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Deccan AI raises $25 million to build high-accuracy AI systems for enterprises and frontier labs

Deccan AI has secured $25 million in Series A funding led by A91 Partners to expand its AI model evaluation and enterprise automation services. The startup, founded in October 2024, leverages a network of over 1 million contributors primarily based in India to provide post-training data and evaluation work for frontier AI labs including Google DeepMind and Snowflake.

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Normal Computing raises $50M to solve the AI energy crisis with thermodynamic chip technology

Normal Computing secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Samsung Catalyst to address the escalating cost and power consumption of AI chips. The startup is developing thermodynamic computing technology and an EDA platform already used by half of the world's top semiconductor companies. CEO Faris Sbahi warns data centers will hit an energy wall by 2030.

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Yesterday

Granola raises $125M at $1.5B valuation, expanding from AI notetaker to enterprise AI platform

Granola, the AI-powered meeting application that records conversations without visible bots, secured $125 million in Series C funding led by Index Ventures, reaching a $1.5 billion valuation. The London-based startup is expanding beyond meeting transcription to become an enterprise AI context layer, introducing Team Spaces, new APIs, and planning agentic AI features within the next year.

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Harvey secures $11 billion valuation as Sequoia triples down on legal AI with $200 million raise

Legal AI startup Harvey has raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation, marking a 3.5x jump in just over a year. Co-led by Sequoia and GIC, the funding will expand Harvey's AI agents that automate complex legal workflows. With total funding exceeding $1 billion, Harvey serves over 100,000 lawyers and demonstrates how specialized AI applications can capture significant value beyond model companies like OpenAI.

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Origin raises $30M to solve the $750M blind spot in corporate benefits spending with AI

London-based Origin has raised $30 million in Series A+ funding to expand its AI platform that transforms fragmented employee benefits data into actionable intelligence. Founded by the team behind Darwin, the startup helps multinational companies gain visibility into their second-largest cost after headcount, with one client expecting to save $75 million annually using the platform.

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24 Mar 2026

Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5 billion to bet big on AI startups across healthcare and autonomy

Kleiner Perkins has raised $3.5 billion across new AI-focused funds, marking a significant increase from its $2 billion raise in 2024. The venture capital firm will allocate $1 billion to early-stage companies and $2.5 billion to growth-stage investments, targeting AI startups in software, healthcare, transportation, and autonomy. With portfolio companies including Anthropic, Harvey, and Applied Intuition, Kleiner Perkins now manages just over $21 billion in assets.

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Delve halts demos as compliance allegations trigger investor retreat and fraud scrutiny

Y Combinator-backed Delve, valued at $300 million, faces serious fraud accusations after a whistleblower claimed the AI compliance startup fabricated certifications. The company has disabled demo bookings while investor Insight Partners scrubbed its $32 million investment announcement, signaling potential damage control as the scandal unfolds.

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23 Mar 2026

Dash0 Secures $110M at Unicorn Valuation to Deploy AI Agents That Fix Production Issues

Dash0 has raised $110 million at a $1 billion valuation to accelerate development of Agent0, its AI-powered layer that autonomously resolves production issues rather than just detecting them. The observability platform has grown to 600 paying customers in under two years and is targeting aggressive US market expansion while challenging established players like Datadog with simplified pricing and OpenTelemetry-native architecture.

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Interloom Raised $16.5M to Tackle AI Agents' Tacit Knowledge Problem with Context Graph

Munich startup Interloom raised $16.5 million in venture capital funding led by DN Capital to solve a critical challenge facing AI agents: capturing the 70% of operational decisions never formally documented. The company builds a Context Graph that maps how expert workers actually resolve problems, turning institutional knowledge into actionable intelligence for enterprise automation.

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Air Street Capital raises $232M fund, becomes Europe's largest solo VC backing AI startups

London-based Air Street Capital has closed a $232 million Fund III, making it Europe's largest solo general partner venture capital fund. Founded by Nathan Benaich, the firm focuses exclusively on AI investment and has backed unicorns like Black Forest Labs, ElevenLabs, and Synthesia. The raise signals a structural shift in the technology funding landscape as specialist AI investors challenge multibillion-dollar firms.

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20 Mar 2026

Unitree Robotics seeks $610M in Shanghai IPO as humanoid robots capture 32% global market share

Chinese startup Unitree Robotics filed for a $610 million IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, marking one of China's biggest onshore tech listings in years. The company shipped over 5,500 humanoid robots last year, capturing 32.4% of the global humanoid market, while its operating income surged 335% year-on-year to reach 1.708 billion yuan in 2025.

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Autoscience raises $14 million to build AI models using AI, signaling automation of research itself

Autoscience has emerged with $14 million in seed funding to develop an autonomous AI research lab where nonhuman AI scientists create specialized machine learning models. The startup's AI agent Carl already produced a peer-reviewed research paper with minimal human involvement, accepted to ICLR 2025. This development suggests AI research itself may soon be automated, potentially disrupting even AI engineers' roles.

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Oasis Security raises $120 million to tackle security risks from AI agents and machine identities

Oasis Security raised $120 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, Accel, and Cyberstarts participating. The cybersecurity startup helps Fortune 500 companies manage security risks from non-human identities like AI agents and bots that have access to enterprise systems. CEO Danny Brickman says financial firms are adopting agentic AI faster than expected, creating new pressures for security officers.

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19 Mar 2026

AI Security Startup Xbow Hits $1 Billion Valuation After $120M Funding Round

Xbow, an AI security startup that automates penetration testing, has raised $120 million in Series C funding at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Led by DFJ Growth and Northzone, the investment signals strong investor confidence in using AI to combat cybersecurity threats as malicious actors increasingly leverage the same technology to scale attacks.

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RunSybil raises $40M to automate penetration testing with AI agents that hack like humans

RunSybil, an AI cybersecurity startup founded by OpenAI's first security hire, has raised $40 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures. The company's AI agent continuously tests live applications by probing systems like a hacker would, finding software vulnerabilities that traditional security tools miss. This approach aims to transform security testing from a scheduled event into a permanent capability embedded in how companies build software.

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