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Exclusive: Founded By 2 Brothers In Their 20s, YC-Backed Denki Raises $4.1M To Automate Financial Audits

Denki, which has built AI-powered software for financial auditors at public companies, has raised $4.1 million in funding, the startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Founded in 2025 by brothers Felipe Jin Li (24) and David Jin Li (20), San Francisco-based Denki aims to build “modern” infrastructure for financial audits, which verify that financial statements are […]

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Eight Sleep Raises $50M At $1.5B Valuation To Expand Into ‘Predictive, AI-Driven Health’

Eight Sleep, a startup developing sleep technology products, announced Wednesday that it has raised $50 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Tether Investments led the “strategic” investment in the New York-based startup, which has now raised more than $250 million in total funding. Eight Sleep raised $100 million last August, so this financing marks its

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OpenAI’s New $110B Raise At A $840B Valuation Marks The Largest Venture Deal Ever

The AI rounds just keep getting bigger and bigger. OpenAI announced Friday that it has closed on a staggering $110 billion fundraise at an $840 billion post-money valuation. The financing marks the largest raise ever, according to Crunchbase data. The money comes from three sources, with SoftBank and Nvidia each ponying up $30 billion. Amazon

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Next-Gen Nuclear Funding Looks Livelier Than Ever Following Inertia’s $450M Raise

As global energy demand continues to surge, driven by both rising household consumption and fast-expanding AI infrastructure, startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era. They’re not afraid to write big checks either. The latest evidence of this was a $450 million Series A that Livermore, California-based

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Amid Record Robotics Funding, Apptronik Raises $520M Series A Extension To Boost Production Of Humanoid Robot Apollo

AI-powered robotics company Apptronik announced Wednesday that it has raised $520 million in an extension of its $415 million Series A raise in February 2025, bringing the total round to over $935 million. Existing backers B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and Peak6 joined new investors including AT&T Ventures and manufacturing giant John Deere participating in the

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Exclusive: Winn.ai Raises $18M Series A For AI-Powered Real-Time Sales Assistant

Winn.ai, which has built an artificial intelligence-powered sales assistant, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively. The company provides sales reps with a real-time AI assistant that “guides” them during a prospect call while integrating with enterprise CRM and business intelligence systems. It also aims to

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Exclusive: Zocks Raises $45M Series B From Lightspeed, QED For AI Assistant To Financial Advisers

Zocks, which has built an AI assistant for financial advisers, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, the startup told Crunchbase News exclusively. All existing backers, including Motive Ventures and 14Peaks Capital, also participated in the financing. The raise comes less than one year after

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Humans& Raises Huge $480M Seed Round At $4.48B Valuation For ‘Human-Centric AI Lab’

Humans&, a new company founded by top researchers from Google, Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI and Meta, among others, announced Tuesday that it has raised a massive $480 million seed round at a staggering $4.48 billion valuation. So far, not much is known about the company, founded in September 2025, which says its mission is to design

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Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, co-founders of Skild AI.

Robotics Startup Skild AI Lands $1.4B, Tripling Valuation To $14B In Just 7 Months

Skild AI, a robotics company building an “omni-bodied” brain to operate any robot for any task, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion. The fundraise comes just over seven months after Skild raised a $135 million Series B at a $4.5 billion valuation. SoftBank Group led the

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