AI Funding News Week Ending 04.11

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💸 Biggest AI Funding Rounds This Week

• Caris Life Sciences raised $168M (Growth Capital) – AI-powered precision medicine, Irving, TX

• Aurascape raised $50M – AI-native security, Santa Clara, CA

• LiveKit raised $45M (Series B, $345M valuation) – Real-time multimodal voice AI, San Jose, CA

• Artisan raised $25M (Series A) – AI sales agent startup, San Francisco, CA

• Gallatin AI raised $15M (Seed) – Defense tech, Washington, DC

• ConductorAI raised $15M (Series A) – Dual-use AI approvals software, Biddeford, ME

• Cyberhaven raised $100M (Series D, $1B valuation) – AI data security, Palo Alto, CA

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🚀 Startups to Watch

These rising startups are carving out bold new spaces in AI. Niche focus, cutting-edge tech, and building serious momentum, making them ones to watch:

• heyLibby ($4.5M Seed) – AI team member for fitness & wellness

• Series ($3.1M) – AI-powered social platform

• Glimpse ($10M Series A) – Deduction management for CPGs

• HoneyHive ($7.4M) – AI agent observability platform

• Octane ($6.75M Seed) – AI cybersecurity

• Thoughtful.ai – AI operating system for healthcare

• Starday ($11M Series A) – AI food innovation

🤝 Mergers & Acquisitions

• GrubMarket acquired Delta Fresh Produce – Enhancing AI-powered food supply

• IBM acquired Hakkoda – Global data & AI consultancy

• Humach acquired Markets EQ – Voice analytics for Wall Street

• Urbint acquired StormImpact – AI for climate risk in utilities

• Honeycomb acquired Grit – Open-source AI query engine

• Lucid Software acquired airfocus – AI product roadmapping

📡 Signals – What This Week Tells Us

• Defense AI is heating up: Gallatin AI’s $15M Seed round signals growing interest in dual-use AI applications.

• Agentic AI expanding into observability: Platforms like HoneyHive are emerging to evaluate and monitor AI agents—especially as use scales.

• Voice AI gets real-time: LiveKit’s $45M raise (powering ChatGPT’s voice mode) shows that multimodal, synchronous experiences are gaining investor confidence.

• AI for finance and compliance is hot: Warrant, Pax, and Glimpse signal demand for automation in regulatory-heavy industries.

• Global infrastructure continues to surge: NexGen Cloud’s $45M in the UK and Qevlar AI in France show how AI infra is spreading beyond the Valley.

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