Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.

Sep 9, 2026

Harvey Acquires Guardrails AI for Agent Reliability Tools

Harvey has acquired Guardrails AI, whose software tests, simulates and monitors AI agent behavior. The Guardrails AI team will join Harvey's product and engineering organization.

Sep 9, 2026

Clay raises $115 million at $7.1 billion valuation

Clay raised $115 million in Series D funding at a $7.1 billion valuation. Wellington Management led the round following fourfold revenue growth in 2025.

Sep 9, 2026

Onix Raises $5 Million for Expert Knowledge AI Platform

Onix raised $5 million in its first institutional funding round to develop Personal Intelligence, onboard experts, and prepare the platform for commercial availability.

Sep 9, 2026

Beep Raises Series B for Autonomous Transit Services

Beep closed a Series B round led by Mobileye, bringing its total capital raised to about $130 million. The company will use the funding to expand autonomous transit services and deploy its AutonomOS management platform.

Sep 9, 2026

Kapital Raises $125 Million for AI Platform and Global Expansion

Kapital raised $125 million from Tru Arrow Partners, Fasanara Capital and other investors. The financial services company will invest in its AI platform, data analytics products and international expansion.

Sep 9, 2026

CGI Acquires Callibrity to Expand Enterprise AI Services

CGI completed its acquisition of Cincinnati technology consulting firm Callibrity on September 8, adding 120 consultants and expanding its enterprise AI and platform engineering capabilities.

Sep 9, 2026

Cognition Raises More Than $2 Billion at $48 Billion Valuation

The Series E nearly doubles Cognition's valuation from May as its annualized run rate revenue approaches $900 million.

Sep 8, 2026

Outline Raises $3M for AI Financial Planning Agents

Paris startup Outline raised $3 million to build AI agents that automate financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking.

Sep 8, 2026

sci2sci Raises €1.2 Million for AI Verification Software

Berlin startup sci2sci raised €1.2 million to expand software that traces AI generated claims to source data in regulated industries.

Sep 8, 2026

Magnar Raises $8 Million to Expand Legal AI in Brazil and Mexico

Magnar raised an $8 million Series A to expand its legal AI platform, enter Brazil and Mexico, and strengthen its operations across Latin America.

Sep 8, 2026

BrightPlan Closes First Part of Series C Round Led by ABS Capital

BrightPlan completed the first closing of a Series C funding round led by ABS Capital Partners. It will use the capital to expand its AI powered financial wellness platform, distribution network and advisory services.

Sep 8, 2026

Quantinuum Finalizes $100 Million CHIPS Funding Agreement

Quantinuum finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement to expand research and manufacturing for trapped ion quantum computing in the United States.

Sep 8, 2026

Shoot 360 raises $7 million led by COPA Innovation Laboratories

Shoot 360 raised $7 million in growth funding led by COPA Innovation Laboratories and COPA Venture Capital. The companies also formed a partnership focused on athlete assessment, performance analytics and training technology.

Sep 8, 2026

Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion at €21 Billion Valuation

Mistral AI raised €3 billion in a Series D round led by Samsung Electronics, valuing the French AI company at more than €21 billion.

Sep 8, 2026

Veridue Raises $4 Million for AI Energy Due Diligence

The London company will expand its platform for managing renewable energy and data centre transactions.

Sep 8, 2026

Zeit AI raises €5 million for autonomous data engineering agent

Munich startup Zeit AI has raised €5 million to expand ZeitMind, an AI agent that automates data engineering tasks for mid sized European companies.

Sep 8, 2026

AI Score Raises $5.4 Million for AI Governance Platform

London based AI Score raised $5.4 million in seed funding to develop its platform for monitoring and governing generative and agentic AI.

Sep 8, 2026

Atira Raises $17.5 Million for Industrial Sales AI

Munich based Atira raised $15 million in seed funding and disclosed an earlier $2.5 million round. Its software processes industrial quote requests and generates technical documents, product configurations and pricing options.

Sep 8, 2026

iPronics Raises $125 Million for Optical AI Data Center Networking

iPronics raised $125 million in Series B funding to expand production and deployment of its programmable optical networking platform for AI data centers.

Sep 7, 2026

ServiceNow Acquires Sweep in Deal Reportedly Worth Hundreds of Millions

ServiceNow has acquired Israeli AI startup Sweep for an undisclosed sum estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

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