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Tidalwave has raised a $22 million Series A led by Permanent Capital, with D.R. Horton joining as an investor and customer, as the AI-powered mortgage platform accelerates adoption and targets 4% of U.S. loan originations.
Boston-based EQORE has secured $1.7 million in seed funding from MassCEC, Henry Ford III, and Jonathan Kraft to expand behind-the-meter battery storage for industrial and commercial facilities, helping businesses cut soaring electricity costs and support grid stability.
AI-sourcing startup Cavela secured $6.6M in seed funding to help e-commerce brands streamline product manufacturing with autonomous AI agents that find global suppliers, negotiate quotes, and reduce costs despite tariff volatility.
San Francisco-based Numeric secures $51M Series B for AI-powered finance platform expansion. New funding supports launch of cash management product and growth beyond close management.
Paris-based NcodiN secures €16 million to scale its groundbreaking photonic interposers with the world's smallest laser, tackling the AI industry's critical memory bandwidth and energy limits.
Luma AI has raised $900M in Series C funding led by HUMAIN to accelerate its multimodal world models, with Saudi Arabia’s 2GW Project Halo supercluster set to power the company’s next stage of large-scale AI training.
Nuevo León has clarified the source of the US $1B data center investment after Nvidia denied involvement. The funding will come from Mexican AI firm Cipre Holdings, which plans to build the state’s first green AI data center.
AI biotech startup Profluent has secured $106M to accelerate its frontier protein design models and expand its next-gen biologics pipeline, backed by Altimeter Capital and Bezos Expeditions in a major push toward programmable biology.
Tractor Junction has raised $22 million in a Series A round led by Astanor, with plans to expand its rural vehicle marketplace, strengthen OEM partnerships, and rapidly scale FINJ, its fintech arm that has already disbursed over ₹1,500 crore in loans.
AI accounting startup Maxima has raised $41 million in a Kleiner Perkins and Redpoint-backed round, pushing its valuation to $143M. The year-old San Mateo firm is gaining traction with its AI-first platform that automates enterprise accounting workflows.
Anthropic is set to raise $15 billion from Microsoft and Nvidia while committing $30 billion to Microsoft Azure in a landmark AI-cloud deal that strengthens its model development pipeline and reshapes the global AI infrastructure race.
Project Prometheus, Jeff Bezos’s heavily funded new AI startup, aims to build “AI for the physical economy.” But social media posts are claiming it will predict your next purchase are conflating very different types of AI systems.