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Legal AI startup Ivo raises $55 million in Funding

Ivo

San Francisco, January 20, 2026: Ivo, a leading AI-powered contract intelligence platform, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Blackbird, with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, GD1, and Icehouse Ventures. The funding will help Ivo accelerate product innovation, expand its enterprise reach, and transform the way organizations … Read more

AI Security Startup Dam Secure Raises $4 Million Seed Funding Led by Paladin Capital Group

Patrick Collins and Simon Harloff (Photo credit: Hero Shot Photography)

January 2026 | Washington, D.C. / San Francisco: AI-powered cybersecurity startup Dam Secure has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Paladin Capital Group, a leading Washington D.C.–based investor specializing in cyber and AI technologies. The funding aims to address the rising security risks of AI-generated code entering production systems at scale. … Read more

Raana Semiconductors Raises $3 Million Seed Round

RSPL

Pune, India | January 2026: Indian deeptech startup Raana Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. (RSPL) has raised $3 million (approximately ₹25 crore) in a seed funding round led by Equirus Innovatex Fund and Artha Venture Fund, with participation from IvyCap Ventures, PointOne Capital, CIIE Initiatives (IIMA Ventures), and angel investor Garimella Laxminarayana. The latest investment marks Raana … Read more

FireAI Raises ₹6.2 Crore in Pre-Seed and Seed Rounds

FireAI

Mumbai, India | January 2026: AI-powered analytics platform FireAI has successfully raised a total of ₹6.2 crore (approximately $800,000) across its pre-seed and seed funding rounds. The investment was backed by leading venture capital firms including Inflection Point Ventures, Venture Catalyst, and SucSEED Indovation Fund, with SucSEED contributing ₹1 crore to the round. The fresh … Read more

Vibe coding startup Emergent raises $70 Mn In Funding

Emergent Founders

Bengaluru, India | January 2026: AI-powered software creation platform Emergent has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Prosus, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Together, and Y Combinator. This latest round brings Emergent’s total funding to $100 million within just seven months of … Read more

Zscaler Appoints Swamy Kocherlakota to Lead Agentic AI Security Engineering Division

Swamy Kocherlakota

San Jose, California, January 2026: Zscaler, a global leader in cloud security and zero trust solutions, has appointed Swamy Kocherlakota to head its newly established Agentic AI Security Engineering division. This strategic appointment underscores Zscaler’s commitment to strengthening its AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities as enterprises increasingly adopt autonomous and agentic AI systems across their digital ecosystems. … Read more

ClickHouse Raises $400M in Series D Funding

ClickHouse Co-Founders (left to right): Yury Izrailevsky, Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov

San Francisco, January 2026: Real-time data analytics and AI infrastructure leader ClickHouse has secured $400 million in Series D funding, marking one of the largest global investments in data infrastructure this year. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, with participation from top-tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, GIC, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed … Read more

Sequoia Capital Joins Anthropic’s Massive Funding Round — Despite Competing Bets in AI

Sequoia

In a move that’s sparking serious conversation across Silicon Valley, Sequoia Capital is reportedly participating in a major new funding round for Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup behind the popular Claude chatbot, according to a report from the Financial Times. What’s drawing attention isn’t just the size of the investment — it’s the fact that … Read more

OpenAI Partners with Cerebras to Power 750MW of Ultra-Low Latency AI Compute for Real-Time Intelligence

OpenAI

San Francisco, January 2026: OpenAI has announced a landmark partnership with Cerebras Systems, a leading AI hardware company, to add 750 megawatts of ultra-low latency compute power to its global AI infrastructure. The collaboration aims to make OpenAI’s models faster, more responsive, and capable of real-time interaction at unprecedented scale. Revolutionizing AI Speed with Cerebras … Read more

OpenAI to Introduce Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers: Here’s What You Need to Know

OpenAI

India,  January 17, 2026  – OpenAI, the AI powerhouse behind ChatGPT and one of the world’s most valuable tech companies with a valuation of around $500 billion, has taken a major step toward monetization — by introducing advertisements inside ChatGPT. The company announced this week that it will begin testing ads in the U.S. for … Read more

Resquad AI raises $1.5 mn in seed round

Resquad

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – January 2026: Saudi-based Resquad AI, an artificial intelligence-driven recruitment platform helping companies hire tech talent globally, has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by SRG Group, with participation from several prominent angel investors. The funding marks a key milestone for the fast-growing startup and highlights investor confidence in … Read more

Stashfin named Abhishek Gupta as Chief Technology Officer

Abhishek Gupta Appointed CTO At Stashfin

New Delhi, January 2026 — Stashfin, one of India’s leading digital lending and full-stack financial services platforms, has announced the appointment of Abhishek Gupta as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role, Gupta will lead the company’s technology strategy, AI integration, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and product innovation roadmap. With over two decades … Read more

GrowthPal Raises $2.6 Million to Accelerate AI-Powered M&A Platform

Growthpal founders: (L to R) Maneesh Bhandari, Shalu Mitruka and Amaresh Shirsat.

Singapore, January 14, 2026 — GrowthPal, an AI-powered M&A (mergers and acquisitions) platform transforming how companies discover and execute deals, has raised $2.6 million in a new funding round led by Ideaspring Capital, with participation from a group of global angel investors. The fresh capital will help the company expand its presence across the U.S. … Read more

Deep-tech startup Aule Space raises $2 Mn in pre-seed round

Aule

Bengaluru, January 2026 — Aule Space, a deep-tech startup developing autonomous satellites capable of docking and servicing other spacecraft in orbit, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by pi Ventures. The round also saw participation from a group of prominent angel investors, including Eash Sundaram, Arvind Lakshmikumar, and others. The company, … Read more

Misochain Technologies raises Rs 18 Cr in seed round

Misochain Technologies

Bengaluru, January 15, 2026 — Misochain Technologies, a Bengaluru-based aerospace deep-tech startup, has raised ₹18 crore in seed funding led by Capital-A, marking a major step forward in its mission to develop indigenous flight-critical components for India’s defence and global aviation sectors. The fresh capital will be used to establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, fast-track … Read more

Edgistify Raises $1.4 Million in Pre-Series A Funding

Edgistify

Mumbai, January 12, 2026 — Edgistify, an AI-powered warehousing and fulfilment platform, has raised $1.4 million in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by NB Ventures and Rajesh Ranavat, with participation from PhysicsWallah co-founder Prateek Maheshwari, Vivek Gaur, Vikram Tandon, and several other angel investors. The Mumbai-based logistics startup previously secured $1.63 million in a … Read more

Vibranium Labs Secures $4.6 Million Seed Funding to Scale Vibe AI, the World’s First AI Site Reliability Engineer

Vibranium Labs

New York, September 18, 2025: Vibranium Labs has announced that it has raised $4.6 million in seed funding to accelerate the growth of Vibe AI, the world’s first AI Site Reliability Engineer (AI SRE). Designed to proactively monitor, triage, and resolve IT incidents and outages, Vibe AI uses multimodal agentic technology to help businesses maintain … Read more

Seattle Startup Ambassador Raises $7 Million to Expand Its AI-Powered Customer Engagement Platform

Ambassador CEO Geoff McDonald. (Ambassador Photo)

Seattle, WA – December 2025: Customer engagement software startup Ambassador has raised $7 million in new funding to accelerate growth and enhance its platform that helps businesses track, manage, and act on customer feedback in real time. The funding round follows the launch of HiroAI, Ambassador’s new artificial intelligence (AI) layer built to analyze customer … Read more

Safebooks AI Raises $15M in Seed Funding

San Francisco, December 9, 2025 — Safebooks Inc., a pioneer in Financial Data Governance, has officially emerged from stealth mode and announced the closing of a $15 million seed funding round. The investment was led by 10D, Propel Ventures, and Mensch Capital, with participation from Moneta Venture Capital, Magnolia Capital, Cerca Fund, Blue Moon, and … Read more

EIB Group and European Commission Join Forces to Build AI Gigafactories Across Europe

Credit: European Commission

Brussels, Belgium – The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group and the European Commission have announced a new partnership to accelerate the development of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) gigafactories across Europe. The joint initiative, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aims to bolster Europe’s technological sovereignty, strengthen its digital infrastructure, and enhance its global competitiveness … Read more