The two-year-old Beijing unicorn, Linkerbot, backed by Ant Group and Sequoia spin-off HongShan, controls more than 80% of the global market for robotic hands.
Swiss biotech ALP Bio AG has raised €1.9M in pre-seed funding to predict immunogenicity risks earlier in biologics using AI and human immune organoids.
Planet Labs has launched three new AI-enabled Pelican satellites via SpaceX, including one for Sweden's armed forces, advancing Earth observation capabilities in 2026.
Nebius Group agrees to buy inference startup Eigen AI for $643M, integrating MIT HAN Lab research talent into its Token Factory managed inference platform.
Avoca, an AI platform built for home services businesses, has raised more than $125 million across its Seed, Series A and Series B rounds at a $1 billion valuation, vaulting the New York-headquartered startup into unicorn territory.
The startup, backed by Elevation Capital and Lightspeed, will become the agentic AI gateway inside Palo Alto's Prisma AIRS platform.
Enterprises use multiple AI models, but costs and risks rise without control. Model routers route tasks to the right model, improving efficiency and governance.
JuliaHub targets the AI gap in physical engineering, with Fortune 100 clients already deploying the platform across aerospace, automotive, and utilities.
The round brings Netomi total funding past $160M and pairs with a global deployment alliance between Accenture and the San Francisco-based enterprise AI company.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on May 1 that it has reached agreements with seven technology companies to deploy their AI capabilities on classified and top-secret military networks.
