How Did AI Funding Top $300M Today? 🤖📈💰

TL;DR

• Enterprise GRC startup Complyance closed $20M Series A
• Bedrock Robotics secured $270M Series B, hits $1.75B
• Adapt raised $10M seed, unveiled new AI computer
• Global alliances, summits, contests signal AI infra acceleration

HEADLINES

OpenAI deletes ‘safely’ from mission statement ⚙️🔗

AI Impact Summit 2026 draws leaders from over 20 countries 🌐🔗

Times of India / ICRIER report generative AI boosts skilled hiring 📈🔗

Geotab shifts fleet telematics firmly into AI era 🚚🔗

AI Film School trains next generation of Hollywood moviemakers 🎬🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

GV (Google Ventures) invested $20M in Complyance 🤝🔗

CapitalG invested $270M in Bedrock Robotics 🏗️🔗

Activant Capital invested $10M in Adapt 💼🔗

RAISES

Complyance raised $20M in a Series A led by GV 🛡️🔗

Bedrock Robotics raised $270M in a Series B led by CapitalG and Valor Atreides AI Fund 🚜🔗

Adapt raised $10M in a seed round co-led by Activant Capital and Headline 🧠🔗

Simile raised $100M in funding from Index Ventures and others 🧪🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Embedded LLM launched the EU AI Grid for sovereign inference 🇪🇺🔗

Deeplumen unveiled Agentic Page for M2AI content infrastructure 🕸️🔗

Spark Originals launched SparkVision 2026 all‑AI short film contest 🎥🔗

X Originals announced Creators Competition with $500K prize pool 🏆🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Adapt AI Computer turns company data into collaborative AI agents 🖥️🔗

Complyance Platform automates enterprise GRC with agentic AI 📊🔗

Embedded LLM EU AI Grid offers low‑latency, sovereign LLM inference 🌍🔗

FlashInfer Bench benchmarks custom LLM kernels on NVIDIA GPUs ⚡🔗

METRICS

Bedrock Robotics hit $1.75B valuation with Series B 📊🔗

Simile secured $100M to model human behavior 🧠🔗

Anthropic raised $30B Series G, valued at $380B 🚀🔗

ICRIER / OpenAI Study shows AI‑exposed roles seeing strongest demand 📈🔗

Synopsys holds $83B+ market cap on AI EDA 💹🔗

BENCHMARKS

Microsoft tightened Industry AI pathway software designation requirements 📘🔗

FlashInfer Contest set February 15 deadline for AI kernel teams 🏁🔗

SparkVision 2026 uses all‑AI production as eligibility baseline 🎞️🔗

X Originals Competition offers $500K pool for AI‑augmented creators 💰🔗

AI Programming Community Event benchmarks grassroots dev engagement on February 15 👩‍💻🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Anthropic plans $30B war chest for model infrastructure 🖥️🔗

Trusted Tech Alliance coordinates secure cloud, semiconductor and AI stack 🏗️🔗

Embedded LLM EU AI Grid targets sovereign, low‑latency inference demand ⚡🔗

Microsoft Copilot Bundles corrected margins reshape AI SaaS price floors 💵🔗

FlashInfer Contest grants B200 GPU credits to participants 🎛️🔗

VALUATIONS

Anthropic now valued at $380B after Series G 🏷️🔗

Bedrock Robotics reaches $1.75B valuation on Series B raise 🚧🔗

Zeta Global sees valuation pressured after AI software selloff 📉🔗

Synopsys maintains $83B+ cap as AI EDA bellwether 💼🔗

Simile joins nine‑figure club with $100M round 🏦🔗

POLICY

OpenAI mission shift sparks scrutiny of profit versus safety ⚖️🔗

Trusted Tech Alliance codifies five principles for trusted AI stack 📜🔗

Microsoft updates rules for Industry AI partner certifications 🧾🔗

ICRIER Study urges stronger investment in AI upskilling 📚🔗

SOVEREIGN

AI Impact Summit 2026 convenes leaders from 20+ nations 🏛️🔗

Israel Delegation joins India summit to deepen AI tech ties 🤝🔗

Trusted Tech Alliance pools Anthropic, Microsoft, Nokia on secure AI 🌐🔗

UN Leadership Comments highlight India’s AI role and job surge 🇺🇳🔗

SECTORS

Construction deployed autonomous heavy equipment retrofits 🏗️🔗

Telematics & Transport adopted AI video and analytics fleets 🚚🔗

Entertainment deployed AI tools for film education 🎬🔗

Compliance & Security deployed agentic AI for enterprise GRC 🛡️🔗

Employee Engagement applied AI platforms to rewards and wellness 🧑‍💼🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Chad Thompson hosted AI Cash Conference on monetizing AI 💸🔗