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- DOE Puts $1.9B Federal Cash Behind 23 GW Of Faster US Grid Upgrades — — The US Department of Energy on September 24, 2026 announced $1.9B in federal funding plus $3.35B in cost share for 31 grid projects across 26 states,...
- 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...
- 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.
- Aurora Aims For 20 Driverless Trucks A Week As DaaS Pivot Takes Shape — — CEO Chris Urmson told a Morgan Stanley conference Aurora is spinning up 20 driverless-truck deliveries a week, cutting hardware costs in half and shif...
- Discovered Materials Raises $9M Seed To Aim AI Agent Swarms At Cooler AI Chips — — YC-backed Discovered Materials pulled in $9M led by Lightspeed India to run swarms of AI research agents 24/7 in search of cooler substrate materials...
- BigHat Biosciences Closes $75M Series C, Pushes AI-Designed ADC Into Phase 1 — — DFJ Growth and Premji Invest co-lead BigHat's $75M Series C as its first Milner-designed antibody, BHB810, doses first patient in gastric cancer trial...
- OpenEvidence Reportedly Raises $250M At $15B Valuation, Led By a16z — — OpenEvidence has reportedly closed a fresh $250 million round at a $15 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz - roughly 25% above where it was...
- 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...
- Snorkel AI Triples Valuation To $3.5B With $350M Series E — — Insight Partners and S32 co-lead a $350 million Series E that values Snorkel AI at $3.5 billion, funding an expansion of its agentic data factory for...
- Tekever Closes $580M Series D At $6.4B To Bankroll Defense M&A Push — — European AI-drone maker Tekever bags a first close of $580 million led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, valuing the Ukraine-hardened surveillanc...
- Spott Raises $21M Series A Led By Balderton For AI-Native Recruiter OS — — Leuven-based Spott closed a $21M Series A led by Balderton Capital to scale its AI-native ATS and CRM for recruitment agencies globally.
- Morphotonics Closes €40M Series B To Scale Nanoimprint For AR Waveguides And Data Centers — — Dutch nanoimprint lithography leader Morphotonics closed a €40M Series B extension to scale AR-waveguide manufacturing and enter co-packaged optics fo...
- 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...
- Rune Bags $40M Series A To Bolt AI Compute Onto Solar Farms — — Spark Capital led a $40M Series A into Rune's RELIC pods, which siphon DC power straight off solar plants' bus bars to run GPU clusters without waitin...
- 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...
- Bain Capital Ventures Closes $1.6B Fund XI To Aim At AGI-Era Infrastructure — — Bain Capital Ventures has closed a $1.6B eleventh fund, planning to deploy across 30-40 seed-to-Series-B checks in AGI infrastructure, healthcare AI,...
- Hackuity Raises $19M Series B To Automate Vulnerability Triage With AI — — Lyon-based Hackuity closed a $19M Series B led by Forgepoint Capital to expand its AI-powered vulnerability operations platform across Europe and Asia...
- 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...