SolvaPay Raises $2.6M Pre‑seed Round Led by Redstone and MS&AD Ventures
Stockholm‑based AI payments platform SolvaPay closed a $2.6 million pre‑seed funding round to build AI‑native payment infrastructure for the emerging agentic commerce market. The round was led by Redstone and MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler and Greens Ventures. The capital will accelerate product development, expand the engineering team, and support early adoption among SaaS and API providers.
Parasail Raises $32M Series A for Its Pay-per-Token Inference Cloud
Parasail Inc., an AI infrastructure startup, announced a $32 million Series A round led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, with participation from Samsung Electronics’ startup investment arm. The funding will be used to enhance its AI Supercloud platform, expand its partner...
Viant Acquires TVision Insights for $40M
Viant Technology, a CTV and AI-powered programmatic advertising specialist, announced a definitive agreement to acquire TVision Insights, an attention measurement provider, for $40 million in cash and stock. The acquisition will integrate TVision's attention signals into Viant's platform, enhancing AI-driven...
Accenture Invests in General Robotics to Advance Physical AI-Powered Robotics
Accenture, via its Accenture Ventures arm, has made an undisclosed investment in AI-native robotics firm General Robotics. The partnership will combine Accenture’s industry expertise with General Robotics’ GRID platform to accelerate physical AI adoption in manufacturing and logistics. Terms of...
Capsule Security Raises $7M Seed Round Led by Lama Partners and Forgepoint Capital International
Security startup Capsule Security announced a $7 million seed round as it exited stealth on Wednesday. The round was led by Lama Partners with participation from Forgepoint Capital International. Proceeds will fund the company’s agentic security platform and further product...
Keebler Health Secures $16M Series A Funding Led by Flare Capital Partners
Keebler Health, an AI‑enabled risk adjustment platform, announced a $16 million Series A round led by Flare Capital Partners with participation from Sands Capital, Hustle Fund, Everywhere Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Underdog Labs, Tweener Fund, New Stack Ventures, Tau Ventures, Aviano Ventures and...
Sonibel Instruments Closes $1.6M Pre-Seed Funding Round Led by Maple VC
Canadian AI manufacturing startup Sonibel Instruments announced the close of a $1.6 million pre‑seed round led by Maple VC, with participation from Champion Hill Ventures and Dorm Room Fund. The oversubscribed funding will accelerate development of its AI‑driven real‑time weld quality control system for...
Allbirds Secures $50M Convertible Financing Facility to Pivot Into AI Compute Infrastructure
Allbirds, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with an institutional investor for a $50 million convertible financing facility, expected to close in Q2 2026. The funding will enable the company to rebrand as NewBird AI and build a GPU‑as‑a‑Service platform. Chardan is acting...
Uber to Invest over $10B in Robotaxi Fleet, Including $2.5B Equity Stakes in Lucid and Rivian
Uber announced it will invest more than $10 billion in its robotaxi program, allocating $7.5 billion to purchase autonomous vehicles and over $2.5 billion for equity stakes in EV makers Lucid and Rivian. The commitment aims to accelerate Uber’s shift to a capital‑intensive...
Coupang Invests $50M in SBVA Korea Sovereign AI Fund to Boost AI, Robotics, and Semiconductor Startups
Coupang Inc. announced a $50 million commitment to the SBVA Korea Sovereign AI Fund, matching a $50 million investment from Korea Venture Investment Corporation. The fund will support late‑stage AI, robotics and semiconductor companies under South Korea’s Next Unicorn Project, marking part...
Gitar Raises $9M in Funding Led by Venrock
San Francisco‑based developer infrastructure startup Gitar announced it has closed a $9 million funding round, led by Venrock with participation from Sierra Ventures. The company builds AI agents for code review and continuous integration workflows.
Auctor Raises $20M Series A Led by Sequoia Capital
Auctor, an AI-native platform for enterprise software implementation, announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from M12, HubSpot Ventures, Workday Ventures, OneStream, Y Combinator, Tercera, and Dig Ventures. The round will support the...
Sectra Finalizes Oxipit Acquisition
Swedish PACS provider Sectra completed its acquisition of AI imaging company Oxipit, adding the autonomous chest X‑ray analysis product ChestLink to its AI marketplace. The deal, first announced in March, integrates Oxipit’s team into Sectra’s Imaging IT Solutions division to...
Prism Layer Secures Pre-Seed Funding Led by Fenway Summer
Prism Layer, an AI-native enterprise risk management platform, announced the close of its pre‑seed funding round. The round was led by Fenway Summer with participation from Plural Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors. The capital will support the company's...
Caterpillar Acquires Autonomous Electric Tractor Startup Monarch
Caterpillar Inc. announced the acquisition of Monarch Tractor, a self‑driving electric tractor startup, completing the deal as reported on April 14, 2026. The terms were not disclosed, and Monarch had previously raised $251 million from investors.
Business Core Solutions Acquires Techie2Pillar to Scale Enterprise AI Execution
Business Core Solutions (BCS), the world’s first Agentic System Integrator, announced the acquisition of voice and conversational AI specialist Techie2Pillar. The deal expands BCS’s Agentic‑Service‑as‑a‑Software (ASaaS) portfolio and will integrate Techie2Pillar’s technology into the newly formed sister company Proxyn.ai, accelerating...
Databricks Acquires Quotient AI to Boost Enterprise AI Governance
Databricks announced the acquisition of Quotient AI, a startup specializing in AI model governance and automation. The deal expands Databricks' Lakehouse platform with advanced model versioning, observability, and compliance capabilities, strengthening its AI offerings for enterprise customers. Financial terms were...
Bluefish Raises $43M Series B to Boost AI Marketing Visibility
AI marketing startup Bluefish announced a $43 million Series B funding round, bringing its total capital to $68 million. The round will support its platform that helps brands manage visibility across AI channels such as ChatGPT, Claude, Amazon’s Rufus, and Perplexity. Bluefish counts...
TraqCheck Raises $8M Series A to Build AI Agents for Recruitment
Enterprise tech startup TraqCheck announced a $8 million Series A funding round led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from IIFL. The capital will support its expansion into Europe and the development of AI-driven recruitment agents, including its real‑time conversational sourcing...
Wavelet Medical Raises $7M Seed Round with Aegis Ventures
Wavelet Medical, an AI‑powered fetal brain monitoring startup spun out of Yale, announced a $7 million seed round and a co‑creation partnership with venture studio Aegis Ventures. The funding will accelerate development and global commercialization of its non‑invasive fetal EEG platform,...
Decision Science Advisors Secures Series A Funding From Jefferies Financial Group
Decision Science Advisors, an applied AI advisory firm for private equity, announced the closing of a Series A funding round led by Jefferies Financial Group. The capital will support the company's expansion across the US and Europe and accelerate its...
Cookiy AI Secures $7M+ Pre-Seed Funding From Liquid2, Converge, GoAhead, and UpHonest
San Francisco‑based Cookiy AI announced the closing of an oversubscribed pre‑seed round of more than $7 million, backed by investors Liquid2, Converge, GoAhead and UpHonest. The capital will fuel the launch of its new user‑research suite that lets AI platforms conduct...
SoftBank, NEC, Sony, and Honda Launch Joint AI Venture
SoftBank, NEC, Sony Group and Honda Motor each took a stake of over 10% in a newly formed AI company aimed at developing high‑performance, Japanese‑made AI and physical AI for robotics. The venture will apply for NEDO’s ¥1 trillion AI development...
Unitree Robotics Files for $610M IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market
Chinese humanoid robot startup Unitree Robotics has filed for an initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market, seeking to raise 4.2 billion yuan (approximately $610 million). The filing was announced in a recent report, marking a significant step for the company as...
Japan Approves $4B Subsidy to Boost Rapidus AI Chip Ambitions
The Japanese government approved an additional ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in subsidies for Rapidus Corp., raising total public support to ¥2.6 trillion ($16.3 billion) by March 2027. The funding aims to accelerate Rapidus' development of 2‑nm AI chips and secure customers such as Fujitsu, positioning...
General Informatics Completes Acquisition of IMS Solutions Group to Boost AI and Managed Services
General Informatics announced it has closed its acquisition of IMS Solutions Group, a managed services arm previously owned by Comporium. The deal expands General Informatics’ geographic footprint and AI capabilities, though the purchase price was not disclosed.
OpenAI Raises $12B in Funding Round, Valuation Climbs to $852B
OpenAI announced a $12 billion funding round, pushing its valuation to about $852 billion. The round marks one of the largest AI fundraising deals to date.
Serve First Raises $6.3M From Pembroke VCT and Midlands Engine Investment Fund
Serve First, an AI‑driven customer experience and performance‑management platform, announced a £5 million ($6.3 million) funding round led by Pembroke VCT and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. The capital backs its rapid growth, with annual recurring revenue now over £2 million and plans...
Meow Technologies Raises $30M in Venture Funding
Fintech startup Meow Technologies announced the launch of its agentic banking platform and disclosed that it has raised approximately $30 million in venture funding from Tiger Global, QED Investors, Lux Capital, Slow Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Gemini Frontier Fund. The capital will support the development of AI‑driven banking...
AutoArk Closes Two Pre‑Series A Rounds, Raising Nine‑figure RMB From Shokz, Guoruiyuan Fund, Everpine Capital and Shanghai Angel Group
AutoArk, a Chinese AI hardware OS startup, announced the closing of two consecutive pre‑Series A funding rounds backed by Shokz, Guoruiyuan Fund, Everpine Capital and Shanghai Angel Group. The rounds raised a cumulative nine‑figure RMB sum (undisclosed in USD) to...
EngineAI Robotics Raises $200M Series B Funding Round
EngineAI Robotics, a Chinese robotics startup founded in 2023, announced a $200 million Series B funding round on April 9, 2026, co‑led by Henan Investment Group and Luxshare Precision, pushing its valuation above 10 billion yuan (~$1.47 billion). The round coincides with the hiring of former...
Singapore AI Health Startup Injewelme Raises $1.2M in Seed Round Led by C3H
Singapore AI health tech startup injewelme closed a $1.2 million seed round led by Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H) with co‑investment from Richardson Family. The funding will accelerate development of its Deep Health Vision platform and support commercial expansion...
Mallory Raises Seed Round Led by Decibel Partners
Mallory, an AI-native threat intelligence platform, announced a seed investment led by Decibel Partners with participation from Live Oak Venture Partners and industry leaders. The undisclosed round will support the SaaS platform's growth and integration with security tools.
DeepCyte Raises $1.5M Seed Round to Advance AI-Driven Single-Cell Toxicology
DeepCyte, a techbio startup, announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round to fund its AI-powered toxicology platform MetaCore and the DeeImmuno solution for drug development. The funding will support scaling the high-throughput single-cell metabolomics technology and further AI...
Motorola Solutions Acquires AI Call Center Firm HyperYou
Motorola Solutions announced the acquisition of HyperYou, an AI startup that helps 911 call centers handle non‑emergency calls and provides real‑time language translation. Terms were not disclosed. The deal will integrate HyperYou’s agentic AI into Motorola’s Command Center portfolio to...
SiFive Raises $400M in Series G Round, Valuing Company at $3.65B
SiFive announced a $400 million Series G financing that values the RISC‑V CPU designer at $3.65 billion. The capital will fund high‑performance CPU IP, expand the software ecosystem, and enable large‑scale deployment for agentic AI workloads in data centers. The round highlights growing...
Refiant AI Secures $5M Seed Funding Led by VoLo Earth Ventures
South Africa‑founded Refiant AI announced the closing of a $5 million seed round to develop its AI model compression platform. The round was led by VoLo Earth Ventures, a climate‑tech fund, and will support team growth and enterprise partnerships. The funding...
Cisco to Acquire AI Observability Startup Galileo Technologies
Cisco Systems announced it will acquire Galileo Technologies Inc., an AI observability specialist, to enhance its Splunk Observability platform. The financial terms were undisclosed, and the deal is expected to close in Q4 of Cisco’s fiscal year 2026.
AI Cloud Startup Nava Raises $22M Series A Led by Greenoaks Capital
Nava, an APAC‑based AI cloud startup formerly known as Kluisz, announced a $22 million Series A round led by Greenoaks Capital with participation from RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures. The funding will support building a GPU fleet, AI data‑center capabilities, and...
Inner AI Raises $6M Seed Round Co-Led by Canary and ONEVC
Brazil-based AI startup Inner AI announced a $6 million seed round co-led by Canary and ONEVC, with participation from Norte, Crivo Ventures and Phenomen VC. The funding values the company at $100 million and will be used to launch Squad.com, a platform for...
Czech Startup Edmund Raises $2.73M to Fix Manufacturing Downtime with AI
Edmund, a Czech AI startup, announced a €2.5 million ($2.73 million) funding round led by FORWARD.one, with participation from University2Ventures and Tensor Ventures. The capital will fund international expansion across Europe and the United States and further development of its AI-driven industrial...
Treon Raises $7.5M Series A Extension Led by ACME Capital
Treon, a provider of AI-native Smart Industry solutions, announced a $7.5M Series A extension investment led by ACME Capital, which will also take a board seat. The funding will accelerate Treon's AI-driven industrial automation platform and support its growth across...
White Pearl Technology Group Acquires CreateX and Native Digital in Europe’s First AI-Native M&A Deal
Swedish listed White Pearl Technology Group acquired Central and Eastern European digital marketing agencies CreateX and Native Digital, marking Europe’s first AI-native M&A deal. The transaction was advised by AI-native advisory firm Eilla AI, which used its proprietary AI technology...
RoshAi Raises $2.4M in Funding Round Led by IAN Group
Deeptech startup RoshAi announced it has raised ₹22 Cr (≈$2.4 M) in a funding round led by IAN Group. The capital will be used to strengthen its autonomous vehicle technology, expand deployments, and scale operations in industrial environments and international markets. This...
Stellanor Datacenters Acquires Imagination Technologies Data Centre in UK
Stellanor Datacenters announced the acquisition of a specialist data centre facility from Imagination Technologies, structured as a sale‑and‑service‑back agreement. The deal expands Stellanor’s UK footprint to 11 sites, enhancing its capacity to support AI and GPU workloads.
SK Hynix Makes Strategic Investment in Semidynamics to Advance Memory‑centric AI Inference
Semidynamics announced a strategic investment from SK hynix to co‑develop memory‑centric AI inference processors. The partnership will support future tape‑outs and system‑level development, accelerating Semidynamics’ memory‑first architecture for large‑scale inference workloads. The deal amount was not disclosed.
Patlytics Raises $40M Series B Funding Led by SignalFire
Patlytics, an AI platform for the full patent lifecycle, announced a $40 million Series B round led by SignalFire. The round also included participation from N47, Myriad Venture Partners, Relativity, Alumni Ventures, Antiportfolio Ventures, and BAM Corner Point, bringing total...
Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires UK-Based Machine Learning Firm Cinemersive Labs
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of UK‑based machine learning and computer vision company Cinemersive Labs. The deal, now completed, will see Cinemersive Labs join SIE’s Visual Computing Group to enhance rendering techniques and visual fidelity for PlayStation titles. Financial...
Exotel Acqui‑hires Dubverse Core Team
Exotel has completed an acqui‑hire of the core team of voice AI startup Dubverse, including co‑founders Anuja Dhawan and Varshul Gupta. The move aims to bolster Exotel’s AI‑driven conversational intelligence capabilities for enterprise customers. The financial terms of the transaction...
Amadeus Acquires AI‑first Startup SkyLink to Accelerate Travel AI Integration
Amadeus announced the acquisition of SkyLink, an AI‑first company with a proprietary AI architecture and orchestration engine for travel bookings. The deal, disclosed in a Skift interview, aims to embed AI directly into Amadeus' core travel platforms and expand its...
