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Germany's Sereact Raises $110M to Put a World Model Inside a Robotic Brain
Sereact, a German robotics company, has raised $110 million in Series B funding to scale its Cortex 2.0 "robotic brain" for industrial arms, using a world model and over a billion real-world picks to achieve a human intervention rate of once per 53,000 picks.
Cognition in Talks for $25 Billion Valuation
Cognition AI, the maker of the AI software engineer Devin, is reportedly in funding talks at a $25 billion valuation, a sixfold increase in 13 months.
Amazon Invests Another $5B; Anthropic Pledges $100B on AWS Over a Decade
Anthropic has committed to spending $100 billion on AWS over the next ten years, while Amazon adds another $5 billion to its investment, bringing the total to $13 billion. The deal includes a commercial milestone clause that could unlock up to $20 billion more.
Cursor in Talks for $50 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
AI coding startup Cursor is negotiating a $2 billion funding round at a pre-money valuation exceeding $50 billion, nearly doubling its valuation in six months.
Rivian CEO Launches Mind Robotics, Raises $500M for Factory AI Robots
Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics company founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, announced a $500 million Series A funding round led by a16z and Accel, reaching a $2 billion valuation. The company focuses on AI-powered robots for manufacturing, leveraging Rivian's EV factories as testing and training grounds.
Factory raises $150M at $1.5B valuation for enterprise AI coding
Factory has closed a $150 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures, reaching a $1.5 billion valuation, with Morgan Stanley, EY, and Palo Alto Networks already paying customers for its enterprise-grade AI coding agent platform.
Military AI Company Shield AI Raises $2 Billion, Valuation Doubles in a Year
Shield AI, a military AI company founded in 2015, has raised approximately $2 billion in a Series G round, pushing its valuation to $12.7 billion. The funding will support its Hivemind autonomous drone software, which is already deployed in Ukraine, and its acquisition of simulation firm Aechelon Technology.
Fluidstack valuation jumps from $7.5B to $18B in four months as AI data center demand surges
AI infrastructure startup Fluidstack, which builds custom data centers for Anthropic, Meta, and others, has more than doubled its valuation to $18 billion within four months, driven by surging demand for specialized AI compute.
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs pushes spatial intelligence
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs pushes spatial intelligence. The story explains the announcement, the strategic context and the practical risks for the people or companies affected.
Chip Giant Cerebras to List on Nasdaq
Cerebras Systems is targeting a Nasdaq IPO in the second quarter of 2026, aiming to raise $2 billion at a valuation between $22 billion and $25 billion. If successful, it would be the first pure-play AI chip alternative to Nvidia's GPU monopoly to go public.
LeCun Raises $1.03B for World Models After Leaving Meta
Yann LeCun founded AMI Labs and secured a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation to build AI that doesn't rely on next-token prediction, betting on his JEPA architecture as an alternative to large language models.
Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales
Israeli startup Qodo has closed a $70 million Series B, bringing its total funding to $120 million, to provide an independent verification layer for AI-generated code.
Physical AI Robotics Becomes a Cash-Burning Battleground in 2026
In Q1 2026, 27 Physical AI startups raised over $6.4 billion, with the robotics sector alone hitting $4 billion. Eclipse VC closed a $1.3 billion fund for Physical AI bets, while Figure AI reached a $39 billion valuation and Physical Intelligence targets $11 billion.
Anthropic Teams Up With Blackstone and PE Giants to Distribute Claude as a Consulting Service
Anthropic is negotiating a joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Permira that could reach 1 billion, aiming to deploy Claude across portfolio companies like Palantir does with its consulting model.
$300 Billion Flooded Into AI Venture Capital in Q1 2026 Alone
Global venture capital hit $300 billion in a single quarter, 2.5 times the year-ago period and 70% of all of 2025. Four mega-deals accounted for 65% of the total, and foundational AI funding alone doubled the full-year 2025 figure in three months.
AI Gobbled Up Half of Global Venture Capital in 2025
Crunchbase data shows AI captured nearly 50% of global VC funding in 2025, with $202.3 billion invested, while OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounted for 14% of all venture capital.
Anthropic Raises $30B in Series G, Valuation Hits $380B
Anthropic announced a $30 billion Series G funding round on February 12, 2026, bringing its post-money valuation to $380 billion. It is the largest venture capital deal of 2026 and the second-largest ever, trailing only OpenAI's $40 billion round last year.