AI2Day
Tag

#venture capital

8 stories taggedventure capital.

Two sleek matte-black unmanned patrol boats moving across a grey-green North Sea, photographed from a low aerial angle, choppy waves, overcast sky, no people vi
Robotics

Generalist Hits $3 Billion Valuation After Raising Nearly $200 Million More

The robotics AI startup, founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, now claims its software can teach a robot a new skill from a video clip as short as three seconds.

3 min read
Full-frame photoreal editorial image of a darkened laptop screen displaying a generic seized-domain notice in a modern living room, glow of a football match on
Policy

The DOJ Is Investigating a16z Over Board Seats at Competing Companies. Here Is What That Means.

A rarely used antitrust law from 1914 is at the centre of a federal probe into whether Andreessen Horowitz crossed a line by placing partners on the boards of rival firms.

4 min read
A sleek modern corporate office interior at dusk, glass walls reflecting city lights, an empty executive chair at a large curved desk with a glowing monitor sho
AI Business

An AI chip startup just tripled its valuation in six months. Here's who's paying and why.

Etched has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by a Wall Street trading giant that actually tested the hardware first. The numbers are striking. The speed of the rise is even more so.

3 min read
A close-up macro photograph of a modern silicon computer chip on a circuit board, shot in warm studio light with shallow depth of field, showing intricate gold
AI Business

Databricks wanted to raise $1 billion. Investors offered $15 billion. It took $5 billion.

The AI data company closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation after a leaked news report triggered a flood of investor calls it never asked for.

4 min read
A close-up top-down view of a glowing tablet screen displaying a grid of vivid, colourful video thumbnail frames in various stages of rendering, set on a clean
AI Business

Accel Raises $550 Million for India in Weeks, Betting AI Will Power the Country's Next Startup Wave

The venture firm closed its new India fund while more than half its previous fund sat unspent, signalling unusually strong investor confidence in Indian AI applications and enterprise software.

3 min read
Modern oil refinery with digital data overlay, sensors and machinery in operation, photorealistic style, daytime
AI Business

Physical AI: The Dollars and Sense of Robotics

How Physical AI is reshaping automation and attracting billions in venture capital.

3 min read
A top-down flat-lay view of a laboratory bench covered with glass vials, molecular model kits, and a glowing tablet screen displaying abstract network diagrams
Health

OpenAI Researcher Leaves to Build AI Drug Discovery Startup, Seeking $200M at $2B Valuation

Miles Wang, who studied how AI can speed up science, is reportedly heading out of OpenAI to start a company focused on finding new medicines faster.

3 min read
Photoreal news-editorial style 16:9 image
AI Business

AI Startups Swallowed 80% of All Global Venture Capital in Early 2026

Investors put roughly $242 billion into artificial intelligence companies in just three months. That figure, from data tracker Crunchbase, has no historical parallel. Here is what it means if you work for a living.

3 min read
© 2026 AI2Day