Announcing our Series D and $1B ARR
Fireworks AI closed a $1.505B Series D at a $17.5B valuation after surpassing $1B in annualized revenue. The company processes 40 trillion tokens daily, with 95%+ from customer-specialized models.
Categories: Open Source, Funding (AI)
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Sobota 18. júla 2026
Databricks hits $188 billion valuation in new strategic funding round
Databricks announced a strategic funding round led by Coatue at a $188 billion valuation, up from $134 billion in February 2026, with proceeds earmarked for its Unity AI Gateway, Genie AI coworker, and Lakebase serverless database.
Walden Robotics Launches with $300 Million to Put General-Purpose Robots to Work Today
Cambridge-based Walden Robotics (spun out of Toyota Research Institute) launched from stealth with $300M at a $1.1B valuation. One of their robots is already working 8-hour shifts at a Toyota North American factory.
Munich robotics startup Microagi raises $55m, Germany's largest ever seed round
Munich-based Microagi raised $55M in Germany's largest-ever seed round, led by Hummingbird Ventures. The startup builds a data platform helping manufacturers deploy humanoid robots into live production environments.
Piatok 17. júla 2026
Linux Creator Plants Foot on AI: Linux kernel is not an anti-AI project
Linus Torvalds declared on the kernel mailing list that Linux is not an anti-AI project and developers who object to AI use in kernel development can fork the code or walk away. A dramatic shift from his 2024 stance dismissing 90% of AI as hype.
Štvrtok 16. júla 2026
Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
Emergent, an Indian AI platform that lets non-technical users build full-stack production apps, raised $130M in Series C at a $1.5B valuation — a fivefold jump in six months. Over 12 million apps have been built on the platform.
Grok Build is now open source
xAI open-sourced Grok Build on July 15, 2026 — its terminal UI coding agent is now available on GitHub at xai-org/grok-build. The release came one day after security researchers discovered Grok Build was uploading excessive portions of users' code repos to Google Cloud.
Streda 15. júla 2026
Chai Discovery Raises $400M Series C at $3.8B Valuation for AI Drug Discovery
AI biotech startup Chai Discovery closed a $400M Series C at a $3.8B valuation — triple its valuation from seven months prior. The Chai-3 platform improves antibody binding affinity and is used by Eli Lilly and Pfizer. OpenAI is among existing investors.
Utorok 14. júla 2026
DeepSeek Mulls New Funding Round at $71 Billion Valuation
Chinese AI leader DeepSeek is exploring a new funding round at a $71 billion pre-money valuation — just weeks after closing its $7.4 billion June 2026 round. The 42% valuation jump reflects surging global demand for its models.
Pondelok 13. júla 2026
Helsing raises $1.8 billion in Europe's biggest defense-startup round
European defense AI company Helsing closed a $1.8B Series E at an $18B valuation — the largest-ever funding round for a European defense tech startup. Investors include Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Dragoneer, Lightspeed, and JPMorgan.