How Did Over $565M In Fresh AI Capital Move Today? 🧠💸🚀

TL;DR

• Defense AI unicorn Harmattan AI raised $200M
• Voice AI leader Deepgram closed $130M Series C
• Life sciences AI saw new $25M Series A
• Cloud & robotics AI nabbed growth capital globally

HEADLINES

Harmattan AI became a defense AI unicorn 🛰️🔗

Deepgram raised $130M to power voice AI 🎙️🔗

Converge Bio secured $25M for AI drug discovery 🧬🔗

Cloudforce funded to scale regulated-industry AI platform ☁️🔗

Botsync expanded Series A for AI robotics orchestration 🤖🔗

TCL launched AI-enhanced Note A1 NXTPAPER e-note 📓🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Dassault Aviation invested $200M in Harmattan AI ✈️🔗

AVP led $130M into Deepgram voice AI 📡🔗

Bessemer Venture Partners led $25M Series A for Converge Bio 💊🔗

Owl Ventures led $10M Series A in Cloudforce 🦉🔗

SGInnovate extended Series A backing for Botsync robotics 🏗️🔗

RAISES

Harmattan AI raised $200M in Series B led by Dassault Aviation 🛡️🔗

Deepgram raised $130M in Series C for voice AI infrastructure 📞🔗

Converge Bio raised $25M in Series A for AI drug discovery 🧪🔗

Cloudforce raised $10M in Series A to expand nebulaONE AI platform 🌐🔗

X Square Robot raised $140M in Series A++ for embodied AI robots 🤖🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

GIGABYTE unveiled immersive human–AI experience pavilion at CES 2026 🎆🔗

TCL launched Note A1 NXTPAPER AI-boosted e-note in pre-sale ✍️🔗

News Corp rolled out secure internal AI benefits guide 🧭🔗

Pacific AI published global AI Policy Year in Review 📘🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

nebulaONE secure “bring-your-own-model” AI for regulated industries 🛡️🔗

Protege AI data platform for rights-protected training datasets 📂🔗

SyncOS orchestration layer for multi-vendor autonomous robots ⚙️🔗

NetraAI precision analytics engine for small clinical trial datasets 🧪🔗

METRICS

Databricks hit $4.8B revenue run rate, 55% YoY growth 📈🔗

Databricks AI products surpassed $1B in annualized revenue 💾🔗

Botsync reported 240% growth in production trips 📦🔗

Botsync revenue grew 230% in 2025 on scaled deployments 📊🔗

Palladyne AI raised 2026 revenue guidance 336–440% above 2025 📌🔗

BENCHMARKS

Pacific AI tracked 30+ nations shifting to enforceable AI laws 🌍🔗

US states saw 15+ new AI transparency laws 🏛️🔗

EU AI Act committees advanced regulation with 71–8 committee vote 🇪🇺🔗

AI-Weekly benchmarked 45k+ subscribers, 53% open rates 📨🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Databricks secured $4B to scale data and AI infrastructure 🏗️🔗

Harmattan AI funding earmarked for European defense AI platforms 🛰️🔗

Botsync investing in AI analytics and MAG AMR throughput 🚚🔗

Cloudforce scaling Azure-based AI for public sector workloads 🏛️🔗

VALUATIONS

Databricks valued at $134B after latest round 🏷️🔗

Deepgram reached $1.3B valuation with Series C 💬🔗

Harmattan AI crossed $1B valuation, joining defense AI unicorns 🦄🔗

POLICY

Games Workshop formally banned generative AI in creative pipelines ⚔️🔗

Pacific AI reported 200% surge in AI incident reporting 📑🔗

EU AI Act enforcement began for high-risk and general-purpose AI ⚖️🔗

PAC analysis highlighted ISO/IEC 42001-style AI governance requirements 📚🔗

SECTORS

Manufacturing & Logistics deployed AI-orchestrated AMR fleets via SyncOS 🏭🔗

Biopharma deployed AI for antibody design and biomarker discovery 🧬🔗

Clinical Trials applied AI analytics to stratify patient cohorts 📊🔗

Enterprise HR & Benefits rolled out AI assistants for employee benefits navigation 🧑‍💼🔗

Consumer Devices shipped AI-enhanced e-notes for creators and students 📱🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

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