Friday, October 23, 2026Bay Area startups: the rounds, the risers, the exits and the money for small business
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The AI chip startup's valuation is more than double its 2024 level, and its CEO says it chose new funding over a sale after takeover interest.
The AI drug-discovery startup's round was funded in tranches, with Granite Asia first and an unnamed strategic investor leading a later one. The money primarily supports AI model training.
Ramp's $1.85 billion round tops Firecrawl's weekly tracker, but the trackers use different date windows and report some details differently.
A term sheet sets valuation, investor protections and governance before the lawyers draft the final deal. Here is what it contains and what recent Carta data says about pricing.
Series B is a priced, equity-based round that usually follows a Series A. Town's $108 million deal shows what is disclosed in these announcements, and what is not.
The year-old San Francisco AI lab, which is pre-product, quadrupled its reported valuation in nine months, with Index and Lux co-leading.
The Boston AI company formerly called Air Space Intelligence says its software helps manage critical infrastructure. Bloomberg says the round values it at $3 billion.
The San Francisco startup, founded by former leads of NVIDIA's GR00T robotics research, launched a public API alongside a seed round led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures.
The San Francisco startup says its AI assistants, built to work together across a team, now carry a $1 billion valuation after a round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
The San Francisco startup says its AI assistants can hand off work and share updates across a team. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures co-led the round.