Anthropic Raises $30B At $380B Valuation In Second-Largest Venture Funding Deal Of All Time
Anthropic announced a $30 billion Series G round that lifts its post‑money valuation to $380 billion, making it the second‑largest venture financing ever and the biggest deal of 2026. The round was led by GIC and Coatue, with co‑lead investors including D.E. Shaw, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, Iconiq Capital and MGX, and participation from existing backers Microsoft and Nvidia. The funding brings Anthropic’s total capital raised to nearly $64 billion since 2021 and supports its rapid revenue growth, now over $14 billion run‑rate. The company, behind the Claude chatbot, is positioning for an IPO alongside rival OpenAI.
Exclusive: Winn.ai Raises $18M Series A For AI-Powered Real-Time Sales Assistant
Winn.ai, a Tel Aviv‑based AI sales‑assistant startup, closed an $18 million Series A round. The financing was co‑led by Insight Partners, S Capital and Mangusta Capital, raising total capital to $35 million since its 2022 launch. Winn’s real‑time AI co‑pilot guides reps during...
Global VC Investment Surged In January, With U.S. Dominating Funding But A Pair Of AI Model IPOs In China
Global venture capital funding surged to $55 billion in January 2026, more than doubling the year‑ago level and rising over 50 percent from December. The United States accounted for roughly 70 percent of the capital, with AI‑focused startups receiving 57 percent of all funding....
Q&A: Why Deep Tech Investors Are Turning To The Secondary Market For Liquidity
Celesta Capital’s founding partner Sriram Viswanathan explains that abundant capital and a shrinking pool of high‑quality deep‑tech deals are fueling a surge in secondary‑market transactions. Investors are using secondaries to gain liquidity as private exits stretch, especially in AI‑driven hardware...
Exclusive: Zocks Raises $45M Series B From Lightspeed, QED For AI Assistant To Financial Advisers
Zocks, the AI‑driven assistant for financial advisers, closed a $45 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, bringing its total funding to $65 million since its 2022 launch. The San Francisco startup now serves roughly 5,000 advisory firms across...
Exclusive: Cambio Lands $18M At $100M Valuation For AI-Powered Commercial Real Estate Software
Cambio, an AI‑powered commercial real‑estate SaaS startup, closed an $18 million Series A round at a $100 million post‑money valuation. The round was led by Maverick Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Adverb and angels from OpenAI, Anthropic and Notion. Founded in 2022, Cambio...
OpenEvidence, An AI-Powered ‘Brain Extender’ For Doctors, Doubles Valuation To $12B With $250M Series D
OpenEvidence, a Miami‑based AI medical search platform, closed a $250 million Series D round that doubled its valuation to $12 billion. The funding, led by Thrive Capital and DST with participation from GV, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, brings total capital raised to...
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Busy Time For Robotics, Defense Tech And AI
The week’s top ten U.S. funding rounds highlighted a surge in capital for robotics, AI hardware, and defense technologies. Skild AI led the pack with a $1.4 billion raise, pushing its valuation above $14 billion. Other notable deals included Etched.ai’s $500 million for...
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: XAI Leads As 2026 Is Off To A Brisk Start
The week’s biggest funding round was Elon Musk’s xAI, which closed a $20 billion Series E, bringing its total financing to $42.7 billion. Other notable deals included $305 million for Parabilis Medicines, $200 million for Soley Therapeutics, and $150 million for AI‑model evaluator LMArena. Two companies...
Exclusive: AI Insurance Startup Nirvana Nearly Doubles Valuation To $1.5B with $100M Series D
Nirvana Insurance announced a $100 million Series D round, lifting its valuation to $1.5 billion, less than a year after a $80 million Series C at $830 million. The AI‑driven platform leverages real‑time telematics and 30 billion miles of truck data to underwrite commercial trucking policies more...
6 Charts That Show The Big AI Funding Trends Of 2025
AI dominated venture capital in 2025, capturing $202.3 billion—about 50 % of all global funding. Foundation‑model firms alone raised $80 billion, representing 40 % of AI capital, while the United States accounted for $159 billion (79 %) of the sector’s investment. Private‑equity investors led $63 billion in...
Hottest Deals In Tech Push Crunchbase Unicorn Board Toward $7T In Value
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board is on track to hit $7 trillion in collective value, adding $1.6 trillion this year – the second‑largest annual surge on record. OpenAI now leads the list at a $500 billion valuation, followed closely by ByteDance and SpaceX. The...
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Security And Energy Deals Top The List
Investors poured record‑size capital into U.S. startups during the week, with AI identity‑security leader Saviynt topping the list at $700 million. The next three biggest rounds—Unconventional AI, Fervo Energy and Boom Supersonic—highlight a strong appetite for energy‑focused technologies. Other notable deals included K2 Space’s $250 million...
The Founder’s Dilemma In The Age of AI: Working Toward Singularity
The article argues that AI intensifies the long‑standing tension between efficiency and human decency, demanding a new hybrid culture where humans and machines coexist. It outlines five cultural imperatives—hybrid identity, explicit trust norms, redefined contribution, intentional belonging, and early cultural...
Sector Snapshot: Insurtech Funding Is Way Down, But AI Is Still Driving Some Big Deals
Insurtech venture funding plunged to $3.9 billion in 2025, roughly one‑quarter of the 2021 peak, and deal count hit a multi‑year low. Despite the overall slowdown, a handful of large rounds still closed, driven largely by artificial‑intelligence applications. Companies such as...