How VCs are pricing the AI wave: valuations, fund strategies and bubble debates.
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Healthcare automation startup Forus has raised $150 million in a Series C round at a $3 billion valuation. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, joined by Accel, Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, BoxGroup, and Pear VC.
Bloomberg Technology · 11d ago
Huxiu has launched the second edition of its Under-30 AI Leaders Top20 selection. The program seeks founders, co-founders, and chief AI scientists under 30 whose AI-native technologies show strong technical, product, commercial, and future-impact potential.
虎嗅 · 12d ago
Uber reportedly invested $100 million in Atoms, the new venture founded by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Atoms recently hired Anthony Levandowski, whose theft of Google’s self-driving technology previously caused major legal and financial damage to Uber.
The Next Web (TNW) · 13d ago
Robot data startup XDOF is reportedly in talks to raise a Series B at a $1.2 billion valuation, only three months after exiting stealth. The potential financing signals strong investor interest in data infrastructure for robotics and embodied AI.
TechCrunch AI · 14d ago
NVIDIA’s equity investment portfolio reached $99 billion by July 26, growing 14× year over year and 45× in two years. The company is investing heavily in AI infrastructure and frontier AI labs, including Intel, SpaceX, CoreWeave, and Coherent.
IT之家 · 15d ago
DeepSeek is reportedly pursuing two funding rounds at an estimated valuation of about RMB 500 billion, with the latest round targeting RMB 50 billion. The fundraising has triggered widespread speculation, fake allocation claims, alleged intermediaries, and questionable “old share” offers, while DeepSeek has not publicly confirmed the reported figures.
虎嗅 · 15d ago
Accel is reportedly in talks to lead a $1 billion funding round for AI startup Thinking Machines at a $40 billion valuation. The company’s annual revenue run rate is reportedly above $100 million.
TechCrunch AI · 16d ago
The listings of ChangXin Technology and Unitree Robotics highlight China’s effort to make domestic capital markets a core infrastructure for technology innovation. The shift combines local equity investment, public markets, government-backed funds, and M&A mechanisms to reduce dependence on overseas financing and pricing.
虎嗅 · 16d ago
Wonderful raised a $550 million Series C led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce and other major investors participating. The financing values the company at $5 billion, more than doubling its valuation in under six months.
TechCrunch AI · 17d ago
Madrona’s sixth annual Intelligent Applications 40 list features 45 private AI companies that have raised a combined $410 billion. Anthropic, OpenAI, and Databricks account for 92% of that funding, prompting Madrona to raise its early-stage inclusion thresholds.
GeekWire · 17d ago
Madrona managing director Matt McIlwain says a successful Anthropic IPO could encourage a new wave of AI companies to go public in 2027. The discussion also examines why OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks lead private AI fundraising.
Bloomberg Technology · 19d ago
A venture capital initiative is offering a 2 million yuan cash prize for its champion while investing 40 million yuan to build an AI startup hub. Instead of founders pitching door to door, the initiative aims to attract investors directly to the startup community.
量子位 · 19d ago
Andreessen Horowitz says it has raised $1.1 billion for its newest artificial intelligence infrastructure fund. The fundraising highlights continued investor interest in the computing and infrastructure layer supporting AI development.
Bloomberg Technology · 22d ago
Lingchu Intelligence has completed a new funding round worth more than $100 million. The article highlights the company’s rapid growth into a high-valued unicorn backed by a prominent Apple supply-chain investor.
钛媒体 · 22d ago
Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital has sharply expanded its assets and estimated personal wealth through investments in OpenAI, SpaceX, Cursor, and other high-value technology companies. A newly formed Thrive Holdings also raised $2 billion at a $12.5 billion valuation to acquire and AI-enable service businesses.
虎嗅 · 23d ago
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LangChain demonstrates a venture-capital research agent that produces a cited investment memo in about 90 seconds. The workflow combines the Perplexity Agent API, LangGraph, and LangSmith evaluations for auditable research at roughly $0.40 per memo.
LangChain Blog · 24d ago
中国儒意集中推出三款AI产品，首次尝试打通从内容生成到创作流程的完整链路。继战略投资爱诗科技后，中国儒意正式以“游戏系”玩家身份进入AI内容生成赛道。
钛媒体 · 16d ago
Askya is accepting applications for a six-week programme aimed at African AI startups. The initiative plans to provide at least one participating startup with a minimum investment commitment of $200,000, with the broader ambition of creating large-scale African technology companies.
TechCabal · 26d ago
The article profiles an investor who provided Wang Xingxing with his first RMB 2 million and is now serving as chairman of another aspiring embodied robotics company. It emphasizes continued support for high-potential embodied robotics entrepreneurs.
量子位 · 27d ago
Mayfield has invested more than $3 billion in AI companies, often before founders have built products or formally incorporated. Managing Partner Navin Chaddha explains the firm’s belief in AI as a potential “100x opportunity” and its decision to remain focused on early-stage investing.
Bloomberg Technology · 30d ago
GV is shifting greater attention toward AI application-layer companies after making strategic investments in infrastructure and chip startups. Managing partner Dave Munichiello also highlighted GV’s early investment in Modular and its subsequent acquisition by Qualcomm.
Bloomberg Technology · 32d ago
The US Department of Justice is investigating whether Andreessen Horowitz partners improperly serve on the boards of competing AI companies. Bloomberg reported that the investigation has been underway for nearly a year.
The Next Web (TNW) · 32d ago
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Andreessen Horowitz investment partners improperly serve on the boards of competing AI companies.
Bloomberg Technology · 33d ago
Thrive Capital’s first formal investor letter says one fund has grown to approximately $3.7 billion in value. The gains were driven overwhelmingly by early investments in OpenAI and SpaceX, highlighting how central AI has become to the firm’s strategy.
The Next Web (TNW) · 36d ago
Swedish legal-AI company Legora is reportedly seeking new funding at a valuation above $10 billion. If successful, the deal would roughly double its valuation only months after its previous raise.
The Next Web (TNW) · 37d ago
According to the Financial Times, Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to go public as early as October at a valuation of $2 trillion or more. That would make it larger than SpaceX and potentially the biggest IPO in history.
cnBeta (Full RSS) · 37d ago
Junyang Lin, who led Alibaba’s Qwen models, has launched Pragmatik Labs in Shanghai. The new lab is developing next-generation agents for both digital and physical environments, with investment from Gaorong Ventures, HSG, and the Shanghai government.
The Next Web (TNW) · 38d ago
AI researcher Lin Junyang has founded Pragmatik Labs, reportedly attracting investment interest from Sequoia Capital and Tencent. The company is reportedly valued at approximately $2 billion, although the article provides no details on its products, technology, or financing terms.
钛媒体 · 38d ago
Basel, Seattle, Chicago, London, and Beijing are emerging as specialized biotech centers, but none is simply replacing Boston. Their advantage comes from owning critical parts of the drug lifecycle, including AI-driven discovery, data infrastructure, talent circulation, and startup laboratory access.
虎嗅 · 38d ago
Accel has raised $3.5 billion in new funds for early-stage investments worldwide. The capital will target emerging startups, including companies developing AI technologies.
Bloomberg Technology · 38d ago