AngelsRound

AI has become remarkably good at generating information. What happens when it starts generating discoveries? This week's AngelsRound features Synthetic Sciences (YC W26) and the emerging category it represents. It's one of the more interesting AI trends we've researched this year. Read the full breakdown 👇 https://lnkd.in/grKsFekt

Another week in startup funding 🚀 AI funding is changing. A year ago, the biggest checks went to foundation models. This week, investors backed companies applying AI to legal, engineering, finance, manufacturing, automotive, and enterprise software. That's where the market is heading. 3 signals from this week: ➡️ AI is becoming increasingly industry specific ➡️ Enterprise AI adoption continues accelerating ➡️ Infrastructure remains the foundation, but applications are where capital is spreading Here's where the money went 👇 Highlights: — Prime Intellect raises $130M to build distributed AI infrastructure — Norm AI secures $120M for legal and regulatory AI — Ollama lands $65M to expand local AI deployment — Auger raises $50M for enterprise AI automation — Bespoke Labs secures $40M for AI agent training — Monogram lands $40M for AI-native finance — Foundation EGI raises $23M for industrial AI — Toma secures $17M for automotive AI — Even Realities raises $150M for AI-powered smart glasses Why investors are betting on them 🧵 1/ Prime Intellect — Raised $130M Series A to build distributed AI infrastructure. Investors are betting AI training won't stay concentrated inside a handful of hyperscalers. 2/ Norm Ai — Raised $120M Series C. As enterprises deploy more AI, compliance is becoming one of the biggest bottlenecks, and Norm wants AI to handle it. 3/ Ollama — Raised $65M Series B. Running AI locally is becoming a priority for companies that don't want sensitive data leaving their environment. 4/ Auger — Raised $50M Series B. The opportunity isn't another chatbot—it's replacing repetitive enterprise work with AI agents that actually complete tasks. 5/ Bespoke Labs — Raised $40M Series A. AI agents need realistic environments to learn before they're deployed in production. 6/ Monogram — Raised $40M Seed. Finance teams remain highly manual, creating an opportunity for AI native workflows to replace repetitive operational work. 7/ Foundation EGI — Raised $23M Series A. Engineering is becoming another AI-native profession, with intelligent systems increasingly embedded into design workflows. 8/ Toma — Raised $17M Series A. Vertical AI is finding traction in industries like automotive, where customer interactions and operations are still largely manual. 9/ Even Realities — Raised $150M Series C. AI hardware is expanding beyond smartphones, with smart glasses emerging as another interface for everyday AI. That's a wrap. ✅ If this saved you a click or two, follow Ashher for weekly Startup TL;DRs.

JUST RAISED $100M+. NOW HIRING. Fresh capital means one thing: they're about to hire fast. 21 companies closed $100M+ rounds in the last 60 days. All verified. All hiring now. 1. Baseten — $1.5B Series F (AI inference, powers Cursor + Notion) 2. Sierra — $950M growth round (AI agents, founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO) 3. Together AI — $800M Series C (open source AI infrastructure) 4. Ramp — $750M growth round (finance ops, IPO-ready) 5. Groq — $650M growth round (fastest AI inference in the world) 16 more on the full list Full list with verified careers links in the comments 👇

Supply chains have never been more global. They've also never been more difficult to prove compliant. One missing document can delay shipments, customs clearance, and product launches. Yet most manufacturers still manage compliance through emails, spreadsheets, and PDFs. That feels like one of enterprise AI's biggest overlooked opportunities. This week's AngelsRound explores why—and the startup building for it. Featured: Certivo Read here: https://lnkd.in/gbXnvzAk

Another week in startup funding 🚀 The first half of the year is officially in the books. If the past six months are any indication, expect bigger rounds, tighter consolidation, and a stronger push for strategic AI control. The first half of 2026 in three numbers: • $510B invested globally. A record six months for startup funding. • AI remained the biggest magnet for capital, with infrastructure attracting the largest checks. • Mega rounds dominated, as investors concentrated capital into fewer, much larger companies. This week's funding reflected that trend. 3 signals from this week: ➡️ AI infrastructure continues attracting massive capital ➡️ Enterprise AI adoption continues accelerating ➡️ Public markets are reopening for venture-backed companies Here's where the money went 👇 Highlights: — Kling AI raises $2.8B to expand AI video infrastructure — Quantum Systems secures $1.2B for autonomous defense systems — Together AI lands $800M to scale open AI infrastructure — 8090 Labs raises $135M for AI coding agents — Oxmiq secures $35M for next-generation AI chip architecture — EquiLibre announces a new Series A for AI powered algorithmic trading — Lime goes public on Nasdaq — Tapestry VC closes an $80M fund focused on repeat European founders Here's everything you need to know 🧵 1/ Kling AI — Raised $2.8B led by Tencent, Sequoia China, and sovereign wealth funds including Temasek to accelerate AI video generation and foundation model infrastructure. 2/ Quantum Systems — Secured $1.2B Series D at an ~$8B valuation, led by Airbus Ventures and Hensoldt with participation from existing defense-focused investors, to expand autonomous drone and defense technologies. 3/ Together AI — Raised $800M Series C at an $8.3B valuation, led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, and Coatue, to scale open source AI compute infrastructure. 4/ 8090 Solutions — Raised $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from WndrCo, Craft Ventures, to build an AI coding agent for corporate software engineering teams. 5/ Oxmiq Labs — Raised $35M backed by Eclipse Ventures and Intel Capital to develop more efficient AI chip architectures for large scale workloads. 6/ EquiLibre Technologies — Announced its Series A led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Lightspeed to expand AI-driven algorithmic trading infrastructure. Exits & Capital Activity: — Lime debuted on Nasdaq, with backing from investors including Uber, GV, and Bain Capital Ventures. — Tapestry VC closed an $80M third fund with backing from LPs including university endowments and European family offices to support repeat founders. That's a wrap. ✅ If this saved you a click or two, follow Ashher for weekly Startup TL;DRs.

PRE-IPO STARTUPS — NOW HIRING The job market has been tough. While many companies are slowing hiring, some of the world's biggest private companies are still growing. If you're looking for your next role, these are worth keeping an eye on. 22 Pre-IPO startups currently hiring: • Anthropic • OpenAI • Databricks • Stripe • Revolut ...plus 17 more. 👇 Full list with verified careers links in the comments. If you know someone who's job hunting, share this with them. #Startups #Hiring #Jobs #Careers #VentureCapital

AI isn't running out of GPUs. It's running out of power. Every watt spent cooling a data center is a watt that can't run AI. This week, we're featuring Madrone (YC P26), a startup building highly efficient cooling systems that help AI data centers unlock more compute using less power and water. It made us think: What if the companies enabling AI become more valuable than the companies building AI? Read this week's breakdown: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7WYWi3a #AI #Startups #AIInfrastructure #VentureCapital

Another week in startup funding 🚀 The biggest AI money this week did not go to flashy models. It went to the companies quietly turning AI into something businesses can actually use. 3 signals from this week: ➡️ AI is moving deeper into healthcare operations ➡️ Enterprise software is becoming increasingly AI native ➡️ Infrastructure remains one of the strongest investment themes Here's where the money went 👇 Highlights: — Assort Health raises $120M to expand AI agents across the patient journey — Taktile secures $110M for AI powered decision automation — RunPod lands $100M to scale GPU cloud infrastructure — Engram raises $98M to reduce AI memory and token costs — Verse secures $54M to accelerate data center power deployment — Partly lands $50M for automotive supply chain infrastructure — Prosper AI raises $30M to automate healthcare administration — Orthogonal secures $4.3M for agentic payment infrastructure Here's everything you need to know 🧵 1/ Assort Health — Raised $120M Series C to scale AI agents that automate patient scheduling, intake, and care coordination across healthcare systems. 2/ Taktile — Secured $110M Series C to help banks and fintechs automate credit, fraud, and risk decisions using AI. 3/ Runpod — Raised $100M Series A to expand GPU cloud infrastructure powering AI training and inference. 4/ Engram — Landed a remarkable $98M seed round to build persistent AI memory technology designed to reduce token costs and improve long context reasoning. 5/ Verse — Raised $54M to help data center developers secure power faster through AI powered grid intelligence. 6/ Partly — Secured $50M Series B to modernize the automotive supply chain with a unified parts infrastructure platform. 7/ Prosper AI — Raised $30M Series A to automate scheduling, insurance verification, billing, and other healthcare administrative workflows. 8/ Orthogonal (YC W26) — Raised $4.3M Seed to build payment and orchestration infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. That's a wrap. ✅ If this saved you a click or two, follow Ashher for weekly Startup TL;DRs.