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Amazon is in early discussions to invest tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI, a move that could deepen its position in the global AI race and make it the startup’s largest new backer.
Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest as much as $60 billion in OpenAI, according to a report. The discussions underscore intensifying competition and rising costs in advanced AI development.
Modelence, a Y Combinator-backed startup, raised $3 million to streamline AI app development by simplifying hosting, authentication, and database integration for developers.
Anthropic raises its funding target to $20 billion, with investors including Sequoia, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and Coatue, boosting its valuation to $350 billion.
Mews secures $300M Series D at a $2.5B valuation to expand its AI-driven hotel platform, automating operations, enhancing guest experiences, and integrating fintech capabilities.
Bret Taylor, Sierra co-founder and OpenAI board chair, says AI investment is inflated but expects market corrections and consolidation.
OpenAI is in talks with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds about a potential funding round that could raise roughly $50 billion, underscoring sustained investor appetite for large-scale AI development.
The IMF raised its 2026 global growth forecast, citing resilience to easing U.S. tariffs and a sustained surge in artificial intelligence investment boosting productivity expectations.
Anthropic aims to raise $25B in a new round with Sequoia, GIC, and Coatue, reflecting soaring demand for AI and a $350B valuation for the Claude chatbot maker.
OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup founded by CEO Sam Altman, as part of a $250 million seed round valuing the company at $850 million.
Skild AI raised nearly $1.4 billion to advance a unified foundation model designed to control multiple types of robots. The funding values the company at more than $14 billion.
French defense technology startup Harmattan AI raised a $200 million Series B led by Dassault Aviation, lifting its valuation to $1.4 billion. The funding deepens a partnership focused on embedded AI for military aircraft and drones.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15 billion across five new funds, including $1.7 billion for AI infrastructure and $6.75 billion for scaling startups, amid surging investor interest in tech.
Enterprise AI firm Articul8 secured more than half of a planned $70 million Series B round at a $500 million pre-money valuation. The company is targeting regulated industries with specialized AI systems deployed inside customer environments.
xAI closed a $20 billion Series E round, exceeding its original target and adding strategic backing from NVIDIA and Cisco. The funding supports expanded data center capacity, large-scale GPU deployment, and continued development of the Grok model family.