this week & just before

3 rounds landed in the seven days to Sep 12, 2026 ($3.9B), shown here with the raises just before them — 4 in all, back to September 3, 2026. The full 58-round table is below.

Mistral AI €3B (~$3.5B)

Series D · at €21B+ · September 8, 2026 · Samsung Electronics (lead); Scaleup Europe Fund / EQT, PSG Equity (co-leads); Advent, BlackRock funds, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (new); a16z, ASML, DST Global, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures (existing)

Paris-based Mistral AI raised a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics, valuing the company at more than €21 billion, which Mistral says is the largest all-equity round any European technology company has closed. The round nearly doubles Mistral's… full story ↗

Pixxel $100M

Series C · September 7, 2026 · Temasek, Seraphim Space (co-lead); 360 ONE Asset, IMM Investment (new); Radical Ventures, growX ventures (existing)

Bangalore-based Pixxel raised a $100 million Series C co-led by Temasek and Seraphim Space, India's largest-ever funding round for a space technology company and bringing Pixxel's total funding to $195 million. The company is expanding beyond its… full story ↗

Gimlet Labs $300M

Series B · at $3B · September 5, 2026 · Andreessen Horowitz (lead); Arm, M12 (Microsoft) (new); Sapphire Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Factory (existing)

San Francisco-based Gimlet Labs raised a $300 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the AI infrastructure startup at $3 billion just six months after its $80 million Series A. Gimlet builds what it calls the industry's first multi-silicon… full story ↗

Crusoe $3B+

Growth (unnamed round) · at $30B · September 3, 2026 · Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners (co-lead); Mubadala Capital

Crusoe, which began in 2018 as a crypto-mining operation powered by flared natural gas before pivoting entirely to hyperscale AI data centers, raised over $3 billion at a roughly $30 billion valuation, tripling its worth from the $10 billion mark it set just… full story ↗

the rounds

#CompanyRaisedRoundValuationInvestorsSectorDateStory
1 PrometheusThe AI venture co-founded by Jeff Bezos closed a $12B Series B co-led by JPMorgan Chase… $12B Series B $41B JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock (co-lead) Applied AI (engineering & manufacturing) July 2026 story
2 DeepSeekDeepSeek is closing a second external round, roughly 50 billion yuan ($7.4B), at a… $7.4B Pre-IPO round ~$74B (pre-money, targeted) Tencent, JD.com, CATL (reported 5-year lock-up, zero voting rights); China's National AI fund (voting rights, no lock-up) Frontier AI models late August 2026 story
3 DeepSeekDeepSeek completed its first ever external funding round in June 2026 at roughly $7… $7B First external round Tencent, CATL, National AI Industry Investment Fund, NetEase, JD.com Frontier AI models June 2026 story
4 AnthropicAMD committed to a strategic equity investment of up to $5 billion in Anthropic… Up to $5B Strategic equity investment AMD Frontier AI models July 22, 2026 story
5 Safe SuperintelligenceNvidia committed a reported ~$5 billion to Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence on… ~$5B Nvidia Frontier AI research Jul 27, 2026 story
6 Mistral AIParis-based Mistral AI raised a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics, valuing… €3B (~$3.5B) Series D €21B+ Samsung Electronics (lead); Scaleup Europe Fund / EQT, PSG Equity (co-leads); Advent, BlackRock funds, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (new); a16z, ASML, DST Global, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures (existing) Sovereign AI / open-weight foundation models September 8, 2026 story
7 CrusoeCrusoe, which began in 2018 as a crypto-mining operation powered by flared natural gas… $3B+ Growth (unnamed round) $30B Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners (co-lead); Mubadala Capital AI infrastructure / cloud data centers September 3, 2026 story
8 Thrive HoldingsThrive Holdings is the permanent-capital vehicle Thrive Capital spun out in April 2025… $2B $12B SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital; OpenAI holds an equity stake taken in December 2025 AI roll-ups / professional services August 12, 2026 story
9 HelsingHelsing, the German defense-technology company, raised a $1.8B Series E at an $18B… $1.8B Series E $18B Defense AI / autonomous drones July 14, 2026 story
10 JoulentEnergy infrastructure for AI data centers $1.75B Strategic minority (35% stake) $5B post-money National Grid Ventures; Engine No. 1-backed AI power & data centers Jul 1, 2026 story
11 AtomsTravis Kalanick raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, a physical-AI company assembled by… $1.7B Equity round Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel, Alpha Square Group Physical AI / industrial robotics July 22, 2026 story
12 Fireworks AIFireworks AI, the inference and fine-tuning platform founded by former Meta PyTorch… $1.505B Series D $17.5B Atreides Management, Index Ventures, TCV (co-leads); NVIDIA, Lightspeed, Bessemer, Insight Partners, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan AI inference & fine-tuning platform July 16, 2026 story
13 Shield AIMaker of the Hivemind autonomy software that flies aircraft and drones in GPS- and… $1.5B Series G $12.7B Defense autonomy July 2026 story
14 BasetenServing AI models fast and cheaply as a platform $1.5B Series F up to $13B Led by Altimeter, Conviction, Spark Capital; IVP, Greylock, Battery participating AI inference Jun 22, 2026 story
15 HadrianHadrian, founded by Chris Power, builds highly automated factories that produce… $1.37B Series D $7.87B post-money WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures and Baillie Gifford (co-leads), with JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group anchoring via its Security and Resiliency Initiative; participants include 1789 Capital, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Apollo funds, T. Rowe Price accounts, CapitalG, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Altimeter and Construct Capital Defense manufacturing / automated factories August 6, 2026 story
16 Quantum SystemsAutonomous reconnaissance drones (Munich) $1.2B Series D $8B Co-led by Blackstone, Airbus, Advent Defense tech Jul 2, 2026 story
17 SambaNova SystemsPalo Alto AI-chip maker closed the first tranche of a $1B Series F led by General… $1B Series F $11B General Atlantic (lead) AI chips (inference) July 2026 story
18 KalshiRegulated prediction-market exchange $1B Series F $22B Led by Coatue Prediction markets Jul 3, 2026 story
19 XPeng DogotixDogotix, XPeng's humanoid robotics subsidiary, closed its first external funding round… $900M+ $6.3B+ IDG Capital (lead); Gaorong Ventures (co-investor); Tencent and Alibaba (strategic); XPeng itself ($200M) and top XPeng executives ($100M) also contributed Humanoid robotics / embodied AI August 24, 2026 story
20 Together AITraining + serving infrastructure for open-source models $800M Series C $8.3B post-money Led by Aramco Ventures Open-model AI cloud Jul 1, 2026 story
21 RampSpend management with real revenue and operating leverage $750M Series F $44B Led by Iconiq, GIC, Ontario Teachers' Fintech Jun 4, 2026 story
22 Neko HealthOwn-built full-body scanning hardware and clinics (Daniel Ek); funds US launch $700M Series C ~$7B Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, co-led by O.G. Venture Partners; Atomico, General Catalyst, Lakestar returning; Liberty City Ventures, Positive Sum, BDT & MSD new Preventive health Jul 15, 2026 story
23 Recursive SuperintelligenceRecursive Superintelligence, founded by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard… $650M GV (Alphabet), Nvidia, AMD Frontier AI / self-improving systems May 2026 story
24 WonderfulAmsterdam-based Wonderful raised a $550 million Series C led by Insight Partners, with… $550M Series C $5B Insight Partners (lead); Salesforce Enterprise AI orchestration / AI operating system September 2, 2026 story
25 SupabaseOpen-source backend powering the AI app boom $500M Series F $10.5B post-money Led by GIC; Accel, Coatue, Felicis, Stripe, Salesforce Ventures participating Developer tools Jun 4, 2026 story
26 Impulse SpaceIn-space propulsion and orbital transfer vehicles $500M Series D Led by 137 Ventures and Banner VC Space early June 2026 story
27 Proxima FusionMunich stellarator-fusion startup; one of Europe's largest Series A rounds, taking… €411M Series A XTX Ventures, Google, RWE Deep tech / fusion energy July 2026 story
28 HelionChasing the first commercial fusion power plant $465M Series G $15.5B post-money Led by Thrive Capital Fusion energy Jun 30, 2026 story
29 LovableLovable, founded in 2023 by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin and launched in November 2024… $400M Series C $13.3B Menlo Ventures (lead) and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund (co-lead); new investors Balderton Capital, Carmignac, Kaszek Ventures, LTS Growth, Tencent, World Innovation Lab and Regent; returning investors Accel, Antler, CapitalG, DST Global, Evantic Capital, HubSpot Ventures and Salesforce Ventures AI app builders / vibe coding August 12, 2026 story
30 General ComputeGeneral Compute, an AI inference cloud founded in 2025, borrowed $400M from Upper90 in… $400M Debt facility (chip-secured) Upper90 (sole lender) AI inference cloud July 17, 2026 story
31 General IntuitionWorld models trained on action-labeled gameplay video $320M Series A $2.3B Led by Khosla Ventures; Jeff Bezos among backers AI world models Jul 1, 2026 story
32 Gimlet LabsSan Francisco-based Gimlet Labs raised a $300 million Series B led by Andreessen… $300M Series B $3B Andreessen Horowitz (lead); Arm, M12 (Microsoft) (new); Sapphire Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Factory (existing) AI infrastructure / multi-silicon inference orchestration September 5, 2026 story
33 EtchedEtched, founded in 2022 by three Harvard dropouts, raised a $300M Series C led by… $300M Series C $10.3B Sequoia Capital (lead), SK Hynix AI inference chips July 23, 2026 story
34 StarcloudStarcloud, founded in 2024 and based in Redmond, Washington, builds data centers that… $250M Series A extension $2.3B Manhattan West (lead); new investors NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital and Standard Capital; returning investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX and 776 Orbital data centers / AI infrastructure August 21, 2026 story
35 FelixFelix (Felix Pago), the Miami-based, AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino… $200M Series C Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst (co-leads); QED Investors, Castle Island Ventures, Switch Ventures, Contour Venture Partners and Endeavor Catalyst (equity); General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (debt facility) Fintech / AI-driven remittances September 1, 2026 story
36 MercuryBanking platform for startups and small businesses; sits on partner banks and sells the… $200M Series D $5.2B Fintech / startup banking July 2026 story
37 Upscale AIUpscale AI, a Santa Clara startup building the switching and interconnect fabric that… $190M Series A extension $2B Premji Invest (lead) AI data-center networking infrastructure July 2026 story
38 Tripo AITripo AI, which builds generative 3D technology that turns text prompts and images into… ~$147M Series A extension 4399.com (among backers) Generative 3D & world models early July 2026 story
39 AlpacaAlpaca raised $135M in equity led by Peak XV, with major participation from Elefund and… $135M Peak XV (lead); Elefund, Opera Tech Ventures (BNP Paribas), Unbound Brokerage infrastructure / tokenized equities July 16, 2026 story
40 8090 Solutions8090 Solutions, the Chamath Palihapitiya-led startup that builds custom enterprise… $135M Salesforce (lead) Agentic enterprise software (AI-built apps) July 2026 story
41 Prime IntellectDecentralized training that coordinates GPUs across many locations to train large… $130M Series A Radical Ventures AI infrastructure / decentralized training July 2026 story
42 Norm AIEmbeds law into AI agents and, via affiliated AI-native firm Norm Law, sells legal… $120M Series C $1.2B Khosla Ventures (lead), Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Coatue Legal AI / agentic compliance July 2026 story
43 Velaura AIVelaura AI, the chip startup formerly known as Auradine, closed a $110 million Series A… $110M Series A $1B+ Seligman Ventures (lead); new investors Capricorn Investment Group and Prosperity7 Ventures; existing investors Mayfield, Maverick Silicon, MARA, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and StepStone Group AI chip power efficiency / silicon IP August 18, 2026 story
44 TaktileDecision platform automating credit, risk and fraud calls for banks and fintechs $110M Series C Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives Fintech / risk decisioning early July 2026 story
45 PixxelBangalore-based Pixxel raised a $100 million Series C co-led by Temasek and Seraphim… $100M Series C Temasek, Seraphim Space (co-lead); 360 ONE Asset, IMM Investment (new); Radical Ventures, growX ventures (existing) Space tech / hyperspectral Earth observation September 7, 2026 story
46 RunPodOn-demand, per-second GPU cloud for AI training and inference, aimed at developers… $100M Series A Summit Partners AI infrastructure / GPU cloud late June 2026 story
47 Twelve LabsAI trained natively on video — search, summarize, reason over footage $100M Series B $1B+ Co-led by NEA, NAVER Ventures; Amazon participating Video AI Jul 4, 2026 story
48 ZerothHumanoid robotics startup Zeroth raised roughly $73.6M in a Series A led by Ant Group… $73.6M Series A Ant Group (lead) Humanoid robotics (physical AI) July 2026 story
49 SenraSenra, a wire-harness startup founded in 2023 by former SpaceX engineer Jordan Black… $65M Series B Lowercarbon, Interlagos (co-leads); General Catalyst, Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund Defense manufacturing / wire harnesses July 15, 2026 story
50 VeniceTwo-year-old Sheridan, Wyoming startup offering private, surveillance-free access to a… $65M Series A $1B Dragonfly (lead) Private AI July 2026 story
51 OllamaOpen-source tool that runs open-weight LLMs locally with a single command; the round… $65M Series B Theory Ventures (lead) AI infrastructure / local model runner July 2026 story
52 AIR SecurityAIR Security, a six-month-old Israeli startup founded in February 2026 by Yair Saban… $50M Seed (two rounds, same day) Sequoia Capital ($10M, first close) and Greenoaks Capital ($40M, second close); Swish Ventures, Netz, and angels including Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica, Eon co-founder Ofir Ehrlich, Cognition president Zach Frankel, Clay co-founder Varun Anand, and Anne Neuberger AI agent security / enterprise cybersecurity September 1, 2026 story
53 PoeticPoetic raised a $50M Series A at a reported $500M valuation to build a new class of… $50M Series A $500M AI infrastructure (adaptive software runtime) July 2026 story
54 GuardioTel Aviv-based Guardio raised $40 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, backed… $40M Growth (unnamed round) $1.1B Assaf Rappaport (Wiz co-founder/CEO); ION Crossover Partners, Union Tech Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Cerca Partners, Emerge Ventures Consumer cybersecurity / AI-scam defense September 3, 2026 story
55 Bespoke LabsBuilds simulated environments where AI agents are tested and evaluated before… $40M Series A Wing VC, Mayfield, The House Fund AI agent infrastructure / evaluation July 2026 story
56 Oxmiq LabsLicensable architecture fusing GPU, CPU and TPU (Raja Koduri) $35M Series A Co-led by Fundomo, Samsung Catalyst Fund; MediaTek, Intel Capital participating AI chips Jul 2, 2026 story
57 LinqAlphaLinqAlpha raised $22M in a Series A to build agentic AI for market intelligence… $22M Series A Agentic AI (market intelligence) July 2026 story
58 NetrisNetris, a Santa Clara networking company founded in 2018, raised a $15M Series A led by… $15M Series A Andreessen Horowitz (lead, Guido Appenzeller) AI infrastructure / networking automation June 25, 2026 story

where the money is going

Across the $69.78B we've tracked, the concentration is unmistakable: Frontier AI models ($19.4B), Applied AI (engineering & manufacturing) ($12B), Frontier AI research ($5B) lead the board. Investors are buying the shovels — power, inference and silicon — rather than the gold rush on top.

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