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SpaceX raises $40 Billion to Lock Up Nvidia GPU Supply
SpaceX confirms $40 billion in GPU financing for 2027 deliveries as AI credit tightens. The structure turns compute access into a balance-sheet contest.
Jordan Hale9 minutes ago
Funding Rounds
VC deals, seed rounds, and late-stage raises shaping the AI economy.
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Funding 15 min
Pathos AI raises $237 Million for Agentic Drug Trials
Pathos AI closes $237 million at a $3 billion valuation and links Foundry to a five-year data deal. The bet moves agents into clinical decisions.
Jordan Hale9 minutes ago
Funding 13 min
Salience Labs Raises $125M to Cut AI Data Center Power
Salience Labs closed a $125M Series B backed by AMD Ventures and Intel Capital to deploy optical switching chips that cut GPU networking power by 50%.
Jordan HaleOct 16, 2026
Funding 12 min
Anthropic Signals $2 Trillion IPO on $16.8B Revenue
Anthropic disclosed $16.8B in Q3 2026 revenue and its second straight adjusted profit quarter as it eyes a $2 trillion November stock market listing.
Jordan HaleOct 16, 2026
Funding 12 min
Anthropic Signals $2T IPO with Record $16.8B Quarter
Anthropic shared Q3 revenue of $16.8B, up 45% from Q2, as it advances toward a November IPO targeting a $2 trillion market valuation.
Jordan HaleOct 15, 2026
Funding 12 min
Astribot Raises $149M as China Humanoid Race Heats Up
Astribot closes a RMB 1B funding round at a RMB 15B valuation, while its DuoCore brain architecture draws striking comparisons to US rival Figure.
Jordan HaleOct 14, 2026
Funding 13 min
Keyu Tian Launches Stealth AI Lab to Build World Models
Ex-ByteDance intern Keyu Tian raises $30M at $200M for a stealth world model lab, challenging AMD and Google for dominance in physical AI.
Jordan HaleOct 9, 2026
Funding 12 min
Mecka AI Raises $60M to Fuel Humanoid Robot Training
Mecka AI raises $60M from Sequoia, Nvidia and Samsung to build egocentric motion datasets that train the next generation of humanoid robots.
Jordan HaleOct 9, 2026
Funding 13 min
Isomorphic Labs Signals $50B Valuation in New AI Round
Isomorphic Labs targets a $40B-$50B valuation in new talks, more than double its May 2026 round, as AI drug discovery moves from lab to clinic.
Jordan HaleOct 9, 2026
Funding 12 min
South Korea Bets $3.5B on a Homegrown Frontier AI Model
South Korea pledges KRW 4.7 trillion to develop a sovereign frontier model by early 2027, joining the global race to build state-backed AI infrastructure.
Jordan HaleOct 7, 2026
Funding 14 min
Minerva Humanoids Launches Oil Rig Robots After US-China Ban
Minerva Humanoids raises $10M to build VR-piloted robots for oil rigs and bomb squads, with Chinese competitors banned from the US market.
Jordan HaleOct 7, 2026
Funding 12 min
Minerva Humanoids Raises $10M for Bomb Disposal Robots
Minerva Humanoids exits stealth with $10M led by General Catalyst, deploying Roger for EOD and offshore oil rigs. First paid pilots launch fall 2026.
Jordan HaleOct 6, 2026
Funding 13 min
RobCo Doubles Valuation to $1B Amid Physical AI Boom
RobCo's $40M secondary sale lifts its valuation from $500M to $1B as physical AI demand surges. Europe's industrial robotics unicorn just went mainstream.
Jordan HaleOct 5, 2026
Funding 14 min
Flow Engineering Raises $50M to Replace Hardware CAD
Flow Engineering raised $50M at a $750M valuation to bring AI agents into hardware design, where CAD, simulation, and requirements never worked together.
Jordan HaleOct 2, 2026
Funding 12 min
OpenAI Signals $1.4 Trillion Value in New $30B Round
OpenAI targets $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation, deferring its IPO even as annualized revenue surges past $40 billion and grows 70% since July.
Jordan HaleSep 30, 2026
Funding 12 min
Anthropic Files IPO and Signals 518 Billion Compute Bet
Anthropic S-1 discloses $518 billion in decade-scale infrastructure commitments as it targets a $2 trillion IPO valuation after November elections.
Jordan HaleSep 30, 2026
Funding 12 min
Instinct Raises $1B for Personal AI Agents at $10B
Instinct raised $1B at a $10 billion valuation on Monday, a four-fold jump in thirty days, as personal AI agents enter a winner-take-all race.
Jordan HaleSep 29, 2026
Funding 12 min
Anthropic S1 Reveals 1088% Growth at $8B Annual Loss
Anthropic filed its S-1 showing $4.59B in 2025 revenue, $8.06B in operating losses, and $518B in cloud commitments, eyeing a $2 trillion IPO.
Jordan HaleSep 29, 2026
Funding 12 min
Temporal Signals $12.55B Agent Infrastructure Surge
Temporal's $550M Series E at $12.55B proves durable execution is the critical agentic AI layer, as NDR exceeds 200% and customers hit 4,300.
Jordan HaleSep 15, 2026
Funding 12 min
SoftBank Raises $11.9B Loan, Bets $65B on OpenAI Future
SoftBank secures an upsized $11.87B loan from 20 banks to fund its $64.6B OpenAI bet, even as its own stock collapses 13% on AI fears.
Jordan HaleSep 15, 2026
Funding 13 min
Unitree Launches China's First Humanoid Robot IPO at $9B
Unitree prices its Shanghai IPO at 150.8 yuan per share, valuing China's first humanoid robot maker at $9 billion to raise $904 million.
Jordan HaleAug 9, 2026
Funding 13 min
Firmus Raises $2B to Build Nvidia-Backed AI Factories
Firmus secures $2 billion at a $10.5 billion valuation from Coatue, Nvidia, and Blackstone to build AI factories across Asia-Pacific.
Jordan HaleAug 9, 2026
Funding 13 min
Unitree Raises 904 Million in First Humanoid Robot IPO
Unitree's 904 million dollar IPO gives China its first publicly listed humanoid robot maker at a 9 billion dollar valuation, subscriptions open August 10.
Jordan HaleAug 9, 2026
Funding 14 min
Firmus Raises $2B With Nvidia to Build Asia AI Grid
Firmus secured $2B at a $10.5B valuation from Nvidia and Blackstone to build AI data centers across Asia-Pacific, doubling its valuation in four months.
Jordan HaleAug 9, 2026
Funding 11 min
Unitree Raises $9B IPO Backed by DeepSeek and Tencent
Unitree Robotics prices its $9 billion Shanghai IPO with DeepSeek and Tencent as backers, as the only profitable humanoid maker enters public markets.
Jordan HaleAug 8, 2026
Funding 13 min
Unitree Beats Western Robot Makers in $9B Shanghai IPO
Unitree priced its Shanghai IPO at $9 billion, 45% above forecast, becoming the first profitable humanoid robot maker to trade publicly.
Jordan HaleAug 8, 2026
Funding 12 min
Unitree Raises $904M in China's First Humanoid Robot IPO
Unitree's $904M Shanghai STAR Market offering becomes the first mainland IPO for humanoid robots as net profit surges 674% and US sanctions loom.
Jordan HaleAug 8, 2026
Funding 11 min
Unitree Raises $904M IPO with DeepSeek Robot Brain Deal
Unitree prices Shanghai STAR Market shares at $9B valuation as DeepSeek locks in $20.8M stake and joint humanoid AI model development pact.
Jordan HaleAug 7, 2026
Funding 14 min
Unitree Raises $904M as China's First Humanoid IPO
Unitree Robotics prices its STAR Market IPO at $904M, making it China's first mainland humanoid robot maker to go public with 60% gross margins.
Jordan HaleAug 7, 2026
Funding 12 min
Unitree Raises $904M IPO as DeepSeek Joins Robot Push
Unitree priced China's first humanoid robot IPO at $904M on August 6, while DeepSeek invested $20.8M to jointly develop AI models for robots.
Jordan HaleAug 7, 2026
Funding 11 min
Unitree IPO Beats FCC Ban With $7B Shanghai Listing
Unitree Robotics starts Shanghai IPO book-building August 5, raising $620M at a $7.4B target valuation despite a July FCC ban blocking US hardware sales.
Jordan HaleAug 6, 2026
Funding 13 min
Valar Atomics Raises $1B to Build Nuclear AI Reactors
Valar Atomics closes a $1.2B raise at $6B valuation, backed by Sequoia, after its Ward250 reactor first powered an Nvidia AI chip in July.
Jordan HaleAug 6, 2026
Funding 12 min
Unitree Signals Humanoid Profitability With $623M IPO
Unitree opens $623M IPO book-building on August 5, the first profitable humanoid robot maker to list. US bans won't stop the Shanghai market.
Jordan HaleAug 5, 2026
Funding 10 min
Horizon3 Signals AI Security Era with $250M Series E
Horizon3's autonomous AI hacker NodeZero raises $250M Series E at a $2B valuation, tripling in value as AI vs. AI threats reshape enterprise cybersecurity.
Jordan HaleAug 4, 2026
Funding 12 min
Unitree IPO Beats Figure AI to Public Humanoid Market
Unitree opens STAR Market book-building August 5 at a 42 billion yuan valuation with audited profit, the first humanoid robot maker to list publicly.
Jordan HaleAug 4, 2026
Funding 13 min
Intrinsic Power Raises Seed for AI Power Orchestration
Intrinsic Power closes seed funding from Kyocera and Drive Catalyst to deploy power orchestration software in data centers as power availability, not GPUs, becomes the new bottleneck for AI scaling.
Jordan HaleJul 16, 2026
Funding 12 min
Together AI Raises 800 Million Open Weight Inference
Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation with $1.15B annual inference bookings, signaling shift from closed APIs to enterprise-controlled open-weight infrastructure.
Jordan HaleJul 8, 2026
Funding 13 min
Sarvam Raises 234M Series B, Signals India AI Independence
Sarvam AI raises $234 million Series B at $1.5 billion valuation, with HCLTech leading as India pushes for domestic AI sovereignty independent of U.S. models.
Jordan HaleJun 30, 2026
Funding 12 min
THEKER Raises $85M to Replace Factory Robot Specialists
THEKER's $85M raise marks Europe's largest robotics Series A. The Barcelona startup's AI-native factory robots already run inside Inditex lines.
Jordan HaleJun 13, 2026
Funding 12 min
Mistral Raises 3B Euros to Challenge US AI Dominance
Mistral AI is seeking 3 billion euros at a 20 billion euro valuation, its biggest raise ever, as Europe's AI champion races US and Chinese rivals.
Jordan HaleJun 13, 2026
Funding 12 min
EngineAI Launches IPO to Win the China Humanoid Robot Race
EngineAI files for a Hong Kong IPO at $1.5B, joining China's humanoid robotics wave as Unitree and AgiBot near public markets too.
Jordan HaleJun 12, 2026
Funding 12 min
Bezos Prometheus 12B Round Reveals the Artificial Engineer
Bezos reveals Prometheus is not a robot company but a 12B bet to build AI that designs and manufactures any physical product from jet engines to chips.
Jordan HaleJun 12, 2026
Funding 13 min
Neura Robotics Raises $1.4B to Build the AI Robot Era
Neura Robotics' $1.4B Series C backed by Nvidia, Amazon and Tether signals humanoid robots' shift from demos to a funded commercial economy.
Jordan HaleJun 11, 2026
Funding 12 min
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI with $965B IPO Filing 2026
Anthropic confidentially filed its IPO S-1 at a $965 billion valuation, surpassing OpenAI for the first time and targeting a fall 2026 debut.
Jordan HaleJun 11, 2026
Funding 13 min
SpaceX SPCX Breaks Nasdaq Fast-Track Record June 12
SpaceX prices at 135 a share on June 11 and could join the Nasdaq-100 in 15 days, forcing passive funds tracking QQQ to buy billions in SPCX.
Jordan HaleJun 11, 2026
Funding 13 min
Cognition Raises 1B at 26B as Devin Wins Enterprise
Cognition's Devin AI engineer surpassed 492M in ARR and raised 1B at a 26B valuation, with Goldman Sachs reporting 3x to 4x productivity gains.
Jordan HaleJun 11, 2026
Funding 12 min
OpenAI Signals Tandem AI Research in Third Phase 2026
OpenAI filed a confidential IPO on June 9, 2026 with 900 million weekly users and a $852 billion valuation, while reframing AI as a partner to humans.
Jordan HaleJun 11, 2026
Funding 12 min
ICEYE Raises 450M Euros for Sovereign Space AI Dominance
ICEYE raised Euro 450M at a valuation above 10B, doubling SAR satellite production to 100 per year by 2028 on 250M revenue and a 1.5B contracted backlog.
Jordan HaleJun 10, 2026
Funding 12 min
Standard Bots Raises $200M to Build AI Robot Factories
Standard Bots raised $200M at $1B to scale AI-native US factory robots that need no coding, targeting 10% of all new American deployments by 2027.
Jordan HaleJun 10, 2026
Funding 12 min
OpenAI Reveals $852B S-1 One Week After Anthropic 2026
OpenAI's confidential S-1 targets a $1 trillion public valuation by September 2026, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading the offering.
Jordan HaleJun 10, 2026