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Anthropic Raises $30 Billion in Series G Funding at $380B Valuation
Anthropic secured $30 billion in a Series G round on February 12, 2026, led by GIC and Coatue, valuing the AI company at $380 billion post-money. Funds will support compute infrastructure, enterprise products, talent acquisition, and AI safety research.
This marks the second-largest venture round ever.
Apptronik Secures $520M Extension for Humanoid Robots
Robotics startup Apptronik raised $520 million, extending its Series A to over $935 million total. The Austin-based firm focuses on AI-powered humanoid robots.
This positions it among the week's largest funding rounds.
Inertia Enterprises Lands $450M Series A for Fusion Energy
Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises announced $450 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The Livermore-based company aims to innovate in clean energy.
Investors include Google Ventures and Threshold.
Axiom Space Closes $350M for Space Station and Suits
Space tech unicorn Axiom Space raised $350 million led by Type One Ventures and Qatar Investment Authority. The Houston firm builds ISS successors and moon mission suits.
This bolsters its commercial space ambitions.
Modal Labs in Talks for $2.5B Valuation Funding Round
AI inference startup Modal Labs is negotiating a round at $2.5 billion valuation, more than doubling its prior $1.1 billion. General Catalyst may lead; annualized revenue is $50 million.
The deal follows an $87 million Series B five months ago.
Simile Raises $100M to Predict Human Behavior with AI
AI startup Simile secured $100 million led by Index Ventures for predicting customer purchases and earnings call questions. Backers include Bain Capital Ventures and AI experts Fei-Fei Li, Andrej Karpathy.
It targets enterprise behavior forecasting.
Anterior Bags $40M for Clinician-Led Health AI
Health AI firm Anterior raised $40 million from NEA, Sequoia, FPV, and Kinnevik, totaling $64 million. Funds expand deployments, use cases, and integrations with five-day average rollout.
It focuses on clinical and operational AI.
Reco Secures $30M Series B for AI SaaS Security
AI SaaS security platform Reco raised $30 million in Series B led by Zeev Ventures, totaling $85 million. Participants include Insight Partners, Workday Ventures.
It protects enterprise software environments.
Uptiq Raises $25M Series B for Financial AI Platform
Financial services AI platform Uptiq secured $25 million led by Curql to scale its Qore platform. Backers include Silverton Partners, Broadridge.
It targets industry-ready AI solutions.
Datoms Raises $2.77M Series A for Industrial IoT
Indian deeptech IoT startup Datoms raised Rs 25 Cr ($2.77 million) led by BIG Global Investments. It offers IoT for manufacturing automation; backers include YourNest, IvyCap.
Focuses on industrial operations.
Porters Lands €2.7M Pre-Seed for AI Banking Ops
Porters raised €2.7 million pre-seed led by Earlybird VC for banking operations AI services. Angels from Qonto, Upvest participate.
Aims to expand mission-critical tools.
Grafana Labs Eyes $9B Valuation Funding Round
Observability platform Grafana Labs is in talks for new capital at $9 billion valuation. Previous $270 million round backed by GCI, CapitalG, Lightspeed.
Signals strong late-stage interest.