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PowerLattice , the company reimagining power delivery for next-generation AI accelerators, led by Dr. Peng Zou, Gang Ren, and Sujith Dermal, has announced its emergence from stealth with $25 million in Series A funding jointly led by Playground Global  and Celesta Capital . The company’s power-delivery chiplet tightly couples power and compute, cutting total power needs by over 50% and effectively doubling performance. PowerLattice has raised $31 million to date. AI accelerat

Luminal , compiling AI models to give you the fastest, highest throughput inference cloud in the world, led by Joe Fioti, Matthew Gunton, and Jake Stevens, has secured  a $5.3 million seed round led by Felicis Ventures , with incredible angels like Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, and many more. Compute demand is soaring, and chips are advancing faster than ever. But software isn’t keeping pace, leaving large portions of modern accelerators underutilized. Reaching peak performan

Sakana AI , building a world-class AI research lab in Tokyo, led by David Ha, Llion Jones, and Ren Ito, has raised 20 Billion Yen (135 million US Dollars) from new and existing investors, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group  (MUFG), Khosla Ventures , Factorial, Macquarie Capital , Fundomo , Mouro Capital , New Enterprise Associates , Geodesic Capital , Lux Capital , Ora Global , MPower Partners , Shikoku Electric Power , and In-Q-Tel (IQT) . Record levels of capital are

Runlayer , making enterprise AI secure, compliant, and fully connected, led by Andy Berman, Tal Peretz, and Vitor Balocco, has secured  $11 million seed round from Khosla Ventures  and Felicis . Teams are increasingly wiring their preferred AI tools directly into production databases via MCP, just like thousands of others. But with more than 18,000 MCP servers in the wild, an estimated 10% are outright malicious, and most of the rest remain exploitable. Enterprises face a dan

AirOps , the only platform that takes you from insights to action to increase your brand's visibility in AI search, led by Alex Halliday  and Matt Hammel , has secured  $40 million in Series B funding led by Mike Duboe at Greylock . Information discovery has changed more in the past year than in the previous three decades, as billions now get direct answers from AI instead of clicking through search results. This shift is upending how brands are found and rendering traditiona

Forterra , defining the next domain of operations creating an ecosystem where intelligent systems coordinate and prevail across the battlefield, led by Josh Araujo, Joseph Putney, Scott Sanders, Colin Chisholm, Taylor Smith Baisey, and Alberto Lacaze, has announced  a $238 million Series C comprised of both equity and debt led by Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from new investors Salesforce Ventures , Franklin Templeton , Balyasny Asset Management , 645 Ventures ,

Netic , the complete AI-growth engine for service enterprises, led by Melisa Tokmak, has secured $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Founders Fund , valuing the company at $450 million. Its seed round was led by Greylock Partners with Founders Fund participating, and its Series A was led by Founders Fund with participation from Greylock , Hanabi Capital , Day One Ventures , SV Angel , and several angel investors. Netic is equipping regional businesses, home service

Parallel Web Systems , building the web infrastructure for AI, led by Parag Agrawal and Travers Nisbet, has secured $100 million Series A at a $740 million valuation co-led by Kleiner Perkins  and Index Ventures , with participation from Spark Capital  and support from existing investors Khosla Ventures , First Round Capital , and Terrain . Mamoon Hamid of Kleiner Perkins joins Vinod Khosla, Shardul Shah, and Josh Kopelman on the board. Two years ago, when the company was fou

Litmus , simplifying Industrial Data complexity and making it more accessible, led by Vatsal Shah, John Younes, Sacha Sawaya, Vishvesh Shah, Parth Desai, and others, has secured  additional strategic investment led by Insight Partners , with participation from Munich Re Ventures . Manufacturers are striving to move from AI pilots to large-scale, multi-site deployment, but progress is limited by data, not models. Machine data is often siloed, inconsistent across plants, and ha

CommerceClarity , building AI agents that turn raw data into intelligent retail automation, led by Alessandro Angelini, Daniele Vella, Federico Sargenti, and Michele Sampieri, has secured  a €2.7 million ($3.1M) oversubscribed pre-seed round, led by  IFF (Italian Founders Fund)  and  Entourage , with participation from  Euregio+ (Alpine VC) ,  Redstone ,  Vento (Exor) ,  Ithaca Investment , and Vesper Holding . The funding will accelerate the growth of the AI-driven e-commerc

Attentive AI , the company behind Beam AI, led by Shiva Dhawan, Rishabjit Singh, Shikhar Tripathi, and others, has announced  a $30.5 million Series B funding round led by Insight Partners , with participation from Vertex Ventures , Tenacity Ventures , and InfoEdge Venture Fund . As large-scale infrastructure, industrial, and data center projects surge across the U.S., construction firms face mounting pressure to build faster and more efficiently. While AI has revolutionized

Relixir , an inbound Engine for AI Search, led by Sean Dorje and Dennis Zax, has raised  $2 million in a seed round from Y Combinator , z21 Ventures , 468 Capital , DG Daiwa Ventures , Vijay Krishnan (Founder of Turing), and others. The funding will help Relixir scale its platform that enables brands to generate qualified leads through ChatGPT and other AI-powered search engines. Since its launch in early 2025, Relixir has generated over 10,000 inbound leads from AI search fo

Digitail , an AI-powered practice management software for veterinary clinics, led by Sebastian Gabor and Ruxandra Pui, has secured  a $23 million USD Series B investment led by  Five Elms Capital  with participation from existing investors Atomico , Partech , Byfounders , Gradient , and others. The investment will drive Digitail’s growth across the veterinary industry and enhance its AI capabilities to better serve veterinarians and pet owners. Digitail was founded on the bel

Magic Patterns , an AI-powered design tool, led by Alex Danilowicz and Teddy Ni, has raised $6 million in Series A led by  Standard Capital , with participation from Y Combinator , Essence VC , Pioneer Fund , Twenty Two Ventures , and several angels. Over 1,500 product teams now use Magic Patterns to bring features to life through its AI design tool, serving both fast-growing startups and AI-native enterprises. Customers consistently highlight Magic Patterns’ speed and high-q

Gamma , an AI-powered platform to transform and share your thoughts as beautiful presentations, websites, and social posts, led by Jon Noronha, James Fox, and Grant Lee, has secured  $68 million in Series B funding at a $2.1B valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz , with participation from Accel , Uncork Capital , South Park Commons , Script Capital , and others. The round includes a secondary component that provides liquidity for early employees. In an era of AI hype and unsus

Aily Labs , a real-time enterprise decision intelligence platform for every employee, led by Bianca Anghelina, Kristina Walcker-Mayer, Bettina Vogel, Pau Ferrer Puig, and others, has secured  $80 million in funding, led by  FPV Ventures  with participation from existing investor  Insight Partners , J.P. Morgan , and other strategic investors. The funding will fuel Aily’s global expansion, strengthen its autonomous AI ecosystem, and deliver rapid, measurable impact for Fortune

Avallon AI , AI agents for claims operations, led by Cornelius Schramm, Bryan Guin, Moritz Bartusch, and Leander Peter, has secured $4.6 million in seed funding, led by  Frontline Ventures  with participation from  Y Combinator ,  1984 ,  Liquid2 , and  Booom . With the seed round, Will Prendergast, Partner of Frontline Ventures, will become an Avallon Board Observer. The funding will fuel hiring and product expansion, evolving from category-specific solutions in Workers Comp

Giga AI , an AI agent platform for enterprise support, led by Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep, has secured  $61 million led by Redpoint  with participation from Y Combinator  and Nexus . Founded in a college dorm, Giga evolved from LLM fine-tuning to redefining enterprise support with AI. Its technology now powers global companies like DoorDash through self-improving agents (60%→98% resolution), rapid deployment (<2 weeks), and ultra-low-latency voice across 99 languages. Gig

Coherence Neuro , a medical technology company working at the intersection of neurotechnology, neurobiology, and machine learning to improve the quality and length of life for people with cancer, led by Ben Woodington, Elise Jenkins, José Lepe, and Jason Miranda, has secured  a $10 million seed round led by Topology Ventures and Artesian (Alternative Investments), with participation from  Blackbird , Possible Ventures , and a network of early-stage backers, including XEIA V

Ruli AI , the all-in-one legal intelligence platform for in-house teams, led by Bryan Lee, Xi Sun, John Lee, Rouge Yusuf, Jay Park, and Jaemin Lee, has secured  $6 million in seed funding led by Album VC , with participation from SignalFire , PJC , Foothill Ventures , Mana , and Genius Ventures, bringing the total funding to $8 million in just over a year. With this funding, the company also announces the addition of Michele Lee, former General Counsel of Pinterest and curren