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every round announced in August 2026
| Company | Raised | Round | Valuation | Investors | Sector | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeekFrontier AI models | $7.4B | Pre-IPO round | ~$74B (pre-money, targeted) | Tencent, JD.com, CATL (reported 5-year lock-up, zero voting rights); China's National AI fund (voting rights, no lock-up) | AI models and labs | late August 2026 | ↗ story |
| XPeng DogotixHumanoid robotics / embodied AI | $900M+ | n/a | $6.3B+ | IDG Capital (lead); Gaorong Ventures (co-investor); Tencent and Alibaba (strategic); XPeng itself ($200M) and top XPeng executives ($100M) also contributed | Robotics and hardware | August 24, 2026 | ↗ story |
| StarcloudOrbital data centers / AI infrastructure | $250M | Series A extension | $2.3B | Manhattan West (lead); new investors NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital and Standard Capital; returning investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX and 776 | AI infrastructure and chips | August 21, 2026 | ↗ story |
| Velaura AIAI chip power efficiency / silicon IP | $110M | Series A | $1B+ | Seligman Ventures (lead); new investors Capricorn Investment Group and Prosperity7 Ventures; existing investors Mayfield, Maverick Silicon, MARA, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and StepStone Group | AI infrastructure and chips | August 18, 2026 | ↗ story |
| Thrive HoldingsAI roll-ups / professional services | $2B | n/a | $12B | SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital; OpenAI holds an equity stake taken in December 2025 | AI agents and apps | August 12, 2026 | ↗ story |
| LovableAI app builders / vibe coding | $400M | Series C | $13.3B | Menlo Ventures (lead) and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund (co-lead); new investors Balderton Capital, Carmignac, Kaszek Ventures, LTS Growth, Tencent, World Innovation Lab and Regent; returning investors Accel, Antler, CapitalG, DST Global, Evantic Capital, HubSpot Ventures and Salesforce Ventures | Developer tools | August 12, 2026 | ↗ story |
| HadrianDefense manufacturing / automated factories | $1.37B | Series D | $7.87B post-money | WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures and Baillie Gifford (co-leads), with JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group anchoring via its Security and Resiliency Initiative; participants include 1789 Capital, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Apollo funds, T. Rowe Price accounts, CapitalG, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Altimeter and Construct Capital | Defense and space | August 6, 2026 | ↗ story |
by sector
- AI models and labs: $7.4B across 1 round
- AI agents and apps: $2B across 1 round
- Defense and space: $1.37B across 1 round
- Robotics and hardware: $900M across 1 round
- Developer tools: $400M across 1 round
- AI infrastructure and chips: $360M across 2 rounds
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