How Did AI Deals Move **$1.8B** In Weeks? 📈🤖💸

TL;DR

• Token-backed ID project raised $52.5M amid AI deepfake fears
• Vietnamese CRM startup closed $4M to scale AI sales
• Prentis AI lab targets $100M at $1B valuation
• Governments and funds steer hundreds of billions to AI infra

HEADLINES

World Foundation raised $52.5M proof‑of‑human sale 🪙🔗

Nami Technology landed $4M for AI CRM tools 📞🔗

Honeywell & Google Cloud launched AI retail experience platform 🛒🔗

OpenAI filed confidential IPO, trails $965B Anthropic 📊🔗

South Korea President Lee convened US AI summit, touting $500B push 🇰🇷🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Nvidia & SK Group committed $500B+ to AI data centers ⚙️🔗

Naver, Nvidia, Brookfield secured $10B for GAK Sejong AI factories 🏭🔗

US White House positioned AI at center of $200B science reset 🏛️🔗

RAISES

World Foundation raised $52.5M via locked WLD token sale 🪪🔗

Nami Technology raised $4M to scale AI CRM in Asia 📈🔗

Emergent raised $130M Series C as AI coding unicorn 💻🔗

RAISING

Prentis AI Lab is looking to raise $100M in a Series A for office‑workflow AI agents 🧠🔗

Anduril Industries is looking to raise multi‑billion Series F for defense‑grade AI systems 🛰️🔗

Mistral AI is looking to raise €3B in a late‑stage round for European foundation models 🌐🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Honeywell unveiled AI‑enabled in‑store retail experience platform 🛍️🔗

IDC introduced IDC Quanta AI technology‑intelligence platform 📊🔗

RHA OneAI announced four‑client milestone for unified enterprise AI workspace 🏢🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

RHA OneAI secures enterprise wins for unified AI workspace 🧩🔗

IDC Quanta embeds AI insights directly into workflows 📈🔗

AI Funding Newsletter tracks every July AI‑agent round 📬🔗

METRICS

AI agent startups raised $1.8B across July 2026 📊🔗

Anthropic reached $965B post‑money valuation in May 🧠🔗

Global AI companies estimated at 212,230 active firms 🌎🔗

Nvidia–SK initiative targets $500B+ AI data‑center spend 🚀🔗

World project cumulative funding nears $492.5M to date 🔢🔗

BENCHMARKS

AI Funding pegs median AI‑agent valuation at $280M 📐🔗

Finance Monthly estimates $7T needed for AI data centers 🏗️🔗

Brookfield AI Infrastructure Fund targets $10B equity for AI infra 📘🔗

Brookfield Sweden project benchmarks $10B single‑site AI campus 📏🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Nvidia–SK Hynix plan 2‑gigawatt Vera Rubin data center 🔌🔗

Naver–Brookfield–Nvidia assembled $10B package for AI factories 🏬🔗

Brookfield committed $10B to Swedish AI data center 🇸🇪🔗

Arm projects 4x CPU demand from agentic AI 🖥️🔗

VALUATIONS

Anthropic hit $965B valuation in latest round 🏷️🔗

OpenAI last raised $110B at $730B valuation 💼🔗

Prentis AI Lab is targeting $1B valuation with new round 💡🔗

AI agent startups show $280M median post‑money valuations 📊🔗

POLICY

White House OSTP released Science: A New Golden Age blueprint ⚖️🔗

STAT detailed shift of billions toward AI firms 📜🔗

Nature reported new US AI‑science grant programs 🧪🔗

AAMC highlighted OSTP push toward AI‑enabled research 🏥🔗

SOVEREIGN

South Korea announced $500B AI data‑center initiative 🇰🇷🔗

US Genesis Mission committed AI labs and cloud‑lab funding 🧬🔗

National Growth Fund Korea targets ₩100T for emerging tech, including AI 🏦🔗

SECTORS

Retail deployed AI guidance and dynamic recommendations 🛒🔗

Financial services adopted AI‑driven CRM for user engagement 🏦🔗

Capital markets integrated proof‑of‑humanity against AI deepfakes 🧾🔗

Enterprise IT deployed embedded AI decision‑intelligence layers 📡🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

AI Funding Newsletter compiled July’s full $1.8B AI‑agent ledger 🌐🔗