Manus seeks $500 million at a $4 billion valuation in its first funding round since Beijing ordered the Chinese-founded AI startup to split from Meta Platforms, with negotiations still underway.
Arcee AI raises at least $150 million in a Series B at a $1 billion pre-money valuation, with Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, and Emergence Capital backing expansion of its models, products, and U.S. Department of Energy partnership.
AIUC raises a $40 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital to audit and certify AI agents, using its AIUC-1 system to test roughly 5,000 jailbreak, hallucination, and data-leak scenarios for customers including Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs.
CADDi raises a $114 million Series D at a $1.2 billion valuation to accelerate its North American push and build manufacturing-specific AI models, with Salesforce Ventures, Woven Capital and Moore Strategic Ventures joining the round.
Intel-backed construction AI startup Buildots raises $130 million, led by Eyal Ofer’s OG Venture Partners, to speed construction of data centers, chip factories and hospitals, bringing its total funding to $297 million.
SoftBank secures an upsized $11.87 billion two-year loan from roughly 20 banks for its OpenAI investment, while its shares plunge as much as 13% amid plans to repay $25.9 billion in September and potentially sell up to $20 billion in U.S. junk bonds.
Index Ventures says FOMO-driven AI investing can be viable as startups across models, chips, healthcare, legal and defense command $1 billion-plus valuations, provided founders are solving real customer problems.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will not pursue an IPO in 2026, calling a listing now “ill-advised” until both its business and society are ready for the technology, despite reported preparations for a late-2026 debut.
Z.AI raises fresh capital by offering 21.97 million shares at HK$714—10% below the prior close—and selling 20.14 billion yuan of zero-coupon bonds due in September 2027, some carrying yields as low as minus 0.5%.
Mach Industries raises a $600 million Series C extension after paying $50 million in cash and equity for Exquadrum, outbidding at least eight suitors and expanding into solid rocket motors through its new Mach Energetics unit.