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2 Sept

Cool Company Raises · $165.0M

Lyte raises a $165.0M Series C round

Lyte is an end-to-end integrated perception company for robotics and Physical AI, focused on enabling machines to see, understand, and operate safely in the physical world. Founded by experts behind Apple Face ID and Microsoft Kinect, it offers a unified sensing platform designed to integrate advanced sensing technologies for various robotic applications. Their flagship product, LyteVision, combines 4D sensing and motion awareness into a single framework for autonomous machines. The company aims to simplify robotics by eliminating the challenges of assembling perception systems from multiple vendors.

Information-TechnologySoftwareArtificial-IntelligenceMaverick Silicon$100M+Robotics

Cool Company Raises · $250.0M

Medici Brands raises a $250.0M Series B round

Medici Brands creates progress by rethinking the products of the past. Its portfolio includes David Protein, a high-protein food brand, and HallPass, a confectionery brand that delivers sweets that taste like the classics at a fraction of the calories. Medici aims to improve public health by making traditional foods healthier without compromising on taste and experience.

Food-And-BeverageFood-ProcessingImaginary VenturesIconiqPeter RahalValor Equity Partners+2 more

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Orca Aerospace launches at YC (Fall 2026)

AI spacecraft operator that lives onboard the vehicle.

AiopsSpace-ExplorationSatellitesYCIndustrials

1 Sept

Cool Company Raises · $58.0M

Physical Superintelligence raises a $58.0M Seed round

Physical Superintelligence (PSI) is creating the world's most advanced physics research lab, focused on discovering new physical laws and engineering systems beyond human design. It utilizes AI-driven virtual physicists to simulate and optimize complex physical problems, particularly in data centers. PSI's mission is to industrialize the process of physics discovery at scale, enabling breakthroughs in energy, computing, and materials. The company is also the founding technical partner for the first privately funded interstellar space mission.

SoftwareArtificial-IntelligenceA16z Scout FundJump CapitalHugging FaceOracle+13 more

Cool Company Raises · $14.0M

Norbert Health raises a $14.0M Series A round

Norbert Health builds autonomous robotic nursing assistants. Norbert is a contactless, multimodal vital-sign scanner and autonomous care manager that rounds, senses, documents and escalates to close care loops in hospitals and care facilities.

Thomas ClozelSaeju JeongOlivier PomelAlexis Le QuocCare ItExor Seeds+3 more

Cool Company Raises · $9.0M

Newlight raises a $9.0M Seed round

Newlight builds hydrogen-injection plug-ins for cargo ships that cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions by over 20% without a dry-dock installation. On an 8,500-nautical-mile commercial voyage the hydrogen-hybrid system delivered a 24% reduction in fuel use and a 28% reduction in CO2 emissions. Founded by Haran Cohen Hillel (CEO) and Evyatar Cohen, the company has agreements to install on 12 vessels with wider rollout planned for 2027.

ManufacturingFusion VcCi Ri VenturesUndeterred CapitalBird EnergyLomarlabs+1 more

Cool Company Raises · $240.0M

Owner.com raises a $240.0M Series D round

Owner.com makes online growth easy for restaurants. Our software helps local restaurants compete — and win against — big national brands. Independent restaurants choose us because we give them a proven system that works, not an endless set of tools to figure out. As the world continues to move online, we're building the software that every local business owner will use to succeed.

SoftwareInformation-Technology-ServicesJack AltmanHeadlineRedpointMeritech+2 more

Cool Company Raises · $74.0M

Odyssey Energy Solutions raises a $74.0M round

Odyssey’s mission is to radically accelerate capital deployment into distributed energy to get more projects built, faster. Odyssey brings together solar companies and financiers through a technology platform to streamline solar financing through every phase of the process, from origination and due diligence to credit underwriting, procurement, portfolio tracking, and asset management, reporting & compliance.

EnergyTriple JumpCygnum CapitalBioBritish International InvestmentTransition Ventures+10 more

31 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Maritime launches at YC (Fall 2026)

The managed cloud for AI agents.

Developer-ToolsCloud-ComputingInfrastructureYCB2B

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Asakana launches at YC (Fall 2026)

AI order entry for food distributors: emails and texts to ERP

SAASFood-BeverageConsumerYC

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Ascii launches at YC (Fall 2026)

The best cloud VMs for billions of agents

Developer-ToolsCloud-ComputingB2BYC

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Frontier Computing launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Frontier grows scalable biological brains as an ML training substrate

Artificial-IntelligenceHard-TechHardwareYCIndustrials

Cool Company Raises · $21.0M

Lone Palm Labs raises a $21.0M Series A round

Lone Palm Labs is a San Francisco-based provider of Retro, a private photo-sharing and consumer social platform. Founded in 2022, the company develops a premium, ad-free private photo journal and sharing application designed for close personal networks. The platform enables curated weekly photo recaps, collaborative albums, and physical postcard deliveries, along with an AI-driven application called Splat that creates printable coloring pages from digital images.

Social-MediaPhotographyPhoto-SharingDylan FieldUncommon ProjectsPositive Sum+8 more

Cool Company Raises · $7.0M

Molten Salt Solutions raises a $7.0M Seed round

Molten Salt Solutions was formed in 2018 to solve challenges in advanced nuclear power leveraging the unique technologies, capabilities and expertise of the DOE National Laboratories.

Information-TechnologyFuture VenturesTrue VenturesGaingelsAlumni VenturesVanedge Capital Partners+2 more

Cool Company Raises · $10.0M

Diffraqtion raises a $10.0M Pre-Seed round

Diffraqtion is a Massachusetts-based startup focused on developing quantum cameras for space applications. The company combines quantum imaging technology with artificial intelligence to detect distant objects and provide high-resolution imaging at lower costs. Their innovative platforms aim to reduce image processing times while offering analytics and insights rapidly. Diffraqtion is working towards building a constellation of satellites to enhance their imaging capabilities for national security and earth observation services.

Artificial-IntelligenceGround State VenturesAdinMilemark•CapitalAether VcTek Ventures+6 more

Cool Company Raises · $40.0M

Reframe Systems raises a $40.0M round

Reframe Systems is a Boston-based startup that uses physical AI to automate the homebuilding process. Its scalable microfactories enable the construction of resilient homes more quickly and affordably. The company leverages proprietary software and advanced robotics to reduce time and costs while addressing the skilled labor shortage. Reframe's AI-driven microfactories can manufacture five single-family homes per week.

ManufacturingSoftwareArtificial-IntelligenceLaci Impact FundUp PartnersThin Line Capital+6 more

Cool Company Raises · $6.0M

Blue Voice raises a $6.0M Seed round

Blue Voice is a Boston-based startup that has developed an AI platform designed to provide police officers in the United States with operational legal and procedural guidance. Founded by former law enforcement officials and experts, the company aims to streamline access to critical legal information for law enforcement. The platform is utilized daily by officers across 225 county law enforcement agencies in 25 states. It helps officers make informed decisions quickly, enhancing their operational effectiveness.

SoftwareArtificial-IntelligenceLegalLas Olas VcSignal Fire$1M++2 more

30 Aug

27 Aug

Cool Company Raises · $22.0M

Levanta raises a $22.0M round

Levanta is a leading affiliate marketing platform designed to help Amazon sellers unlock growth through creator-driven commerce. By connecting sellers with a network of vetted creators, Levanta enables performance-based partnerships that drive revenue, increase customer acquisition, and build brand loyalty. Launched in 2023, Levanta has quickly become a go-to platform for sellers seeking to capitalize on the growing power of creators and influencers in digital commerce. Levanta's co-founders previously founded and sold Grovia Partners, a leading affiliate marketing technology-enabled services company, to Acceleration Partners in 2022.

InternetVolition Capital$10M+

Cool Company Raises · $240.0M

REGENT raises a $240.0M Series B round

REGENT’s seagliders will revolutionize regional transportation. Our mission is to drastically reduce the cost and headache of moving people and goods between coastal cities. Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat. Built to the same safety standards of all modern aircraft and watercraft, our vehicle will service routes up to 180 miles with existing battery technology and routes up to 500 miles with next-gen batteries, all via existing dock infrastructure. Our team of MIT-trained, ex-Boeing engineers are leveraging maritime vehicle development pathways to bring our zero-emission, high-speed seagliders to market within five years.

MobileConsumer-GoodsTransportationErebor BankGiant Step CapitalJapan Airlines+8 more

Cool Company Raises · $75.0M

Cyclic Materials raises a $75.0M round

Cyclic Materials helps businesses recycle, provides the market with a secure and local supply of critical metals, and does so in an ethical, economic, and sustainable way.

$50M+

Cool Company Raises · $250.0M

Instinct raises a $250.0M Series B round

Instinct is an AI assistant built to organize your life: users connect their apps and devices and talk to it by text message and phone call. Founded by Noah Shinn and operated by Spear Street Technology, it went viral while still in private beta — and drew scrutiny over the breadth of app permissions it asks for. The $250M round, led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, values the company at $2.5B and takes total funding to $350M.

BiotechnologyHealth-CareBenchmarkIndex Ventures$100M+

26 Aug

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