Artificial Intelligence
This Week in Funding: AI Capital Spreads Into Everything Around the Model
AI still commanded the biggest checks this week, but the more interesting pattern appeared underneath them. Capital moved into GPUs, physical AI, healthcare workflows, accounting, robotics, grid storage and quantum software. The model race is increasingly creating investment opportunities in everything models need to become useful. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Alibaba raises HK$80B for […]
Biggest Tech Funding Rounds This Week: AI, Defense and DeepTech
From billion-dollar defense rounds to AI infrastructure, healthcare, robotics and fintech, capital moved across the technology stack this week. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Neuromorphic Labs raises $5.1M for verifiable trust infrastructure across production AI systems. OpenRouter joins Stripe, combining AI model routing with global payments infrastructure. Wispr raises $280M to turn voice into a […]
10,000+ Job Postings Show How AI Is Reshaping Software Engineering
For decades, one of the clearest ways to measure a software engineer was by what they could build with their own hands. AI is beginning to complicate that equation. An analysis from Andrew Ng and DeepLearning.AI gives that transition a useful evidence base. Its AI Engineering Skills Map draws on more than 10,000 job postings, […]
Aisot Raises CHF 2M to Scale AI Portfolio Intelligence
Zurich-based Aisot Technologies has built its business around that filtering problem. The ETH Zurich spin-off combines quantitative finance, machine learning and LLM-based news sentiment analysis to help asset managers, wealth managers and family offices turn large volumes of market information into portfolio decisions. The company has now closed a CHF 2 million seed extension, backed […]
Gemini 3.7 Flash Moves Complex AI Work Into a Lower-Cost Tier
The old model hierarchy was easy to understand. Bigger models handled the difficult reasoning; Flash models earned their place through speed and lower cost. Gemini 3.7 Flash is designed to make that division less obvious. Google is positioning its latest Flash release as a production model for coding, multi-step agents and knowledge work, while keeping […]
Mirae Asset Venture Investments Raises ₹1,125 Crore for India Growth-Stage Startups
Some of the hardest capital for a startup to raise comes after the idea has already worked. The product has customers, the economics are becoming visible and the next ambition is larger, but scaling demands a different size of cheque. Mirae Asset Venture Investments India has built much of its investment philosophy around that crossing […]
Ahead Health Raises €8.7M for European Preventive Care
Most healthcare systems become involved after symptoms appear. Ahead Health is building its service around an earlier point: tracking changes before they become more difficult to address. The Zurich-based company has secured €8.7 million, equivalent to $10 million, in funding led by 3VC and RTP Global. The investment supports Ahead Health’s expansion from Switzerland into […]
Sigvi Raises €1.2M to Automate Independent Car Rentals
Booking accommodation in Europe has become almost completely digital. Renting a car can still involve paper contracts, queues and limited opening hours, even as other parts of the travel industry move toward AI-powered travel technology. Sigvi has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding to automate that process for independent rental companies and private vehicle owners. […]
Sowilo Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Automate Fashion Product Content
A fashion retailer may photograph a new collection in one afternoon. Turning every image into accurate, searchable and multilingual product pages can take far longer. Icelandic AI company Sowilo has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round to expand Catecut, its fashion product intelligence platform. The financing included Iceland’s Kría fund, TGC Capital and angel investors from […]