Stripe Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that lets developers switch between AI models, for more than $7 billion, a 5.4-fold premium over its $1.3 billion valuation from…
Robotics startups raised a record $16.3 billion across 492 deals in Q1 2026, according to PitchBook data, as Silicon Valley investors pivot from software to physical AI. Business Insider's inaugural l…
Sequoia Capital's thesis that AI companies will sell work rather than software is flawed because using AI for a task trains the model to do it, commoditizing the service, according to a rebuttal by An…
Corma, an AI security startup founded by CEO Alon Pluda, announced $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, alongside Khosla Ventures and Coatue, to close the 'defense gap' in cybersecurity…
Anthropic is nearing a deal to acquire Israeli AI developer Decart at an approximately $7 billion valuation, with Decart's founders and largest investor Sequoia Capital favoring Anthropic over a repor…
Anthropic could reach a valuation of more than $2 trillion when it goes public, possibly as soon as October, according to the Financial Times, with investor models projecting annualized revenue of $10…
Neros Inc. raised $250 million in a Series C round, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation, to accelerate development and production of its Archer AI and Bandit defense drones, with deployment planned by t…
Cursor announced on August 13, 2026, that it is acqui-hiring the Firetiger team, founded in 2024 by Rustam Lalkaka and Achille Roussel, to integrate production monitoring into its coding platform and …
Anthropic is in advanced negotiations to acquire Decart AI for approximately $6 billion, its largest acquisition yet, as it prepares for an IPO after confidentially filing an S-1 with the SEC in early…
Form Energy raised $750 million in a Series G round led by T. Rowe Price to expand manufacturing of its iron-air batteries, which can discharge for up to 100 hours and are in demand from AI data cente…
Commure, an AI healthcare operations platform, reported over 40 million ambient appointments annually and more than $25 billion in claims processed each year, and raised $70 million in May 2026 at a $…
Anthropic PBC is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. If finalized, it would be Anthropic's largest known acquisition ahead of i…
Preview, an AI-native video creation and production platform, has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital. The platform, founded by Stefan Fejes and Veljko Tornjanski, is used by ove…
Sequoia Capital is raising its comfort with risk in AI bets, according to a Bloomberg report. The venture firm is increasing its tolerance for uncertainty as it invests in artificial intelligence star…
Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised $600 million through a dedicated co-investment fund to deepen its stakes in AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, closing in December 2025 as part of a br…
Andrej Karpathy introduced "agentic engineering" at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent event in February 2026, defining it as "the professional discipline of coordinating fallible agents while preserving cor…
Trajectory, a San Francisco-based AI lab focused on continual learning, has reportedly raised funding from Sequoia Capital at a $300 million valuation, according to The Information, though the claim i…
Sequoia Capital committed roughly $10 billion to artificial intelligence and reindustrialization investments, its largest bet ever, announced around August 6, 2026. The commitment builds on a $7 billi…
Sequoia Capital has committed approximately $10 billion to artificial intelligence and reindustrialization, marking the largest investment in the venture firm's 54-year history. The commitment, announ…
Corma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025, emerged from stealth with $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue, to …