Funding rounds, founder playbooks, and the early-stage companies building what everyone else will use in three years.
Cognition AI, the company behind coding agent Devin, is reportedly in early funding talks that would push its valuation up more than 50% to at least $40 billion.
After reportedly laying groundwork for a Q4 2026 listing, OpenAI has confirmed it will not go public this year — a reversal that lands weeks after Anthropic confidentially filed its own S-1.
Spur Intelligence has raised $200 million from Insight Partners to grow its technology for distinguishing legitimate human traffic from bots — a signal of how much capital is chasing AI-era fraud and abuse defense.
Recursive Superintelligence has signed a compute deal with Amazon reported at roughly $400 million — the bulk of the company's fundraising to date.
Fish Audio has raised a $50 million seed round to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises, with 8 million users and $21 million in ARR already.
Anthropic has confidentially filed its S-1 with the SEC, targeting an October 2026 Nasdaq debut on the heels of a $65B round that valued the company at $965B.
Uber's ousted co-founder lands a16z-led funding for his physical AI startup Atoms, with Uber itself joining the round as an investor eight years after pushing him out.
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