Modal Labs Leads Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds With $750M Series D
Modal Labs raised $750M in a Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B valuation, topping the week's 10 largest US startup rounds. Icon followed with $200M for robotic construction.
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Crunchbase NewsAI Score2222 SiliconANGLEAI Score3838 Vinci pushes chip design boundaries with physics AI
Vinci4D Inc. is applying physics AI to semiconductor engineering.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score1818 Nvidia Robotics Veteran Amulya Vishwanath Launches Techable VC to Back Physical AI
Amulya Vishwanath, who led product marketing for Nvidia's robotics platforms for seven years.
TechCrunch VentureAI Score1818 Nvidia robotics alum Amulya Vishwanath says robotics is still in its "Lego era"
Amulya Vishwanath, who led product marketing for Nvidia's robotics platforms for seven years.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score2222 Bolt Graphics Seeks $100M at $700M Valuation for Zeus GPU to Challenge Nvidia and AMD
Bolt Graphics is seeking about $100M at a roughly $700M valuation for its Zeus GPU.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score2222 Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Veritas launched a second-generation anti-counterfeit chip that works on metal surfaces and can be scanned through glass.
BetaKitAI Score2525 Maritime Launch Services Conditionally Approved to List on Toronto Stock Exchange
Maritime Launch Services has been conditionally approved to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol $MAXQ.
Fortune Term SheetAI Score2222 Does a Robot Cost $2 or $35 an Hour? Physical AI's Trillion-Dollar Market Hinges on Utilization
Robot hourly costs range from $2 (Roland Berger) to $10-$12 (JPMorgan) to over $35 in early industrial deployments.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score4040 Alef Aeronautics Flies Electric Car Over Tesla Roadster on 1,000th Flight
Alef Aeronautics flew its electric flying car over Tesla's new Roadster on its 1.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score5050 Nvidia Backs 9 European and UK Startups in One Week
Nvidia announced planned minority investments in nine European startups, four in France and five in the UK.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score6262 Mueon raises $65M Series A to develop 3D computing modules
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.
GeekWireAI Score4242 TriMagnetix raises $1M to build radiation-resistant, ultra-low-energy chips for space
Seattle-based TriMagnetix raised $1M from Acequia Capital.
Fortune Term SheetAI Score2222 Supermicro names Mark Long CFO after $2.5B smuggling case and cofounder arrest
Supermicro appointed Mark Long, 59, as CFO effective Wednesday, nearly two years after it pledged to replace David Weigand. Long.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score6262 Vinci raises $250M Series B to speed chip design with physics-driven AI
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.
GeekWireAI Score2222 Agile Space Industries Opens Bellevue Engineering Office to Tap Seattle Aerospace Talent
Agile Space Industries signed a sublease for a nearly 5,740-square-foot engineering office in Bellevue.
SiliconANGLEAI Score2222 Cerebras pitches inference speed as the edge in agentic AI
Cerebras is positioning inference speed as the deciding factor in agentic AI.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score7878 Anduril employee tender offer implies $90B valuation, up from $61B in May
Anduril opened a tender offer letting current and former employees sell shares at $94.80 each.
Tech Funding NewsSame newsAI Score7878 Skeleton Technologies hits $1B+ valuation in Siemens-led round
Siemens led a nine-digit investment that lifted Estonia's Skeleton Technologies above a $1 billion valuation.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Skeleton Technologies raises Siemens-led nine-figure round, valuation tops $1B for US AI data-centre push》
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score8080 Oxford photonics startup Salience Labs raises $125M Series B led by Bullhound
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.
SiliconANGLEAI Score4040 120ft raises €576K angel funding to build humanoid-robot microfactories
Swedish startup 120ft Factory AB launched with €576,000 ($644,000) from 22 angel investors to build autonomous microfactories run by humanoid robots. Customers pay per finished product.
Tech.euSame newsAI Score7878 Salience Labs raises $125M Series B for photonic AI data centre chips
Salience Labs raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Series B led by Bullhound Capital.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Oxford photonics startup Salience Labs raises $125M Series B led by Bullhound》
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score6262 Nvidia backs Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic as Huang flags $2B more for Europe
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.
SiliconANGLESame newsAI Score7575 Salience Labs raises $125M Series B for optical AI data center switches
Salience Labs raised a $125 million Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with Intel Capital.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Oxford photonics startup Salience Labs raises $125M Series B led by Bullhound》
Tech.euTop DealsAI Score7878 Skeleton Technologies raises Siemens-led nine-figure round, valuation tops $1B for US AI data-centre push
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.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score5858 FLÆ Robotics raises over €1M from Purple Ventures for hotel AI agent BE-A
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.
Crunchbase NewsAI Score5252 Crunchbase: 38 companies join unicorn board in September, led by chips, fintech and space
Crunchbase reports 38 companies joined its Unicorn Board in September, adding $71 billion in value.
Tech.euAI Score4242 Polish spacetech KP Labs raises €4.42M from Momentum Capital Partners to scale in-orbit AI data processing
Polish spacetech KP Labs has raised €4.42 million (PLN 19.4 million) from Momentum Capital Partners to scale its in-orbit AI data processing. KP Labs builds processing units.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score3838 Antler Invests £2.2M in 10 UK Pre-Seed Startups, Over a Third in Physical AI
Antler invested £2.2 million across 10 UK pre-seed startups, with roughly £210.
SiliconANGLEAI Score6060 xMEMS starts mass-producing solid-state cooling chips for AI hardware
xMEMS Labs has begun mass production of its XMC-2400 and XMC-4800 solid-state active cooling chips.
SiliconANGLESame newsAI Score6060 Ubitium raises $14M to build universal processor for physical AI
German semiconductor startup Ubitium raised $14 million in additional seed funding led by Ibex Investors.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Ubitium raises €14M seed led by Ibex Investors for physical-AI chip》
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score4242 Longshot Space Technology fires cargo into space from a gun, not a rocket
Longshot Space Technology has raised about $20 million to launch payloads into space using multi-injection guns instead of rockets. The Alameda startup is firing a 70-foot.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score7878 IonQ to buy zero trust startup Elisity for up to $1.3B in stock
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.
SiliconANGLEAI Score2222 theCUBE to Cover SEMICON West on Oct. 14: AI-Powered Engineering and Physics Intelligence
theCUBE will livestream coverage of SEMICON West on Oct. 14 in San Francisco.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score6262 Ubitium raises €14M seed led by Ibex Investors for physical-AI chip
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.
SiliconANGLESame newsAI Score6262 IonQ to acquire cybersecurity startup Elisity for $1.3B
IonQ announced plans to acquire cybersecurity startup Elisity for $1.3 billion in an all-stock deal expected to close by year's end.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《IonQ to buy zero trust startup Elisity for up to $1.3B in stock》
GeekWireAI Score2222 Tally inventory robot roams Seattle Fred Meyer as Kroger weighs automation push
Simbe Robotics' Tally, an autonomous inventory robot using computer vision and AI.
GeekWireTop DealsAI Score7171 Kapta Space raises $24M Series A for satellite radar sensors
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.
TechCrunch VentureTop DealsAI Score8080 Robot data startup Mecka AI raises $60M Series B led by Sequoia
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.
AlleyWatch FundingTop DealsAI Score6262 Beyond Reach Labs Raises $10M Seed to Build Deployable Solar Arrays in New York
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.
TechCrunch VentureTop DealsAI Score6666 Ghost raises $11M seed led by a16z for $3,499 personal AI computer
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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