Amazon takes on $17.5 billion in new debt as AI spending pushes total borrowing past $225 billion
Amazon takes on $17.5 billion in new debt as AI spending pushes total borrowing past $225 billion

Amazon has agreed to a $17.5 billion delayed-draw term loan led by Citigroup, the latest in a borrowing spree fuelled by its race to build AI infrastructure. The cash is available through the end of September. Each draw has a three-year repayment windo…

NEURA Robotics raises up to $1.4B in record robotics round backed by Nvidia, Amazon, and Tether
NEURA Robotics raises up to $1.4B in record robotics round backed by Nvidia, Amazon, and Tether

German robotics company NEURA Robotics has announced up to $1.4 billion in Series C funding to scale its cognitive robotics platform. The round values the company at approximately $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. NEURA says it is the largest funding…

BNP Paribas says the $3.6 trillion US tech IPO pipeline will pull European startups towards public markets
BNP Paribas says the $3.6 trillion US tech IPO pipeline will pull European startups towards public markets

The IPO filings by SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic have created a pipeline of US tech offerings worth approximately $3.6 trillion. That wave is going to generate appetite for European tech deals too, according to Ygal el Harrar, global head of equity cap…

Poetic emerges from stealth with $50M from OpenAI to automate insurance underwriting and compliance
Poetic emerges from stealth with $50M from OpenAI to automate insurance underwriting and compliance

Poetic, an AI startup that has been operating in stealth, has emerged with $50M in funding and a $500M valuation to automate some of finance’s most sensitive back-office work, from insurance underwriting to compliance and fraud checks. Its backers incl…

Aryon Security raises $29M to stop cloud breaches before they happen
Aryon Security raises $29M to stop cloud breaches before they happen

Aryon Security, an Israeli cloud-security startup, has raised $29M in a Series A round to push a prevention-first approach to securing the cloud. The round, which the company says brings its total funding to $38M, was led by US-based Brightmind Partner…

Capsa AI raises $18M to build the ‘AI operating system’ for private equity
Capsa AI raises $18M to build the ‘AI operating system’ for private equity

Capsa AI, a London and New York startup building what it calls an “AI operating system” for private capital, has raised $18M in Series A funding. The round was co-led by TX Ventures and Pivot Investment Partners, with participation from Bek Ventures, a…

Icertis veterans raise $7.55 million to build the AI layer that recovers money enterprises don’t know they’re losing
Icertis veterans raise $7.55 million to build the AI layer that recovers money enterprises don’t know they’re losing

Rivvun AI, a Seattle-based startup founded by former senior executives at contract management platform Icertis, has raised $7.55 million in an oversubscribed seed round co-led by Sitara Capital and 3one4 Capital. The company is building what it calls a…

TensorWave raises $350M led by AMD to build an Nvidia-free AI cloud
TensorWave raises $350M led by AMD to build an Nvidia-free AI cloud

TensorWave, a cloud provider that runs its AI data centres on AMD chips rather than Nvidia’s, has raised $350M in a Series B round led by AMD and the hedge fund Magnetar Capital. The deal values the Las Vegas startup at $1.55bn. That is nearly four tim…

SK Hynix is planning a US listing of up to $14bn to cash in on the AI memory boom
SK Hynix is planning a US listing of up to $14bn to cash in on the AI memory boom

SK Hynix is preparing to list in the United States in a deal that could raise as much as $14bn as soon as August, according to people familiar with the plan. The Korean memory maker has made a confidential filing for American depositary receipts, and t…

01Health raises £11.2M to turn its dental-AI platform into infrastructure for specialist care
01Health raises £11.2M to turn its dental-AI platform into infrastructure for specialist care

01Health, a London healthtech company, has raised £11.2M ($15M) in Series A funding to open up the clinical platform behind its dental brands and sell it to other practices. The round was led by Gresham House Ventures. Existing backers Balderton Capita…