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 were 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...
Canva Acquires AI Platform Simtheory and Marketing Automation Firm Ortto
Canva announced the acquisition of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent‑management platform, and Ortto, a customer‑data and marketing‑automation company. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deals aim to boost Canva’s AI capabilities and marketing infrastructure.
NVIDIA Invests $2 Billion in CoreWeave to Accelerate AI‑native Cloud Platform
NVIDIA announced a $2 billion equity investment in CoreWeave, the AI‑native cloud provider, as part of a partnership to deploy next‑generation NVIDIA infrastructure on CoreWeave’s platform. The investment, disclosed at GTC 2026, aims to accelerate CoreWeave’s AI factory build‑out and expand...
WorkOnGrid Raises $2.4M in Funding Round Led by Transition VC
Indian AI startup WorkOnGrid announced it has raised ₹22.5 crore ($2.4 million) in a fresh funding round led by Transition VC, with participation from Indian Angel Network. The capital will fund international expansion, strengthen AI/ML capabilities, and build infrastructure. The company, founded...
Two Boxes Secures $3.2M Funding Led by Assembly Ventures
Two Boxes announced the closing of a $3.2 million venture round led by Assembly Ventures, with participation from existing investors Peterson Ventures and Matchstick Ventures, bringing its total funding to $13 million. The capital will be used to expand its AI‑powered returns...
WholeSum Raises $335K Pre‑seed Top‑up From Love Ventures, Beamline and Angels
UK analytics startup WholeSum announced a $335,000 pre‑seed top‑up, bringing its total pre‑seed funding to $1.3 million. The new investment came from Love Ventures, Beamline and strategic angels, following a $965K raise earlier in the year. The funds will support R&D,...
Frontlands Raises $50M Debt Financing From StarMesa Capital
Dallas-based fintech startup Frontlands secured a $50 million debt round from StarMesa Capital to launch a mineral‑rights‑backed credit card for U.S. households. The funding will support product rollout and leverages the company’s AI‑driven underwriting platform. The deal was announced in early...
Naitiv Acquires Cloudworks and Inspira Systems to Launch AI-Native ServiceNow Consultancy
Naitiv, the first AI-native ServiceNow consultancy, announced its launch and the acquisition of ServiceNow partners Cloudworks and Inspira Systems. The acquisitions aim to accelerate AI-driven transformation for property‑and‑casualty insurers. The deal was announced on April 7 2026.
Google Invests $4M in ReflexAI to Boost Mental Health Crisis Training Tools
Google announced a $4 million corporate investment in AI startup ReflexAI as part of its new Gemini mental‑health tools. The funding will support integrating Gemini into ReflexAI’s training platform for crisis hotlines and volunteers, expanding real‑world mental‑health support. The deal was...
Conxai Raises $5.5M in Series A Funding to Bring Agentic AI to Construction Industry
Munich‑based construction‑AI startup Conxai announced a €5 million ($5.5M) Series A round backed by Earlybird, Pi Labs, noa and Zacua Ventures. The financing follows a €2.7 million pre‑seed round in 2022 and will accelerate its agentic AI platform for the AEC sector.
Agentic AI Startup NeuBird Raises $19.3M in Funding Led by Xora Innovation
NeuBird Inc., an agentic AI startup for site reliability engineering, closed a $19.3M funding round led by Xora Innovation with participation from Mayfield, Microsoft M12, StepStone Group and Prosperity7 Ventures. The capital will be used to expand its autonomous production...
Natter Raises $23M in Funding Round Led by Renegade Partners
Natter, a New York‑based AI conversation platform for enterprise insights, announced a $23 million funding round led by Renegade Partners with participation from Kindred Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Rackhouse Ventures, Village Global and Asymmetric Capital Partners. The capital will fund international expansion,...
Paylocity Acquires Grayscale to Expand AI-Powered Recruiting Capabilities
Paylocity announced on April 7, 2026 that it has acquired Grayscale, adding AI-driven automation to its high‑volume recruiting solutions. The undisclosed‑value deal aims to enhance candidate engagement and accelerate hiring for its HCM customers.
Eclipse Capital Raises $1.3B Fund to Back Physical AI Startups
Eclipse Capital, a Palo Alto‑based venture firm, announced a new $1.3 billion fund split between a $591 million early‑stage incubation fund and a growth‑stage fund to back physical AI startups across sectors such as transportation, energy, infrastructure, compute and defense. The capital...
Anthropic Agrees to Acquire Coefficient Bio for $400M
Anthropic announced it will acquire biotech startup Coefficient Bio for approximately $400 million. The acquisition aims to integrate Anthropic’s AI models into drug discovery and clinical workflows. The deal was disclosed in a PYMNTS report on April 7, 2026.
Amazon Acquires Fauna Robotics
Amazon announced the acquisition of Fauna Robotics, a startup founded in 2024 that built the consumer‑oriented humanoid robot Sprout. The deal marks Amazon’s second robotics acquisition in a week, following its purchase of Swiss delivery firm Rivr, and underscores its...
D-Matrix Acquires SuperNODE and FabreX From GigaIO
Chip startup d-Matrix has completed the acquisition of GigaIO's SuperNODE platform and FabreX AI fabric, along with rack‑scale engineering talent. Financial terms were undisclosed. The deal expands d-Matrix's AI inference capabilities while GigaIO pivots to edge AI with its Gryf...
Nutanix Lands $150 M AMD AI Alliance
Nutanix announced a $150 million strategic AI alliance with AMD, marking a corporate investment to accelerate its agentic AI and GPU‑accelerated workloads. The partnership was disclosed at Nutanix’s .NEXT 2026 conference, with AMD committing the capital to support Nutanix’s AI infrastructure offerings....
Modus Raises $85M in Seed and Series A Funding to Advance AI Audit Technology
Modus announced it has closed an $85 million financing that combines a seed round and a Series A round, led by an undisclosed major venture investor. The funding will be used to expand its AI‑native audit platform, support acquisitions of advisory entities,...
Health Universe Raises $6M Seed Round Led by Kleiner Perkins
San Francisco‑based AI healthcare startup Health Universe announced it has closed a $6 million seed round led by Kleiner Perkins. The funding will support the company’s AI sandbox platform that enables healthcare organizations to build and deploy AI agents securely. The...
Kimia Raises $7M Seed Round to Launch AI Knowledge Platform for Chemical Industry
Australian AI startup Kimia announced a $7 million seed round led by Airtree Ventures, with Blackbird Ventures and Skip Capital also participating. The funding will accelerate the launch of its AI-driven knowledge platform that helps chemical companies access and apply...
Logicalis Acquires Maple Woods to Boost AI-Infused Managed Services
Logicalis, a global VAR and MSP, announced the recent acquisition of Maple Woods, a managed services firm with a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform. The undisclosed deal aims to strengthen Logicalis’s AI-driven service offerings and expand its GRC capabilities...
4DMedical Raises $57M in Private Placement to Expand AI-Driven Lung Imaging Software
Australian medical imaging firm 4DMedical announced it secured AU$83 million (approximately $57 million) in a private placement, supporting the rollout of its AI-powered CT:VQ ventilation-perfusion imaging software in Europe. The funding follows recent CE Mark certification and deployments at major US academic...
Physical AI Firm Atoms Completes Acquisition of Autonomous Haulage Startup Pronto
Atoms, the physical AI company founded by Travis Kalanick, has completed its acquisition of Pronto, making the autonomous haulage technology the core engine of Atoms Mining. The deal integrates Pronto’s AHS solutions into Atoms’ three divisions, expanding its capabilities in...
Insight Health Raises $11M Series A to Scale Clinical AI Agents
Insight Health, a New York-based clinical AI platform, raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Kindred Ventures, Pear VC, Eudemian, 43 and ElevenLabs. The funding will accelerate product development and expand partnerships...
Noma Security Raises $132M in Growth-Stage Funding to Scale AI Agent Security Platform
Noma Security, a three-year-old AI agent security startup, announced it has secured $132 million in growth-stage funding to expand its research team and accelerate its channel-focused growth strategy. The capital will support building a full-fledged research team and scaling its...
VoAIce Acquires TheCRM Corporation to Build Unified AI-Driven Dealership Platform
voAIce announced the acquisition of TheCRM Corporation, merging its live dealership data infrastructure with voAIce's AI solutions. The deal creates a unified intelligence system for automotive, RV, powersports, marine, and outdoor power equipment dealerships, integrating DealerCRM and OliviaAI into a...
Syneron Bio Closes $150M Series B Funding Round
Syneron Bio, a biotech firm developing AI-enabled macrocyclic peptide discovery, announced the close of a $150 million Series B round. The round was led by an undisclosed international life sciences fund with co-lead investors Decheng Capital and CDH VCG, and...
AI Insurance Broker Rosella Secures $3.7M Pre‑Seed Funding
Sydney‑based AI insurance brokerage startup Rosella has closed a $3.7 million pre‑Seed round led by Peak XV Partners and Intact Private Capital. The funding will accelerate its platform that automates commercial insurance workflows for small and mid‑market businesses and support its expansion...
Microsoft Announces $10 Billion AI Investment in Japan, Partnering with SoftBank and Sakura Internet
Microsoft Corp. announced a $10 billion (1.6 trillion yen) investment in Japan over four years to boost AI and cloud infrastructure. The plan includes partnerships with SoftBank Group Corp. and Sakura Internet Inc. to accelerate AI-related services across the country.
Versant Acquires AI Platform StockStory to Boost CNBC's Financial Analysis Tools
Versant announced the acquisition of StockStory, an AI-driven platform for financial analysis and market insights. The deal will enable CNBC to leverage StockStory’s technology for faster, scalable investment insights, with StockStory’s product team and founder Adam Hejl joining Versant.
Crosby Raises $60M Series B Funding
Contract review startup Crosby announced a $60 million Series B round co‑led by Lux Capital and Index Ventures, with participation from Sequoia, 01 Advisors, Bain Capital Ventures, angel investor Elad Gil and law firm Cooley. The funding will be used to enhance...
Financial News Systems Secures €1.5M Pre‑Seed Funding From Ugly Duckling Ventures
Copenhagen‑based Financial News Systems announced the closing of a €1.5 million pre‑seed round led by Ugly Duckling Ventures. The funding will help the AI‑only financial newsroom expand its data coverage and scale its automated reporting platform. The round was disclosed on...
Trimble to Acquire Document Crunch, a Construction AI Risk Management Specialist
Trimble announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Document Crunch, a construction-focused AI document analysis and risk management software provider. The acquisition will integrate Document Crunch's AI platform into Trimble's Construction One suite, enhancing risk detection and compliance automation...
Solve Intelligence Acquires AI Patent Litigation Startup Palito.ai
Solve Intelligence announced the acquisition of Palito.ai, an AI-driven patent litigation startup, to integrate its validity analysis and case law research tools into its platform. The deal, disclosed on April 2, 2026, also includes the opening of a new Munich...
Notch Raises $30M Series A to Build AI Operating System for Regulated Industries
AI startup Notch announced a $30 million Series A round led by Headline, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial and Phoenix Insurance. The funding brings total capital to $45 million and will support the development of its AI operating...
NEC Australia Acquires Exco Partners to Boost Cloud, Data and AI Services
NEC Australia announced the acquisition of Melbourne‑based consulting firm Exco Partners, adding roughly 70 employees and expanding its cloud, data and AI service capabilities. Exco will retain its brand and operate as a business unit within NEC Australia, strengthening the...
LatentView Analytics Invests $3M in Healtheon AI to Boost AI-Driven Healthcare RCM
LatentView Analytics, an AI-driven analytics and consulting firm, completed a $3 million investment in Healtheon AI, a provider of AI agents for healthcare revenue cycle management. The funding will support Healtheon AI’s solutions for medical coding, claims processing and denial remediation,...
CredResolve Raises Undisclosed Pre-Series A Round Led by Merak Ventures
CredResolve, a Gurugram‑based AI‑powered debt collections platform, announced it has closed a pre‑Series A funding round led by Merak Ventures, with participation from existing investors Unleash Capital Partners and CDM Capital. The undisclosed amount will be used to expand operations...
Pickmybrain Raises $2.1M Pre‑seed Round From Business Angels
Pickmybrain, a startup building AI‑powered digital brains for celebrities and experts, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round backed by a group of business angels. The funding will be used to grow the team, expand into new markets and enhance its...
Runway Launches $10M Corporate Venture Fund to Back Early-Stage AI Startups
Runway, the AI video‑generation startup, announced the launch of a $10 million venture fund aimed at early‑stage companies building AI, media, and world‑simulation technologies. The fund, seeded by existing investors and partners, will write checks of up to $500,000 for pre‑seed...
Opaque Raises Series B Funding
Opaque, a confidential AI startup, announced the closing of a Series B funding round. The capital will be used to extend cryptographic guarantees across AI training and inference, build post‑quantum security, and enable sovereign cloud deployments. The round’s size and...
Cernel Raises $4.4M Seed Round Led by Seed Capital
Cernel, a Danish AI‑driven ecommerce data startup, closed a €4 million ($4.4 million) seed round led by Seed Capital, with participation from new angel investors and existing shareholders. The capital will fund expansion of its engineering team, deeper integrations with retailers, and...
IBase‑t Secures Strategic Growth Investment From TA Associates
iBase‑t, a provider of Manufacturing Operations Management software for aerospace and defense, announced a strategic growth investment from private‑equity firm TA Associates. The undisclosed investment will fund product innovation and global expansion, accelerating AI‑enabled digital manufacturing solutions. Financial advisors included...
SoftBank‑Affiliated SB Energy Secures $33.3B Japanese‑Backed Funding and $4.2B Transmission Investment for 10‑GW Ohio AI Campus
SoftBank‑affiliated SB Energy announced a partnership with AEP Ohio to fund $4.2 billion in transmission infrastructure for a 10‑GW AI data‑center campus in Ohio. The project also secured $33.3 billion of Japanese‑backed financing for the natural‑gas generation component, with a groundbreaking ceremony...
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell Technology
Nvidia Corp. has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology Inc. as part of a strategic partnership to develop silicon‑photonics technology and integrate Nvidia’s AI accelerators with Marvell’s networking capabilities, aiming to make AI services more affordable and accelerate telecom networks.
Treeline Raises $25M Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Modernize MSPs
San Francisco‑based AI‑powered MSP platform Treeline announced a $25 million Series A round, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The funding will help scale its platform, accelerate product innovation, and expand its workforce to serve over 40,000 U.S. MSPs. Treeline currently serves around 200...
Apollo.io Acquires Pocus to Advance AI-Native GTM Operating System
AI-native go-to-market platform Apollo.io announced the acquisition of revenue intelligence startup Pocus. The deal integrates Pocus' AI-driven signal intelligence into Apollo's platform, creating a unified GTM operating system for SMB to enterprise customers. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Riplo Secures $2.9M Pre‑Seed Funding Led by Cherry Ventures
London‑based AI operating system startup Riplo announced a £2.3M ($2.9M) pre‑seed round led by Cherry Ventures, with participation from Blue Lion Capital and other investors. The funding will be used to expand the engineering team and advance its agentic platform...
