Funding
The 7 most recent funding briefs, newest first.
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August 25, 2026 · Funding
SoftBank plans record ¥1T bond sale to fund OpenAI investments
What happened SoftBank Group is preparing a record ¥1 trillion bond sale targeting retail investors, described as tapping household savings at an unprecedented scale. The declared purpose is to fund...
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August 23, 2026 · Funding
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours | TechCrunch
What happened AI accounting startup Rillet closed a $100 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status. The raise was led by Iconiq and Sequoia, among other investors, and...
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August 16, 2026 · Funding
Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data centre: WSJ
What happened Nvidia has revised its financial commitment to a proposed OpenAI data center project in Ohio, now expected to guarantee less than $120 billion for the first phase only, down from a prev...
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August 13, 2026 · Funding
Korea Sovereign Wealth Fund to Join Global Race for AI, Robotics
What happened South Korea plans to deploy more than 1 trillion won ($707 million) into a new sovereign wealth fund targeting AI, robotics, and other strategic industries, with deployment expected nex...
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May 30, 2026 · Funding
The $6 Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot
Chinese Startup Promises $600 Robot Hands Will Finally Let Your Roomba Give You a High Five LinkerBot has raised $6 billion to mass produce dexterous robot hands that cost less than your monthly AWS...
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March 12, 2026 · Funding
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Yann LeCun Convinces VCs That AI Needs to Touch Grass, Raises $1 Billion The man who helped teach computers to recognize cat photos has decided that the real problem with artificial intelligence isn'...
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February 25, 2026 · Funding
Koah Raises $20.5M to Build a AdSense for AI as Chatbots Scutter for Revenue
The Great AI Revenue Hunt: Koah Bets Ads Will Save Chatbots from Subscription Hell Remember when Google AdSense turned every blog into a potential goldmine? Now, as AI chatbots desperately scramble f...