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04 Feb 2026

EnFi Secures $15 Million to Deploy Agentic AI for Credit Analysis at Regional Banks

Boston-based startup EnFi raised $15 million to deploy AI-powered credit analyst agents at regional and community banks struggling with chronic staffing shortages. The agentic AI technology handles credit analysis tasks, reviewing borrower leverage and collateral while flagging documentation inconsistencies, helping smaller institutions compete with national players.

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Cerebras Systems raises $1B at $23B valuation as Benchmark doubles down with $225M investment

AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems secured $1 billion in fresh capital at a $23 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth in just four months. The funding round, led by Tiger Global, included a massive $225 million commitment from early backer Benchmark Capital, which created special infrastructure funds specifically for the investment. The raise positions Cerebras to compete more aggressively with Nvidia following its recent $10 billion OpenAI partnership.

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Resolve AI Secures $125M Series A at Unicorn Valuation to Automate System Reliability Engineering

Resolve AI has raised $125 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The startup deploys AI agents to automate system reliability engineering, helping companies like Salesforce and Coinbase reduce incident investigation time by 72% and cut engineers required per incident by 30%.

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ElevenLabs raises $500M at $11 billion valuation, more than tripling value in one year

Voice AI company ElevenLabs has secured $500 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital, pushing its valuation to $11 billion—more than three times its $3.3 billion valuation from January 2025. The London-based startup closed 2025 with over $330 million in annual recurring revenue and plans to expand beyond voice into AI agents that can talk, type, and take action while pursuing an IPO.

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Positron raises $230M Series B to challenge Nvidia with energy-efficient AI chips at $1B valuation

Semiconductor startup Positron has raised $230 million in Series B funding at over $1 billion valuation to accelerate development of energy-efficient AI chips. Backed by Qatar Investment Authority and Arm Holdings, the Reno-based company claims its upcoming Asimov chip will deliver five times more tokens per watt than Nvidia's Rubin GPU while offering six times more memory capacity for inference workloads.

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Lotus Health AI raises $35M to scale free AI doctor service with board-certified oversight

Lotus Health AI announced $35 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered primary care model that provides free medical consultations 24/7. Founded by KJ Dhaliwal, the platform uses AI for diagnoses and prescriptions while board-certified physicians from Stanford, Harvard, and UCSF review all final decisions. The company claims its AI doctor service can see 10 times more patients than traditional practices.

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Orion Security raises $32 million from IBM to redefine data loss prevention with AI agents

Israeli startup Orion Security secured $32 million in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from IBM. The company replaces traditional policy-based data loss prevention with AI agents that use real-time contextual intelligence to detect and prevent data exfiltration, serving customers across finance, healthcare and technology sectors.

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03 Feb 2026

Overland AI Raises $100M to Scale Autonomous Ground Vehicles for US Military Operations

Seattle-based Overland AI secured $100 million in funding to accelerate production of autonomous ground vehicles for the US military. The defense tech startup is working with Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations units on missions ranging from resupply to dangerous breaching operations in minefields.

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Fractal Analytics sets IPO price band at Rs 857-900, becomes India's first pure-play AI listing

Fractal Analytics has set its IPO price band at Rs 857-900 per share, targeting a valuation of $1.6 billion as India's first pure-play AI company to list publicly. The Mumbai-based firm cut its issue size by 42% to Rs 2,834 crore and secured Rs 1,248 crore from anchor investors including SBI MF, ICICI Prudential, and Morgan Stanley. The offering opens February 9 amid a broader IT sector rout, positioning Fractal as a direct bet on enterprise AI rather than traditional outsourcing models.

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