Fal, which provides hosted AI models for developers, has raised a $140 million Series D round. The funding, led by Sequoia, triples the company’s valuation to $4.5 billion just months after its last raise.
A brand-new company, Unconventional AI, just landed a staggering $475 million seed round at a $4.5 billion valuation to build novel computers for AI. Meanwhile, AI funding is booming across legal tech, customer service, and even chemical discovery. The money is chasing both new hardware paradigms an
Charlie Penner, the activist investor who helped Engine No. 1 win board seats at ExxonMobil, has built a stake in Siemens Energy. His new fund, Ananym Capital, is pushing the German giant to spin off its Siemens Gamesa wind unit, arguing it’s holding back more profitable divisions.
Robinhood is making its first major international move by acquiring a brokerage and a crypto trader in Indonesia. The deal is set to close in the first half of 2026. It’s a direct play for one of the world’s most active crypto markets.
ReSoil, a French AgriTech startup, has raised €4 million to expand its digital carbon-management platform. The company finances farmers’ transition to regenerative practices, already monitoring over 100,000 hectares.
A three-year-old startup called Micro1 says its annual revenue has exploded from $7 million to over $100 million in less than a year. It recruits experts, from Harvard professors to generalists, to create the human-generated data that AI labs desperately need.
Masha Bucher, founder of Day One Ventures, is applying her PR background to venture capital. Her firm invests in startups and provides built-in communications support, arguing the traditional PR model is misaligned for early-stage companies. She’s backed over a dozen unicorns, including Worldcoin an
A 24-year-old founder pivoted his AI recruiting startup into data labeling for AI training. The result? Revenue exploded from $7M to $100M in under a year, with investors eyeing a $2.5B valuation. But the whole sector is built on a massive, risky assumption.
Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist, is leaving the company after 12 years to launch a startup. The new venture will focus on building AI with an understanding of the physical world. Meta will be a partner, but not a financial investor, in the project.
The OpenAI Foundation is beginning to distribute millions in unrestricted grants from its People-First AI Fund. The first wave of funding goes to 208 organizations focused on AI literacy and community impact. A second, larger round is planned for the near future.
