54+ min ago   (259+ words) Indian startups attracted $209 million in funding during the week ending July 25, 2026, down 44 percent from the previous week’s performance. But the decline masks a fundamental shift in how venture capital is being deployed. Investors are no longer chasing the easy wins....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (313+ words) OpenAI just closed its largest funding round ever, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation. The round was led by Amazon with a $50 billion check, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion. The company is now running $2.6 billion in monthly revenue....

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (281+ words) Walden Robotics, a startup building general-purpose humanoid robots, emerged from stealth on July 15 with $300 million in seed funding and a $1.1 billion valuation. The company spun out of Toyota’s research lab and has already begun selling robots to industrial customers. The…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (332+ words) AI chip startup SambaNova Systems raised $1 billion in Series F funding on July 8, reaching an $11 billion valuation. The round was led by General Atlantic, with participation from Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Capital Group, and Intel‘s venture arm. The company…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (311+ words) Venture funding worldwide hit a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, surpassing the $440 billion invested across all of 2025. AI dominated the surge, with OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounting for $217 billion, or 43% of all startup investment in the period. This…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (354+ words) Emergent, an Indian AI startup that helps businesses build applications using artificial intelligence, hit unicorn status on July 15 after raising $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. The remarkable speed—from launch to billion-dollar valuation in roughly one…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (246+ words) The funding environment shifted dramatically since early 2026. Unlike previous years when any AI pitch attracted money, today’s investors demand evidence that a startup controls real workflows. Broad AI claims no longer work. Builders focused on fintech, healthtech, biotech, cybersecurity, and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Google and German energy company RWE invested €411 million ($469 million) in Proxima Fusion on July 7, valuing the nuclear fusion startup at €2.4 billion. The financing round is Google’s latest bet that fusion power can solve the energy equation for massive AI infrastructure....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) Indian startups raised $9.71 billion across 877 funding rounds in the first half of 2026, up 21% year-over-year. The growth signals sustained investor appetite despite global economic uncertainty and higher interest rates. India remains the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem, behind only the US and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (382+ words) The concentration of capital reflects the AI boom’s intensity. Money flowed toward foundation models, AI infrastructure, defense and autonomy, and vertical-specific AI tools with clear ROI. Early-stage startups struggled to raise, while companies with proven AI products and defense contracts…...