B Valuation Led by Felicis
Mercor, a San Francisco startup connecting AI labs with experts, raised $350M in a Series C round valuing the company at $10 billion. The round was led by Felicis with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures; proceeds will...
LangChain Raises $125M Series B at $1.25B Valuation
LangChain, a developer platform for building AI agents, has raised $125 million in a Series B at a $1.25 billion valuation. The round was led by IVP and included CapitalG, ServiceNow Ventures, Workday Ventures, Cisco Investments, Datadog, Databricks and others.
Mercor Raises $350M Series C at $10B Valuation to Scale AI Expert Marketplace
Mercor raised $350 million in a Series C at a $10 billion valuation, led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures. The AI-focused talent and training marketplace will use the capital to expand its expert...
Nephrogen Raises $4M Seed to Advance AI-Driven Gene Therapy Delivery for Kidney Disease
Nephrogen, a biotech startup combining AI and gene‑editing delivery tech to target kidney disease, is raising a $4 million seed round to advance its delivery mechanism and drug into clinical studies anticipated in 2027.
Bridge Raises $5.1M Seed Round Led by Thicket Ventures
Bridge, an AI-native operating system for private markets allocators, raised $5.1M in a seed financing to expand its team and accelerate product rollout. The round was led by Thicket Ventures with participation from several industry investors and executives.
Honey Health Raises $7.8M Seed to Expand AI Back-Office Platform for Healthcare
Honey Health, a Mountain View-based AI back-office platform for healthcare organizations, raised $7.8M in a seed round led by Pelion Ventures with participation from Streamlined, Burst Capital, and 8-Bit Capital. The company will use proceeds to expand AI capabilities, accelerate...
Serval Raises $47M Series A Led by Redpoint Ventures to Scale AI-Native ITSM
Serval, an AI-native IT service management (ITSM) platform based in San Francisco, raised $47M in a Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from First Round, General Catalyst, Box Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Chemistry and others. The funding...
Augmentus Secures Strategic Investment From Applied Ventures
Singapore-based AI-robotics firm Augmentus has received a strategic investment from Applied Ventures, the VC arm of Applied Materials. The funding will support Augmentus’ no-code AI-powered robotics and automation platform; financial terms were not disclosed.
PoobahAI Raises $2M Seed From FourTwoAlpha Ltd
PoobahAI, an AI-powered no-code platform for building decentralized Web3 apps and tokenized ecosystems, raised $2 million in a seed round led by FourTwoAlpha Ltd. The funding will support development of PoobahAI's AI agents and Web3 tooling.
Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Expand Conversational AI Smart Glasses
Sesame, a conversational AI startup and smart glasses maker, announced a $250 million Series B round and is opening its beta to a select group of testers. The funding will support product development and scaling of its AI-enabled wearable technology.
Onfire Raises $20M Seed Round to Scale Vertical AI for IT Revenue Teams
Onfire, a Tel Aviv-based vertical AI platform for IT revenue teams, raised $20M in an initial funding round co-led by Grove Ventures and TLV Partners, with participation from IN Venture and Leumi Tech 77 By Bank Leumi. The company will...
Uniphore Closes $260M Series F to Accelerate Its Business AI Platform
Uniphore announced the close of a $260 million Series F round to accelerate innovation on its Business AI Cloud and deepen its ecosystem. Strategic tech investors including NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake and Databricks participated alongside NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National...
Honey Health Raises $7.8M Seed Led by Pelion Ventures
Honey Health, an AI-driven back office platform for healthcare organizations, raised $7.8M in a seed round led by Pelion Ventures with participation from Streamlined, Burst Capital, and 8-Bit Capital. The company will deploy specialized AI agent teams to automate administrative...
Overfuel Secures Growth Investment From Recurring Capital Partners
Overfuel, an Indianapolis-based high-performance website platform for dealership sales, received a strategic growth investment from Recurring Capital Partners. The undisclosed financing will fund AI-driven product innovation, strategic acquisitions, and leadership expansion to support scaling.
Oxford Spinout RADiCAIT Raises $1.7M Pre-Seed and Opens $5M Seed Raise to Advance AI PET-From-CT Imaging
RADiCAIT, an Oxford spinout using AI to generate PET-quality images from CT scans, came out of stealth this month with $1.7M in pre-seed financing and has just opened a $5M seed raise to fund FDA clinical trials and commercial pilots.
Crusoe Raises $1.375B Series E at >$10B Valuation
Crusoe completed an initial closing of a $1.375 billion Series E round, valuing the AI factory company at over $10 billion. The round was co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital with participation from multiple growth investors.
VitVio Raises $8M Seed Round Led by Bek Ventures
VitVio, a Boston-based AI platform that coordinates operating room staff and reduces surgical administrative load, closed an $8M seed funding round led by Bek Ventures with participation from LDV Capital and other early backers. The round brings VitVio’s total funding...
Neolix Raises Over $600M in Series D Led by Stone Venture
Neolix, a Beijing-based provider of L4 autonomous delivery (RoboVan) solutions, raised over USD 600 million in a Series D round led by UAE-based Stone Venture with participation from Gaocheng Capital, CITIC Capital, CDH, Sparkedge Capital, Beijing AI Fund, Legend Capital,...
Shuttle Raises $6M Seed to Accelerate AI-Enabled Cloud Infrastructure
Shuttle, a San Francisco-based AI-enabled cloud infrastructure platform, raised $6M to support its code-to-cloud developer platform. The round was backed by Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Thomas Dohmke, Calvin French‑Owen and senior leaders from OpenAI, Deel and Confluent.
Crusoe Raises $1.375B in Series E Led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital
Crusoe announced the initial closing of a $1.375 billion Series E round at a valuation north of $10B. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital, with participation from a broad syndicate including Fidelity, Founders Fund,...
Paygentic Raises $2M Pre-Seed to Scale AI Billing and Payments Infrastructure
San Francisco-based Paygentic, an AI-powered billing and payments infrastructure startup, raised $2M in a pre-seed round led by MiddleGame Ventures with participation from Anamcara Capital, Aperture Capital and Tech Operators. The company will use the funding to expand operations and...
Apriority Raises $2.3M Seed Round Led by Techstars and Multiple Investors
Apriority, an AI-powered borrower-first debt fintech based in San Francisco, raised $2.3M in a seed funding round led by Techstars, Valhalla, Bridge, CAN, Illini Angels and Keiretsu. The company will use proceeds to expand operations and product development.
Darwin AI Raises $15M Series A Led by Insight Partners
Tel Aviv-based Darwin AI raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors UpWest and Resolute Ventures. The funding will support the company's mission to help governments deploy AI safely and at scale;...
OpenAI Acquires Software Applications Incorporated to Deepen OS Integration
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated (SAI), the team behind Apple’s Shortcuts and the Sky macOS AI interface; all SAI team members will join OpenAI. Financial terms were not disclosed; OpenAI plans to integrate Sky’s macOS expertise into ChatGPT and...
Ceres AI Secures Growth Financing From Decathlon Capital Partners
Ceres AI, an Oakland-based AI agricultural risk analytics firm, received a multi-million-dollar growth financing package led by Decathlon Capital Partners to accelerate enterprise adoption in the agricultural sector. The exact amount was not disclosed.
