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AI Infrastructure Megarounds Keep Coming — July 02, 2026


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Together AI raised $800 million at an $8.3 billion valuation as AI infrastructure checks keep scaling, with Etched also at $800 million and Venice AI reaching unicorn status around private, less-filtered AI.

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  1. Venice AI raises $65 million Series A at $1 billion equity valuation led by Dragonfly | The Block — The Block

    # Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off | TechCrunch

Author: Ram Iyer
Published: 2026-07-01T14:25:23+00:00
Source: techcrunch.com (techcrunch.com)
Language: en
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Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off |…

  • Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All | Morningstar — Morningstar

    Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All | Morningstar

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    Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All
    Together AI, the company making it dramatically cheaper and easier to run open source AI models at scale, today announced an $800 million Series C financing at an $8.3 billion…

  • Nvidia rival Etched raises $800M with backing from Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund — The Next Web

    Nvidia rival Etched raises $800M with backing from Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund

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    AI chip startup Etched has raised $800M backed by Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund, with one billion dollars in sales contracts and summer shipments planned.
    AI chip startup Etched has raised $800 million and revealed that its backers include trading firm Jane Street and VentureTech Alliance, a…

  • Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE

    Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient - SiliconANGLE

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    ### Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient
    Queue, a company building an autonomous “robotic” pharmacy kiosk that dispenses medication, today announced that it has…

  • Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers — Upstarts Media

    Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers

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    # Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers
    ### Build has raised $8.5M from Index Ventures and others, including OpenAI’s CFO, to speed up big projects for customers like the U.K. government.
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    Build founders Ben McClusky and James Stirrat-Ellis can make millions speeding…

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