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AI-native embedded protection infrastructure platform, Gangkhar, announces its $4.25 million seed financing led by Anthemis with participation from Accion Ventures, Sancor Ventures, Seedstars, EWA Capital and Simma Capital.

Leading pioneer of highly efficient AI networking, Nexthop AI, announces its oversubscribed $500 million Series B financing, valuing the company at $4.2 billion.

TESS AI, a Brazilian startup that makes different generative AI models communicate with each other to create agents that help companies, announces its $US 5 million seed funding round led by Hi Ventures with participation from DYDX Capital and Honeystone

Elly announces the launch of its AI-native hiring platform and concurrent $8 million pre-seed financing led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from Atomic and Next Wave Capital.

Slang AI, the leading AI platform for hospitality, announces its $36 million in Series B funding led by US Venture Partners (USVP) to expand its agentic voice AI platform, helping restaurants, hotels, and venues eliminate missed calls, boost revenue, enhance staff service capabilities, and gain data-driven operational and customer insights

Ever, the company building the first AI-native, full-stack auto retail platform, announces its emergence from stealth mode and concurrent $31 million Series A financing. 

AI-powered, autonomous data infrastructure platform, TensorStax, announces its acquisition by cloud-based data platform, Snowflake

Prosus Ventures led the R$85 million Series A financing of BeConfident, a Brazilian startup with one of the largest AI platforms for education in Latin America.

Datalinx AI, the AI data refinery that turns complex data into AI and application-ready assets, announces its $4.2 million seed financing, led by High Alpha with participation from Databricks Ventures and Aperiam

Avenue Growth Partners leads the investment in the $12 million Series A financing of Datatruck, the AI-native operating system for North American long-haul carriers

Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT, IoT and cyber‑physical system security, announces its acquisition by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, marking the start of a new phase of growth for Nozomi Networks while preserving the company’s independent operations, vendor‑neutral technology roadmap, and established go‑to‑market partnerships

Common Sense Machines, a startup building AI models that convert 2D images into game-ready 3D assets, announces its acquisition by Google.

Compa, a leading provider of AI-driven compensation intelligence, announces its $35 million Series B financing led by Jump Capital, with participation from Crosslink Capital, Storm Ventures, Permanent Capital, HR Tech Investments LLC, and PagsGroup

Lightspeed India Partners leads the $13 million seed financing of Level3AI, a Singapore-based company startup building enterprise-grade AI agents that manage end-to-end customer engagement

Adara Ventures leads the $70 million Series B financing of enterprise generative AI software company, Articul8, with participation from NXC Corporation, Aditya Birla Ventures, and other strategic investors

Uruguayan-based artificial intelligence platform, Horizon, announces its $3.5 million seed financing led by NXTP

Forbes recognizes 22 individuals across 13 Gunderson Dettmer clients in the 15th annual Forbes 30 Under 30 United States list, where clients were featured for their innovation, success, and leadership in categories including AI, Energy and Green Tech, Finance, Healthcare, and more

Leona Health, a Mexico City-based AI copilot for doctors on WhatsApp, in its $14 million seed financing led by Andreesen Horowitz with participation from General Catalyst and Accel

neptune.ai announces its definitive agreement to be acquired by OpenAI, marking Gunderson’s second this year representing a company in its sale to OpenAI, following Statsig’s $1.1 billion acquisition

LotusFlare, a provider of a cloud-native digital commerce and monetization platform for communications service providers (CSPs), announces the closing of an equity investment from Ericsson