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10 matching rounds

Funded recently · Sep 30 to Oct 14

Who just raised, and who backed them.

10 sourced funding rounds in this snapshot: their industry, the investors behind the round, and the traction they showed. Every row links to its source.

Raised across these rounds$3.7B
IndustriesAI ×2AI dataAI infrastructureConsumer hardwareCybersecurityFintech
Most activeKhosla Ventures ×3Accel ×2Andreessen Horowitz ×2

  1. TypeSafe AI

    AI

    Builds Jev, a decision model for enterprise teams, plus other machine-native AI models.

    San Francisco, US · Oct 9

    $870MSeries Aat $7.5B valuation

    Led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Sequoia Capital, DCVC

    • 1M+ users within days of Jev's launch (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Used by about a third of the Fortune 500 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Says it is already profitable (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: pulse2.com ↗

  2. Sabi

    Consumer hardware

    A non-invasive brain-computer interface in a cap that turns thoughts into AI prompts.

    Palo Alto, US · Oct 9

    $50MSeedat $600M valuation

    Led by Khosla Ventures, with Accel, DST Global, Initialized Capital

    • ~100,000 hours of neural data from ~100 volunteers (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Beanie targeted to ship by end of 2026 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: webdisclosure.com ↗

  3. Manus

    AI

    AI agents for coding, design, slides and video, plus Cue, an app that gives personal agents their own email, phone and wallet.

    Singapore · Oct 8

    $500MGrowth

    Led by Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, with Tencent, HSG, ZhenFund

    • Over $100M ARR reported as of December 2025 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • First raise since Meta called off its $2B acquisition (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: techcrunch.com ↗

  4. Oratomic

    Quantum computing

    Builds fault-tolerant quantum computers from reconfigurable arrays of neutral atoms.

    California, US · Oct 8

    $475MSeries Bat $5.4B valuation

    Led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Bezos Expeditions

    • Valuation up 3.6x from $1.5B in three months (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • $775M raised in total since its 2026 spinout (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: dealroom.co ↗

  5. Vinci

    Semiconductors

    AI-native physics simulation that predicts how chips and other hardware behave while they're being designed.

    Palo Alto, US · Oct 6

    $250MSeries Bat $1.5B valuation

    Led by Advent, Temasek, Xora Innovation, with Eclipse, Khosla Ventures, Madrona

    • Already running on production engineering programs (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Scaling pilot deployments from 2 to 20 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: thenextweb.com ↗

  6. Capitolis

    Fintech

    Technology that helps banks and asset managers optimise capital in financial markets.

    New York, US · Oct 6

    $120MSeries Eat $1.9B valuation

    Led by Citi, with Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Nomura, UBS

    • Valuation up from $1.6B in 2022 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Acquiring securities lender eSecLending for $200M (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • $220M total including debt (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: wilmerhale.com ↗

  7. SignSplit

    AI data

    A signed-data platform that lets people license their data, work and likeness to AI and robotics companies and get paid.

    Delaware, US · Oct 5

    $400MSeedat $1B valuation

    Led by W Group

    • Emerged from stealth with the round (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Strategic commitment: capital plus multi-year resources (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: pulse2.com ↗

  8. GMI Cloud

    AI infrastructure

    GPU cloud and an ML/LLM platform for deploying and scaling AI models.

    US · Oct 1

    $668MSeries B

    Backed by NVIDIA

    • The largest US round in the week of October 5 tally (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: trysignalbase.com ↗

  9. Armadin

    Cybersecurity

    Swarms of AI agents that attack a company's network the way a real adversary would, so weak spots are found first.

    US · Oct 1

    $256MSeries Bat $2.5B valuation

    Led by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, with Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel

    • $445M raised in about seven months since its March launch (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Founded by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: securityweek.com ↗

  10. Homeward

    Proptech

    Cash-backed home financing that lets buyers make cash offers and buy before they sell.

    Austin, US · Oct 1

    $120MSeries D

    Led by Saluda Grade, with Citi Ventures, Magnetar, Norwest, Adams Street Partners

    • Operating across the 48 contiguous US states (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • Plus a $330M asset-backed debt facility (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    • $360M equity raised since 2018 (company-stated; not provider-verified)
    Source: fintech.global ↗

Updated Oct 14 · research is scheduled every 48 hours and published after review. Amounts are equity in US dollars as reported; company claims are marked. Inclusion isn’t an endorsement.