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Every round we have collected, newest first — company, what it actually does in one plain sentence, the amount as its source reported it, and a link back to that source. The weekly summary, the takeaway and the i-Index live on the main Intake page.
602 rounds held · 17 Jul 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 33 collection runs
AI
1–57 of 57- 30 Oct 202601.AI
Develops large general-purpose AI models.
- 30 Oct 2026Netra Runtime
Runs AI models inside an organisation's own systems, so it keeps control of how they are deployed and of sensitive data.
- 29 Oct 2026Dream$17m (reported)
An AI model of how buildings behave, trained on permit records, so construction teams can test designs against real physics and codes.
- 29 Oct 2026Jingshuo
Builds the data infrastructure used to train AI systems that act in the physical world; it was spun out of a self-driving car company.
- 26 Oct 2026Hypersphere Technology
Building a next generation of general-purpose AI foundation models.
- 23 Oct 2026DeepSeek$15bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
A Chinese AI lab that builds large language models.
- 22 Oct 2026Reduck$3m (reported)
Speeds up the way AI agents click and read their way through websites.
- 21 Oct 2026Blacksmith$66m (reported)
A platform for building and testing code written by AI.
- 15 Oct 2026SciVisual
Software that simulates scientific problems and turns the results into data researchers and AI models can use.
- 15 Oct 2026Shamrock AI$5m (reported)
Tooling that lets a company put AI agents into live use and keep them behaving predictably.
- 12 Oct 2026Infinigence AI¥2.3bn (reported)
Software that lets one AI model run efficiently across chips from different makers.
- 8 Oct 2026Butterfly Effect$500m (reported)
The company behind Manus, a Chinese AI agent.
- 1 Oct 2026Deepslate€7.7m (reported)
Builds the speech side of software — systems that listen and talk back — for European companies that want it in their own languages.
- 1 Oct 2026Good Tape€600k (reported)
Turns recorded interviews into searchable text, and now lets users dig back through old recordings for things they missed.
- 30 Sept 2026Zenithon
A research lab building world models - AI that learns how physical places behave well enough to predict what happens next in them.
- 28 Sept 2026Granite€4m (reported)
Sells cloud infrastructure, software and hardware built to run AI agents.
- 28 Sept 2026Klang€1.3m (reported)
Transcribes, summarises and analyses interviews and meetings, and has released a free speech-to-text model for Swedish.
- 25 Sept 2026Nscale$3.4bn (reported)
Runs data centres rented out to companies that need to train and serve large AI models.
- 17 Sept 2026Crusoe$3.9bn (reported)
Builds and runs very large data centres for AI work, including small modular ones sited next to their own power.
- 15 Sept 2026Boxd$2m (reported)
Cloud computing built for software developers and the AI coding agents that write code for them.
- 14 Sept 2026Z.ai$5bn (reported)
Builds the GLM family of general-purpose AI models, and the training and serving systems they run on.
- 10 Sept 2026Arlequin AI€28m (reported)
Develops AI models built on a different underlying design, topological neural networks, and deploys them for customers.
- 8 Sept 2026Mistral AI€3bn (reported)
A European AI company building its own models, pitched to governments and firms that want AI systems run under European control.
- 7 Sept 2026Navana.ai₹400m (reported)
A platform for building automated voice assistants that hold spoken conversations in place of a call handler.
- 4 Sept 2026Crusoe$3bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
Builds and runs data centres and cloud computing capacity aimed at AI workloads.
- 2 Sept 2026Hiasynth
Has built a synthetic model of Europe's population at full scale that AI systems can query.
- 25 Aug 2026Lambda$3bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
Cloud computing infrastructure — GPU compute — for training and running AI models.
- 25 Aug 2026Stability AI$76m (reported)
The lab behind Stable Diffusion, the open image-generation model.
- 24 Aug 2026General IntuitionRumoured · not indexed
Builds a foundation AI model that teaches AI agents and robots how to move and act in physical space.
- 24 Aug 2026PerplexityRumoured · not indexed
AI-powered search and question-answering engine.
- 24 Aug 2026Prevalent AI£16.1m (reported)
Provides an AI "context engine" that gives enterprises the organisational data AI systems need to operate securely.
- 20 Aug 2026Callosum$100m (reported)
Systems software that routes AI workloads to the cheapest suitable models and chips.
- 20 Aug 2026Velatir€5m (reported)
An AI infrastructure platform that helps companies run AI workloads across different chips and models.
- 18 Aug 2026Wispr$280m (reported)
Builds an AI speech-to-text model designed to stay accurate even in noisy conditions.
- 14 Aug 2026Blacksmith$45m (reported)
Runs AI-driven tests on AI-generated code to catch bugs before it ships.
- 13 Aug 2026Lovable$400m (reported)
AI platform that lets people build working software by describing what they want in plain language.
- 12 Aug 2026Cognition$1bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
Maker of the Devin AI coding agent, used by banks and automakers to write and manage software.
- 11 Aug 2026Edgify$9m (reported)
AI infrastructure that runs on in-store devices like cameras, scales and checkouts to cut theft and loss for physical retailers.
- 11 Aug 2026Palette€3m (reported)
A platform to help business teams adopt and coordinate AI tools across their organisation.
- 7 Aug 2026Firmus$2.9bn (reported)
Builds and operates large AI data centres in Australia powered by Nvidia chips.
- 6 Aug 2026Inevitable AI Group€5.2m (reported)
A venture studio that builds and launches multiple AI-native software companies.
- 6 Aug 2026Vangrid$9m (reported)
Builds a smartphone-based spatial-mapping network to power physical AI and robotics.
- 5 Aug 2026DeepSeek¥50bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
Chinese AI lab building large language models, reportedly in talks for a new funding round.
- 5 Aug 2026Kaiwang Data¥100m (reported)
Supplies data infrastructure used to train embodied-AI robots.
- 5 Aug 2026Moonshot AIRumoured · not indexed
Chinese AI lab behind the Kimi chatbot, reportedly opening a pre-IPO funding round.
- 31 Jul 2026Smallest.ai$13m (reported)
Builds ultra-fast voice AI models for phone calls designed to sound genuinely human.
- 30 Jul 2026AI Infrastructure Capital AG€16m (reported)
Buys and operates AI servers powered by renewable energy, renting out the compute capacity on long-term contracts.
- 30 Jul 2026Moonshot AI$3.5bn (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
A Chinese AI lab building large foundation models, reportedly already starting an even larger follow-on round.
- 30 Jul 2026Perceptron$6.5m (reported)
Runs a decentralised network that collects and sells data used to train AI models.
- 27 Jul 2026Multiverse Computing$570m (reported)Rumoured · not indexed
Makes AI models cheaper and more efficient for enterprises to run.
- 24 Jul 2026Arrakis$30m (reported)
Autonomous AI agents that run core business workflows for enterprises.
- 23 Jul 2026kausable€12m (reported)
Builds AI models designed to adapt to new situations without needing costly retraining.
- 22 Jul 2026Arrakis$40m (reported)
Tooling that helps companies get AI models into production and keep them running reliably.
- 22 Jul 2026MistralRumoured · not indexed
Builds large language models (foundation AI models).
- 22 Jul 2026Moonshot AIRumoured · not indexed
The Chinese lab behind the Kimi chatbot, building large language models.
- 20 Jul 2026CuspAI$450m (reported)
An AI system that designs new materials to order, for uses such as capturing carbon.
- 20 Jul 2026Infinity$15m (reported)
Infrastructure that runs AI models faster and more cheaply when they are answering live requests.
Every figure here is what a news outlet reported, not a verified or audited number, and outlets sometimes disagree about the same round. Rounds tagged “rumoured” are unconfirmed reports and are excluded from the i-Index entirely. This page is general information — not investment advice, and not a recommendation of any company on it. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and it gets corrected.