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Deals•Feb 26, 2026
Union.ai Secures $38.1M Series A Funding Led by NEA
Union.ai announced the completion of its Series A round, raising $38.1 million. The round was led by existing investor NEA with participation from Nava Ventures and new investor Mozilla Ventures. The funding will be used to expand its AI development infrastructure platform built around the open‑source orchestrator Flyte.
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Deals•Feb 16, 2026
DIC Corporation Launches $62M Physical AI Fund in Partnership with Emerald Technology Ventures
Japanese chemicals and materials group DIC Corporation announced the creation of a $62 million investment portfolio targeting physical AI startups in sensors, wearables, robotics and automation. DIC partnered with Swiss venture firm Emerald Technology Ventures to source and support deals, and...
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Deals•Feb 10, 2026
Una Software Secures $13M Seed Funding Led by Staircase Ventures
Una Software announced the close of its seed round, bringing total capital raised to $13 million. The round was led by Staircase Ventures and will fund AI agent development and global go‑to‑market expansion. The funding also coincides with the appointment...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Nauticus Robotics Secures Up to $50M Strategic Investment From Master Investment Group
Nauticus Robotics announced a strategic investment agreement with Master Investment Group for up to $50 million, including an initial $3 million tranche to launch its first international manufacturing and offshore robotics services hub in the United Arab Emirates. The funding will support...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Octobotics Tech Raises $1.1M in Series Seed Funding
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,...
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Deals•Feb 6, 2026
LE Robotics Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Series A+ Funding Round
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...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
X-Humanoid Secures $100M in First Funding Round
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,...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
HAQQ Legal AI Raises $3M to Scale AI Operating System for Global Legal Sector
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...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
Create Energy Acquires Graze Robotics Assets to Expand Autonomous Robotics in Energy Sector
Create Energy announced the acquisition of key assets from Graze Robotics, adding autonomous mowing technology to its ON TRACK platform. The deal integrates robotics into its Plant Wide Controller network, enhancing remote asset management for solar, airport, agricultural, and data...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
No Agent List Secures $10M Private Investment to Launch AI-Powered Real Estate Platform
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...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Ouster Acquires StereoLabs for $35M to Form Physical AI Sensing Platform
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...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Yozo.ai Secures $1.7M Pre‑Seed Funding to Accelerate Autonomous E‑Commerce AI Agents
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...
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Deals•Feb 3, 2026
Automata Secures $45M Series C Funding Led by Dimension
Automata, a lab automation company, announced the close of a $45 million Series C round led by Dimension, with participation from Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures, Entrepreneurs First and others. The round also includes a strategic investment partnership...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Checkbox Raises $23M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Legal Automation for Enterprises
Checkbox, an AI-driven legal automation platform for enterprises, announced a $23 million Series A funding round. The capital will be used to scale its AI-powered solutions and expand its enterprise customer base. The announcement was made on February 2, 2026.
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
China’s LimX Dynamics Raises $200M in Series B Funding for Real-World Embodied Robots
Chinese humanoid robotics firm LimX Dynamics announced a $200 million Series B round, with investors including Stone Venture, JD, Oriental Fortune Capital, CoStone Capital, Shangqi Capital, NIO Capital and Future Capital, alongside existing shareholders. The capital will be used to scale its...
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Deals•Jan 31, 2026
Brickanta Secures $8M Seed Funding to Accelerate Agentic AI in Pre-Construction
Brickanta, a startup building agentic AI tools for pre‑construction workflows, announced a seed round of $8 million. The funding will support product development and market expansion, positioning the company to bring AI‑driven efficiencies to the construction industry. The round was disclosed...
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Deals•Jan 30, 2026
GoCanopy Secures €2.1M Seed Funding to Scale AI Operating System for Institutional Real Estate
GoCanopy announced the closing of a €2.1 million seed round to expand its AI-driven operating system targeting institutional real estate investors. The funding will support product development and market expansion.
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Aviwell Secures €11M Series A Funding Led by Blue Revolution Fund
French deep‑tech animal nutrition startup Aviwell announced the close of an €11 million Series A round, led by Blue Revolution Fund with participation from Blast.Club, SWEN Capital Partners, Elaia and MFS Investment Management. The funding will be used to scale its AI‑driven...
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Summize Raises $50M for Global Expansion and AI Contract Intelligence
Summize, a Manchester‑based AI‑driven contract lifecycle management platform, announced a $50 million fundraising round with existing backers Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners and new investors Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity. The capital will fund global expansion, product...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Lianhe Sowell International Group Ltd Announces $200M Plan for Industry Robotics Headquarters in the UAE
Lianhe Sowell International Group (Nasdaq:LHSW) announced a $200 million plan to build a specialized industry robotics headquarters in the United Arab Emirates. The facility will combine R&D, manufacturing and global sales, targeting applications such as automotive spray‑painting, hazardous environments, underwater operations...
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Yolando Raises $8.5M From Drive Capital to Launch AI-Driven Competitive Intelligence Platform
Yolando announced its commercial launch of a competitive intelligence and Generative Engine Optimization platform, backed by $8.5M in total funding led by Drive Capital. The funding will support the company's AI-driven tools that help brands improve visibility in AI-generated answers...
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News•Jan 24, 2026
AI Leaders Diverge on Monetization and Personalization Strategies as Chatbots Evolve
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis cautioned against the rapid rollout of advertising in AI assistants after confirming OpenAI is testing ads within its chatbot. Hassabis said the move surprised him and raised trust concerns....
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Deals•Jan 24, 2026
Humans& Secures $480M Seed Round to Build Human-Centric AI Collaboration Platform
AI startup Humans& announced a $480 million seed round to develop its human‑centric AI collaboration platform, aiming to accelerate product development and market expansion. The funding was disclosed on January 24, 2026.
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News•Jan 23, 2026
Deep33 Emerges From Stealth With $150M to Back AI Infrastructure, Quantum and Deep Tech
Deep33 Ventures has emerged from stealth with a $150 million deep‑tech fund, securing a $100 million first close to back AI infrastructure, energy systems, autonomous robotics, and quantum computing. The firm’s thesis centers on physical constraints—power, compute, and data‑center capacity—that increasingly limit...
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News•Jan 23, 2026
Robo.ai Partners with The Ghazi Group to Power AI Compute Infrastructure Growth in MENA and Southeast Asia
Robo.ai Inc. has signed a three‑year Gold Reseller agreement with The Ghazi Group to distribute edge inference servers, CPU/GPU systems and AI infrastructure across MENA and selected Southeast Asian markets. The partnership targets the fast‑growing edge AI markets, which analysts...
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News•Jan 23, 2026
Study Finds Today’s AI Systems Almost Certainly Lack Consciousness — But The Door Is Not Fully Closed
A new study by Rethink Priorities introduces a Bayesian Digital Consciousness Model that evaluates subjective experience across systems. Applying it to modern large language models, humans, chickens, and the 1960s ELIZA chatbot, the researchers find strong evidence for consciousness in...
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Deals•Jan 23, 2026
Deep33 Ventures Secures $100M First Close for $150M Deep-Tech Fund Focused on AI Infrastructure, Quantum and Robotics
Deep33 Ventures has emerged from stealth, announcing a $150 million deep‑tech fund and a $100 million first close. The fund will invest in AI infrastructure, energy systems, autonomous robotics and quantum computing to address physical constraints on AI deployment. Backed by family...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
H2O.ai Partners with Singapore’s Certis to Deploy AI for Security and Operations
H2O.ai and Singapore’s Certis Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to scale predictive and agentic AI across Certis’ operational environments. The deal merges H2O.ai’s sovereign AI platform with Certis’ Mozart AI orchestration system to deliver real‑time situational awareness, risk...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Dam Secure Announces $4M in Funding to Secure AI-Generated Code for Enterprises
Dam Secure announced a $4 million seed round led by Paladin Capital Group to address security risks from AI‑generated code. The startup’s AI‑native platform detects logic flaws that traditional scanners miss and lets organizations enforce security policies in plain English. Funding...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
Dam Secure Secures $4M Seed Funding Led by Paladin Capital Group
AI security startup Dam Secure announced a $4 million seed round led by Paladin Capital Group. The funding will accelerate product development and go‑to‑market expansion for its AI‑native code security platform targeting enterprise customers. Paladin’s Managing Director Mourad Yesayan will...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
Dataroid Secures $6.6M Pre-Series A Funding to Expand AI-Driven Digital Analytics
Dataroid announced the closing of a $6.6 million pre‑Series A round to accelerate its AI‑driven digital analytics platform. The funding will support product development and market expansion, positioning the startup for growth in the AI‑enabled analytics space.
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News•Jan 21, 2026
Following Rapid Growth, Mave Raises $5M to Become the Trusted AI Partner for the Real Estate Industry
Mave, a Canadian AI platform for real‑estate brokerages, closed a $5 million seed round led by Staircase Ventures, with participation from Relay Ventures, N49P and Alate Partners. The capital will fund engineering, product expansion, and the addition of board members and...
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News•Jan 21, 2026
Formulary Financial Emerges From Stealth to Reinvent Fund Administration
Formulary Financial has emerged from stealth with a $4.6 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures and backed by several other investors. The startup offers an AI-native fund administration platform that consolidates data, automates workflows, and delivers real‑time reporting across the...
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News•Jan 21, 2026
Zipline Surpasses 2 Million Deliveries, Raises More than $600M to Power Next Phase of Growth, and Expands Operations to Houston...
Zipline announced it has completed over two million commercial drone deliveries and secured more than $600 million in new financing, valuing the company at $7.6 billion. The capital will fund autonomous delivery rollouts in Houston and Phoenix in early 2026, with plans...
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Deals•Jan 21, 2026
Mave Secures $5M Seed Funding Led by Staircase Ventures
Real estate AI startup Mave announced the close of a $5 million seed round led by Staircase Ventures, with participation from Relay Ventures, N49P and Alate Partners. The funding will be used to expand its AI platform for brokers and...
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Deals•Jan 21, 2026
Zipline Raises over $600M in Growth-Stage Round to Expand Drone Delivery to Houston, Phoenix and Beyond
Zipline, the autonomous drone delivery leader, announced a new funding round of more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion. The capital, backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners and Tiger Global, will fund expansion...
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News•Jan 20, 2026
AI Legal Tech Startup Ivo Raises $55M Series B for Contract Intelligence
Ivo, an AI‑powered contract intelligence startup, closed a $55 million Series B round led by Blackbird, with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, GD1 and Icehouse Ventures. The funding follows a year of explosive growth, including 500% ARR expansion and...
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News•Jan 20, 2026
HD Hyundai and Palantir Expand Group-Wide Strategic Partnership
HD Hyundai and Palantir have deepened their alliance, extending the Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) across the entire HD Hyundai conglomerate. The partnership, which started in 2021 with HD Hyundai Oilbank, has already produced measurable gains in refinery optimization,...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
AI Legal Tech Startup Ivo Secures $55M Series B Funding
Ivo, an AI-powered contract intelligence platform, announced a $55 million Series B round led by existing investor Blackbird, with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, GD1 and Icehouse Ventures. The new capital will fund product development and scaling...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
GoodDay Software Raises $7M to Build AI-Native ERP Alternative for Shopify Brands
GoodDay Software announced a $7 million funding round, bringing its total capital to $13.5 million, to expand its AI-native ERP platform GoodDayOS for Shopify merchants. The round included new investors Long Journey Ventures, Seguin Ventures, and Adverb Ventures, alongside existing...
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News•Jan 19, 2026
Week Ahead in AI: GTM Challenges Killing Vertical AI Startups, OpenAI Addresses ‘Capacity Overhang’, Moxi Marlinspike’s AI Privacy-First Chatbot, Plus...
The week ahead spotlights structural pressures on AI firms, from go‑to‑market missteps that threaten vertical AI startups to OpenAI’s warning about a growing capability‑overhang. Thought leaders at the World Economic Forum argue that the next AI super‑cycle will demand distributed,...
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News•Jan 17, 2026
Guest Post: Three GTM Challenges Killing Vertical AI Startups in 2026—And Why Market Shaping GTM Solves All of Them
Vertical AI startups face a paradox in 2026: funding exploded 85% to $211 billion while enterprise IT budgets barely grow 2% and consolidate vendors. Traditional SaaS GTM tactics—outbound blasts, demo‑first pitches, and volume‑driven pipelines—no longer win because buyers pick a preliminary...
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News•Jan 16, 2026
Conversational AI Functionality Gives Healthcare Providers Easy Access to Patient Feedback Data and Trends
rater8 has introduced AI Insights, a conversational AI feature within its raVE platform, allowing healthcare providers to query patient feedback data using natural language and receive real‑time insights. The tool surfaces sentiment trends, operational risks, performance gaps, and marketing‑ready testimonials...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
What Are The Remaining Bottlenecks For Humanoid Robotics? A Physical AI Study Finds The Limits Are Physical, Not Cognitive
A new Physical AI study reveals that humanoid robotics is limited more by physical constraints than by artificial intelligence. The research highlights data scarcity, the sim‑to‑real gap, energy and latency limits, and safety verification as the primary bottlenecks. It argues...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
AiMOGA Deploys Robotic Traffic Police Unit at Intersection in China
AiMOGA Robotics has placed its Intelligent Police Unit R001, a humanoid traffic‑policing robot, at a busy intersection in Wuhu, China, transitioning from pilot trials to routine urban use. The robot performs standardized hand signals and behavioral reminders for non‑motorized traffic...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
China’s Zoomlion Integrating AI and Embodied-Intelligence Robotics for Intelligent Manufacturing
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology is rolling out a full‑chain AI system that links construction machinery, smart factories and humanoid robots. The company now operates 12 smart factories and more than 300 production lines, enabling high‑mix, small‑batch output with...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Spain-Based DAO Xmaquina Raises $10M for Early-Stage Robotics Investments
Spain-based DAO Xmaquina has raised more than $10 million through its on‑chain Genesis Auction model, attracting nearly 2,000 contributors ranging from crypto‑focused venture funds to strategic angels. The auctions used uniform pricing and open participation, removing preferential terms typical of traditional...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Bain & Company Launches AI-Focused Venture Ecosystem With Leading Global VC Firms
Bain & Company announced the creation of an AI‑focused venture ecosystem in partnership with several leading global venture‑capital firms. The initiative will combine Bain’s strategic consulting expertise with VC capital to back early‑stage artificial‑intelligence startups. By establishing a dedicated pipeline,...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
DataMesh Launches DataMesh Robotics to Enable Industrial Embodied AI Training with Executable Digital Twins
DataMesh has introduced DataMesh Robotics, an embodied AI data product built on its executable industrial digital twin platform. The solution lets robot OEMs train, validate and evaluate robots in dynamic, process‑driven virtual factories, producing synthetic data and measurable reward signals....
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Realbotix Demonstrates First Public Embedded AI Conversation Between Two Humanoid Robots
Realbotix Corp. showcased two fully autonomous humanoid robots, Aria and David, holding an unscripted, on‑device conversation for more than two hours at CES 2026. The dialogue spanned English, Spanish, French and German, demonstrating the company’s embedded multilingual AI models without cloud...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
AI4Eyes Closes $6.5M CAD in Funding to Advance AI-Driven Eye Care Innovation
AI4Eyes announced the closing of CAD 6.5 million in new capital, comprising a CAD 3.7 million internal financing round and CAD 2.8 million in non‑dilutive funding. The proceeds will fund regulatory approval efforts in Canada and the United States, expand clinical programs, and accelerate product development....
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Tuya Smart Launches Aura, an AI Companion Robot Designed for Pets
Tuya Smart introduced Aura, an AI‑powered pet companion robot, at CES 2026, extending its AI cloud and physical AI roadmap. The device blends autonomous navigation, computer vision, sound recognition and generative AI to monitor behavior, infer emotional states and interact through...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
1X Says New World Model Allows Humanoid Robot Neo to Learn On Its Own
1X unveiled an updated world model for its humanoid robot Neo, enabling it to translate natural-language prompts into physical actions without task-specific programming. The video-based AI combines internet-scale video data, onboard perception, and an internal dynamics system to plan movements...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Applied Brain Research Closes Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Edge AI Voice Processing
Applied Brain Research (ABR) closed an oversubscribed seed round led by Two Small Fish Ventures, bringing new capital to scale its TSP1 state‑space accelerator chip and edge AI software. The TSP1 delivers full‑vocabulary speech‑to‑text and text‑to‑speech on‑device using less than...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Apella Closes $80M in Series B to Transform the Hospital with Ambient AI and Computer Vision
Apella announced an $80 million Series B round, led by HighlandX and joined by existing and new healthcare investors including Houston Methodist. The capital will fund enterprise‑scale deployments of its ambient AI and computer‑vision platform that automates surgical event tracking and EHR...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Cloudforce Secures $10M Series A From Owl Ventures and Microsoft to Democratize Safe, Equitable AI in Education, Healthcare, and Beyond
Cloudforce announced a $10 million Series A round led by Owl Ventures with strategic participation from Microsoft’s M12 fund. The capital will accelerate scaling of its Azure‑native AI platform nebulaONE, which already supports over 3 million users across more than 90 universities, hospitals...
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News•Jan 10, 2026
Chinese Companies Pony.ai and BAIC BJEV Deepen Partnership for Robotaxi Development and Commercialization
Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai and BAIC’s electric‑vehicle arm BJEV have upgraded their strategic partnership to accelerate mass production and commercialization of Level‑4 robotaxi services. The agreement deepens collaboration on vehicle design, fleet operations and lifecycle management, leveraging BAIC BJEV’s...
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News•Jan 8, 2026
Credo AI and Carahsoft Partner for AI Adoption Through Purpose-Built AI Governance
Credo AI and Carahsoft Technology Corp. have formed a partnership to deliver Credo AI’s governance, risk management and compliance platform to U.S. public‑sector customers via Carahsoft’s extensive reseller network and government procurement contracts. The agreement designates Carahsoft as Credo AI’s...
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News•Jan 8, 2026
Princeton Researchers Develop New Tool to Narrow the Search for Ideal Material Structures
Princeton researchers have created a machine‑learning tool that predicts the free energy of metal‑organic frameworks (MOFs) in seconds, dramatically speeding up stability screening. The approach converts MOF chemistry into a machine‑readable sequence, generates representations for about one million structures, and...
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News•Jan 8, 2026
Swap Closes $100M Series C Funding, Strengthens Position as Leading Commerce Solutions Platform
Swap announced a $100 million Series C round co‑led by DST Global and ICONIQ, doubling down on its earlier investment. The funding will accelerate the AI‑driven commerce operating system’s move beyond returns into cross‑border, tax, and demand‑planning services. Swap also deepened its...
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Deals•Jan 8, 2026
Blackbird.AI Secures $28M Strategic Funding to Accelerate Narrative Intelligence Platform
AI startup Blackbird.AI announced a $28 million strategic funding round to scale its AI-driven narrative intelligence platform. The capital will be used to expand product development and market reach. The announcement was made on January 8, 2026.
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Deals•Jan 8, 2026
Red Sea Global and Bunat VC Launch Saudi-Focused AI Venture Fund
Red Sea Global and Bunat VC announced the launch of a Saudi-focused AI venture fund aimed at investing in early‑stage artificial‑intelligence startups in the Kingdom. The partnership creates a new vehicle to support AI innovation in Saudi Arabia, though the...
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Deals•Jan 8, 2026
Swap Secures $100M Series C Funding Co-Led by DST Global and ICONIQ
Swap, the AI-driven global commerce operating system, announced a $100 million Series C round co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The funding will accelerate its expansion into cross-border, tax, demand-planning and payments capabilities, including a partnership with Adyen, and support...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
Benteler Acquires Deutsche Bahn Company Ioki to Scale Autonomous Mobility
Benteler Group announced the near‑term acquisition of ioki GmbH from Deutsche Bahn, merging vehicle manufacturing, mobility software and fleet‑operations under one European owner. The deal combines Benteler’s Holon autonomous shuttles, ioki’s on‑demand routing and simulation platform, and Benteler Mobility’s financing...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
EngineAI Robotics Technology Introduces the T800 Humanoid Robot at CES 2026
EngineAI Robotics Technology unveiled two embodied intelligence platforms at CES 2026: the lightweight PM01 general‑purpose agent and the full‑scale T800 humanoid robot. The PM01 is positioned for near‑term deployment in transportation, retail guidance, and inspection tasks, while the T800 showcases...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
Hexagon Robotics Partners with Microsoft to Develop Humanoid Robots
Hexagon Robotics announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the development of production‑ready humanoid robots for data‑driven manufacturing. The collaboration merges Hexagon’s sensor‑fusion and spatial‑intelligence expertise with Microsoft Azure’s cloud, edge, and real‑time analytics services. Initial deployments will focus...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
I10X Announces $1M Pre-Seed Round to Build the Discovery & Distribution Layer for AI
i10X announced a $1 million pre‑seed round backed by Iterative, Antler AI Disrupt and PPR Ventures to fast‑track its unified AI platform. The service aggregates access to all major large language models, image and video generators, and more than 500 specialized...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
I10X Secures $1M Pre-Seed Funding to Build AI Discovery & Distribution Layer
AI startup i10X announced the close of a $1 million pre‑seed round backed by Iterative, Antler AI Disrupt and PPR Ventures. The funding will accelerate product development, infrastructure and team growth for its unified AI workspace targeting SMBs, creators and solo...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
MilkStraw AI Closes $2M Seed Round to Expand AI-Driven Cloud Optimization Platform
MilkStraw AI announced the closing of a $2 million seed round to accelerate development of its AI‑driven cloud optimization platform. The funding will be used to expand product capabilities and scale the business.
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
Benteler Acquires Deutsche Bahn's Ioki to Scale Autonomous Mobility
Benteler Group announced it has agreed to acquire ioki GmbH, the Deutsche Bahn-owned mobility software firm, in a deal aimed at creating a European autonomous mobility provider. The acquisition combines Benteler's vehicle manufacturing, ioki's on‑demand routing software, and Benteler Mobility's...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
Linker Vision Raises $35M Series-A to Accelerate Global AI Ecosystem
Linker Vision announced a $35 million Series A financing round to accelerate its global AI ecosystem. The new capital will be used to expand product development, scale operations, and forge strategic partnerships across the AI landscape.
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News•Jan 6, 2026
Ascentiz Debuts Modular Exoskeleton
At CES 2026, Ascentiz unveiled its first commercial modular exoskeleton, a compact system designed for everyday mobility, outdoor activities, and occupational endurance. The platform features interchangeable hip and knee modules controlled by an AI motion engine that adapts assistance across...
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News•Jan 6, 2026
Chinese Robotics Company Agibot Enters U.S. Market with Full Humanoid Robot Portfolio
Chinese robotics firm Agibot announced its U.S. market debut at CES, claiming to have shipped more than 5,000 humanoid robots and entered mass production. The company showcases a unified “one body, three intelligences” architecture that integrates locomotion, manipulation and interaction...
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News•Jan 5, 2026
XELA Robotics Introduces Enhanced Automation for Humanoid and Industrial Robots
XELA Robotics unveiled its uSkin 3D tactile sensing platform at CES 2026, offering continuous, human‑like touch feedback for humanoid and industrial robots. The elastomer‑based sensors capture contact forces, object shape, and movement across fingertips, phalanges, and palms, and can be...
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News•Jan 5, 2026
Zeroth Robotics Emerges From Stealth, Enters U.S. Market & Debuts Lineup of Interactive AI Robots
Zeroth Robotics has emerged from stealth to launch a five‑robot portfolio in the U.S., beginning with the 15‑inch Zeroth M1 humanoid home assistant priced from $2,899. The M1 offers multimodal sensing, a safety stack and an app‑based ecosystem, with pre‑orders...
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News•Jan 5, 2026
The Week Ahead in AI: European Banks Prep for Job Cuts, Professor Fights AI with Oral Exams, AI Safety Risk...
AI Insider’s weekly roundup highlights a surge in AI‑driven transformation across finance, enterprise software, and consumer robotics. Morgan Stanley predicts European banks may eliminate over 200,000 positions by 2030 as AI automates back‑office and compliance functions. Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai raised €5 million...
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Deals•Jan 5, 2026
Orq.ai Secures €5M Seed Funding to Scale Enterprise AI Agent Platform
Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai announced a €5 million seed round led by seed+speed Ventures and Galion.exe, bringing its total funding to €7.3 million. The capital will be used to scale its platform for running and governing AI agents in production across Europe and the...
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Deals•Jan 5, 2026
Leona Health Secures $14M Seed Round for AI Doctor Copilot on WhatsApp
Leona Health, an AI startup building a WhatsApp-based copilot for doctors, announced a $14 million seed round on Jan 5, 2026. The funding will be used to scale the product and expand its user base. The round marks a significant...
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Deals•Jan 3, 2026
Orq.ai Secures €5M Seed Funding to Accelerate Enterprise AI Agent Production
Orq.ai announced a €5 million seed round to bring its enterprise AI agents into production. The funding will support product development and scaling of its AI-driven solutions for businesses. The round was announced on January 3, 2026.
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Deals•Jan 2, 2026
Arbe Robotics Completes $15.7M Private Placement Follow-On Offering of Series A Convertible Bonds
Arbe Robotics announced the successful completion of a $15.7 million private placement, expanding its Series A Convertible Bonds to $24.3 million. The financing, announced on Jan 2 2026, strengthens the company’s financial flexibility to support growth of its ultra‑high‑resolution radar technology for ADAS and autonomous...
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Deals•Dec 30, 2025
Shenzhen Kingkey Smart Agriculture Times to Acquire Controlling Stake in Huibo Robotics
Shenzhen Kingkey Smart Agriculture Times signed an equity investment intention agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Jiangsu Huibo Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. via a capital increase and equity transfer, marking its entry into AI and robotics. The deal, announced...
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Deals•Dec 30, 2025
Hypereal AI Secures Seed Funding to Power Fast, Cost-Efficient AI Image and Video Generation for Developers
Hypereal AI announced the closing of a Seed funding round on December 30, 2025, with undisclosed terms. The capital will accelerate development of its high‑performance API for AI image and video generation, targeting developers who need fast, scalable, and cost‑efficient...
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Deals•Dec 30, 2025
Meta to Acquire AI Agent Startup Manus for $2B
Meta announced it will acquire Manus, an AI agent startup, in a deal valued at $2 billion. The acquisition aims to accelerate Meta’s agentic AI strategy and expand its capabilities in autonomous AI agents.
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Deals•Dec 29, 2025
OYMotion Secures 160M Yuan Strategic Investment From Radical in Embodied Intelligence Partnership
Shanghai‑based OYMotion and Hangzhou‑based Radical announced a strategic partnership to develop embodied intelligence technologies. The deal includes a 160 million yuan ($22.8 million) investment from Radical and the creation of a 100 million yuan joint venture to build a vertically integrated supply chain.
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Deals•Dec 29, 2025
POSCO Group Invests $3M in Persona AI for Industrial Humanoid Robot Development
South Korea’s POSCO Group announced a $3 million corporate venture investment in U.S. startup Persona AI to develop industrial humanoid robots for its manufacturing sites. POSCO DX led a $2 million investment through its corporate venture fund, with an additional $1 million from...
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Deals•Dec 24, 2025
Alphabet Acquires Intersect Power for $4.75B to Secure AI Data Center Energy Supply
Alphabet announced the acquisition of Intersect Power in a $4.75 billion deal, aiming to secure renewable energy for its AI data centers. The purchase will bolster Alphabet’s power supply for growing AI workloads and support its sustainability goals. The transaction was...
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Deals•Dec 23, 2025
Katalist Secures $1.5M Seed Funding to Power AI-Driven Video Production
AI startup Katalist announced a $1.5 million seed round to accelerate its AI-powered professional video production platform. The funding will support product development and go‑to‑market efforts, positioning Katalist in the growing AI‑driven SaaS market.
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Deals•Dec 23, 2025
Neural Concept Secures $100M Growth Equity Funding From Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Neural Concept announced a $100 million funding round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to accelerate its AI-native engineering platform. The capital will be used to scale product development and expand market reach. This marks a significant growth-stage...
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Deals•Dec 23, 2025
Resolve AI Raises Series A Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
AI infrastructure startup Resolve AI announced the close of its Series A round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners leading the investment. The funding will be used to scale its autonomous Site Reliability Engineering platform for enterprise customers. Deal terms were not...
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Deals•Dec 23, 2025
Wodan AI Secures €2M Pre-Seed Funding to Build Privacy‑First Encrypted AI for Regulated Sectors
Wodan AI announced a €2 million pre‑seed round aimed at developing privacy‑first, encrypted AI solutions for Europe’s most regulated industries. The funding will accelerate product development and market entry, positioning the startup as a leader in secure AI for sectors such...
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Deals•Dec 19, 2025
Scale AI Secures $128.7M Growth-Stage Funding Led by Real Ventures, Version One Ventures, and iNovia Capital
Toronto‑based Scale AI announced a $128.7 million growth‑stage financing round on December 19, 2025. The round was led by Canadian venture firms Real Ventures, Version One Ventures and iNovia Capital, aiming to expand R&D labs and AI infrastructure for domestic enterprises.
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