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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.
The Montréal firm has raised more than half its Fund VI target and plans 15 to 20 seed-to-Series A deals. Here is what a first close tells founders.
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.