AI Funding Tracker

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Emerald AI announced a $150 million Series A co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC, valuing the data-center power-management startup at $1.05 billion.

• • Emerald AI announced the Series A on Tuesday, one day before the article's August 26, 2026 publication date.
• • The company said the financing brings its valuation to $1.05 billion.
• • The startup develops software for managing data-center electricity use during peak grid demand.

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WATER raised $2.5 million in funding led by Endiya Partners to support technical validation of its physical AI products.

• • The funding was reported on August 24, 2026.
• • Endiya Partners led the round.
• • The funding will support technical validation of WATER's model across products and users.

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Starcloud announced a $250 million Series A extension led by Manhattan West, with Nvidia and Cisco Investments among the participating backers, at a $2.3 billion valuation.

• • Starcloud announced the financing on August 21, 2026.
• • The round extends a Series A announced in March.
• • Manhattan West led the deal; Nvidia and Cisco Investments were named among more than a dozen other backers.
• • The stated valuation is $2.3 billion.

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Silicon Data raised a $30 million Series A to build a GPU-rental price index and support planned compute futures trading.

• • Silicon Data raised $30 million in Series A funding.
• • The company is developing a GPU-rental reference price index.
• • Compute futures trading is planned for October 5 on CME, pending regulatory approval.

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Nvidia announced a $1 billion equity investment in Poolside at a $12 billion pre-money valuation, alongside a $6 billion non-exclusive license for Poolside’s Model Factory and the hiring of 109 employees.

• • Nvidia is investing $1 billion in Poolside at a $12 billion pre-money valuation.
• • Nvidia is separately paying $6 billion for a non-exclusive Model Factory software license.
• • The arrangement is not an outright acquisition of Poolside.

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Velaura AI announced a $110 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from Samsung Catalyst Fund, Mayfield and other investors. The company is valued at over $1 billion.

• • The financing was announced on August 18, 2026.
• • Seligman Ventures led the Series A.
• • Velaura said the round values it at over $1 billion.
• • The company will use the funding for engineering and customer-facing team expansion.

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Higgsfield announced a $400 million Series B led by DST Capital, with participation from new and existing investors, valuing the AI startup at $5.4 billion.

• • Higgsfield raised $400 million in a Series B financing announced on August 18, 2026.
• • DST Capital led the round.
• • The financing valued Higgsfield at $5.4 billion.
• • Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Tribe Capital, Intel Capital, Accel, Menlo Ventures, and GFT Ventures participated.

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Etched announced a $700 million funding round at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street and joined by Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Tiger Global, according to reports cited by the article.

• • The article states that Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation.
• • Reuters reportedly identified Jane Street as the lead investor and named Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Tiger Global as participants.
• • The article identifies Etched as an AI inference hardware startup delivering rack-level “frontier inference clusters.”

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Wispr Flow announced a $280 million Series B on 2026-08-17 and the company is now reported as a $2 billion company.

• • Article states Wispr Flow raised $280,000,000 in a Series B (announced Aug. 17, 2026).
• • Article states Wispr Flow is now a $2,000,000,000 company after the raise.
• • Article states the first and largest part of the round will go to improving accuracy.
• • Article states Wispr Flow is previewing its first proprietary speech model, Canto.

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Groq Inc. raised $350,000,000 in a Series A round led by Disruptive; Nvidia Corp. plans to join the round later.

• • Article states Groq announced a $350,000,000 Series A round.
• • Article states the round was led by returning backer Disruptive.
• • Article states Nvidia Corp. plans to join the round later but amount unspecified.
• • Article states Groq will use proceeds to grow GroqCloud and expand capacity from 57 MW to over 200 MW next year.
• • Article notes GroqCloud runs on hardware in 13 data centers worldwide.

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