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stack."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-21T04:11:02.170083","entity":"RemotePass","event_type":"financial","id":"a0bd0cbf-4627-45b8-ac0e-beec537c409c","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://techfundingnews.com/category/ai/","summary":"RemotePass raised $17.4 million in a Series B funding round led by EBRD Venture Capital."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-21T04:11:02.170072","entity":"Google and Blackstone","event_type":"partnership","id":"91350545-8ba2-4338-ba77-8755ce27aaf2","impact":"high","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/software/nasdaq-crwv/coreweave/news/google-blackstone-ai-venture-tests-coreweave-debt-heavy-gpu","summary":"Google and Blackstone are launching a new AI infrastructure company with an initial US$5 billion investment."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-21T04:11:02.170055","entity":"Sagard","event_type":"financial","id":"f0a4afe9-00a6-400b-a3dc-dae272c24579","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://betakit.com/sagard-spins-up-new-150-million-usd-ai-fund/","summary":"Sagard, Power Corporation of Canada's asset management business, launched a new $150 million USD AI fund."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-21T04:11:02.169462","entity":"Viktor","event_type":"financial","id":"7b2c04fa-ae89-4bf9-808b-826850c593ea","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-01","source_url":"https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/ai-coworker-startup-viktor-raises-e64-7-million-series-a-after-hitting-e12-9-million-revenue-run-rate-within-10-weeks-of-launch/","summary":"AI coworker startup Viktor raised \u20ac64.7 million ($75 million) in Series A funding led by Accel."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-20T03:56:24.646728","entity":"Anthropic","event_type":"financial","id":"88a6c276-ec4a-49be-a3d2-3c241a67fe5d","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/insights/growth-in-funding-for-ai-startups-over-80-of-private-ai-investment-to-us-firms","summary":"Large financings from Anthropic contributed to AI venture capital reaching a record high of $244 billion in 2025."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-20T03:56:24.646720","entity":"OpenAI","event_type":"financial","id":"19883af3-4bd3-4020-b865-51d23a53c965","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/insights/growth-in-funding-for-ai-startups-over-80-of-private-ai-investment-to-us-firms","summary":"Large financings from OpenAI contributed to AI venture capital reaching a record high of $244 billion in 2025."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-20T03:56:24.646711","entity":"AI 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Industry","event_type":"financial","id":"ed020ad8-536a-4adc-9f71-fb1b0ff7f1ac","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-04-30","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/billion-dollar-ai-rounds-push-april-to-third-highest-startup-funding-month-in-a-year","summary":"AI funding in April reached $37 billion, comprising 66% of global venture investment, with overall global funding at $56 billion."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364468","entity":"Brookfield / DeployCo","event_type":"financial","id":"08fc5fc2-46d5-48a1-903a-48626e66f219","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2025-04-01","source_url":"https://www.crn.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-debuts-4b-ai-services-company-as-rival-anthropic-builds-its-own","summary":"Brookfield invested $500 million in DeployCo, OpenAI's newly launched AI services company."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364459","entity":"DeployCo / Tomoro","event_type":"acquisition","id":"fad53cb1-d454-475b-ab0a-269c188a2a7c","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2025-04-01","source_url":"https://www.crn.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-debuts-4b-ai-services-company-as-rival-anthropic-builds-its-own","summary":"DeployCo's foundation is the pending acquisition of Tomoro, an applied AI consulting and engineering firm."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364449","entity":"OpenAI / DeployCo","event_type":"announcement","id":"edf2ddde-89b3-462e-8b08-774424952942","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-04-01","source_url":"https://www.crn.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-debuts-4b-ai-services-company-as-rival-anthropic-builds-its-own","summary":"OpenAI launched DeployCo, a new AI services company, backed by over $4 billion in initial investment."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364438","entity":"Undisclosed AI Company","event_type":"financial","id":"7d254ef4-8b78-4417-bfd4-99cc2762a768","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-03-31","source_url":"https://www.ey.com/en_us/private-equity/major-ai-deal-lifts-q1-2025-vc-investment","summary":"A record $40 billion AI deal significantly boosted Q1 2025 VC investment, driving over 70% of all VC activity."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364426","entity":"VC Industry","event_type":"financial","id":"d4754c95-bea7-435b-a634-6f60ebf02226","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-03-31","source_url":"https://www.ey.com/en_us/private-equity/major-ai-deal-lifts-q1-2025-vc-investment","summary":"VC-backed companies raised $80.1 billion in Q1 2025, a 28% increase, largely driven by a record AI deal."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.364398","entity":"Fazeshift","event_type":"financial","id":"4e6abcc1-ea82-45e1-8e6a-95319d7e3af5","impact":"low","pub_date":"2025-12-31","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/artificial-intelligence","summary":"Fazeshift, an AI startup automating accounts receivable, raised $17 million in a Series A funding round."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363615","entity":"AI Industry","event_type":"financial","id":"57da3c5f-84a3-491b-8b24-9f5009796771","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-12-31","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/artificial-intelligence","summary":"In 2025, venture funding for AI reached $212 billion, an 85% increase from 2024, comprising nearly half of global venture funding."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363607","entity":"Armada","event_type":"financial","id":"17f96708-5092-4b20-ad68-576e41d2c0b5","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2025-07-01","source_url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2026/startup-building-portable-ai-data-centers-for-remote-operations-grows-seattle-area-hub-to-120-people/","summary":"Armada raised $131 million last summer, bringing its total funding to over $200 million."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363599","entity":"Armada","event_type":"expansion","id":"052e9601-33aa-46d7-90eb-0ce406d3ddf9","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2026/startup-building-portable-ai-data-centers-for-remote-operations-grows-seattle-area-hub-to-120-people/","summary":"Armada, a startup building portable AI data centers, expanded its Seattle-area hub to 120 people."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363590","entity":"Tessera Labs","event_type":"financial","id":"25b67a2b-2d48-49ba-951b-4493efe466cd","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2025-04-15","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/the-weeks-10-biggest-funding-rounds-enterprise-ai-space-tech-and-biotech-top-the-ranks","summary":"Tessera Labs, an AI platform developer for enterprise ERP systems, obtained $60 million in funding."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363581","entity":"Blitzy","event_type":"financial","id":"6c9c307f-064d-45ff-a388-ad03d2f81f2f","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2025-04-15","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/the-weeks-10-biggest-funding-rounds-enterprise-ai-space-tech-and-biotech-top-the-ranks","summary":"Blitzy, an autonomous software development platform developer, secured $200 million in funding."},{"ai_confidence":1.0,"created_at":"2026-05-12T01:56:34.363564","entity":"Sierra","event_type":"financial","id":"5b682321-965e-42e0-ba66-e38e3d5d5fdf","impact":"high","pub_date":"2025-04-15","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/news/the-weeks-10-biggest-funding-rounds-enterprise-ai-space-tech-and-biotech-top-the-ranks","summary":"AI customer experience tools developer Sierra raised $950 million in a significant funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462771","entity":"Fazeshift","event_type":"financial","id":"6f7f6b36-965f-43ff-802a-2a3a16eabccb","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/artificial-intelligence/","summary":"Fazeshift, which uses AI agents to automate accounts receivable, recently raised $17 million in a Series A round."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462763","entity":"Panthalassa","event_type":"financial","id":"96de334d-0c56-47b4-8504-9ad2ed3cf41c","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.aifundingtracker.com/","summary":"Panthalassa secured $140 million in a Series B funding round for unconventional compute models."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462755","entity":"Corgi Insurance","event_type":"financial","id":"f4179ca9-7ad1-4828-a94e-091a764fa3d6","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.aifundingtracker.com/","summary":"Corgi Insurance raised $160 million in a Series B round for its AI-native insurance platform."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462747","entity":"Blitzy","event_type":"financial","id":"f764ebe5-2834-4d65-b5e7-a202e53a582e","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.aifundingtracker.com/","summary":"Blitzy secured a $200 million Series A funding round for its autonomous software development platform."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462739","entity":"Balerion AI","event_type":"financial","id":"e1f6cf67-df24-4aeb-9742-866cdfc3e3b7","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.vcdailydigest.com/","summary":"Balerion AI secured $6 million in seed funding for its agentic AI platform, led by Kleiner Perkins."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462731","entity":"NeoCognition","event_type":"financial","id":"0a6dfd35-3c34-4aa9-bc4a-2146eb815684","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.vcdailydigest.com/","summary":"NeoCognition, developing self-learning AI agents, emerged from stealth with a $40 million seed funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462723","entity":"Omni","event_type":"financial","id":"bfffe769-9333-41f7-bdc4-1764142bf4da","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.vcdailydigest.com/","summary":"Omni, an AI analytics platform, raised $120 million in a Series C funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462714","entity":"Anthropic","event_type":"financial","id":"e86590cf-b736-476d-a6c8-a0c0d5a5018d","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-funding-news","summary":"Anthropic closed a massive $30 billion Series G funding round, signaling strong institutional capital deployment."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462706","entity":"Unconventional AI","event_type":"financial","id":"e4f61b64-130e-4ead-a4e7-0e34a9fe6f22","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-funding-news","summary":"Unconventional AI secured $475 million in seed funding, driving innovation in the AI sector."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462695","entity":"Kleiner Perkins","event_type":"financial","id":"e3a35cfc-0c17-4702-9555-a9a154268bd9","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-funding-news","summary":"Kleiner Perkins launched a $3.5 billion fund specifically dedicated to investing in AI startups."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-11T01:39:02.462679","entity":"Sierra","event_type":"financial","id":"6b141ca0-bb46-4483-a808-80aada2f66fd","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/artificial-intelligence/the-weeks-10-biggest-funding-rounds-enterprise-ai-space-tech-and-biotech-top-the-ranks/","summary":"Sierra, an AI customer experience tool developer, raised $950 million in a significant funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.079022","entity":"AI 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total."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078993","entity":"Anthropic","event_type":"financial","id":"4da882af-808a-4f10-a113-b452f3baa152","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-04-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-startup-funding-april-2026-anthropic-jeff-bezos-project-prometheus-biggest-deals/","summary":"Anthropic received a large funding round, contributing to April 2026's $56 billion global venture funding total."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078983","entity":"Microsoft","event_type":"financial","id":"aa537dde-7582-4219-af30-fa9a8a2e9ca2","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-startup-funding-news","summary":"Microsoft announced a $10 billion investment in Japan to expand AI data center infrastructure and train engineers."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078969","entity":"Shield AI","event_type":"financial","id":"52f09447-5a65-4ed7-b496-7fafe7863d59","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-startup-funding-news","summary":"Shield AI secured $1.5 billion in Series G funding, valuing the company at $12.7 billion, for its Hivemind autonomous pilot platform."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078955","entity":"Kleiner Perkins","event_type":"financial","id":"897d65de-268d-4f80-aa3c-e432031cc806","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-01-01","source_url":"https://www.crescendo.ai/ai-startup-funding-news","summary":"Kleiner Perkins launched a $3.5 billion fund exclusively dedicated to AI startups, signaling strong institutional capital."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078566","entity":"Blitzy","event_type":"financial","id":"916c8a30-67de-4afc-9756-62135e8ad573","impact":"high","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-funding-rounds-venture-capital-ai-space-biotech/","summary":"Blitzy, which develops an autonomous software development platform, picked up $200 million in funding led by Northzone."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078538","entity":"Astranis","event_type":"financial","id":"4e2c34c0-5717-4b64-a066-c605034be92d","impact":"high","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-funding-rounds-venture-capital-ai-space-biotech/","summary":"Astranis, a developer of advanced satellites, secured $450 million in equity and debt investment."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-10T01:24:50.078385","entity":"Sierra","event_type":"financial","id":"ead49c67-596d-4b97-9deb-2dae87f31c4f","impact":"high","pub_date":"2024-01-01","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-funding-rounds-venture-capital-ai-space-biotech/","summary":"Sierra, an AI customer experience tools developer, raised $950 million in funding led by Google Ventures and Tiger Global."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161609","entity":"Altara","event_type":"financial","id":"cdf9ccf1-993d-403f-81f0-3e8a10a1cef2","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://scouts.yutori.com/inbox/eadfa919-9e70-4a84-a6f9-c5ab600df4b8","summary":"Altara, an AI company for scientific intelligence, raised $7 million in a Series A funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161601","entity":"Moritz","event_type":"financial","id":"9edf21fe-861f-46af-a1b1-dd0dbe0228ff","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://scouts.yutori.com/inbox/eadfa919-9e70-4a84-a6f9-c5ab600df4b8","summary":"Moritz, an AI-native hybrid law firm, secured $9 million in seed funding led by Y Combinator."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161593","entity":"Pit","event_type":"financial","id":"a7b8c3e0-821e-45c4-add8-369c1b693667","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://scouts.yutori.com/inbox/eadfa919-9e70-4a84-a6f9-c5ab600df4b8","summary":"Pit, an AI-native enterprise operations platform, raised $16 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161584","entity":"Elastics","event_type":"financial","id":"accfd2e2-9f37-49aa-aa63-44d4f9f12c40","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://fintech.global/2026/05/08/fintech-funding-remains-strong-in-healthy-week-for-fintech-deals/","summary":"Elastics, building an AI-native operating system for prediction markets, closed a $2 million pre-seed funding round."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161576","entity":"Fazeshift","event_type":"financial","id":"ceb981cb-f908-446c-ac98-2b84ede94c71","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://fintech.global/2026/05/08/fintech-funding-remains-strong-in-healthy-week-for-fintech-deals/","summary":"Fazeshift, an AI-native platform for accounts receivable workflows, secured $17 million in Series A funding."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161568","entity":"Meta","event_type":"financial","id":"a9425526-ba91-4018-a40a-3e202bad1d53","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://scouts.yutori.com/inbox/0c8853ef-a972-4af3-b0b0-dcc93893a84e","summary":"Meta launched a new $1 billion fund specifically targeting crypto and AI startups."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161559","entity":"RadixArk","event_type":"financial","id":"016157dc-0d64-4c60-a6d5-6241f024de6f","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://scouts.yutori.com/inbox/0c8853ef-a972-4af3-b0b0-dcc93893a84e","summary":"RadixArk launched with a $100 million seed round to scale AI infrastructure."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161549","entity":"Corgi Insurance","event_type":"financial","id":"2a388a06-dbce-4949-8157-2119816a6c1b","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-sierra-astrani-anagram-therapeutics/","summary":"Corgi Insurance, an AI-native insurance platform, secured $160 million in Series B funding."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-09T01:10:51.161540","entity":"Blitzy","event_type":"financial","id":"14d5a0e2-5f1a-4f09-b3ae-cb543b48c470","impact":"high","pub_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-sierra-astrani-anagram-therapeutics/","summary":"Blitzy, focused on AI software development, picked up $200 million in a recent funding 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secured $20 million in Seed funding from Union Square Ventures on April 7, 2026."},{"ai_confidence":0.95,"created_at":"2026-05-08T00:57:35.679942","entity":"Ethos","event_type":"financial","id":"bc60ce18-e101-40af-9892-59cc29c611ea","impact":"medium","pub_date":"2026-05-06","source_url":"https://startups.gallery/news","summary":"Ethos raised $22.75 million in Series A funding from a16z on May 6, 2026."},{"ai_confidence":0.9,"created_at":"2026-05-08T00:57:35.679933","entity":"StrictlyVC","event_type":"announcement","id":"7c657fdb-c74c-4d32-b870-5d38a9d81f32","impact":"low","pub_date":"2026-04-30","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/tag/funding/","summary":"StrictlyVC announced its first 2026 event will take place in San Francisco on April 30."},{"ai_confidence":0.85,"created_at":"2026-05-08T00:57:35.679925","entity":"StarChain 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