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AI Infra Mega-Rounds Keep Getting Bigger — June 25, 2026


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Baseten’s $1.5 billion Series F puts AI infrastructure back at the center of startup fundraising, while Engram and Partly show investors still paying up for narrower, cost-saving AI systems.

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  1. AI infrastructure startup Baseten raises $1.5bn at up to $13bn valuation — The Next Web

    AI infrastructure startup Baseten raises $1.5bn at up to $13bn valuation

The AI infrastructure startup raised $1.5bn in a Series F, with Australia’s Blackbird VC putting in what may be the largest single outlay yet by an Australian firm.
Baseten has raised $1.5bn in a Series F round that values the AI infrastructure startup at up to $13bn, a number that arrives barely 18 months and four…

  • Engram Launches with $98M to Build AI That Actually Knows Your Organization — PR Newswire

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  • Founded by Leading AI Researchers from Stanford, Berkeley, and Cornell, Engram Launches with Microsoft, Notion and Harvey as Early Partners
    SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Engram, the company building the learned memory layer for AI, emerged from stealth with…

  • Partly raises $50M at a $500M valuation to crack the US auto parts market - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE

    Partly raises $50M at a $500M valuation to crack the US auto parts market - SiliconANGLE

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    ### Partly raises $50M at a $500M valuation to crack the US auto parts market
    Partly Group Ltd., a New Zealand startup using artificial intelligence to change up the automotive parts business, announced today that it has raised $50 million new funding at a $500…

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