Sarvam Raises $234M to Power India's Sovereign AI
Bengaluru-based Sarvam hit a $1.5 billion valuation after HCLTech put in $150 million, betting India can build its own AI stack and stop routing sensitive data through American clouds.
Articles Tagged "Startups"
Bezos Backs Flourish's $500M Bet on Brain-Inspired AI
Jeff Bezos anchored a $500M round for Flourish, a New York startup building Cortex AI from connectomics research, targeting 20-50W operation versus server-rack GPU clusters.
Niteshift Raises $7M to Be the Cloud for Coding Agents
Former Datadog engineers launch Niteshift, a $7M-backed cloud platform that runs AI coding agents in full-stack environments with model-agnostic routing.
Orbital Plans 10,000 GPU Satellites for AI Inference
a16z-backed Orbital wants to run AI inference from low Earth orbit using NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, targeting 10,000 satellites and 1 GW of compute at full scale.
Lovable Signs Google Cloud Deal to 5x Its Infrastructure
Lovable's multiyear Google Cloud pact quintuples its compute footprint and bundles access to both Claude and Gemini - a bet that enterprise credibility is the next growth act.
XCENA Raises $135M Betting Memory Is AI's Real Bottleneck
XCENA raises $135M at a $570M valuation to build the MX1 - a CXL 3.2 chip with thousands of RISC-V cores that processes AI workloads where data lives, eliminating costly data transfers between GPU and RAM.
Groq Raises $650M to Pivot From Chip Maker to Cloud
After licensing its chip technology to Nvidia for $20 billion, Groq is raising $650M from existing investors to rebuild itself as an AI inference cloud provider.
Cognition Raises $1B at $25B as Devin Hits $492M ARR
Cognition's $1B funding round at a $25B pre-money valuation puts Devin's $492M ARR and model-agnostic architecture under scrutiny as every major AI lab ships its own coding agent.
AI Startups Are Gaming Revenue and VCs Look Away
AI founders are reporting contracted ARR as actual revenue, inflating public figures by 3-5x - and their investors know it.
Brett Adcock's Hark Raises $700M for AI Interface
Brett Adcock's AI lab Hark has closed a $700M Series A at a $6B valuation before shipping a single product, with chip companies AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA all backing the bet.
Best AI Tools for Founders and CEOs in 2026
Eight AI tools that give founders and CEOs a real productivity edge in 2026 - with verified pricing, honest trade-offs, and three stack configurations.
LetinAR Scores $18M for the Optics Behind AI Glasses
South Korean startup LetinAR raises $18.5M to scale its PinTILT optical modules, which already power AI glasses and AR helmets as shipments hit 8.7 million units globally in 2025.
