Lasso banks $30M to police AI prompts without GPUs
AI security startup Lasso raises $30M led by ClearSky for LEAP, a guardrail that screens prompts on ordinary server CPUs.
Adobe’s second India buyout brings Rilo’s marketing AI in-house
Adobe picks up the six-person team behind Indian marketing-automation startup Rilo, its second acquisition in the country.
Training-data startup AfterQuery hits $3.2B five months after Series A
AfterQuery's valuation jumps past $3B under half a year after its $30M Series A, a pace Y Combinator calls a…
FundPark tops $1.25B ABS capacity with Citi as senior lender
Citi commits up to $250M to FundPark's asset-backed program, lifting the Hong Kong fintech's total ABS capacity past $1.25B.
Cornerstone Robotics banks $700M in Medtronic distribution deal
Medtronic invests about $700M in Cornerstone Robotics and will distribute its Sentire surgical system in markets outside the United States.
Félix banks $200M in Series C to move past pure remittances
WhatsApp-based money transfer app Félix lands $87M in equity and $113M in credit to push into lending and savings.
Satellite operator Kepler nets first outside capital, $8M seed
Space startup Kepler Aerospace has raised an $8M seed round to deploy swarming ISR satellites for India's defense.
After Leipzig drone scare, INLEAP banks €20M for laser defense
INLEAP Photonics has raised €20M to scale laser-based counter-drone systems after an airport attack.
Yuma banks $35M after 60 million battery swaps in India
Magna has invested another $35M in Yuma Energy, raising its stake in the Indian battery-swapping network.
Robot restaurant maker Sharpa banks $670M at $3.3B value
Hesai founders' robotics startup Sharpa has raised more than $669M at a reported $3.3B valuation.
