Spain-based AI startup Multiverse, which compresses large language models to cut energy and compute costs, is reportedly in talks to raise about €500 million, valuing the company at over €1.5 billion. The company has reached €100 million in annual recurring revenue.

Saudi Arabia‑based F&B SaaS platform Jazr.io has raised $213,000 (SAR 800,000) in a pre‑seed round led by unnamed angel investors. The funds will be used to develop compliance tools, AI‑driven automation, and expand product development for its accounting and inventory management...

London-based xWatts announced the closing of a £1.6 million seed round led by Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, with participation from Cambridge Angels, Parkwalk and R42. The funding will support product development and expansion of its AI-driven energy management platform across European real‑estate...

Dono.AI Inc., a startup that modernizes property records using AI, announced a $6.5 million seed round to expand its platform for title insurers, lenders, mortgage servicers and real‑estate investors. The round was led by Link Ventures with participation from lool VC...
Naval Group announced an investment in the capital of cortAIx France, a joint AI initiative led by Thales. The partnership aims to accelerate the development and industrialisation of AI solutions for critical defence systems, ensuring algorithmic sovereignty and data security.
Pittsburgh‑based Xplifi, an AI‑powered Lead‑as‑a‑Service platform for managed service providers, announced a growth financing round to expand its lead delivery solution and added three industry veterans to its board. The funding amount was not disclosed.
AI startup Newo announced a $25 million Series A funding round, bringing its total capital to $32 million. The new capital will be used to expand its always‑on AI voice and text agents that serve as front‑desk assistants for small...
South Korean biotech Galux Inc., which uses generative AI for protein and antibody design, announced a $29 million Series B financing led by Yuanta. The fresh capital will support scaling of its AI‑driven biologics platform and recent collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. The...

Singapore-based Hyperbond Studio announced a $500,000 seed round to fund its AI companionship language‑learning app Call Me Sensei. The round was backed by NLS Ventures, Loyal VC, Attribute Global Ventures, Julius Baer and Plug and Play APAC. The capital will...

Global IT services provider NTT Data announced the acquisition of Dubai‑based cloud consultancy Zero&One, aiming to strengthen its cloud and AI capabilities across the Middle East. The deal, disclosed without financial terms, will combine Zero&One’s regional expertise with NTT Data’s...
Indian AI-enabled NDT robotics startup Octobotics Tech Pvt. Ltd. announced the closing of a Series Seed round of about Rs. 10 crore ($1.1M) led by Navam Capital with participation from BYT Capital. The funding will support product development, field validation,...

Brazilian edtech startup BeConfident announced a $15.8 million Series A round led by Prosus Ventures. The funding will support international expansion, new distribution channels, and advanced AI research for its conversational learning platform. BeConfident currently serves 3 million users and...

Dcycle, a sustainability data management platform, announced the acquisition of ESG-X, an AI-enabled ESG reporting software firm. The deal will bolster Dcycle’s European expansion and enhance its AI-driven ESG data capabilities, including materiality assessments and data residency compliance. Financial terms...
Leclercq American Capital LLC announced a new equity investment in SandboxAQ, a quantum‑AI platform delivering B2B solutions for post‑quantum cybersecurity, advanced simulation, and next‑generation sensing. The undisclosed funding underscores confidence in SandboxAQ’s technology for cryptographic resilience, finance, healthcare, and other...

KPMG announced that the founders and employees of AI development platform PrivateBlok have joined the firm, expanding its AI talent bench. The undisclosed transaction aims to boost KPMG’s generative AI capabilities across its service offerings.

Java Capital announced the launch of a Rs 400 crore deep‑tech fund aimed at seed‑stage startups across sectors such as semiconductors, aerospace, defence, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, robotics, advanced manufacturing, energy, climate tech, and synthetic biology. The fund includes a Rs 150 crore greenshoe option...
Adelaide‑based allied health software platform Splose announced a $46 million Series A round, led by US growth equity firm Spectrum Equity with participation from Athletic Ventures. The funding will accelerate product development, expand the UK market and deepen AI capabilities, marking...

AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced a $1 billion growth-stage funding round at a $23 billion valuation, led by Tiger Global. Benchmark Capital invested $225 million via its Benchmark Infrastructure vehicles. The capital will fuel its AI hardware development and support its planned 2026...

NYC-based AI-native software startup Cadastral announced a $9.5 million funding round. Investors Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential and 1Sharpe participated. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand go‑to‑market efforts in the commercial real...

Honda announced a strategic investment in Texas‑based AI chip maker Mythic to jointly develop a system‑on‑chip for its software‑defined vehicles. The partnership aims to boost computing performance and energy efficiency for automated driving and other SDV functions. Deal terms were...
Daytona, an infrastructure company developing programmatic, composable computers for AI agents, announced a $24 million Series A funding round. The capital will support the company's efforts to scale its AI-focused hardware solutions.

San Francisco‑based adaptive intelligence startup Adaption Labs announced a $50 million seed round. The round was led by Emergence Capital Partners with participation from Mozilla Ventures, Fifty Years, Threshold Ventures, Alpha Intelligence Capital, E14 Fund and Neo, and will be used to...
Chinese AI robotics company LE Robotics announced it has raised tens of millions of RMB in a Series A+ round led by Shandong Luhua Investment, with participation from Sinolink Innovation Investment. The capital will fund development of its embodied AI...

Nixtla, a San Francisco‑based time series intelligence startup, announced a $16 million Series A round. The round was led by Energize Capital with participation from True Ventures and GreatPoint Ventures. The capital will be used to scale its forecasting and anomaly‑detection platforms...

Retail execution and engagement provider GOcxm announced the acquisition of Toronto‑based Emotive Technologies. The deal adds Emotive’s AI‑powered consumer insights platform, Apex, to GOcxm’s suite, enabling predictive intelligence and behavioral science models for CPG brands. The integration aims to enhance...

ElevenLabs announced a $500 million fundraising round, valuing the voice‑AI startup at $11 billion. The round, led by Sequoia Capital, will fund the company’s push to make voice the next major AI interface across devices. The announcement was made during...

Fintech startup Veritus announced a $10.1 million seed round to expand its omnichannel AI agents that integrate with lenders' platforms for follow‑ups, identity verification, and payment‑plan negotiations. The capital will fuel product development and market rollout, strengthening Veritus' position in...
San Francisco‑based Forerunner announced a $39 million financing round, comprising a $26.3 million Series B led by Wellington Management and a $12.7 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures. The round also included participation from Gutter Capital, Bright Ventures, SE Ventures and Citi Impact...

San Francisco‑based AI‑native accounting platform Accrual announced a $75 million funding round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Pruven Capital and Edward Jones Ventures. The capital will be used to accelerate product and AI development, expand the team, and onboard...
Fundamental, an AI company focused on large tabular models for enterprise data, announced it has raised $255 million as it emerges from stealth. The new capital will support scaling its technology and go‑to‑market initiatives.
Lebanon‑based HAQQ Legal AI announced a $3 million funding round led by Sowlutions Ventures, with participation from HITEK Ventures, Corona Legal and Razor Capital. The capital will accelerate development of its Justinian® AI operating system and support expansion across MENA and...
Beijing-based X-Humanoid raised over 700 million yuan (≈$100 million) in its first funding round, led by state‑linked funds such as the Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment Fund, E‑Town Capital and the Beijing Gaojingjian Industrial Development Investment Fund, with participation from TH Capital,...

Urban SDK, a Jacksonville-based geospatial AI platform for local governments, raised $65 million in growth funding led by Riverwood Capital. The capital will be used to scale its AI-powered system, expand into new markets, and enhance platform capabilities.

Nullify Holdings Pty. Ltd., an AI-driven product security startup, announced a $12.5 million seed round led by SYN Ventures with participation from Black Nova Venture Capital. The funding will accelerate deployment of its autonomous AI workforce across midsized enterprises and high‑growth...

Generate:Biomedicines, a Flagship Pioneering-backed AI bio startup, has filed for an initial public offering just nine days after dosing its first patient in a Phase 3 trial. The filing signals the company’s move to raise capital and bring AI-driven drug...

Colombian anti-counterfeit startup Signa announced a $1M seed round from Fen Ventures, Orbit Ventures, AngelHub, and Funders VC. The B2B SaaS platform will use the capital to enhance its AI-driven anti-counterfeiting solution and expand its team and geographic reach.

NYC‑based AI‑powered wealth‑management startup Alinea announced a $22.5 million debt financing round from PvX Partners to fund user‑acquisition initiatives. The capital will be used to scale marketing and expand access to its platform for first‑time investors. Alinea, a Y‑Combinator alum, is...

Beijing‑based ShengShu Technology, a developer of multimodal generative AI models, raised over RMB 600 million in a Series A+ round. The round was co‑led by Zhongguancun Science City and LINK‑X Capital, with participation from Wondershare, Visual China Group, TRS and existing backers such...
McKesson announced an agreement to acquire an 80% interest in PRISM Vision Holding, a retinal care provider, for approximately $850 million. The acquisition aims to expand McKesson's specialty services platform and integrate AI-driven solutions. The deal was disclosed during McKesson's...

Varonis announced the acquisition of AI security startup AllTrue.ai, adding real‑time visibility and enforcement for AI systems to its data security platform. The deal expands Varonis’ capabilities in AI‑TRiSM, helping organizations monitor and control AI models, agents, and data access....

Australian proptech startup Agentsy announced the closing of a $700,000 pre‑seed funding round led by Empress Capital. The round, completed in late December, will fund the commercial launch of its AI platform for residential real‑estate agencies across Australia.
No Agent List announced a $10 million private investment ahead of its Spring 2026 launch. The funding will accelerate AI development and national rollout, positioning the platform as a transparent alternative to traditional commission‑driven real‑estate models. Founded by Richie Delao, the platform...
Reflection, a new AI lab, has raised over $2 billion to develop open‑weight AI models that aim to challenge open‑source Chinese models like DeepSeek. The funding was disclosed in an interview with co‑founder and CTO Ioannis Antonoglou at Davos, and the...

AI video sales agent startup Naoma announced a $440,000 pre‑seed round led by ULTRA VC, with participation from Sparkle Ventures and angel investors. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and scale customer acquisition for its platform that...
Ouster completed its acquisition of StereoLabs for about $35 million in cash and stock, merging StereoLabs' stereo camera hardware and AI vision software with Ouster's lidar technology. The deal creates a unified physical AI sensing and perception platform targeting robotics, industrial...

Boston-based fintech EnFi announced a $15 million fundraising round led by Fintop, with participation from Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Boston Seed Capital. The capital will be used to deploy AI agents that automate credit analysis and...

Medtronic plc announced it will exercise its option to acquire privately held medical device maker CathWorks for up to $585 million, pending FTC approval. The deal will expand Medtronic’s interventional cardiology portfolio by adding CathWorks’ AI‑driven FFRangio system. Closing is expected...
UAE‑based AI startup Yozo.ai closed a $1.7 million pre‑seed round led by Access Bridge Ventures and Disruptech Ventures, with participation from Arzan VC, Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, Suhail Ventures, Glint Ventures and M‑Empire Angels. The capital will be used to scale...
ORION Security, an AI‑driven contextual data security startup, announced a $32 million Series A round led by Norwest with participation from IBM, PICO Venture Partners, Lama Partners and others. The funding will accelerate the rollout of its AI‑powered platform for data...
Tomorrow.io announced a $175 million equity financing round led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest to accelerate its DeepSky AI‑native weather satellite constellation. The funding will expand the company’s space infrastructure and intelligence platform, enhancing its weather‑resiliency services for Fortune‑500 clients.