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17 Feb 2026

German Start-Up Sitegeist Raises €4M to Deploy AI Robots for Concrete Renovation

Munich-based Sitegeist has secured €4m in pre-seed funding to deploy AI-enabled robots that automate concrete renovation. The German start-up's modular robots can remove deteriorated concrete up to ten times faster than manual labor, addressing Europe's infrastructure backlog and labor shortages across bridges, tunnels and public buildings.

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16 Feb 2026

Blackstone backs Neysa with $1.2B as India scales AI infrastructure to meet surging demand

Blackstone leads a $1.2 billion investment in Neysa, India's AI infrastructure startup, securing a majority stake as the country pushes to expand GPU capacity. The Mumbai-based company plans to scale from 1,200 to over 20,000 GPUs, targeting enterprises and government clients. India currently has fewer than 60,000 GPUs deployed but expects to reach over 2 million in coming years.

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13 Feb 2026

Cohere beats $240M revenue target with 50% growth, setting stage for IPO against OpenAI

Canadian AI startup Cohere hit $240 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, exceeding its $200 million target with over 50% quarter-over-quarter growth. The enterprise-focused company now eyes a public market debut, potentially competing with OpenAI and Anthropic for investor attention in what could be a crowded AI IPO market.

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Didero Raises $30M to Automate Manufacturing Procurement with Agentic AI Agents

Didero, a startup deploying AI agents to automate procurement workflows, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Chemistry VC and Headline. The platform integrates with ERP systems to handle supplier communications, order tracking, and payment processes, targeting manufacturers and distributors managing complex global supply chains.

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12 Feb 2026

Modal Labs pursues $2.5B valuation as AI inference infrastructure attracts investor interest

Modal Labs is negotiating a funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation with General Catalyst reportedly leading, more than doubling its $1.1 billion valuation from just five months ago. The startup's $50 million annual revenue run rate reflects surging demand for AI inference infrastructure as enterprises prioritize efficiency over training.

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Meridian raises $17 million to build auditable AI agents for financial modeling

Meridian emerges from stealth with $17 million in seed funding to tackle AI-powered financial modeling. The startup takes a standalone IDE approach rather than integrating into Excel, aiming to make AI agents more auditable and deterministic for regulated financial institutions. The company secured $5 million in contracts in December alone.

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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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