Sep 23, 2026
Brahma AI Raises $150 Million for Research and Global Expansion
Brahma AI raised $150 million through preferred shares, including a $100 million investment from Multiples Alternate Asset Management.
Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions
Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.
Oct 15
Cohere Agrees to Acquire AI Security Startup AISLE
Oct 15
OpenAI in Early Talks to Acquire Trail of Bits
Oct 15
Robots & Pencils Acquires Marketing Platform Tiger Pistol
Oct 15
NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Pause IPO
Sep 23, 2026
Snorkel AI Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation
Snorkel AI raised $350 million in a funding round that values the company at $3.5 billion. It will use the capital to expand its data services for training and evaluating advanced AI systems.
Sep 22, 2026
Ande Raises More Than $52 Million for Corporate Entertainment Platform
Ande raised more than $52 million in seed and Series A funding for a platform that combines corporate entertainment booking, approvals, payments, and expense management.
Sep 22, 2026
xtraCHEF Founders Launch Tandem for Restaurant Operations
Tandem is developing AI agents that connect with restaurant systems and automate operational tasks. The company has raised seed funding and is testing its software across 100 locations.
Sep 22, 2026
Nexstrom Raises $12 Million for 12 Inch Semiconductor Wafer Platform
Nexstrom raised a $12 million seed round to commercialize its platform for growing single crystal 2D semiconductor materials on 12 inch wafers.
Sep 22, 2026
Sela AI Raises $21 Million for Mortgage Voice Agents
Sela AI raised $21 million in seed and Series A funding for voice agents that assist mortgage lenders with borrower conversations and loan origination.
Sep 22, 2026
Baselayer Raises $35 Million and Launches Identity Suite for AI Agents
Baselayer raised a $35 million Series A led by M13 and launched a suite for verifying the identity, authority, and risk of autonomous AI agents.
Sep 22, 2026
Cognex to Acquire RealSense for $500 Million
Cognex will acquire robotic perception company RealSense for about $500 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Sep 22, 2026
AI Hospitality Group Launches Hotel Operator With $7.5 Million
Former Remington Hospitality CEO Sloan Dean has launched AI Hospitality Group, a Dallas hotel operator that uses more than 60 AI agents for back office work.
Sep 22, 2026
Adlib Software Agrees to Acquire Paperbox
Adlib Software plans to combine Paperbox's insurance intake and task routing technology with its document data extraction and governance platform.
Sep 22, 2026
Searchable Acquires AI Search Startup Meridian
Searchable acquired Meridian Tech in a seven figure deal and will integrate its product and customers into its AI visibility platform.
Sep 22, 2026
Hunt Scanlon Ventures Invests in Millionways
Hunt Scanlon Ventures invested in millionways, a New York based AI lab that develops technology for interpreting human behavior. The investment amount was not disclosed.
Sep 22, 2026
Feldera Raises $21.5 Million to Cut Database Compute Costs
Feldera raised a $15.4 million Series A and a $6.1 million seed round for its incremental database processing platform.
Sep 19, 2026
Mantic Raises $25 Million for AI Forecasting
Mantic raised $25 million in seed funding after its forecasting system outperformed every human competitor in the summer 2026 Metaculus Cup.
Sep 19, 2026
Vantora Secures More Than $100 Million From Silversmith
Vantora secured more than $100 million in its first outside funding round to expand its industrial AI venture model and develop its COSMOS data product.
Sep 19, 2026
I-care Acquires Amiral Technologies for Predictive Maintenance AI
I-care acquired Amiral Technologies, adding its DiagFit anomaly detection and fault diagnosis software to its predictive maintenance portfolio.
Sep 19, 2026
Pearson Acquires Internet Testing Systems
Pearson acquired assessment technology provider Internet Testing Systems, adding remote testing, proctoring, performance based assessment and continuous certification tools.
Sep 19, 2026
Darkroom Acquires Shadow and Opens AI Marketing Workspace
Darkroom acquired Shadow and opened the marketing workspace to the public in beta. It connects commerce, advertising and collaboration tools with AI agents.
Sep 19, 2026
NAVER D2SF Backs ImpriMed in $10 Million Bridge Round
NAVER D2SF invested in precision medicine company ImpriMed through a $10 million Series A2 bridge round led by LB Investment.
Sep 19, 2026
Nscale Files for US Initial Public Offering
Nscale filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering and applied to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NSCL.
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