TECHNOLOGY · AI · CYBERSECURITY · THE SYSTEMS SHAPING BUSINESSVenture rounds, new funds and acquisitions across AI and security.
The all-cash deal, backed by Thoma Bravo, would fold a leading data-access security vendor into an email security giant as companies give AI agents wider reach into their files.
The reported stake would deepen ties with a chipmaker whose next-generation Raptor accelerators are already slated to plug into Nvidia's own server racks.
The Nvidia-backed AI data center operator will turn to private funding after fund managers balked at its price and its projected debt load.
Alphabet's robotaxi unit adds borrowed money to the $16 billion in equity it raised in February as it expands across U.S. cities and prepares London and Tokyo launches.
The El Segundo startup, whose Navigator platform is used by the Army and Air Force, will spend the Series A on more AI features and engineers.
Lightspeed and Khosla led the Series B after the Berkeley-born ranking site lifted its revenue run rate to $100 million from $30 million in January.
The year-old startup more than tripled its valuation in three months, while U.K. trapped-ion maker Universal Quantum closed a Series A of more than $100 million.
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the AI agent startup's first round since regulators unwound its $2 billion deal with Meta, with Tencent also investing.
The open-source AI lab says its Hermes Agent drives about 2.5% of global token use and expects annualized revenue to pass $100 million by year-end.
The 30-year loan would come with government warrants for up to 7.5% of the chipmaker and requires $750 million in outside equity before it can fully fund.
The startup founded by former SpaceX avionics engineers wants railroads to win back freight trips under 500 miles that now go by truck.
The reported financing would pair about $10 billion of bank loans with $30 billion of investment-grade debt and is not expected to close until 2027.
The Palo Alto startup's Series B values it at $1.5 billion and brings in AMD Ventures as it targets semiconductor thermal analysis before vehicles and aircraft.
Coatue and Blackstone are leading what could be the GPU cloud provider's last private round before a listing it has pushed back to 2027.
The deal pushes Uber Eats from single meals into office group orders, a market ezCater built over 19 years and more than $2.5 billion in annual bookings.
The Dutch offensive security startup, now at $65 million in total funding, plans to grow in the U.S. and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The Kimi developer’s valuation rose by more than half since summer, Bloomberg reported, as recurring revenue climbed from $300 million in June to about $1 billion.
Backed by a consortium of 11 blockchain-focused fintech firms, the startup wants contributors to sign their data and earn each time AI developers use it.
The Singapore-based GDS spinout, which Reuters has said was targeting a $20 billion valuation, revealed widening losses as it builds capacity for cloud and AI customers.
The inference chipmaker raised at $21 billion only weeks ago; unsolicited bids now value it at roughly double that or more, TechCrunch reports.
Most of the $40 million round went to buying stock from current and former staff, and the German robot maker's CEO has moved to San Francisco to push U.S. growth.
The firm that made an early bet on Anthropic joined the AI coding startup's $5 billion round, a public show of support after last week's fight over a board adviser.
Barrett Lyon's Miami startup runs its own DNS root, certificate authority and 196 private top-level domains to keep agents away from malicious sites.