Major Mega-Rounds & New Unicorns
Rillet Reaches Unicorn Status AI-driven accounting platform Rillet joined the unicorn club after securing a $100M Series C led by ICONIQ, highlighting strong VC appetite for back-office automation.
Lovable Closes $400M Series C AI development tool Lovable raised $400M in a round led by Menlo Ventures to accelerate its next-generation automated workflow tools.
Physical AI Continues Its Surge Global venture investment in “Physical AI” combining robotics, spatial computing, and hardware continues to accelerate. Funding has reached $47.4B across more than 500 deals so far in 2026, nearly quadrupling late 2025 totals.
SoftBank Bets Big on Autonomous Machinery SoftBank invested $200M into Gravis Robotics at a $1B valuation to accelerate the deployment of autonomous heavy machinery across construction sites worldwide.
A quick look at the major funding rounds, breaking moves, and key shifts happening across the tech ecosystem this week.
AI Infrastructure & Hardware
Groq Secures $350M AI chipmaker Groq closed a $350M round at a $3.5B valuation to expand capacity for its specialized AI inference hardware.
Higgsfield AI Skyrockets Generative video platform Higgsfield raised $400M from Goldman Sachs and DST Global, bringing the company’s valuation to $5.4B.
EliseAI Targets $3.7B Valuation AI property management platform EliseAI is finalizing a $300M round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer.
Logistics & DeepTech Highlights
ClearJet Raises $25M Air cargo marketplace ClearJet secured $25M in new funding to scale its on-demand freight network.
Mindgard Secures $30M Series A Cybersecurity startup Mindgard raised $30M led by Album VC to expand its AI defense testing platform.
Volta Emerges From Stealth AI infrastructure developer Volta officially launched with an initial $5B infrastructure program to build out compute deployments for frontier labs.