How Did AI Funding Hit $4.03B Today? 💸🤖🌍

TL;DR

• Databricks locked over $4B at $134B valuation
• Valerie Health closed $30M Series A for AI front offices
• Fresh launches bring AI assistants to healthcare, dev tools, email
• New reports show AI infra up 40%, investment fears easing

HEADLINES

Databricks raises war chest at $134B valuation 📊🔗

Valerie Health scales “AI front office” with $30M round 🩺🔗

McCrae Tech launches health-native Orchestral AI data platform 🏥🔗

Xojo ships IDE update with Jade AI assistant 💻🔗

Google debuts CC Gemini email productivity assistant 📨🔗

Creators Coalition on AI launches to push enforceable AI rules 🎬🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Insight Partners invested over $4B in Databricks Series L 🏦🔗

Redpoint Ventures invested $30M in Valerie Health to automate admin 💉🔗

Goldman Sachs signaled continued AI capital flows, tempering bubble worries 💼🔗

General Catalyst outlined plans to ramp AI, manufacturing investments 🏗️🔗

RAISES

Databricks raised >$4B in a Series L led by Insight Partners 🚀🔗

Valerie Health raised $30M in a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures 📈🔗

Logpresso raised KRW 16B Series B for AI security agents from regional investors 🛡️🔗

Ferronova raised $6M to advance AI-enhanced image-guided cancer surgery 🧬🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

McCrae Tech launched Orchestral, a health-native AI orchestrator data platform 🧠🔗

Xojo unveiled Xojo 2025r3 with integrated Jade AI coding assistant ⚙️🔗

Google launched CC, a Gemini-powered AI assistant inside Gmail 📬🔗

LG Electronics previewed AI-powered in-vehicle solutions for CES 2026 🚗🔗

Pega announced GenAI-powered agentic compliance upgrades to its CLM platform 📜🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Orchestral orchestrates governed AI pipelines across complex health data 🏥🔗

Xojo 2025r3 + Jade brings in-IDE AI help for cross-platform devs 💡🔗

Google CC summarizes Gmail, Drive, Calendar into daily briefings 📅🔗

LemonyOS offers on-prem AI agents with full data control 🖥️🔗

Valerie Health Platform runs AI-powered front office for independent clinics 📞🔗

METRICS

Databricks valuation jumped to $134B, up from $100B 📊🔗

Databricks reported $4.8B revenue run rate, 55% YoY growth 📈🔗

Dell’Oro Group found data center components up 40% YoY on AI 📡🔗

Zacks cites US private AI investment at $109.1B last year 💵🔗

Australian AI startups reached US$11.7B combined enterprise value 🌏🔗

BENCHMARKS

SmartCompany reports one-third of Australian SMEs using AI 📘🔗

MIT Technology Review describes 2025 as a “great AI hype correction” year 📉🔗

Neural Notes highlights shift from generic chatbots to vertical AI 🧩🔗

Goldman Sachs’ Sung Cho argues AI funding fears are overstated versus fundamentals 🏛️🔗

The Download frames 2025 as pivot from pure hype to harder ROI 🧮🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Dell’Oro Group ties Blackwell Ultra ramp to hyperscaler AI infra surge 🖥️🔗

Rebellions bets power-efficient inference NPUs can challenge NVIDIA ⚡🔗

Databricks earmarked fresh capital for AI R&D and infra 🏗️🔗

LemonyOS positions on-prem nodes as alternative to costly cloud AI 💾🔗

LG Electronics showcases AI-powered cockpits as future vehicle compute hubs 🚙🔗

VALUATIONS

Databricks now valued at $134B, up 34% since August 🏷️🔗

NVIDIA cited with market value above $4T in AI wave 📈🔗

Alphabet listed around $3.7T market cap in AI leaders basket 💹🔗

Microsoft pegged near $3.6T as core AI infrastructure play 🏦🔗

Australian AI startups collectively worth AU$17.6B, Dealroom estimates 🌐🔗

POLICY

Creators Coalition on AI formed to push industry AI training standards ⚖️🔗

Illinois lawmakers vowed to defend state AI protections despite federal order 🏛️🔗

California broadband officials warned AI order endangers $300M in BEAD funds 🚨🔗

California legislators pledged to keep advancing SB-53 style AI rules 📜🔗

Neural Notes details Australia’s National AI Plan, favoring self-regulation 📝🔗

SECTORS

Healthcare deployed AI orchestrator to connect clinical data and agents 🧬🔗

Healthcare Admin adopted AI front offices to automate scheduling, referrals 📞🔗

Agriculture & Livestock deployed AI vision for poultry disease detection 🐔🔗

Marketing showcased agentic AI partners to boost campaign ROI 📣🔗

Sports & HR deployed AI HR tools across Arsenal’s global workforce ⚽🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Sung Cho argued AI funding fears are overstated, highlighting durable investment runway 💬🔗