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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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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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31 Jan 2026

Axera Semiconductor targets $379 million Hong Kong IPO to fuel AI chip development

Chinese AI chipmaker Axera Semiconductor is seeking to raise $379.2 million through a Hong Kong IPO, offering 104.9 million shares at HK$28.20 each. The company, backed by Tencent and Qiming Venture Partners, claims to be the largest provider of mid-to-high-end visual on-device AI inference chips globally. The move reflects a broader trend of Chinese semiconductor firms turning to Hong Kong for capital-intensive chip development.

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29 Jan 2026

Robco raises $100M Series C funding to dominate AI robotics manufacturing in US and Europe

German automation startup Robco secured $100M in Series C funding to accelerate its US expansion and advance its physical AI roadmap. The round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovation, values the company above $500M. Robco's self-learning robots are deployed across major manufacturers including BMW, targeting SME manufacturing automation.

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28 Jan 2026

AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman and tech leaders

Outtake, an AI security startup founded by ex-Palantir engineer Alex Dhillon, has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Iconiq. The cybersecurity startup uses autonomous artificial intelligence agents to detect and eliminate digital identity fraud, attracting investments from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, and other prominent tech executives. The company's annual recurring revenue has grown sixfold year-over-year.

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Factify Secures $73M Seed Round to Replace PDFs with Intelligent Documents for the AI Era

Tel Aviv-based Factify emerged from stealth with $73 million in seed funding to reimagine digital documents beyond static PDFs. The startup is building intelligent documents with built-in identity, access rules, and version history that can update themselves and serve as verifiable sources of truth for both humans and AI systems.

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Waabi raises $1 billion and partners with Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis on ride-hailing platform

Toronto-based autonomous vehicle startup Waabi has secured $1 billion in funding and formed a partnership with Uber to deploy at least 25,000 self-driving cars on the ride-hailing platform. The deal marks Waabi's first expansion beyond autonomous trucking, betting that its AI-centric technology can scale across multiple self-driving verticals where others have struggled.

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