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Latest AI startup funding news, investment rounds, Series A/B/C announcements, and venture capital activity in the artificial intelligence sector.
Space Machines Company leads Australian consortium with $2.1M government grant for AI-driven spacecraft AM
A consortium led by Space Machines Company has secured AUD 2.1 million in Cooperative Research Centres Projects funding from the Australian government to develop a generative AI design system paired w...
Beehive Industries lands $29.7M USAF contract to qualify 3D printed Frenzy 8 jet engine
Beehive Industries, a U.S. propulsion manufacturer, has secured a $29.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to advance flight testing, vehicle integration, and qualification of its Frenzy 8 engin...
IAN Group invests $6M in BigEndian Semiconductors to replace Chinese silicon in AM systems
IAN Group has invested $6 million in BigEndian Semiconductors, a fabless chip design firm focused on creating silicon alternatives for additive manufacturing and industrial automation. The funding rou...
Gongda Laser closes several hundred million yuan Series C led by Fortune Capital and Guanghe Chuangtou
Shenzhen-based Gongda Laser, a developer of high-power fiber green lasers, has completed a Series C strategic financing round of several hundred million yuan (approximately $40-55M USD). The round was...
K3Metrology secures £2.75M seed led by UKI2S for real-time large-scale metrology in aerospace
K3Metrology, a UK spin-out from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), has closed a £2.75 million seed round led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), with co-investment from the Developm...
Anduril Industries raises $5B Series H at $61B valuation to expand autonomous defense manufacturing
Anduril Industries has closed a $5 billion Series H funding round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the defense technology company at $61 billion. CEO Brian Schimpf announced the...
Firestorm Labs Secures $82M Series B to Scale Containerized Battlefield 3D Printing
Firestorm Labs, a San Diego-based defense manufacturing startup, has closed an $82 million Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $153 million. The round was led by Washington Ha...
Texas Awards $14M Grant to USA Rare Earth for Hudspeth County Project
Governor Greg Abbott announced a $14,177,600 Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to USA Rare Earth, Inc. to accelerate development of its Round Top Mountain rare earth deposit in Hudspeth County...
UK National Wealth Fund Invests $34M in Rowden for Defence Manufacturing Expansion
Britain's National Wealth Fund (NWF) has made its first defence-sector investment, committing £25 million ($34 million) to Bristol-based engineering firm Rowden. The funding will support the opening o...
Havoc Raises $100M Series A for All-Domain Autonomous Defense Systems
Havoc has closed a $100 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to nearly $200 million in under two and a half years. The company builds a software-defined autonomy stack for defense operat...
India's Agnikul Cosmos targets $75M raise at $500M valuation for 3D-printed rocket engines
Chennai-based space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos is in advanced talks to raise $50-75 million at a flat $500 million valuation, according to The Economic Times. The company, founded by Srinath Ravichan...
Kinisis Ventures backs Chicago-based Phase3D in $2 million seed round
Phase3D, a Chicago-based developer of real-time quality assurance technology for metal additive manufacturing, has closed a $2 million seed round led by Kinisis Ventures alongside New York Angels, Que...
Hangzhou Deshuo Intelligent completes A-round financing, partners with Siemens, launches ceramic/metal 3D printers
Hangzhou Deshuo Intelligent, a Chinese additive manufacturing company founded in 2013, has completed its A-round financing on April 27, 2026, with Shanghai Honghui Investment as the lead investor. The...
Shenzhen Guangyi Precision secures angel round from Qichuang Venture Capital and Leaguer Venture Capital
Shenzhen Guangyi Precision, a metal additive manufacturing startup founded in November 2025, has closed an angel round of financing from Qichuang Venture Capital and Leaguer Venture Capital. The compa...
Consumer CNC company Makera completes hundreds of millions RMB Series A funding round
Makera, a Chinese consumer-grade CNC and desktop manufacturing company, has closed a Series A funding round worth several hundred million RMB (tens of millions USD), according to a company announcemen...
Creality 3D passes Hong Kong Stock Exchange hearing, plans IPO in May 2026 as first consumer 3D printing stock in Hong Kong
Creality 3D (Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd.) has passed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange hearing and is expected to list in May 2026, with a planned PDIE (Pre-Deal Investor Education) starting...
Consumer CNC company Makera (造物时代) raises hundreds of millions RMB in Series A funding
Makera (造物时代), a Chinese company focused on desktop CNC machines, has closed a Series A funding round worth hundreds of millions of RMB (approximately $14-28M USD). The round was co-led by Huaying Cap...
ROBOTERA raises USD 200 million to scale global robotics expansion
ROBOTERA has closed over USD 200 million in new funding, led by SF Group with participation from HSG, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Investment, CICC Capital, and others. The round follows a RMB 1 billion str...
FotoNation raises Pre-A funding led by Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Gardens for TriSilica AI chip
FotoNation, headquartered in Galway, Ireland, has completed a Pre-A financing round led by Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Gardens, with additional angel investors participating. The company will use t...
Namseoul University selected to lead 22.6 billion won AI-DfAM mobility manufacturing innovation hub
Namseoul University has been selected as the lead institution for South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) project to establish an AI-DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) mobil...