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Mistral AI has raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round led by Samsung, aiming to scale compute capacity and pursue sovereign AI strategies to reduce dependency on US technology.
Thinking Machines, an AI lab founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation, with Accel reportedly leading the funding round.
Israeli-Dutch AI startup Wonderful has raised $550 million in a Series C funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $5 billion in under six months, and plans to scale its AI OS platform and engineering teams.
Cognition, an AI startup, is set to raise around $1 billion in funding at a $47 billion valuation, with annualized revenue exceeding $900 million.
Stability AI, the company behind the Stable Diffusion image generation model, has raised $76 million in Series B funding from investors including major entertainment and gaming companies to expand its AI creative tools.
An ex-DeepMind scientist, Pete Florence, demonstrated that intelligence is more critical than hardware in robotics by using a simple clamp and camera, which contributed to a $200M funding round for his company Generalist.
Starcloud has raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to expand AI compute capacity in orbit, with investors including NVIDIA and Cisco.
Etched has shipped its first rack to Jane Street after raising $700M at a $21B valuation from major investors including Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, A16Z, Peter Thiel, BCV, and Blackstone.
Groq raises $350M to pivot from AI chip manufacturing to neocloud services, providing GPU-based AI infrastructure, with Nvidia's involvement valuing the company at $3.5 billion.
Swedish startup Fika Jobs raises $4M pre-seed to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates, creating TikTok-like profiles to showcase personality and communication skills beyond resumes.
Anthropic's revenue is projected to more than double to $10.9 billion in Q2, potentially marking its first profitable quarter, though full-year profitability remains uncertain due to increased compute spending.
Loop, a logistics AI company, raised a $95M Series C, signaling a shift in supply chain AI investment away from copilots and toward autonomous execution in high-frequency workflows like freight audit and replenishment.
Tencent tried to subscribe to 20% of DeepSeek at a $50 billion valuation but was rejected, ultimately securing only 2% shares, with DeepSeek demanding Tencent bind to its ecosystem, reflecting DeepSeek's strong position in AI investment.