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Firehawk Defense Secures $150M in Series D Funding

Firehawk Defense, a Dallas, TX-based provider of energetics and propulsion solutions, has raised $150 million in a Series D funding round led by Advent and Rochefort Asset Management, valuing the company at over $1.4 billion. The company will use the funds to expand its propulsion manufacturing facilities in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Crawford, Mississippi. It also […]

October 29, 2026
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Foundry Robotics Raises $100M in Series A Funding Led by Marlinspike Partners

Foundry Robotics, an Emeryville, CA-based provider of an autonomous assembly platform for advanced manufacturing, has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round. The round also saw participation from Khosla Ventures, Red Glass Ventures, SE Ventures, Wing VC, Axiom Ventures, Hanabi, and Zero Shot Fund. The company will use the funding to expand its […]

October 29, 2026
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Voices, Bots & Vision: The Journey of Raj Koneru

Early Roots & Tech Beginnings Raj Koneru hails from Hyderabad, India, and studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. His earliest entrepreneurial ventures included founding iTouchPoint, Seranova, and Intelligroup, building experience across enterprise software, services, and mobile solutions. Later, Raj founded Kony, a notable player in cloud‐based mobile app development, which gave […]

October 29, 2026
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Edge Sound Research Secures $2M in Funding Led by Stormbreaker Ventures

Edge Sound Research, a Riverside, CA-based provider of perception infrastructure for AI to understand the physical world, has raised $2 million funding round led by Stormbreaker Ventures, bringing the total amount to $9 million. The company will use the funds to continue deployments with live sports broadcasters, leagues and venues, expand its multimodal sensor data, […]

October 28, 2026
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California-Based Manicule Secures $1.3M in Seed Funding

Manicule, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an outcome-driven Agent Relations (AgentRel) engine, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding on SAFEs. The round was co-led by Y Combinator and Broom Ventures, with participation from strategic tech angels. The company will use the funding to strengthen its engineering capabilities, improve its internal AI agent systems […]

October 28, 2026
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Archera Raises $15M in Series C Funding Led by Pivot Investment Partners

Archera, a Seattle, WA-based provider of a cloud economics platform, raised $15 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total to $38.3 million. The round was led by Pivot Investment Partners with participation from HighSage Ventures. The company will use the funding to expand its Guaranteed Commitments product and free cloud cost management […]

October 28, 2026
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Luxor Technology Raises $16M in Funding Led by CMT Digital

Luxor Technology, a Seattle, WA-based full-stack compute company, has raised $16 million in a primary and secondary funding round led by CMT Digital. The round also saw participation from Canaan, MicroBT, Halo, Steelhead, and additional angel investors. The company will use the funding to expand its AI cloud platform, support its AI hardware business, grow […]

October 28, 2026
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General Compute Secures $100M in Series A Funding

General Compute, a San Francisco, CA-based heterogeneous inference cloud provider, has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Blackbird, and Abstract. The round also saw participation from Fuse Venture Partners, Village Global, Bold Capital, QED Fund, 645 Ventures, Carbide Ventures, Uncorrelated Fund, Endeavor Catalyst, Icehouse Ventures, MatterScale, Carya, & Plug and […]

October 28, 2026
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Hyperbolic Raises $30M in Strategic Funding for AI Compute

Hyperbolic, a San Francisco-based AI infrastructure company, has raised $30 million in a strategic funding round led by Walden Catalyst, a venture capital firm founded by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and former Samsung Electronics executive Young Sohn. The round also included Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, Salience Capital and angel […]

October 28, 2026
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Avante Raises $30M in Series A Funding Led by Frist Cressey Ventures

Avante, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an enterprise AI platform for benefits teams, has raised $30 million in a Series A round, bringing total funding to $40 million. The round was led by Frist Cressey Ventures, with participation from new investors Sorenson Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, as well as existing […]

October 28, 2026
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