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31 Mar 2026

Qodo raises $70M to verify AI-generated code as enterprises struggle with trust and quality

Qodo, a New York-based startup building AI agents for code review and governance, has raised $70 million in Series B funding led by Qumra Capital. As AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code monthly, the company addresses a critical bottleneck: verifying that AI-generated software works as intended. Major enterprises including NVIDIA and Walmart are already using Qodo's multi-agent system.

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30 Mar 2026

ScaleOps raises $130M to tackle computing efficiency crisis as AI infrastructure costs soar

ScaleOps has raised $130 million in Series C funding at an $800 million valuation to address the growing problem of wasted compute resources in AI infrastructure. The startup's platform autonomously manages Kubernetes infrastructure in real-time, reducing cloud and AI infrastructure costs by up to 80%. Led by Insight Partners, the round brings total funding to $210 million as the company reports 450% year-over-year growth.

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Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.34 billion valuation as AI chip startup eyes US expansion

South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions has secured $400 million in a pre-IPO funding round led by Mirae Asset Financial Group and Korea National Growth Fund, valuing the company at $2.34 billion. The company has raised $650 million in six months and launched RebelRack and RebelPOD infrastructure platforms while targeting Meta and xAI as US customers.

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Starcloud raises $170 million to build AI data centers in space, reaching unicorn status

Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation to build orbital data centers powered by solar energy. The startup already launched the first Nvidia H100 chip in space and demonstrated AI model training in orbit. But the business model depends on unproven technology and SpaceX's Starship rocket, which isn't flying commercially yet.

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28 Mar 2026

Physical Intelligence seeks to raise $1 billion, doubling valuation to $11 billion in four months

Physical Intelligence, a two-year-old robotics startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, is in discussions to raise approximately $1 billion in new funding at a valuation exceeding $11 billion. The deal would double the company's $5.6 billion valuation from just four months ago, with Founders Fund and Lightspeed Venture Partners among the investors as the AI robotics sector attracts growing capital.

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26 Mar 2026

Blossom Health raises $20 million to deploy AI copilot technology across psychiatry practices

New York-based telepsychiatry startup Blossom Health has secured $20 million in combined seed and Series A funding to scale its AI-powered platform that pairs psychiatrists with clinical copilots. The platform automates administrative burdens while assisting with symptom evaluation and diagnosis, addressing a critical workforce shortage affecting over 122 million Americans living in mental health professional shortage areas.

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Shield AI raises $2 billion at $12.7 billion valuation, acquires Aechelon Technology

Shield AI announced $2 billion in funding at a $12.7 billion valuation, more than doubling its value from a year ago. The defense technology company will use proceeds to acquire Aechelon Technology, a simulation software maker, as it projects over $540 million in revenue for 2026. The raise underscores surging investor interest in autonomous systems and AI-powered drones for military modernization.

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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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25 Mar 2026

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 confirms $11 billion valuation as Sequoia triples down on legal AI startup

Legal tech startup Harvey has raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation, marking a 3.5x jump in just over a year. The San Francisco-based company, backed by Sequoia and GIC, is deploying AI agents to automate complex legal workflows for over 100,000 lawyers across 1,300 organizations. The funding underscores growing investor appetite for specialized AI application companies beyond large model providers.

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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

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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