Mega-rounds, seed checks and everything between — follow the money flowing into AI startups.
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Chinese AI developer Z.ai raised its year-end annual recurring revenue target by 25% to $3 billion. The company said a new $5 billion cash reserve has temporarily eased computing-capacity bottlenecks.
SCMP Technology · 2d ago
Hello’s Robotaxi business raised approximately $100 million in a financing round led by Shanghai Guotou Venture Capital. The funding values the business at nearly $3 billion post-money and will support continued development.
TechNode · 2d ago
Z.ai, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese model developer also known as Zhipu, raised approximately $5 billion. The financing combines about $2 billion in new shares with $3 billion in zero-interest convertible bonds.
The Next Web (TNW) · 5d ago
Eagle Cloud raised nearly RMB 100 million in a Series B+ round led by MTR Lab and Northern Light Venture Capital. The company plans to expand enterprise security governance infrastructure for AI agents.
TechNode · 5d ago
LimX Dynamics has raised $200 million in a Pre-IPO round to scale its humanoid robot deployment and advance its embodied AI technology. The company focuses on a three-layer architecture including foundation models for motion, VLA capabilities, and a specialized OS for embodied agents.
36氪 · 67d ago
London-based AI startup geoSurge has raised $12 million in seed funding to help brands manage their presence in generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Gemini. The round was backed by major investors including AlbionVC and angel investors from Google DeepMind and Microsoft AI.
36氪 · 75d ago
Nvidia is introducing a revenue-sharing and credit-support model for AI cloud providers to lower the barrier to entry for startups. This allows companies that cannot afford upfront GPU costs to access high-end compute resources.
The Next Web (TNW) · 79d ago
Moonshot AI's Kimi has reached a pre-money valuation of $31.5 billion in its latest funding round. The company reported an ARR of over $300 million, driven largely by API usage and developer adoption.
36氪 · 81d ago
Mirendil, a startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, has raised $200 million at a $1 billion valuation. The company aims to commercialize self-improving AI technologies previously kept internal by major labs.
The Next Web (TNW) · 82d ago
DeepSeek has abandoned its non-commercial stance, securing $7 billion in funding to fuel massive hiring and expansion. The company is launching 'Harness AI', a coding agent designed to compete directly with Anthropic's Claude Code.
Pandaily · 84d ago
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek secured approximately 51 billion yuan in a Series A round, valuing the company at 400 billion yuan. Tencent led the round, with strategic participation from CATL.
Pandaily · 91d ago
Kuaishou Technology is in talks with General Atlantic to lead a funding round for its video AI unit, Kling AI. The move aims to secure a US backer before a potential IPO.
Bloomberg Technology · 94d ago
Prometheus, an AI company backed by Jeff Bezos, has secured $12 billion in Series B funding. The company aims to develop 'Artificial General Engineers' to automate complex technical problem-solving.
钛媒体 · 99d ago
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, signaling a major shift as the company seeks capital to compete with other tech giants. This move highlights the intense financial race currently defining the AI industry.
Bloomberg Technology · 101d ago
Robotics startup Generalist AI has reached a $2 billion valuation after securing $400 million in a funding round led by Radical Ventures.
Bloomberg Technology · 107d ago
Alphabet has completed the largest equity offering in history, raising $85 billion to fuel its AI ambitions. This record-breaking capital injection highlights massive investor confidence in the future of AI infrastructure.
The Next Web (TNW) · 107d ago
DeepSeek is finalizing a $7.4 billion funding round, including support from Tencent. This capital is intended to scale their AI capabilities to compete with major US-based models.
Bloomberg Technology · 108d ago
Cognition AI Inc. has secured over $1 billion in a new funding round, reaching a $26 billion valuation.
Bloomberg Technology · 114d ago
AI coding startup Cognition AI has raised $2 billion in a new funding round. The investment values the company at $48 billion.
Bloomberg Technology · 10d ago
Physical AI company DeepCtrls has completed a B+ financing round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. CATL and Saudi Aramco are among the strategic investors supporting its computing and energy infrastructure ambitions.
量子位 · 11d ago
AI 3D创业公司 VAST据报道半年累计融资57亿元，并完成30亿元B轮及B+轮融资。公司创始团队曾任职于商汤和MiniMax，显示其获得了较高的资本关注。
钛媒体 · 16d ago
Sunrise, spun out of SenseTime’s chip business, reportedly raised RMB2 billion ($280 million) at a post-money valuation of about RMB20 billion. The company is developing chips focused on AI inference, and the financing would nearly double its valuation from the previous round.
TechNode · 19d ago
AI infrastructure company TokenRhythm announced a new funding round worth tens of millions of dollars. The company is also launching a China-focused platform modeled after OpenRouter.
量子位 · 23d ago
South Korean AI services platform Wrtn Technologies has raised funding at a valuation of 1.2 trillion won, equivalent to about $870 million. The capital will support the company’s international expansion.
Bloomberg Technology · 24d ago
Stability AI, the company behind the image generator Stable Diffusion, has raised $76 million in fresh funding. The latest round brings the company’s total fundraising to $232 million.
TechCrunch AI · 24d ago
Accel-backed Keenable is exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round. The company has been building a large web search index designed specifically for AI agents.
TechCrunch AI · 25d ago
維泛智能完成超過人民幣 1 億元的種子+輪融資，推進機器人端側算力晶片進入產品化階段。公司專注於融合機器人「大腦」與「小腦」的類腦晶片研發。
钛媒体 · 26d ago
Xpeng’s robot unit plans to raise $900 million from investors including Alibaba and Tencent. The financing would support the automaker’s expansion into humanoid robots.
Bloomberg Technology · 26d ago
Kuaishou’s Kling AI raised nearly $3 billion at a post-money valuation of $18 billion, with Kuaishou’s stake falling to 68.33% and a potential Hong Kong IPO targeted by 2031. Despite strong revenue growth, Kling faces slowing momentum, talent departures, and intense competition from ByteDance’s Seedance and open-source video models.
虎嗅 · 30d ago
Etched says its valuation has doubled to $21 billion within a month. Jane Street installed the startup’s first shipped AI cluster system, and its strong reaction helped drive another major funding round.
TechCrunch AI · 31d ago