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11 Feb 2026

Apptronik Raises $520 Million to Scale Apollo Humanoid Robots for Industrial Deployment

Apptronik secured $520 million in new funding led by Google and Mercedes-Benz, tripling its valuation to over $5.5 billion. The Austin-based startup plans to accelerate production of its Apollo humanoid robot for manufacturing and logistics customers, with pilot programs already underway at Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics facilities.

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Vega Security raises $120M Series B to transform enterprise cyber threat detection with AI

AI-powered cybersecurity startup Vega Security raised $120 million in Series B funding led by Accel to scale its Security Analytics Mesh platform. The company challenges legacy SIEM tools like Splunk by enabling cyber threat detection directly where data lives—across cloud environments, data lakes, and existing storage—without costly centralization. With a $700 million valuation, Vega has already secured multi-million-dollar contracts with Fortune 500 firms.

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Spanish AI Firm Multiverse Computing Targets €500M Funding Round at €1.5 Billion Valuation

Multiverse Computing, a Spanish artificial intelligence software company specializing in AI model compression, is in discussions to raise €500 million in fresh funding at a €1.5 billion valuation. The company reached €100 million in annual recurring revenue in January, driven by its CompactifAI platform that shrinks large language models to consume less energy and computing power.

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Blackstone boosts stake in Anthropic to $1 billion as AI startup hits $350 billion valuation

Blackstone is increasing its investment in AI startup Anthropic by $200 million, bringing its total stake to approximately $1 billion at a $350 billion valuation. The move reflects surging investor interest in AI as Anthropic's funding round exceeds its initial $10 billion target by more than double, driven by strong demand for generative AI companies developing advanced large language models.

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10 Feb 2026

Nebius Acquires Tavily for $275 Million to Power Next-Generation AI Agents with Real-Time Search

Cloud computing provider Nebius has agreed to acquire Tavily, a specialist in agentic search technology, for $275 million. The deal aims to integrate real-time search infrastructure into Nebius's AI cloud platform, addressing a critical need as enterprises rapidly adopt autonomous AI agents for tasks ranging from coding to financial trading.

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Former GitHub CEO Raises Record $60M for AI Coding Tool to Manage Agent-Written Code

Thomas Dohmke, who led GitHub for four years and oversaw GitHub Copilot's rise, has launched Entire with a $60 million seed round—the largest ever for a developer tool startup. The platform addresses a critical gap: helping developers manage and understand massive volumes of code created by AI agents through an open-source tool called Checkpoints.

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Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation as AI video startup pivots to world model development

Runway AI Inc. secured a $315 million Series E funding round led by General Atlantic, nearly doubling its valuation to $5.3 billion. The AI video generation startup plans to invest in world models—AI systems that simulate environments for planning future events—targeting applications in medicine, climate, energy, and robotics beyond its traditional media and entertainment base.

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Smart Bricks Raises $5M to Bring AI Agents and Institutional-Grade Insights to Real Estate

Proptech startup Smart Bricks has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to deploy AI agents that automate real estate investing. Founded by Mohamed Mohamed, the platform analyzes over 1 million data feeds to surface the top 0.1% of investment opportunities and streamline transactions that typically take weeks. The company aims to bring institutional-grade intelligence to individual investors who currently lack the advanced tools used by firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs.

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Matia raises $21M Series A to build AI-powered data engineer for unified DataOps platform

Israeli startup Matia secured $21 million in Series A funding led by Red Dot Capital to develop an AI-powered data engineer that automates pipeline creation and anomaly detection. The company's unified DataOps platform consolidates data management operations, helping customers reduce costs by 78% while growing revenue 10x in the past year.

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09 Feb 2026

Gather AI lands $40M to bring Physical AI and 'curious' drones to warehouse operations worldwide

Pittsburgh-based Gather AI has raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand its Physical AI platform that uses drones and computer vision to solve warehouse inventory challenges. Led by former Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block's firm, the investment will help scale the technology across hundreds of facilities globally as the company grows bookings by 250%.

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07 Feb 2026

Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G, doubling valuation to $380 billion as AI race heats up

Anthropic has closed a massive $30 billion Series G funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $380 billion. The artificial intelligence startup, backed by GIC and Coatue, is accelerating its competition with OpenAI while its Claude Code model drives enterprise adoption. With a revenue run rate now at $14 billion and growing 10x annually, Anthropic faces mounting questions about profitability amid heavy infrastructure spending.

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Vista Equity Partners and Intel lead $350M funding round for AI chip startup SambaNova Systems

Vista Equity Partners is leading a $350 million funding round for AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, marking a rare departure from its exclusive focus on enterprise software. Intel Corp plans to invest up to $150 million in the oversubscribed Series E round as the chipmaker seeks to compete with Nvidia in the growing AI inference market.

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06 Feb 2026

Vibrium Raises $1 Million Seed Funding to Scale Agentic AI Platform for Enterprises

Vibrium, an enterprise agentic AI platform, has secured $1 million in seed funding to accelerate product development and strengthen its AI agent framework. The startup has already onboarded 25+ enterprise clients across banking, payments, retail, and hospitality, delivering over 200% return on investment for early customers within six months of commercial operations.

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05 Feb 2026

Fundamental raises $255 million for AI model that tackles enterprise tabular data blind spot

DeepMind alumni launch Fundamental with $255 million in funding to solve a critical gap in AI: analyzing structured tabular data. The startup's Nexus model brings deep learning to enterprise spreadsheets, promising faster predictions than traditional machine learning algorithms. Fortune 100 companies have already signed seven-figure contracts.

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Bedrock Robotics raises $270M to deploy autonomous construction fleets across US projects

San Francisco-based Bedrock Robotics closed a $270 million Series B round led by CapitalG and Valor Atreides AI Fund, valuing the year-old startup at $1.75 billion. The AI startup for construction retrofits excavators and bulldozers with autonomous technology to address acute labor shortages, with the construction industry needing 800,000 workers over the next two years.

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