How Did AI Deals Cross **$1.4B** Overnight? 💸🤖🚀
TL;DR
- Fal’s Series D hits $4.5B valuation
- Unconventional AI closes $475M mega seed
- Saviynt raises $700M to secure AI identities
- Microsoft commits $17.5B to India’s AI infra
HEADLINES
Fal triples valuation with $140M Series D 🧠🔗
Unconventional AI confirms $475M seed for neuromorphic chips ⚡️🔗
Saviynt raises $700M to secure AI identities 🛡️🔗
Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI Foundation with OpenAI, Anthropic 🤝🔗
JPX debuts AI-powered disclosure search service 📑🔗
HitPaw ships HitPaw VikPea V5.1.0 AI video suite 🎬🔗
FROM THE BIG PLAYERS
Sequoia Capital invested $140M in Fal 💾🔗
Andreessen Horowitz invested $475M seed co-lead in Unconventional AI 🧠🔗
33N Ventures invested €10M in Equixly 🧪🔗
Kalaari Capital CXXO invested $1.2M in SuperBryn 📞🔗
RAISES
Fal raised $140M in a Series D led by Sequoia 🌐🔗
Unconventional AI raised $475M in a seed round from Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed 🧬🔗
Saviynt raised $700M in a Series B Growth round from KKR and Sixth Street 🛡️🔗
Equixly raised €10M in a Series A led by 33N Ventures 🧷🔗
SuperBryn raised $1.2M in a pre-seed round led by Kalaari Capital’s CXXO 🎙️🔗
Diald AI raised $3.75M in funding from Feedback Ventures 🏠🔗
Algori raised €3.6M to scale AI shopper insights from Red Bull Ventures and others 🛒🔗
Solve Intelligence raised $40M in a Series B led by Visionaries and 20VC ⚖️🔗
NEW LAUNCHES
Linux Foundation launched Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) 🤖🔗
JPX unveiled J-Lens AI disclosure search 📊🔗
HitPaw launched HitPaw VikPea V5.1.0 with AI Video Generator 🎥🔗
Protecto launched Protecto Vault SaaS for AI agents 🔒🔗
Time Under Tension launched AI Academy for marketing and government teams 📚🔗
TRY THESE TOOLS
HitPaw VikPea V5.1.0 all-in-one AI video generator suite 🎬🔗
Protecto Vault API-first privacy shield for AI agents 🛡️🔗
JPX J-Lens natural-language search over 150k filings 🔎🔗
Diald AI AI due-diligence copilot for real estate 🏗️🔗
Algori Platform AI shopper-insights from receipt-level data 🧾🔗
METRICS
Fal valuation hits $4.5B, tripling in months 📈🔗
Unconventional AI closes $475M seed at $4.5B 💥🔗
Saviynt reaches ~$3B valuation with $700M round 🔢🔗
Equixly reports API attacks causing $200B losses in 2025 🛡️🔗
SuperBryn customers improved voice-agent resolution from <40% to >80% 🎧🔗
BENCHMARKS
Agentic AI Foundation reports 10,000+ MCP servers in production 📘🔗
AAIF counts gold members from Cisco to Salesforce 🏅🔗
JPX J-Lens covers filings from ~4,000 listed companies 📂🔗
JPX Market Innovation & Research indexes 150,000 disclosure docs annually 🧮🔗
Dentsu EU AI Pact joins 130+ organizations pledging responsible AI 🤝🔗
INFRA & COSTS
Unconventional AI funding earmarked for neuromorphic AI computers 💡🔗
Fal powers multimodal inference for Adobe, Shopify 🖥️🔗
Microsoft unveils $23B global AI infra build-out 🌩️🔗
Microsoft India Plan targets new hyperscale regions for AI workloads 🏗️🔗
AMD targets >80% data-center AI revenue CAGR 💽🔗
VALUATIONS
Fal Series D sets $4.5B valuation 🏷️🔗
Unconventional AI seed round priced at $4.5B 💰🔗
Saviynt Series B pegs value near $3B 🏦🔗
Equixly positions for global expansion after €10M Series A 🌍🔗
Solve Intelligence total funding climbs to $55M post-Series B 📐🔗
POLICY
Meta forms super-PAC backing pro-AI candidates in California ⚖️🔗
EU AI Act drives industry pacts for responsible AI use 📜🔗
AI4Biotech Masterclass trains biotech firms on AI Act compliance 🧬🔗
Ethyca Trust in Motion convenes regulators, CPOs on AI governance 🧭🔗
OSFI Canada publishes AI–financial stability workshop findings 🏛️🔗
SOVEREIGN
Qatar Investment Authority launches Qai national AI infrastructure company 🏛️🔗
Microsoft–India Partnership commits $17.5B to sovereign AI capabilities 🇮🇳🔗
UAE National AI Strategy funds free Gemini Pro for students 🎓🔗
African Union frames AI as continental strategic priority 🌍🔗
SECTORS
Cybersecurity deployed agentic AI for API security testing 🛡️🔗
Identity Security deployed AI governance for human and agent identities 🧬🔗
Capital Markets deployed AI search over listed-company disclosures 💹🔗
Retail & FMCG deployed AI shopper-insights from live receipts 🛍️🔗
Real Estate Finance deployed AI due-diligence across 1.7M+ data sources 🏘️🔗
COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Naveen Rao raised $475M to build energy-efficient AI hardware 🚀🔗
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