Elorian's $300M Joins AI's No-Product Funding Club
Ex-Google DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai raised $55M at a $300M valuation for Elorian, a visual AI lab with no product yet, joining a growing list of frontier labs priced on pedigree alone.
Articles Tagged "Startups"
Emergent's AI Coding Bet Jumps From $300M to $1.5B
Bengaluru's Emergent raised $130M at a $1.5 billion valuation, five times January's price, betting AI coding agents sell better to small businesses than to developers.
Nvidia Backs Voice AI's Two Biggest Rivals at Once
Nvidia has joined Gradium's seed round while holding a stake in rival ElevenLabs, tying its GPUs to both leaders in the race to own voice AI.
Lyzr Raises $100M - Its Own AI Agent Did the Work
Lyzr closed a $100M Series B at a $500M valuation using its own AI agent SivaClaw to handle investor inquiries from 130+ funds - no founders needed on the road.
Lovable Eyes $13.2B Valuation, Up 7x in One Year
Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise $300M at a $13.2B valuation - a sevenfold jump from its $1.8B Series A just twelve months ago.
Crusoe Eyes $3B Round to Triple AI Factory Valuation
Crusoe is in talks to raise roughly $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation, tripling what investors paid eight months ago as AI compute demand outstrips available infrastructure.
AI Took 70% of Record $510B Venture Haul in H1
Crunchbase data shows global startup investment hit $510 billion in H1 2026 - more than all of 2025 combined - with AI absorbing over 70% of Q2 capital and two labs capturing 43% of the total.
How to Write a Business Plan with AI - Step by Step
A practical guide to using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft a business plan section by section, with prompts you can copy.
Baseten Closes $1.5B Round as Open-Source AI Matures
Baseten's $1.5B raise at a $13B valuation signals a structural shift as open-source models displace closed APIs in enterprise AI.
Behavox Raises $175M From BlackRock for AI Compliance
London-based Behavox lands preferred equity from BlackRock's HPS as compliance demand rises ahead of Colorado and EU AI Act deadlines.
Pramaana Labs Raises $27M for Provably Correct AI
Pramaana Labs uses the LEAN proof language to attach a mathematical certificate to every AI answer in high-stakes domains like tax, law, and drug discovery.
Odyssey Raises $310M as Amazon Bets on World Models
Amazon leads a $310M round into Odyssey, a startup building world models that simulate physics - not just language - with Trainium chip adoption baked in as the price of entry.
