GPU renter Lambda nears $3B raise on road to 2027 IPO
The Nvidia-backed GPU cloud is weighing its largest round yet at a $12B valuation as neocloud competition intensifies.
Robotics components maker Mech-Mind targets $344M in Hong Kong IPO
Mech-Mind Robotics opens its Hong Kong IPO seeking up to $344 million for robot perception components.
London startup Boldr banks €4.2M to turn homes into grid capacity
London energy startup Boldr banks €4.2 million to turn homes and HVAC contractors into grid flexibility.
WestBridge doubles down on Third Wave Coffee with $43M
Third Wave Coffee raises $43 million led by WestBridge Capital to keep expanding its Indian cafe network.
Berry Street, Healthify merge to ride the GLP-1 wave
U.S. nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India's Healthify to combine clinics with AI coaching for the GLP-1 boom.
Neura Robotics folds Adlatus cleaning bots into its Neuraverse
NEURA Robotics buys cleaning robot maker Adlatus to fold its machines into the Neuraverse physical AI platform.
Nvidia mulls Perplexity stake as AI search revenue triples
Nvidia is in talks to join a Perplexity round above $30 billion as the AI search startup's revenue triples.
Xpeng robotics banks $900M in China’s largest embodied AI round
Xpeng's robotics unit banks over $900 million at a $6.3 billion valuation in what it calls China's largest embodied AI…
AI model hub Hugging Face fields $13B takeover approaches
Hugging Face has hired a bank to field takeover approaches valuing the AI model hub at $13 billion or more.
DOE hands battery startups $500M as defense demand fills EV gap
Fresh US energy grants steer hundreds of millions to battery startups as Pentagon demand replaces faded EV incentives.
