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- Qingxing Raises 100M Yuan Series A+ For Quantum-Inspired AI On Regular GPUs — — Shanghai's Qingxing Heterogeneous Computing has raised ~100M yuan ($14.9M) across two rounds in three months to scale RiverONE, a quantum-inspired vis...
- China Freezes Humanoid Robot IPO Rush As Regulators Probe Valuations — — Chinese regulators have effectively frozen humanoid robot IPOs, probing whether government-backed data-collection revenue distorts valuations at Unitr...
- Faraday Future Carves Out 25% Of FF EAI Robotics For Employee Stock Options — — Faraday Future has reserved roughly 25% of FF EAI Robotics' fully diluted equity for a core-team stock-option pool, an unusually large stake meant to...
- Noxtua Raises €100M Series C As C.H. Beck Takes Majority Stake In Sovereign Legal AI — — Berlin-based sovereign legal AI startup Noxtua closed a €100M+ Series C on September 23, 2026 with German legal publisher C.H. Beck taking a majority...
- FlexGen And Lightshift Team Up On 16 Battery Projects Across PJM And New England — — FlexGen's HybridOS EMS is being deployed across 16 Lightshift Energy battery projects — 25 MW/85 MWh already online and 55 MW/200 MWh under constructi...
- Eight Knot Closes First Tranche of ¥450M Series A for Autonomous Ships — — Osaka's Eight Knot has closed the first close of a ¥450M Series A led by ITOCHU Technology Ventures and Nissei Capital to scale its AI CAPTAIN autonom...
- Redefine Surgery Closes $10M Pre-Seed, Names Catalyst OrthoScience Partner — — Redefine Surgery has closed an oversubscribed $10M pre-seed and named Catalyst OrthoScience as its founding partner in shoulder replacement.
- ASI, SoftBank Form JV and Take $225M Bet on Autonomous Construction — — SoftBank Group has invested $225M in Autonomous Solutions Inc and formed a joint venture to develop fully autonomous construction equipment at scale.
- Cloud-Seeding Startup Rainmaker Raises $100M Series B To Scale Drone Fleets — — Rainmaker has raised $100M Series B led by NOA VC to scale its drone-based glaciogenic cloud-seeding platform after producing 145M gallons of precipit...
- Nexstrom Raises $12M Seed To Bring First 12-Inch 2D Semiconductors To Foundries — — Singapore startup Nexstrom raised $12M seed led by Xora Innovation to industrialise transition-metal dichalcogenide 2D chip materials on standard 300...
- Helicon Bags $16M Seed From AlleyCorp To Automate Carbon-Fiber Factories — — Helicon Industries closes a $16M seed led by AlleyCorp to scale autonomous composite manufacturing cells that cut carbon-fiber part lead times from si...
- Robotics Companies Raised $4.87B Across 162 Deals In August 2026 — — The Robot Report's August 2026 tally puts disclosed robotics funding at $4.87 billion across 162 transactions, with China booking roughly half and hum...
- Perplexity Moves Comet's Browser-Control Feature Behind A Credits Paywall — — Comet's autonomous browser-driving mode is now billed in Computer credits, with Pro users getting 4,000 and Max users 35,000 plus a 10,000-a-month all...
- Fluence Slashes 2026 Revenue Outlook By $600M As Houston Ramp Stumbles — — Battery storage integrator Fluence cut fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to $2.4B from $2.9B-$3.1B and widened its adjusted EBITDA loss forecast to $200M a...
- Zipline In Talks For $1B Round At $20B As Part 108 Rule Sits Idle — — Instant-logistics operator Zipline is reportedly negotiating a $1 billion raise that would nearly triple its valuation to $20 billion, even as the FAA...
- Angle Health Locks In $600M At $2.7B To Scale AI Health Benefits — — Y Combinator alum Angle Health raised $600 million — a $200M Series C plus a $400M tender offer — at a $2.7 billion valuation led by Vitruvian Partner...
- KIDZ AI Bags $1.9M To Push KIDZBot Into U.S. High Schools — — KIDZ AI has drawn $1.9 million under a $500 million senior secured convertible note facility to expand manufacturing and school rollouts of its KIDZBo...
- AMC Robotics Bags $50M Standby Equity To Finish Its Robotic Manufacturing Facility — — AMC Robotics has signed a $50 million standby equity purchase agreement and $3.88 million in convertible notes to finish building the production line...
- Zhongke Guosheng Bags RMB 600M Series C To Scale TG30 Light Gas Turbines — — Qingdao-based Zhongke Guosheng closes a RMB 600 million Series C co-led by Sequoia China and JIC Investment to scale mass production of its TG30 light...
- Xili Optoelectronics Bags RMB 100M Pre-Series A For TFLN Photonic AI Chips — — Hangzhou-based Xili Optoelectronics closes a Pre-Series A round of roughly RMB 100 million led by Futeng Capital to mass-produce thin-film lithium nio...