Venture capital, funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions, and startup launches.
Bengaluru AI startup Simplismart raised $14 million in Series B funding led by Dallas Venture Capital and backed by NVIDIA to expand its AI inference platform.
Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli quantum software startup Classiq for approximately $2.3 billion, expanding the chipmaker's quantum computing capabilities.
Seattle-based Emerald Nuclear secured a $2.1 million award from Norway's Research Council to advance marine nuclear propulsion technology for commercial shipping.
Dallas-based venture capital firm Disruptive has raised a $10 billion fund to invest in AI, defence, and software startups, roughly doubling its assets under management.
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals over $750 billion in computing commitments, with Google's chips capturing the largest share ahead of Microsoft and Amazon despite their significant investments in the AI company.
Anthropic's US IPO filing caused Indian IT stocks to decline, while Walmart shows no urgency to take Flipkart public.
Healthy snack brand Troovy raised Rs 100 crore in a Series B funding round led by Fireside Ventures to expand R&D, manufacturing and distribution.
Anthropic filed for IPO seeking potential $100 billion offering, which could value the AI lab at up to $2 trillion, making it one of the world's most valuable public companies.
Vera Health, a clinical AI search engine for physicians, raised $28.5M in Series A funding led by Threshold Ventures, bringing total funding to $32M. The platform serves over 800,000 clinicians and searches 60M+ scientific publications to provide evidence-based medical answers.
Simplismart, an AI inference infrastructure startup, raised $14M in Series B funding led by Dallas Venture Capital with backing from NVIDIA and others. The company builds software connecting AI models to GPU infrastructure.
Hyphenate, an AI platform for autonomous financial operations, raised $45 million in Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners.
Hyphenate, an autonomous platform for CFO operations, closed a $45 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners following strong revenue growth.
Edge Sound Research raised $2 million in funding to build audio infrastructure for physical AI systems.
Black Ore launched a version of its AI tax preparation platform tailored for small and mid-sized accounting practices.
Anduril and Qualcomm launch BlueChip, an Arm-based laptop line aiming to manufacture components entirely in the US, starting with military-focused models in early 2027.
General Compute raised $100 million in Series A funding to develop inference chips outside the Nvidia ecosystem.
Anduril and Qualcomm are launching BlueChip, an Arm-based laptop line designed and assembled in the US, targeting military markets initially in early 2027.
Machenta, a London robotics startup, raised a record $40 million seed round to develop an AI model that enables robots to learn physical tasks immediately from single demonstrations.
