Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 11:51 AM PDT · October 21, 2026 Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round,…

Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software |

When Alex Baikovitz co-founded Mach9 Robotics in 2021, his goal was to build a better, faster, and cheaper way for civil engineers to do visual…

Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background |

One of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them…

China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta |

6:20 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has…

Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders |

Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital. The…

Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look |

Healthleap, a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has raised $38 million in seed…

Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing |

When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry. He had seen many e-bike and e-scooter…

At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI |

For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for…

Kevin Mandia's new 'agent swarm' security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 2:55 PM PDT · October 1, 2026 Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of cybersecurity startup Mandiant, which sold to Google…

Exclusive: Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars |

Charter Space, a finalist in last year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield, has raised a $5 million seed round to keep growing its budding space insurance business.…