How Did Four AI Rounds Top $161M Today? 🤖📈💸

TL;DR

• Embodied AI robotics scored a $143M China mega-round
• NatureTech platform Verna raised $4M to scale restoration
• Korean deep-tech saw multiple AI Series A checks
• Legal AI launch promises 70% faster case prep

HEADLINES

Dynamic Business reports Australian AI funding hit $839M 🇦🇺🔗

Moomoo Survey finds 92% want AI investing tools 📊🔗

Bosch doubles down on India for AI R&D 🚗🔗

Relativity launches aiR for Case Strategy globally ⚖️🔗

Straits Times covers UK probe into X’s Grok deepfakes 🛑🔗

Malaysia, Indonesia become first countries banning Grok chatbot 🌐🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

KDB Industrial Bank invested KRW 12B in Korea Deep Learning 📄🔗

Intervest invested follow-on Series A in CVSM 🧵🔗

Genexis-backed fund invested in People Changing the World energy AI ⚡🔗

State-backed SCGC joined AI robotics round at X Square 🤝🔗

RAISES

Verna raised $4M in a seed round led by NAP and Übermorgen 🌱🔗

X Square Robot raised $143M in a new round led by ByteDance and HongShan 🤖🔗

Korea Deep Learning raised KRW 12B (~$9M) in Series A from KDB Industrial Bank 📑🔗

RXC raised KRW 7B (~$5.3M) in Series A from undisclosed investors 🛍️🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Relativity launched aiR for Case Strategy 🧠🔗

WithPoints unveiled WeNect robotic automation platform expansion 🤖🔗

Evom AI highlighted new AI ECG diagnostic suite ❤️🔗

People Changing the World advanced BECS building energy AI platform 🏙️🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Verna Mycelia AI-backed planner for long-term nature recovery 🌿🔗

Relativity aiR for Case Strategy generative AI for litigation timelines, summaries 📚🔗

Moomoo AI-powered trading app investor platform with embedded AI insights 💹🔗

Evom Echo and ECG AI suite for cardiovascular image interpretation 🫀🔗

METRICS

Australian AI startups raised $839M across 2025 📊🔗

Four Australian AI firms absorbed $1B+ in cumulative funding 🎯🔗

Median Australian AI round held at $4M in 2025 📐🔗

Moomoo survey shows 92% investors want AI tools 📈🔗

E Fund AI Theme ETF (159819) trades at 1.704, new 52-week high 💹🔗

BENCHMARKS

Tracxn analysis highlights capital concentration into late-stage AI 📘🔗

Moomoo report finds 56% investors already using AI tools 🧮🔗

KoreaTechDesk roundup shows pivot back to deep-tech AI 📊🔗

UK AI spend report teaser flags firms spending £75K annually 💷🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B including $1.7B AI infra fund 🖥️🔗

Reliance Industries pledged Rs 7 lakh crore into clean energy and AI 🏗️🔗

Bosch committed $2.9B to AI-related innovations 🏭🔗

BECS platform reduces EV charging infra costs via AI 🔌🔗

VALUATIONS

HighRadius raised $300M at $3.1B valuation 🏷️🔗

6sense raised $125M at $2.1B valuation 📈🔗

X Square Robot now totals 3B yuan funding to date 🤖🔗

Verna crossed $1M ARR within first year 💼🔗

POLICY

Korea’s education ministry moved to limit university student AI use 📚🔗

Malaysia and Indonesia banned Grok over sexualised deepfake concerns 🚫🔗

UK Ofcom opened investigation into X’s Grok output ⚖️🔗

Bhutan and Canada launched joint program on AI governance 🏔️🔗

Macau authorities began mapping local AI policy framework 🗺️🔗

SOVEREIGN

Reliance–Gujarat plan positions state as AI manufacturing hub 🏛️🔗

Korea MSS centers 2026 startup policy on AI deep-tech 🇰🇷🔗

Bhutan workshop boosts state capacity for AI governance 🕊️🔗

New York RAISE Act mandates incident reporting by large AI developers 📝🔗

Malaysia, Indonesia bans signal tougher sovereign stance on AI harms 🌏🔗

SECTORS

Legal deployed aiR for Case Strategy to accelerate litigation prep ⚖️🔗

Nature restoration deployed Mycelia AI across 100 organisations 🌳🔗

Industrial energy deployed BECS AI for EV charging management ⚡🔗

Healthcare deployed Evom AI for ECG diagnostics 🏥🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Katie Kim scaled Korea Deep Learning’s DEEP Agent+ document AI platform 📄🔗