Artificial Intelligence

Lassie: $75 Million Series C Raised For Prevention-First Pet Insurer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Stockholm-based pet insurance platform Lassie has raised $75 million in Series C funding as it positions itself to lead Europe’s evolving pet care and insurance market. The round is one of the largest European insurtech financings of the past year and included participation from Balderton Capital, Felix Capital, Inventure, Passion Capital, and Stena Sessan.

Anthropic Appoints Chris Liddell To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Anthropic announced that Chris Liddell has been appointed to its Board of Directors, adding a veteran executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience across global corporations and public service roles.

ServiceNow Expanding Data-Driven AI With Pyramid Analytics Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

ServiceNow has entered into an agreement to acquire Pyramid Analytics, a provider of a unified, AI-powered business analytics, data science, and data preparation platform, in a move designed to embed intelligence directly into enterprise workflows and accelerate data-driven automation.

Electric Twin: Synthetic Audience AI Platform Secures $14 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Electric Twin, a London-based synthetic audience AI platform, has raised $14 million in funding to accelerate product development and global expansion. The round includes a previously undisclosed $4 million pre-seed investment and a newly announced $10 million raise, bringing total funding to $14 million.

Stanhope AI: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised For Deep Tech Artificial Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Stanhope AI, a London-based deep tech artificial intelligence company, has raised $8 million in seed funding to advance development of its brain-inspired “Real World Model,” designed to operate in dynamic physical environments beyond the limitations of large language models. The round was led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from Paladin Capital Group and Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, alongside follow-on investment from UCL Technology Fund and MMC Ventures.

UVeye: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Amir Hever About The AI Vehicle Inspection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

UVeye uses advanced AI-powered, high-speed camera systems to perform automated, 360-degree inspections of a vehicle's undercarriage, tires, and exterior for defects and damage within seconds. Pulse 2.0 interviewed UVeye co-founder and CEO Amir Hever to learn more.

Runway: $315 Million Series E Secured For AI Video Generation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Runway, an AI video generation and world modeling company, announced that it has raised $315 million in a Series E funding round to accelerate the development of next-generation world models and expand its product capabilities across industries.

Apptronik: $935+ Million Series A Raised For AI-Based Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Apptronik, an AI-powered robotics company, announced it has closed a $520 million Series A-X extension round, bringing its total Series A funding to more than $935 million and total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. The latest round includes participation from existing investors such as B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, and PEAK6, as well as new investors AT&T Ventures, John Deere, and Qatar Investment Authority.

Meridian: $17 Million Seed Funding Raised To Automate Excel-Based Financial Modeling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Meridian, an AI startup focused on automating repetitive financial modeling workflows, has announced a $17 million seed funding round as it emerges from stealth. The $17 million seed round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and The General Partnership. Additional investors include QED Investors, FPV Ventures, and Litquidity, among others.

Didero: $30 Million Secured To Automate Global Supply Chains

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Didero, a New York-based software company using AI agents to automate enterprise procurement, announced it has raised $30 million in a Series A financing round co-led by Chemistry and Headline, with participation from M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund. The new capital will support product development and go-to-market expansion as manufacturers and distributors deploy Didero’s platform to reduce manual work, improve visibility, and operate more resilient global supply chains.

Karmel Capital Raises About $170 Million For AI-Focused Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Karmel Capital Management announced the final close of its newest opportunity fund and related vehicles, securing approximately $170 million in total capital commitments. The raise marks the largest fundraise to date for the San Diego-based alternative investment management firm.

Manufact: $6.3 Million Seed Funding Raised To Power MCP-Based Agents And ChatGPT Apps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Manufact, the infrastructure platform for AI agents built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), has raised $6.3 million in seed funding to accelerate its development and expand its team amid rising global developer demand. The round was led by Peak XV, with participation from Liquid 2 Ventures, Ritual Capital, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, and several angel investors, including the co-founder and COO of Supabase.

Uptiq: $25 Million Series B Raised To Scale Industry-Ready Solutions And Launch Qore For Builders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Uptiq, an AI platform purpose-built for financial services, announced it has raised $25 million in Series B funding to accelerate the rollout of its industry-ready AI applications and expand its Qore orchestration platform for developers and builders. The round was led by Curql, with participation from Silverton Partners, 645 Ventures, Broadridge, Green Visor Capital, Live Oak Ventures, First Capital, Epic Ventures, Tau Ventures, and Evolution VC.

Backslash Security: $19 Million Series A Raised For Protecting AI-Driven Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Backslash Security has raised $19 million in Series A funding to address the fast-emerging security risks tied to AI-native software development, as enterprises increasingly adopt autonomous coding agents and large language models across their development workflows. The round was led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from Maniv and Artofin Venture Capital, as well as existing investors StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital.

Raynmaker: Interview With Co-Founder & President Garth Fasano About The Autonomous Sales Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

Raynmaker provides an AI-native autonomous sales platform for small and medium-sized businesses that handles the entire sales journey—from engaging inbound leads and qualifying them to booking appointments and taking payments—using a lifelike, brand-aware voice agent 24/7. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Raynmaker co-founder and President Garth Fasano to learn more.

Overmind Exits Stealth With £2 Million Seed to Supervise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Overmind, a London-based startup building a “supervision layer” for AI agents, has emerged from stealth with a £2 million seed round to help companies deploy agentic AI more safely in production environments.

tem: $75 Million Series B Raised To Scale AI-Native Energy Transaction Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

tem, an AI-native energy transactions scaleup, has raised $75 million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $94 million. Strategic follow-on participation in the round came from Hitachi Ventures, Voyager Ventures, Schroders Capital, and Allianz, alongside existing investors including AlbionVC, Atomico, and Revent. As part of the round, Paul Murphy, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, has joined tem’s board.

Nebius To Acquire Tavily To Add Agentic Search

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Nebius, a Nasdaq-listed AI cloud company, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Tavily, positioning the deal as a move to embed real-time web search infrastructure directly into its AI cloud platform as enterprises accelerate adoption of autonomous, agentic systems. The transaction value was not disclosed, and Nebius said it expects the deal to close in the next few weeks, subject to customary closing conditions.

Meta Breaks Ground On $10+ Billion 1-GW Indiana Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Meta is launching construction on a new hyperscale data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, positioning the 1-gigawatt site as a cornerstone of its growing compute footprint for both core products and next-generation AI workloads. The company said the project represents an investment of more than $10 billion in data center infrastructure and the surrounding community, making it one of Meta’s largest infrastructure commitments to date.

Options Technology To Acquire Crossvale To Expand Private Cloud And Data Sovereign AI Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Options Technology announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Crossvale, positioning the combined business to help financial services firms modernize legacy technology, reduce technical debt, and accelerate private cloud and AI adoption in a security and compliance model designed for regulated markets.

Reco: $30 Million Series B Raised For AI SaaS Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

New York-based Reco, a company focused on securing AI-driven SaaS environments, has raised a $30 million Series B round as enterprises accelerate adoption of AI tools, agents, and SaaS platforms that expand identities, permissions, integrations, and potential attack paths.

Voximplant: Interview With Founder & CEO Alexey Aylarov About The Voice AI Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Voximplant is a Voice AI Orchestration Platform for real-time communication that enables businesses to to build and scale AI-powered communication systems without managing complex infrastructure. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Voximplant founder and CEO Alexey Aylarov to learn more.

RedTrack: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Vlad Zhovtenko About The AI-Based Marketing Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

RedTrack, co-founded by CEO Vlad Zhovtenko, is an all-in-one, AI-driven marketing analytics and automation platform that helps advertisers, e-commerce brands, and affiliate marketers track, attribute, and optimize their ad campaigns across multiple channels in a privacy-compliant, cookieless environment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RedTrack co-founder and CEO Vlad Zhovtenko to learn more.

Read AI: Interview With CEO David Shim About The Productivity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Read AI is a productivity platform that acts as an AI-powered copilot to automatically record, transcribe, and summarize meetings, emails, and messaging threads across various work platforms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Read AI CEO David Shim to learn more.

Anthropic: $30 Billion Series G At $380 Billion Valuation Raised For Enterprise AI And Coding Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Anthropic announced it has raised $30 billion in a Series G financing round, valuing the company at $380 billion post-money, led by GIC and Coatue and co-led by D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and MGX. A broad set of investors participated in the round, including Accel, Addition, Alpha Wave Global, Altimeter, AMP PBC, Appaloosa LP, Baillie Gifford, Bessemer Venture Partners, affiliated funds of BlackRock, Blackstone, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, General Catalyst, Greenoaks, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Insight Partners, Jane Street, JPMorganChase through its Security and Resiliency Initiative and Growth Equity Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, NX1 Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, Sands Capital, Sequoia Capital, Temasek, TowerBrook, TPG, Whale Rock Capital, and XN. The company said the round also includes a portion of previously announced investments from Microsoft and NVIDIA.

MOVA: Interview With President Li Fei About The Smart Living Ecosystem Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

MOVA is a global AI smart living leader that develops premium and intelligent ecosystems for the home, specializing in robot vacuums, mowers, and personal care appliances designed to enhance modern, connected living. Pulse 2.0 interviewed MOVA President Li Fei to learn more.

Maestro AI: $1.2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed For Mortgage Origination AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Maestro AI, a vertical AI platform built for mortgage origination, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts, expand product capabilities, and scale adoption across the mortgage industry. The round was led by New Stack Ventures, with participation from Family VC, ZFO, Roark's Drift, and local angel investors.

OPAQUE: $24 Million Series B At $300 Million Valuation Raised For Confidential AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

OPAQUE, a Confidential AI platform positioned as a trust and security layer for enterprise AI, has raised a $24 million Series B round at an approximately $300 million post-money valuation. The financing was led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from returning investors Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, and Thomvest, as well as new investor and strategic partner, the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). The round brings OPAQUE’s total funding to $55.5 million.

Lema AI: $24 Million Series A Raised For Modernizing Third Party Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Lema AI, an agentic AI security platform focused on enterprise supply chain and third-party risk, has emerged from stealth with $24 million in funding. The Series A was led by Team8, with F2 Venture Capital leading the Seed round and Salesforce Ventures participating.

Complyance: $20 Million Series A Raised For AI-Native Enterprise GRC Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Complyance announced it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by GV (Google Ventures), with continued participation from Creandum, HV Capital, Speedinvest, and Everywhere Ventures. The company also added new angel investors that include members of the Security and GRC leadership teams from organizations such as Anthropic and Mastercard.