Jeff Bezos's Prometheus Raises $12B for Physical-World AI Engineering★ 72
TechCrunch AI4 days agoBusinessPrometheus, a physical AI startup associated with Jeff Bezos, has raised a new $12 billion funding round. The round values the company at $41 billion, according to TechCrunch. The startup aims to build an “artificial general engineer” for the physical world, with ambitions including heavy engineering automation and drug design.
Neura Robotics Completes Up to $1.4B Series C Funding★ 74
INSIDE 硬塞 AI5 days agoBusinessGerman humanoid robotics startup Neura Robotics completed a Series C round reportedly worth up to $1.4 billion. Investors mentioned include Tether, NVIDIA, Amazon, and Qualcomm. The funding will support global deployment and expanded production capacity, underscoring continued investor interest in physical AI and humanoid robotics commercialization.
VAST Raises Nearly $200M and Reveals Its Project Eden World Model Roadmap★ 74
量子位 QbitAI8 days agoBusinessVAST completed nearly $200 million in A+ and A++ financing after its March 2026 Series A. The company also unveiled Project Eden, a world model approach that separates persistent state transition from generative visual rendering. The roadmap targets persistent virtual environments, multiplayer interaction, reusable scenes, AI-native sandbox creation, and embodied AI simulation, while acknowledging unresolved challenges in complex physics and autonomous state maintenance.
ElevenLabs raises $500M Series D at $11B valuation★ 74
ElevenLabs Blog8 days agoBusinessElevenLabs announced a $500 million Series D at an $11 billion valuation, more than triple its valuation from a year earlier. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with A16Z, ICONIQ, Lightspeed, BOND, and others participating. The company says it will invest in ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative, ElevenAPI, voice agents, conversational models, dubbing, audio research, and international expansion.
ElevenLabs crosses $500M ARR and welcomes BlackRock, NVIDIA, and others★ 72
ElevenLabs Blog8 days agoBusinessElevenLabs announced in its blog title that it has crossed $500 million in annual recurring revenue. The company also says it welcomed new investors, including BlackRock, NVIDIA, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria. Since no article body is provided, details such as funding amount, valuation, revenue mix, product roadmap, or specific strategic partnerships cannot be confirmed.
Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents
TechCrunch AI12 days agoBusinessCoralogix raised a $200 million Series F just 11 months after its prior round, reaching a $1.6 billion post-money valuation. The company is betting that production AI agents will increase demand for observability, troubleshooting, and operational data tools. Its CEO says more than half of enterprise customers now use Olly or their own AI models through CLI and agentic interfaces.
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
TechCrunch AI19 days agoBusinessTechCrunch reports that AI coding startup Cognition raised $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. The company says its annualized revenue run rate has reached 492, though the provided excerpt does not specify the unit. Cognition also says its valuation has more than doubled in eight months, underscoring investor appetite for AI coding startups.
SOND exits stealth with $7M for AI-powered sleep earbuds
TechCrunch AI19 days agoHardwareSOND is a sleep tech startup led by Bose’s former head of sleep products. The company has emerged from stealth with $7 million in funding. Its announced product focus is AI-powered sleep earbuds, though the source does not provide details on features, pricing, launch timing, or validation data.
神秘 AI 新創 Hark 完成 7 億美元 A 輪融資，打造「通用」AI 介面與專屬硬體★ 75
TechCrunch AI25 days agoBusinessThe mysterious AI startup Hark has announced the successful completion of a Series A funding round totaling $700 million (approximately NT$22 billion), capital…