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Data center hardware startup Mueon raised $65 million in a Series A led by Maverick Silicon.
Why it matters: Mueon's $65M Series A shows investors backing 3D-stacked server designs as a route to denser, cheaper AI compute.
Vinci4D, a Silicon Valley startup that emerged from stealth in December, has raised a $250 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Why it matters: Vinci claims its physics-trained AI cuts simulation turnaround from two weeks to a day, and the AMD partnership plus $250M round show where chip design tooling is heading.
Nvidia plans minority stakes in four French startups, Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic.
Why it matters: Nvidia's planned minority stakes in four French startups show how chip supply and sovereign-AI funding are becoming the same lever in Europe.
Salience Labs, a photonic chip startup based in Milton, Oxfordshire, raised an oversubscribed $125 million Series B led by Bullhound Capital.
Why it matters: The round shows chipmakers spreading photonics bets across optical I/O, interconnect and switching layers, giving readers a concrete read on where AI data-center networking money is going.
Skeleton Technologies announced a Siemens-led nine-digit investment that lifts its valuation above $1 billion.
Why it matters: Skeleton's Siemens-led round shows how AI data-centre power demand is pulling industrial capital into energy hardware rather than chips alone.
FLÆ Robotics has raised more than €1 million from Purple Ventures and Garage Angels to support BE-A.
Why it matters: The funding round and the 60% guest-journey figure give a concrete read on how far hotel AI agents have moved into front-desk work.
Düsseldorf-based Ubitium raised a €14 million seed round led by Ibex Investors, bringing total seed funding to €18 million since its 2024 launch.
Why it matters: Ubitium's €14M seed and 2027 UB410 sampling plan show how physical-AI chip startups are consolidating DSP, NPU and CPU work onto one array.
IonQ agreed to acquire zero trust cybersecurity startup Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3B.
Why it matters: IonQ's all-stock purchase of Elisity shows how quantum vendors are buying enterprise security distribution rather than building it, and the earnout terms reveal what the price actually bets on.
Seattle startup Kapta Space raised $24 million in a Series A led by Washington Harbour Partners.
Why it matters: Kapta's $24M Series A shows defense-tech investors backing cheaper steerable radar for satellite constellations, a niche where Seattle hardware startups are gaining traction.
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid and other robots.
Why it matters: Mecka AI's $60M Series B shows how human-motion data collection is becoming a funded layer for robot training, with Nvidia and M12 joining Sequoia.
Beyond Reach Labs raised a $10M seed round led by Interlagos, with Y Combinator.
Why it matters: The interview details how a Brooklyn startup plans to mass-produce deployable solar arrays for orbital data centers, a niche supply bet on the growing satellite power market.
Ghost emerged from stealth with an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz to build Core.
Why it matters: Ghost's $11M seed and $3,499 Core box show how founders are pitching dedicated local hardware for always-on personal AI agents.
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