Startups Currently Raising Funds
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Moonshot (China)
- Funding Round Status: Ongoing (raising)
- Target Round Size: $10 billion
- Previous Round: $500 million at a $4.3 billion valuation
- Key Investors: Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings, 5Y Capital (over $700 million committed)
- Date of Funding Event: Discussions began in late January 2026
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Startups That Have Recently Closed Funding Rounds
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Black Forest Labs (Europe)
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $300 million
- Valuation: $3.25 billion
- Date of Funding Event: Late 2025
- Key Investors: AMP, Salesforce Ventures, Canva, Figma, a16z, Nvidia
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Anthropic (US)
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $30 billion (Series G)
- Date of Funding Event: February 12, 2026
- Key Investors: Founders Fund, Coatue, Nvidia
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Notable US-Based AI Startups That Raised $100 Million or More in 2026
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Simile
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $100 million (Series A)
- Date: February 12, 2026
- Investors: Index Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Bain Capital Ventures
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Runway
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $315 million (Series E)
- Date: February 10, 2026
- Investors: General Atlantic, Nvidia, Fidelity
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Goodfire
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $150 million (Series B)
- Date: February 5, 2026
- Investors: B Capital, Juniper Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Fundamental
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $255 million (Series A)
- Date: February 5, 2026
- Investors: Oak HC/FT, Salesforce Ventures
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ElevenLabs
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $500 million (Series D)
- Date: February 4, 2026
- Investors: Sequoia
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PaleBlueDot AI
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $150 million (Series B)
- Date: January 28, 2026
- Investors: B Capital
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Decagon
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $250 million (Series D)
- Date: January 28, 2026
- Investors: Coatue, Index Ventures
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Flapping Airplanes
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $180 million (Seed)
- Date: January 28, 2026
- Investors: Google Ventures, Sequoia
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Baseten
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $300 million (Series E)
- Date: January 23, 2026
- Investors: IVP, CapitalG
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Inferact
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $150 million (Seed)
- Date: January 22, 2026
- Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners
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OpenEvidence
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $250 million (Series D)
- Date: January 21, 2026
- Investors: Thrive Global, DST Global
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humans&
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $480 million (Seed)
- Date: January 20, 2026
- Investors: Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, GV
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SkildAI
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $1.4 billion (Series C)
- Date: January 14, 2026
- Investors: SoftBank, Nvidia
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Deepgram
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $130 million (Series C)
- Date: January 13, 2026
- Investors: AVP, Tiger Global
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Arena
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $150 million (Series A)
- Date: January 6, 2026
- Investors: Felicis, UC Investments
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xAI
- Funding Round Status: Closed
- Round Size: $20 billion (Series E)
- Date: January 6, 2026
- Investors: Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity
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