Elorian released its first model, Glimpse, as a research preview with API access and a waitlist-only chat interface. Glimpse uses a visual scratch space to crop.
Why it matters: Elorian's Glimpse shows a small team can train a visual reasoning model on a few hundred GPUs, offering a cheaper alternative for video-heavy tasks.
DJ and producer Reinier Zonneveld launched GasLab, a generative AI music platform.
Veritas launched a second-generation anti-counterfeit chip that works on metal surfaces and can be scanned through glass.
Toronto-based Aerium, founded last year by two former McKinsey analysts.
London-based Unravel Health raised €2.96 million led by Conduit EIS Impact Fund and Wrightwood.
Why it matters: The round shows how a saliva-based hormone reader is being funded toward early-access devices in 2027, with the same sensing technology already tested on other markers.
Goodweek, a Strasbourg-founded, Los Angeles-headquartered startup.
Why it matters: Goodweek's seed round shows how SMBs are adopting AI without IT oversight, and how one startup plans to centralize model access and spending.
Marissa Mayer said at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit that anyone claiming to know how AI will play out is "either lying or arrogant or both.
Seattle-based TriMagnetix raised $1M from Acequia Capital.
Toronto-based AgTech startup Molagri raised $5.2 million USD ($8.2 million CAD) in seed funding led by Convective Capital.
Why it matters: The round shows how AI-driven protein design is moving from lab research into agricultural biotech, with Y Combinator and Paul Graham backing a two-person Toronto team.
Evos raised $9M in pre-seed funding co-led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures.
Why it matters: Evos's pre-seed shows outcome-priced AI operators landing inside existing TMS, WMS and ERP systems at small logistics firms, with early accuracy and ARR figures as evidence.
Munich-based Elevatry raised a €3 million pre-Seed round led by Bayern Kapital and consultancy H&Z.
Gudea, an AI "storm tracker for the internet," raised $7 million in seed funding co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures.
Vilnius-based Holo raised €5 million in a seed round led by Market One Capital, with Silicon Gardens.
Why it matters: Holo's seed round shows how an AI marketing agent reached $5M ARR in 252 days by targeting small businesses without marketing teams.
Matters has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding, led by Swedish angel investor Jakob Johansson.
Helsinki-based Ambio raised a €5.1M seed round led by b2venture, with Montis and Lifeline Ventures.
Solvera, an Oslo-based AI engineering firm founded by three former Spacemaker and Autodesk staff.
Why it matters: Solvera's outcome-priced engineering model, backed by Spacemaker founders, offers a concrete test of whether AI agents can replace hourly consulting in MEP design.
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.
Oslo-based Solvera raised $6.3 million in a pre-seed round led by Seedcamp, with Construct Venture.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Spacemaker alumni raise $6.3M from Seedcamp for AI engineering firm Solvera》
Silvia Bio, a University of Sheffield spinout, raised £3 million in seed funding led by Northern Gritstone.
Denver-based Intero Biosystems sells GastroScreen, a human intestinal organoid model about one millimeter across.
Australian startup Apate.ai deploys thousands of AI agents that pose as scam victims to bait fraudsters and extract their bank accounts.
Floqer, an autonomous customer knowledge platform for B2B sales teams.
Leela raised a $4.6M seed round co-led by Array Ventures and Female Founders Fund to build AI agents that execute compliance work for regulated financial businesses. Its RegLang language links each requirement to the underlying tasks and evidence, and agents already handle fraud and AML reviews, customer complaints, and draft suspicious activity reports for human review. One early customer's 40 policies became 262 actionable obligations.
Why it matters: Leela's seed round and RegLang approach show how AI agents are moving from tracking compliance work to executing it in regulated finance.
Forgepoint raised a $9.8 million seed round led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun.
Why it matters: Forgepoint's seed round shows how AI quoting agents are entering factory sales desks, with Frank already at seven-figure ARR and rivals raising nearby.
Forgepoint raised $9.8 million in seed funding co-led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z Speedrun to expand Frank.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Forgepoint raises $9.8M seed led by Primary and a16z speedrun for factory quoting AI》
London-based offensive security startup CodeWall launched with $4 million in pre-seed funding led by Osney Capital for autonomous AI agents that attack enterprises the way an outside hacker would. In an earlier engagement, an agent with no credentials gained read and write access to the production database behind McKinsey's Lilli AI platform within two hours. CodeWall pitches the ongoing testing as a replacement for the once- or twice-a-year penetration test.
Evos, officially Evolutionary Operating System Inc., raised $9 million in pre-seed funding led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《Evos raises $9M pre-seed to run AI operators inside existing business systems》
Uvi, officially Naboo Research Ltd., raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by CT Innovations.
Why it matters: Uvi's seed round and benchmark numbers show how much enterprises pay to rebuild agent context, and how a shared context layer changes that cost.
Giant has raised $8M to build generative AI storytelling tools that let children create characters and shape stories in real time.
Jessica Herrin, founder of Stella & Dot, raised $5 million in seed funding for Marklo.
Why it matters: Forerunner's backing of a founder who ran a $2B seller network shows how commerce investors are betting on AI that decides what to promote, not just drafts the copy.
Miracly, an AI marketing platform from The Wild Ventures, launched with a €1.8 million pre-seed round led by Beenext Ventures and Lotus. It combines generative engine optimisation.
Czech startup FLÆ Robotics has raised more than €1 million in seed funding from Purple Ventures and Garage Angels to develop 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.
Stride, the preventive health membership founded by Olympic medalist Andrew Steele.
Why it matters: Stride's seed round shows how consumer preventive health is being built around lab diagnostics and an AI copilot, with retention as the open question.
Affinity Labs raised $2M in a round led by Fuel Ventures, including a £497,787 Innovate UK grant.
OlsAro raised €5M in seed funding led by Industrifonden, with Nordic Foodtech VC as co-lead.
Why it matters: OlsAro's €5M seed shows how AI trait discovery is being sold to seed companies rather than run as a standalone farm operation.
Helsinki-based Ambio raised a €5.1 million seed round led by b2venture.
Why it matters: Ambio's seed round shows how AI matchmaking is being applied to the demand side of recycled plastics, where weak buyer interest has stalled the market.
Antler invested £2.2 million across 10 UK pre-seed startups, with roughly £210.
Causa Prima raised a $20M seed round led by Base10 Partners, with QED Investors and FJ Labs joining.
Why it matters: Causa Prima's two-sided agent network for invoice disputes shows how AI finance startups are moving from single-company tools to cross-company settlement.
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》
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