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Waymo Nears $16 Bn Funding Round, Valuation Seen at $110 Bn
More than three-quarters of the new capital is expected to come from Alphabet, Waymo’s parent company.
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Spector.ai Raises $6.7 Mn to Scale Industrial AI Platform and Expand Global Enterprise Deployments
The funds will be used to accelerate product innovation, and expand enterprise deployments globally.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Bn in Upsized Series E to Scale Compute and AI Products
The company said the capital will be used primarily to expand compute capacity and support research aligned with its mission of “understanding the universe.”
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Bengaluru Startup Arrowhead Raises $3 Mn Seed Round to Scale its Voice AI Models
The startup focuses on replacing large human sales teams with AI-driven voice agents capable of conducting long and complex conversations.
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Coimbatore AI Startup Aivar Raises $4.6 Mn to Expand in India, US and Middle East and Scale AI Accelerators
Founded in 2024, Aivar positions itself as a technology services partner focused on enterprise AI adoption.
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Bengaluru-Based Prosperr.io Raises $4 Mn to Build AI-Powered Tax Infrastructure for India
The startup offers an always-on tax platform for salaried individuals that adapts to financial goals, unlocks eligible deductions, and enables proactive advisor communication.
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India Tech Funding Slips 17% in 2025, Early-Stage Deals Defy the Slowdown
Despite the slowdown, India retained its position as the world’s third-largest tech funding ecosystem, behind only the US and the UK.
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Databricks Raises $4 Bn in Series L Funding; Tops $4.8 Bn Revenue Run-Rate, Secures
The Q3 performance included more than $1 billion revenue run-rate each from its AI products and its data warehousing business.
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AI Drug Discovery Startup Chai Discovery Becomes Unicorn After $130 Mn Funding Round
Chai Discovery plans to use the fresh capital to expand research efforts and accelerate commercialisation.
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NeoSapien Raises $2 Mn to Develop AI Wearables in India
The funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand market visibility, and build out the company’s engineering, design and go-to-market teams.
AI Startups
Bengaluru Voice AI Startup SuperBryn Raises $1.2 Mn to Fix Why Most Voice Agents Fail in the Real World
SuperBryn is building a reliability framework designed to help enterprises deploy voice AI agents at scale.
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Skydo Raises $10 Mn Series A to Build Global Payments Backbone for Indian Exporters
The funding will help Skydo scale its product suite and global footprint as India targets $2 trillion in exports by FY30.