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Voice AI startup Vapi raises $50M Series B at $500M valuation after powering Amazon Ring

Vapi, whose platform handles voice AI for enterprise including 100% of Amazon Ring's inbound calls, raised $50M in Series B funding led by Peak XV Partners, reaching a $500M valuation and total funding of $72M. The company has processed over 1 billion calls and seen 10x enterprise ARR growth.

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EY-Parthenon: VC funding for Singapore startups fell 34% YoY to $4.6B in 2025, with AI startups accounting for 42.8% of the 472 deals, raising $1.4B, up 28% YoY (Katrina Bianca Cuaresma/DealStreetAsia)

Katrina Bianca Cuaresma / DealStreetAsia: EY-Parthenon: VC funding for Singapore startups fell 34% YoY to $4.6B in 2025, with AI startups accounting for 42.8% of the 472 deals, raising $1.4B, up 28% YoY — Singapore-based AI startups raised about S$1.8 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2025, accounting for nearly a third …

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Pittsburgh-based Gray Swan, which stress-tests AI models for top frontier AI labs, raised a $40M Series A at a $200M valuation co-led by Wing VC and Madrona (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Pittsburgh-based Gray Swan, which stress-tests AI models for top frontier AI labs, raised a $40M Series A at a $200M valuation co-led by Wing VC and Madrona — Gray Swan works with every major frontier AI lab.

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Asana acquires StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, for $75M as part of Asana's broader AI pivot; PitchBook: StackAI raised ~$20M (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: Asana acquires StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, for $75M as part of Asana's broader AI pivot; PitchBook: StackAI raised ~$20M — Asana has acquired the workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million, part of a larger effort to position itself as an AI-native...

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Dell reports Q1 AI server revenue up 757% YoY to $16.1B and raises its FY 2027 AI server revenue forecast to $60B, up from its prior projection of $50B (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Dell reports Q1 AI server revenue up 757% YoY to $16.1B and raises its FY 2027 AI server revenue forecast to $60B, up from its prior projection of $50B — Dell Technologies Inc. delivered its fastest rate of revenue growth since returning to the public markets more than seven years ago …

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Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024 — Triomics, a startup building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists and administrative staff automate data-heavy tasks …

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Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a ~$36B debt financing deal to purchase Google TPUs for Anthropic to lease (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a ~$36B debt financing deal to purchase Google TPUs for Anthropic to lease — Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal …

Startups nytimes.com

Anduril Raises $5 Billion, as Push to Modernize the Military Accelerates

Anduril, a defense tech company specializing in AI-backed weapons, raised $5 billion valuing it at $61 billion, double its prior valuation. Led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, the funding supports autonomous drones, submarines, and major U.S. Army contracts amid accelerating military AI adoption.

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Sports Illustrated rights holder Minute Media lays off 12% of staff and reverses its ~$200M deal to buy VideoVerse, an AI platform to extract sports highlights (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech: Sports Illustrated rights holder Minute Media lays off 12% of staff and reverses its ~$200M deal to buy VideoVerse, an AI platform to extract sports highlights — The unicorn says restructuring reflects push for efficiency and long-term growth amid changes in the media market …

Startups techcrunch.com

Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders

Origin Lab secured $8M seed led by Lightspeed Ventures to build a marketplace linking game studios' assets to AI labs training world models on physical interactions. Video games provide rich synthetic data for robotics and simulation training. Backers include SV Angel and ex-Twitch CTO Kevin Lin.

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Anthropic raised a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia, and says its revenue run rate crossed $47B (New York Times)

New York Times: Anthropic raised a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia, and says its revenue run rate crossed $47B — Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI's last valuation of $730 billion …

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Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance for startups, raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation, up from $1.3B on May 6, for a total funding of $378M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance for startups, raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation, up from $1.3B on May 6, for a total funding of $378M — Insurance tech Corgi on Thursday announced a $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion …

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Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

Ryan Lawler / Axios: Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC — Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised $28.8 million in Series A funding, CEO Danial Jameel tells Axios Pro...

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Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed — Existing generative AI models are built on batch processing: You give the system instructions; it runs computations; then spits back the...

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London- and SF-based Orbital Industries, which uses its Orb model to design advanced materials and then sell them directly, raised a $50M Series B led by Plural (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: London- and SF-based Orbital Industries, which uses its Orb model to design advanced materials and then sell them directly, raised a $50M Series B led by Plural — Orbital Industries, a startup using AI to design advanced materials, has raised a $50 million Series B funding round led by the...

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As the US AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, startups on the continent are pivoting to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local VC firms (Rivaldo Jantjies/Bloomberg)

Rivaldo Jantjies / Bloomberg: As the US AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, startups on the continent are pivoting to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local VC firms — African startups are rewriting their funding playbook as the global artificial intelligence boom pulls venture capital...

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Anthropic secured $65 billion in Series H funding led by Sequoia Capital and other investors, raising its post-money valuation to $965 billion ahead of an anticipated public offering.
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Anthropic has secured sixty-five billion dollars in Series H funding at a post-money valuation of nine hundred sixty-five billion dollars, signaling robust investor confidence ahead of a potential initial public offering.
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Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation, representing a substantial private capital influx ahead of a highly anticipated initial public offering.
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Anthropic has raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation, securing substantial capital expansion as the organization prepares for a potential initial public offering.
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Anthropic raised 65 billion dollars in Series H funding at a 965 billion dollar valuation, signaling significant private investor backing prior to a planned initial public offering.
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