Harvey Just Hit an $11 Billion Valuation — And It Only Does Legal Work

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Harvey Just Hit an $11 Billion Valuation — And It Only Does Legal Work

Legal AI startup Harvey raised $200 million led by GIC and Sequoia, reaching $11 billion valuation and $190M ARR — proving that vertical AI companies can thrive even as OpenAI and Anthropic expand into everything.

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Shield AI Just Raised $2 Billion and Doubled Its Valuation in a Year

The San Diego defense startup behind Hivemind — the AI pilot software flying drones autonomously in active combat — closed a $1.5B Series G plus $500M in preferred equity, pushing its valuation to $12.7 billion.

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Kris@Work: The AI-Native GTM Platform Secures $3M Seed Funding – Tycoon World

Bengaluru, February 24, 2026: Kris@Work, the AI-native Go-To-Market (GTM) execution platform for enterprise revenue teams, has raised $3.0 Million in seed

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Perplexity is ditching ads after investors once chased billions of users. The AI search startup pivots its advertising strategy, leaning on growing monthly active users and fresh funding. What does this mean for the AI platform landscape? Dive into the details. #PerplexityAI #AISearch #StartupFunding #UserGrowth

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Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build AI marketing agents that handle campaign management and audience targeting. The twist: founders Chavez and Vaidya previously sold companies to Microsoft ($180M) and Salesforce ($700M) - the same giants now shipping competing AI tools like Agentforce 360. Market timing may determine whether $15M provides enough runway against well-funded incumbents.

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https://www.implicator.ai/after-1-2-billion-in-exits-kanas-founders-take-on-the-machines-they-built-2/

After $1.2 billion in exits, Kana's founders take on the machines they built

Kana emerged from stealth with $15M. Its founders sold Rapt to Microsoft and Krux to Salesforce. Now they compete against both with AI agents.

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JKLU Alumnus Rajat Mathur’s Startup UrbanWipe Secures ₹2 Crore Investment on Shark Tank India Season 5 – Tycoon World

Jaipur: JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) has announced a major milestone for its alumni community as UrbanWipe, a non-toxic cleaning solutions startup

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But massive funding doesn't equal success. Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B last year, and half their founders have already left.

Here's the original story: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/humans-human-centric-ai-startup-160057256.html

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Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round

Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation.

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Small is the new big in AI: Falcon-H1R, a 7B hybrid Transformer–Mamba model, delivers performance rivaling models up to 7x its size while staying fast and memory-efficient. Perfect for powerful AI on modest hardware.

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Top AI News for January 2026: Breakthroughs, Launches & Trends You Can’t Miss

January 2026 AI roundup: compact reasoning models, physical AI for robots and vehicles, real-time speech, agentic AI growth, and major startup funding.

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Ammobia has raised $7.5M to scale its modular “Haber-Bosch 2.0” ammonia production technology, designed to cut costs and emissions.

The round was backed by Shell Ventures, Air Liquide (ALIAD), MOL Switch, and Chevron Technology Ventures, taking total funding to $13.5M.

The company will use the capital to build a pilot plant and move toward commercial demonstrations—supporting fertilizers, energy, and maritime decarbonization.

#GreenAmmonia #AgriBusiness #ClimateTech #StartupFunding