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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. The story explains the announcement, the strategic context and the practical risks for the people or companies affected.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.