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Samaya AI Launches Agent Control Plane And Adds NVentures And Databricks Ventures Backing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Samaya AI announced it has introduced a new architecture, the Agent Control Plane (ACP), positioning it as a control and governance layer for building and operating finance-focused AI agents that reason in real time within a specialized investment context. The Mountain View-based company also disclosed new investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Databricks Ventures, which it plans to use to extend development of ACP and expand customizable agents for financial workflows.

Gyala Therapeutics Wins €3.7 Million Spanish Government Grant And Initiates Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Gyala Therapeutics has initiated a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of its investigational CAR-T cell therapy, GYA01, after receiving authorization from Spain’s Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS). The clinical-stage biotechnology company is advancing GYA01 as a potential option for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), two aggressive blood cancers with poor outcomes and limited treatment options after relapse.

Birch Hill Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed For Onchain Lending And Tokenized Asset Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Birch Hill Holdings, an institutional digital asset infrastructure firm focused on onchain lending and tokenized asset markets, said it raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to build compliant, institution-ready access to blockchain-based credit and income strategies. The round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Nascent, FalconX Ventures, Coin Operated Group, The Operating Group, JST Digital, Flowdesk, and a group of industry executives.

Inertia Enterprises: $450 Million Series A Raised For Commercializing Laser-Based Fusion Pilot Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inertia Enterprises announced it has raised a $450 million in Series A financing to advance a commercial fusion energy program based on inertial confinement fusion physics demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The company, founded in 2024 and based in Livermore, California, said the round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from GV, Modern Capital, Threshold Ventures, and other investors.

Newo: $25 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Voice Infrastructure for SMB Call Handling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Newo.ai announced it raised a $25 million Series A round led by Ratmir Timashev, the co-founder of Veeam Software and co-founder of OH.io, as the company looks to scale its AI voice and messaging infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses. The San Francisco-based startup said the financing brings its total capital raised to about $32 million, following earlier angel, seed, and SAFE rounds, with Aloniq, Constructor, Acrobator, and s16vc also participating.

Smart Bricks: $5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Real Estate Investing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Smart Bricks, a frontier AI lab building agentic AI infrastructure for real-estate investing, announced it has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun, with participation from funds and angels across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

GitGuardian: $50 Million Series C Raised For Secrets And Non-Human Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

GitGuardian announced it has raised a $50 million in Series C financing to expand its secrets security and Non Human Identity (NHI) governance capabilities, positioning the round as a response to the rapid growth of service accounts, applications, and autonomous AI agents that require credentials, permissions, and oversight. The company says enterprises are facing an “exponential growth in non human identities,” with the emergence of autonomous agents widening what it describes as an AI agent security gap.

Hubbl Technologies: $6 Million Series A Raised For Salesforce Ecosystem Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Hubbl Technologies, a company positioning itself as an intelligence layer for the agentic era, said it has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Industry Ventures. The company said the financing will accelerate development of its Intelligence Platform and expand its ability to deliver contextual intelligence to enterprises as they adopt AI-driven business operations.

ManageMy: $45 Million Closed For Expanding Agentic AI Workflows And Underwriting Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

ManageMy, an intelligent orchestration platform for insurers, said it has raised $45 million, including $20 million secured in a recent Series B round co-led by Ventura Capital and OCVC, with backing from BNF and a consortium of strategic leaders in traditional insurance and insurtech.

Brandlight: $30 Million Series A Raised For Enterprise AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Brandlight announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and scaling of its enterprise platform focused on helping brands manage AI search visibility and navigate what it described as a convergence of AI search, advertising and commerce. The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Cardumen Capital and G20 Ventures.

Take2: $14 Million Series A Closed For Healthcare Recruiting AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Take2, an AI agents platform built for healthcare recruiting, announced it has raised a $14 million Series A round led by Human Capital, with participation from Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC and Honeystone Ventures. Take2 is positioning its platform as a response to what it describes as a healthcare hiring breaking point, citing high turnover, significant vacancy costs, and recruiting workflows that remain heavily manual. The company said its autonomous AI agents are designed to automate core recruiting work rather than simply assist recruiters.

Perseus Materials Raises Strategic Investment From Lockheed Martin For Composite Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Perseus Materials, a venture-backed startup developing a large-scale additive manufacturing system for composite parts, announced it has closed a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin. The company, founded in 2022 by Stanford researchers, said the backing will support hiring, fulfillment of initial customer orders, and an expansion of its physical footprint.

Nucleus Security: $20 Million Series C Closed For Exposure Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Nucleus Security, a unified vulnerability and exposure management platform, announced it has raised a $20 million Series C funding round led by Delta-v Capital to meet what it described as surging enterprise demand for exposure management.

Tenna Systems: $13.5 Million Seed Funding Closed For Spectrum Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Tenna Systems, a defense technology company focused on software-driven spectrum intelligence, said it has raised an oversubscribed $13.5 million seed funding round to accelerate expansion in the U.S. defense market, where it said it has already partnered with government agencies and prime contractors to deliver hardware-free spectrum intelligence for wireless-dependent systems at global scale.

Integrate: $17 Million Series A Raised For Defense Tech Project Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Integrate, a developer of an ultra-secure project management platform designed for dynamic, multi-entity execution, said it has raised a $17 million Series A financing to accelerate new product capabilities for government customers and scale go-to-market across the defense technology sector. The round was led by FPV Ventures with participation from Fuse VC and Rsquared VC. Returning investors include New Vista, Hyperplane and Riot Ventures. As part of the financing, FPV Ventures co-founder and managing partner Wesley Chan joined Integrate’s board.