Research report 02 / Weekly funding and acquisitions / Weekly

Superpower AI Capital Ledger

Weekly disclosed AI funding and acquisition totals, transaction counts, stage mix, valuations, and named investors.

Archived snapshotv1Aug 27, 2026
Latest week
$720.3M

10 transactions beginning 2026-08-24

Disclosed value
$186.8B

All tracked USD funding and acquisitions

Transactions
29

24 disclose USD value

Median disclosed
$265M

Across valued transactions

Interactive figureCapital ledger
CSV JSON
Data status186,800,300,000 verified records across 6 periods

Each bar is one week beginning monday (utc). Colored segments show how verified observations are distributed across series.

Verified observationHover or focus any mark for exact valuesLast updated Aug 27, 2026

Version ledger

Frozen public editions

Each edition preserves the records, method, sources, and downloads available at publication time.

  1. v27 / latestSep 16, 202665 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 65 records.

  2. v26Sep 15, 202662 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 62 records.

  3. v25Sep 14, 202659 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 59 records.

  4. v24Sep 13, 202659 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 59 records.

  5. v23Sep 12, 202659 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 59 records.

  6. v22Sep 11, 202657 records / 40 sources

    +4 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 57 records.

  7. v21Sep 10, 202653 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Latest week, Transactions, Median disclosed. The frozen snapshot contains 53 records.

  8. v20Sep 9, 202650 records / 40 sources

    +5 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 50 records.

  9. v19Sep 8, 202645 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Latest week, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 45 records.

  10. v18Sep 7, 202644 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 44 records.

  11. v17Sep 6, 202644 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 44 records.

  12. v16Sep 5, 202644 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 44 records.

  13. v15Sep 4, 202642 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 42 records.

  14. v14Sep 3, 202640 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 40 records.

  15. v13Sep 2, 202637 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 37 records.

  16. v12Sep 1, 202635 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 35 records.

  17. v11Aug 31, 202632 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 32 records.

  18. v10Aug 30, 202632 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 32 records.

  19. v9Aug 29, 202632 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 32 records.

  20. v8Aug 28, 202632 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 32 records.

  21. v7Aug 28, 202632 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 32 records.

  22. v6Aug 27, 202631 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 31 records.

  23. v5Aug 27, 202630 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 30 records.

  24. v4Aug 27, 202630 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 30 records.

  25. v3Aug 27, 202630 records / 40 sources

    Source-backed fields changed; the frozen snapshot contains 30 records.

  26. v2Aug 27, 202630 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Latest week, Disclosed value, Transactions. The frozen snapshot contains 30 records.

  27. v1Aug 27, 202629 records / 40 sources

    Initial public snapshot with 29 records and 40 cited sources.

Coverage note

This is a disclosed-capital ledger, not an estimate of total private-market activity. Currency conversion is intentionally not inferred. 157 named investors are currently represented in the underlying records.

Dataset ID
spd:capital-flow
Stable URL
/research/capital-flow
Cadence
Weekly
Version
v1
Coverage
2024-10-22/2026-08-26
Records
29
Fields
7
Updated
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CSV JSON
Superpower AI Capital Ledger data records
DateTypeCompany / dealStage / statusAmountCurrencyValuation
2024-10-22acquisitionInflection AI / Boundarylessannounced
2025-09-16fundingFigure exceeds $1 billion in Series C funding at $39 billion valuationSeries C1000000000.00USD39000000000.00
2026-02-27fundingOpenAI announces $110B in new investment110000000000.00USD730000000000.00
2026-06-22fundingGroq raises $650 million in growth capitalgrowth capital650000000.00USD
2026-08-06acquisitionAMD / Taalasannounced; pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals
2026-08-14acquisitionSpaceX / xAIcompleted1250000000000.00
2026-08-15fundingKling AI $2.8B Series D (reported)Series D2800000000.00USD
2026-08-17fundingGroq raises $350M Series ASeries A350000000.00USD
2026-08-17acquisitionStripe / OpenRouterannounced7000000000.00USD
2026-08-17acquisitionSpaceX / Cursorcompleted60000000000.00USD
2026-08-17fundingWispr Flow raises $280M Series BSeries B280000000.00USD2000000000.00
2026-08-17fundingNVIDIA to invest in SB Energy's Ohio data-center buildout1500000000.00USD
2026-08-18fundingVelaura AI raises $110 million Series ASeries A110000000.00USD1000000000.00
2026-08-18fundingHiggsfield raises $400 million in Series B at $5.4 billion valuationSeries B400000000.00USD5400000000.00
2026-08-18fundingEtched raises $700 million at a $21 billion valuation700000000.00USD21000000000.00
2026-08-18acquisitionGoogle / Spirit Airlinespending approval10000000.00USD
2026-08-20fundingNvidia invests $1 billion in Poolside alongside Model Factory licensing dealstrategic investment1000000000.00USD12000000000.00
2026-08-20fundingSilicon Data raises $30 million Series ASeries A30000000.00USD
2026-08-21fundingStarcloud raises $250 million at $2.3 billion valuationSeries A extension250000000.00USD2300000000.00
2026-08-24acquisitionNavitas Semiconductor / Clarosannounced232800000.00USD
2026-08-24fundingWATER raises $2.5 million2500000.00USD
2026-08-24acquisitionDescartes Systems Group / Tai Softwareannounced100000000.00USD
2026-08-25fundingEmerald AI raises $150 million in Series A at $1.05 billion valuationSeries A150000000.00USD1050000000.00
2026-08-25fundingStability AI raises $76 million Series B with investments from the three major music companiesSeries B76000000.00USD
2026-08-26acquisitionGlobus Medical / Higgs Boson Healthannounced
2026-08-26fundingMara raises $7 million for autonomous counter-drone platform7000000.00USD
2026-08-26fundingLegato raises $12 million to develop AI-powered hearing glasses12000000.00USD
2026-08-26fundingAlice raises $140 million financing round140000000.00USD800000000.00
2026-08-26acquisitionMERGE / Brado’s Insight and Digital practicesannounced

Measurement technique

How to read this report

  1. 01Only verified funding and acquisition records are included.
  2. 02Weekly editions run Monday through Sunday in UTC. The newest week can be partial and is labeled by its Monday start date.
  3. 03Aggregate values include USD-denominated disclosed transactions only; undisclosed transactions remain in record counts.
  4. 04Announcement dates are used unless a more precise transaction date is available. Named investors are deduplicated across the underlying record set.

Sources

Evidence

30 publishers supporting 40 records. Expand a publisher to inspect its cited pages.

globenewswire.comglobenewswire.com6 sources / 6 records
TechCrunchtechcrunch.com5 sources / 5 records
siliconangle.comsiliconangle.com2 sources / 2 records
app.dealroom.coapp.dealroom.co1 source / 1 record
Ars Technicaarstechnica.com1 source / 1 record
billboard.combillboard.com1 source / 1 record
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briefs.cobriefs.co1 source / 1 record
CNBCcnbc.com1 source / 1 record
crowdfundinsider.comcrowdfundinsider.com1 source / 1 record
dpa-international.comdpa-international.com1 source / 1 record
entrackr.comentrackr.com1 source / 1 record
equitypandit.comequitypandit.com1 source / 1 record
forklog.comforklog.com1 source / 1 record
indianstartupnews.comindianstartupnews.com1 source / 1 record
inshorts.cominshorts.com1 source / 1 record
jpost.comjpost.com1 source / 1 record
newswire.comnewswire.com1 source / 1 record
openai.comopenai.com1 source / 1 record
opensourceforu.comopensourceforu.com1 source / 1 record
proactiveinvestors.com.auproactiveinvestors.com.au1 source / 1 record
pymnts.compymnts.com1 source / 1 record
securityweek.comsecurityweek.com1 source / 1 record
stability.aistability.ai1 source / 1 record
thehindubusinessline.comthehindubusinessline.com1 source / 1 record
ua.newsua.news1 source / 1 record
variety.comvariety.com1 source / 1 record
verdict.co.ukverdict.co.uk1 source / 1 record
virginiabusiness.comvirginiabusiness.com1 source / 1 record
whalesbook.comwhalesbook.com1 source / 1 record
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