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04 Aug 2026

HappyRobot Raises $150M Series C to Deploy AI Agents Across Enterprise Operations at $1.2B Valuation

San Francisco-based HappyRobot closed a $150M Series C funding round led by Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, reaching a $1.2 billion valuation. The startup deploys AI agents to automate critical enterprise work across logistics, insurance, energy, and telecoms, with customers including DHL, Uber, and Kuehne + Nagel reporting significant operational gains.

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Obsidian Security Hits $1.1 Billion Valuation as AI Agents Reshape Enterprise Security Landscape

Obsidian Security raised $85 million in Series D funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming a unicorn as enterprises scramble to secure AI agents accessing sensitive data. With 65% of customers already granting agents access to business systems, the company addresses cybersecurity's next major attack surface through runtime governance of non-human identities.

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June Startup Secures $20M to Tackle AI Deployment Challenges in Enterprise Software

Former Salesforce executives launched June with $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures to automate AI deployment in enterprise software. The platform scans legacy systems, identifies bottlenecks, and builds optimized AI-powered processes, eliminating the need for forward-deployed engineers that companies like CMG previously relied on.

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Zenity Raises $125M to Secure AI Agents as Autonomous Systems Pose New Enterprise Risks

Israel-based cybersecurity startup Zenity has raised $125 million in Series C funding round led by Norwest, with backing from SoftBank, Hitachi, and LG. The company focuses on securing AI agents that take autonomous actions inside enterprise systems, rather than just monitoring AI models or prompts.

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03 Aug 2026

Horizon3 Triples Valuation to $2 Billion as AI Cybersecurity Threats Intensify

San Francisco-based Horizon3 raised $250 million in Series E funding at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its worth in 14 months. The cybersecurity startup's NodeZero platform runs autonomous penetration testing on live networks without disruption, addressing surging demand as AI-driven attacks accelerate and recent AI lab breaches raise containment concerns.

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James Dacombe's Olix AI Chip Startup Triples Valuation to $3.3bn in Six Months

James Dacombe's AI chip startup Olix raised $312mn from Fundomo, Arm, and Reed Hastings, tripling its valuation to $3.3bn in six months. The London-based firm bypasses supply chain bottlenecks with photonic interconnect technology, positioning itself as a specialized alternative to Nvidia in the booming AI infrastructure market.

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31 Jul 2026

Xsight Labs Raises $300M at $2.8B Valuation to Challenge Nvidia with Programmable Networking Chips

Israeli chipmaker Xsight Labs raised over $300 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, led by Fidelity, to expand its programmable networking chips that connect thousands of GPUs in AI data centers. The company's E1 processor and X2 switch already power SpaceX's Starlink V3 satellites and are being evaluated by Tier-1 hyperscalers as an open alternative to Nvidia's closed networking architecture.

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Smallest.ai Raises $13M Series A to Build Ultra-Fast Voice AI That Mimics Human Conversation

Smallest.ai secured $13 million in Series A funding led by Seligman Ventures to develop voice AI that sounds genuinely human. The startup unveiled Hydra, an asynchronous speech-to-speech model built on Voice 4.0 architecture, designed to eliminate latency and enable real-time conversational flows. Unlike traditional systems, Hydra processes listening, reasoning, and responding simultaneously rather than sequentially.

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30 Jul 2026

Nscale Acquires Anyscale for $1.65B to Control Full AI Compute Stack from Power to Software

British AI cloud provider Nscale is buying AI software startup Anyscale for $1.65 billion to expand beyond GPU rentals into workload management. The deal combines Nscale's ownership of power, data centers, and compute with Anyscale's Ray-based platform that optimizes AI workloads across thousands of chips, creating what the companies call the first full-stack AI hyperscaler.

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Simile AI startup raises $200M at $2B valuation to simulate consumers with digital twins

Simile, a year-old AI startup, secured $200 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation just five months after its $100 million Series A. The Palo Alto company creates AI agentic twins—synthetic users that simulate real consumers for market research. CVS Health, Deloitte, and Wealthfront are already using these AI-generated replicas to test products and predict consumer behavior.

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29 Jul 2026

Eliyan raises $145M at $1B valuation to tackle AI chip data bottlenecks in data centers

Silicon Valley startup Eliyan has raised $145 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation, backed by Cisco and Lumentum. The company develops electro-optical interconnects to solve a critical problem: AI chips can process data much faster than they can send or receive it, leaving expensive GPUs sitting idle 60-70% of the time.

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ChipAgents raises $60M to accelerate AI chip design, expands Nvidia partnership

ChipAgents has secured $60 million in Series A2 funding, bringing its total raised to $134 million in under a year. The startup, which uses autonomous AI agents to automate semiconductor design and verification, is expanding its collaboration with Nvidia to develop specialized AI models. The company reports 6x growth in annual recurring revenue and deployments at over 120 semiconductor companies.

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Moonshot AI Closes $3.5B Funding Round at $35B Valuation, Eyes $50B IPO After Kimi K3 Success

Moonshot AI secured $3.5 billion in funding at a $35 billion valuation, far exceeding its initial $1-2 billion target. The Beijing-based startup behind the Kimi K3 model is now pursuing additional funding at a $50 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned Hong Kong IPO later this year.

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Freehand Raises $75M to Deploy AI Agents That Automate Enterprise Supply Chain Spend

San Francisco-based Freehand has raised $75 million to scale its autonomous AI agents that manage complex supply chain spend for Fortune 500 companies including Meta, Unilever, and Pfizer. The startup's agents negotiate contracts, process invoices, and handle payments autonomously, recovering 5-10% of spend while shortening procure-to-pay cycles by over 70%.

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Cyera acquires Oasis Security for $1B to secure proliferating AI agents and non-human identities

Data security company Cyera signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion, mostly in cash. The deal brings together Cyera's data security capabilities with Oasis's non-human identity platform to create a unified security solution for AI agents. As AI agents proliferate across enterprises, the acquisition addresses growing demand for cybersecurity that monitors agent behavior and manages access permissions.

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