Startup Fundraising

DeepSeek’s $7B Bid Leads a Hard-Tech Funding Surge — May 12, 2026


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Capital is piling into AI infrastructure and applied automation, from DeepSeek’s state-backed megaraise talks to orbital data centers, humanoid robots, human-risk security and healthcare ops. The bar is high, but investors are still writing big checks where AI meets real bottlenecks.

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# DeepSeek seeks record $7.3 billion AI funding round
## The raise could value the AI startup at roughly $50 billion.
DeepSeek is in advanced talks to raise up to 50 billion yuan ($7.35 billion) in what would be the…

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    The Cowboy Space team has plans for vertically integrated infrastructure spanning launch vehicles, space-based power and in-orbit compute. Credit: Cowboy Space
    TAMPA, Fla. — Cowboy Space, founded less than two…

  • Report: Chinese Humanoid Robot Startup Vbot Raises USD $73M in Pre-A Funding — AI Insider

    Report: Chinese Humanoid Robot Startup Vbot Raises USD $73M in Pre-A Funding

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    # Report: Chinese Humanoid Robot Startup Vbot Raises USD $73M in Pre-A Funding
    - Greg Bock
    - May 11, 2026
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    - Chinese embodied AI startup Vbot has raised about USD $73 million in a Pre-A funding round to expand robot production and develop…

  • Frame Security raises $50M to fight the AI attacks targeting employees — Ynet News

    Frame Security raises $50M to fight the AI attacks targeting employees

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    # Frame Security raises $50M to fight the AI attacks targeting employees
    ## Backed by Index Ventures, Team8 and Picture Capital, the Israeli-founded startup is launching an AI-driven human security platform to…

  • Basata Raises $21M Series A to Rebuild the Operational Layer — IT Digest

    Basata Raises $21M Series A to Rebuild the Operational Layer

  • Basata, the AI company rebuilding the operational layer of US healthcare, announced a $21 million Series A led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Victoria Treyger. The round brings total funding to $24.5 million.
    Basata’s AI agents handle the administrative work still…

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