Fireworks AI, the inference startup founded by former Meta PyTorch lead Lin Qiao, closed a $1.5 billion Series D at a $17.5 billion valuation, up from a $4 billion valuation nine months ago, as the co…
Harmonic AI, the $1.45 billion formal reasoning startup co-founded by Robinhood's Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim, argues that AI benchmarks should be human-defined rather than generated by AI systems, a s…
Venture capitalist Neil Rimer of Index Ventures predicts that AI-generated wealth, currently concentrated among model builders and infrastructure owners, will shift to a broader set of players includi…
Index Ventures co-founder Neil Rimer said at a tech festival in Athens that he expects a redistribution of AI wealth, either voluntary or involuntary, and hopes tech leaders will take a leading role. …
Databricks signed a term sheet valuing it at $188 billion, a 40% jump in five months, on a new $3 billion investment led by Coatue Management. The company sells data infrastructure for AI rather than …
Chai Discovery Inc. has raised $400 million in Series C funding, nearly tripling its valuation to $3.8 billion, as the AI drug discovery company signs licensing agreements with Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly …
Fireworks AI Inc., an AI infrastructure startup, has raised $1.5 billion in a Series D round led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV, reaching a $17.5 billion valuation. The company, which …
Fireworks raised $1.5bn in Series D funding at a $17.5bn valuation to build specialized AI models for companies, arguing that businesses will build their own intelligence rather than rent it from big …
Chai Discovery raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Index Ventures, tripling its valuation to $3.8 billion in seven months as the AI drug discovery startup's generative models are deployed a…
Chai Discovery has raised $400 million in a Series C round at a $3.8 billion valuation, tripling its valuation in seven months. The OpenAI-backed drug discovery startup, founded in 2024, builds AI mod…
OpenAI-backed Chai Discovery closed a $400 million funding round at a $3.8 billion valuation on July 14, tripling its price tag in seven months. The Index Ventures-led round positions the company as A…
Marker, an AI writing startup co-founded by former DeepMind creative lead Jon Steinback and Ryan Bowman, emerged from stealth with a $13 million seed round led by Index Ventures and backed by LocalGlo…
British-founded startup Build raised $8.5M in seed funding led by Index Ventures to automate the due-diligence paperwork for data centres and other infrastructure projects. The company claims its AI p…
Twelve Labs, a video intelligence startup, raised $100 million in a Series B round co-led by NEA and Naver Ventures, with Amazon participating as both an investor and distribution partner. AWS signed …
Apex, a Tel Aviv-based startup specializing in AI security and governance, was acquired by Tenable in 2025 for over $105 million. Founded in 2023, the company provides real-time visibility, policy enf…
Taktile raised $110 million in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to automate high-stakes banking decisions using AI agents. The Berlin-and-New-York startup aims to replace manual proc…
French insurtech Alan raised €480 million in a Series G round led by Prosus at a €5.5 billion valuation, just months after its previous round. The company plans to use the funds to expand its AI-drive…
Goldman Sachs led a $110 million Series C investment in Taktile, a financial AI startup that provides decision infrastructure for banks and insurers, as the industry moves from AI pilots to autonomous…
AI startup Taktile raised $110 million in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Tiger Global, Index Ventures, and Y Combinator, to automate high-stakes financial decisions for…
Swiss startup Prem AI is raising $100 million in Series A funding at a $500 million valuation to provide hedge funds and law firms with private, self-hosted AI infrastructure. The company launched an …