Artificial Intelligence

BrainCheck: $13 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI-Enabled Cognitive Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

BrainCheck has raised an additional $13 million in Series A financing to expand its enterprise cognitive care infrastructure and advance AI-assisted clinical capabilities. The round was led by Next Coast Ventures, with participation from S3 Ventures and UPMC Enterprises.

JetScale AI: $5.4 Million Seed Raised To Scale AI-Powered Cloud Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

JetScale AI, a Montréal-based company focused on cloud infrastructure optimization, has raised an oversubscribed $5.4 million seed funding round to accelerate expansion across North America and Europe.

Perplexity Launches Computer, A Multi-Model AI System That Creates And Executes Entire Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2026

Perplexity has introduced Perplexity Computer, a new AI system designed to unify frontier models into a single, general-purpose digital worker capable of creating and executing entire workflows.

Kash: $2 Million Raised To Bring Prediction Markets To Social Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2026

Kash, a social-native prediction market platform, announced it has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding as it looks to embed tradable prediction markets directly into social media feeds, beginning with X.

Profound: $96 Million Series C Raised At $1 Billion Valuation For AI-Native Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2026

Profound announced it has raised a $96 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Saga VC, South Park Commons, and Evantic also participated in the round.

Astelia: $35 Million Raised To Advance AI-Powered Exposure Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2026

Astelia, an AI-native cybersecurity platform founded by leaders of Israel’s National Red Team, has raised $35 million in combined seed and Series A funding to expand its AI-driven exposure management capabilities. The round was led by Index Ventures and Team8, with participation from Holly ventures. The company is already working with dozens of customers, including leading Fortune 500 companies.

Spirit AI: $280 Million Raised To Scale Embodied AI Through ‘Dirty Data’ Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2026

Spirit AI has raised $280 million to scale the deployment of its general-purpose embodied models, as the industry shifts toward Scaling Law-driven VLA architectures. The funding comes from a diverse group of global financial and strategic investors and supports the company’s push to expand large-scale physical AI systems trained on real-world data.

Hamachi.ai: Integration With Orion’s Redtail To Deliver Context-Aware AI For Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2026

Hamachi.ai, a regulatory-first, AI-powered Wealth Intelligence Platform built for investment advisors and asset managers, has announced a new integration with Orion’s Redtail Technology designed to bring compliant, context-aware artificial intelligence directly into advisors’ existing CRM workflows.

Flox Intelligence: $3 Million Raised To Scale AI Wildlife Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Flox Intelligence, a wildlife intelligence company building AI systems designed to prevent human-wildlife conflict across critical infrastructure, has raised $3 million in a Seed+ round led by Tilia Impact Ventures. The round also included participation from Satgana, GENIUS NY operated by CenterState CEO, J.O.S.S., and existing investors Unconventional Ventures and Almi Invest.

Dwelly: $93 Million Raised To Scale AI-Powered UK Lettings Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Dwelly, a London-based AI-first lettings and property management platform, has raised $93 million in funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from Begin Capital, s16vc – Founders for Founders Fund, and Trinity Capital. For this round, Trinity Capital said it committed $50 million in growth capital to support the company’s expansion across the UK.

BeyondMath: $18.5 Million Seed Round Completed To Scale Foundational Physics AI Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Cambridge-born deeptech company BeyondMath has completed its $18.5 million Seed round following a $10 million extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from existing investors UP.Partners, Insight Partners, and InMotion Ventures.

Robo.ai Acquires 51% Equity Interest In Chinasky Car Trading

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Robo.ai, a technology company building a global artificial intelligence machine economy platform, has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire a 51% equity interest in Chinasky Car Trading FZE, an automotive trading company based in the United Arab Emirates.

University Of Washington Expands AI Partnership With Microsoft To Boost Workforce Readiness

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

The University of Washington and Microsoft have expanded their long-standing partnership to accelerate artificial intelligence research and education, with a focus on preparing Washington’s workforce for an AI-driven economy.

Tabnine: Interview With Co-CEO & CTO Eran Yahav About The Enterprise-First AI Coding Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Tabnine is a company that provides a semantic context layer that enables AI coding agents to succeed in complex enterprise projects. Tabnine’s Enterprise Context Engine gives AI agents a deep organization-native understanding of enterprise codebases and the broader SDLC context in which they operate, enabling reliable automation across the software development lifecycle. On this foundation, \Tabnine has emerged as a leading enterprise-first AI agent platform for software development, serving hundreds of enterprise customers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Tabnine co-CEO and CTO Eran Yahav to learn more.

Encord: $60 Million Series C Raised To Scale AI-Native Data Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

Encord announced a $60 million Series C led by Wellington Management, bringing the company’s total funding to $110 million. Existing investors Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners and Harpoon Ventures participated in the round alongside new investors Bright Pixel Capital and Isomer Capital.

OpenAI: $110 Billion Raised At $730 Billion Valuation To Scale AI Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2026

OpenAI announced that it is raising $110 billion in new investment at a $730 billion pre-money valuation to accelerate its mission of bringing advanced artificial intelligence to consumers, developers, and enterprises worldwide. The company said the funding includes commitments from SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Amazon, alongside additional financial investors expected to join as the round progresses.