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Cool Company Raises · $620.0M

Agility Robotics raises a $620.0M round

Headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, Agility Robotics makes robots that are made for work. Agility marries design, software, and hardware to build robots capable of doing limitless tasks as part of a blended human-robot workforce. For more information about how Agility is innovating today to create a better tomorrow, visit agilityrobotics.com and follow @agilityrobotics on Twitter.

27 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $18.0M

AndrenaM raises a $18.0M Series A round

AndrenaM is a startup that uses artificial intelligence to analyze sonar data and deliver real-time insights to secure oceans. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, the company aims to modernize the traditional use of hydrophones in defense technology. With a focus on building a distributed sensing network, AndrenaM is set to revolutionize underwater acoustic data processing. The team's innovative approach promises to integrate solutions that are more cost-efficient than existing bespoke systems.

22 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $5.2M

Petra Labs raises a $5.2M Seed round

Petra Labs is focused on integrating AI search technology to boost revenue for enterprise businesses. The company employs advanced algorithms to optimize search functionalities and improve user experiences. Their innovative solutions aim to connect AI-driven insights with tangible business outcomes. Petra Labs is dedicated to transforming how enterprises leverage search capabilities.

16 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $60.0M

InstaLILY raises a $60.0M Series B round

InstaLILY is the platform for hiring AI Teammates who already know your industry vertical. Its domain-trained AI agents—called InstaWorkers™—execute the core sales, service, and operations workflows of distribution-heavy and regulated businesses. Built for execution and immediate impact, InstaWorkers™ plug into your existing tools to deliver value from day one.

13 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $21.0M

Augmodo raises a $21.0M round

Augmodo is the only real-time inventory and task tracker that uses wearable SmartBadge™ on retail associates, creating live 3D store maps with cutting-edge tech to enhance retail experiences and cut costs for retailers, brands and consumers. The spatial AI assistant builds better, more accurate shelf inventory and creates planograms updated dozens of times daily. The Augmodo system is easy to scale, 100X cheaper than alternatives and requires no operational changes.

10 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $50.0M

Vendelux Inc. raises a $50.0M Series B round

Vendelux helps event organizers, marketers and attendees create more meaningful networking connections at conferences. Let's discuss how we can increase your event ROI by 10X!

9 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $65.0M

Ollama raises a $65.0M Series B round

Ollama is the largest developer platform for open models, making them easy, efficient, and safe to use. With 8.9 million monthly active developers and over 67,000 integrations, it connects users to open models on their own devices or through the cloud. Founded by Jeffrey Morgan and Michael Chiang, Ollama has raised a total of $88 million in funding. The company aims to empower developers by providing accessible tools for AI model integration.

23 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $7.0M

Sophia Space raises a $7.0M round

Sophia Space is a Southern California startup focused on developing orbiting compute and data centers for geospatial intelligence applications. Their modular data centers are designed for intelligence gathering, disaster monitoring, and management, utilizing Earth-observation data. The company's TILE platform facilitates low-latency and energy-efficient AI processing in space. Sophia aims to provide rapid data processing for customers including satellite operators and commercial space stations.

22 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $25.0M

Sea12 raises a $25.0M Series A round

Sea12 is an artificial intelligence startup based in New York that specializes in digitizing workflows for heavy industries. Founded in 2024, the company offers an AI-powered platform to automate complex workflows and connect data for enterprises. It serves clients such as Basden Steel, focusing on document processing and invoice management.

Cool Company Raises · $9.7M

Sent raises a $9.7M round

Sent is the infrastructure layer powering cost-optimized, intelligent delivery for business messaging across SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage, RCS, and more. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in New York City, Sent replaces the tangle of single-channel integrations with one unified API and a real-time smart-routing engine that maximizes deliverability, ensures compliance, and lowers costs. Companies of any size can use Sent to send everything from login codes and two-factor authentication prompts to appointment reminders and order confirmations—without worrying about channel-specific logic or backend plumbing.

5 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $12.0B

Lovable raises a $12.0B round

Lovable is a platform that enables anyone to build apps and websites simply by chatting with AI, created by a small European team of serial founders, product engineers, physicists, and competitive programmers united by a passion for rapid, high-quality product building. On a mission to create the last piece of software the world will ever need, Lovable focuses on making software creation intuitive, fast, and accessible through AI-driven conversation.

4 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $465.0M

Helion Energy raises a $465.0M round

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Currently, we are scaling up our latest fusion prototype to make our vision a reality. We’re hiring brilliant scientists, engineers, and builders passionate about developing world-changing technologies. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

Cool Company Raises · $500.0M

Nuro raises a $500.0M round

Nuro is an American Physical AI company building the world's most scalable AI driver. Founded in 2016, Nuro has refined its autonomous driving technology through extensive driver-out deployments. The company offers two flagship products to automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and mobility companies: Nuro Driver™ (Level 4) and Nuro Driver™ Assist (Level 2++), each combining automotive-grade hardware with AI-first self-driving software. Nuro's technology can be integrated into robotaxis, goods-delivery vehicles, and consumer vehicles—always with the same goal: to improve everyday life by making the benefits of autonomy available to everyone.

Cool Company Raises · $7.0M

Craftwork raises a $7.0M Series A round

Craftwork is a Charlotte-based home-painting startup that aims to modernize the painting process through proprietary software, offering homeowners instant online quotes for scheduling projects. Launched in 2023, it employs full-time painters, which is atypical in the industry, to ensure high-quality service and stability for its staff. The company recently secured a $7 million Series A funding to expand its operations and team. Craftwork aspires to become the largest painting company in Charlotte within the next 18 months.

3 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $5.0M

Dexterity raises a $5.0M Seed round

Dexterity offers robots as a service solution for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain operations. The company provides a 'robots as a service' model, which allows businesses to efficiently integrate robotics into their supply chain operations.

2 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $32.0M

Findigs, Inc. raises a $32.0M Series C round

Findigs makes renting safe and easy for renters and property managers. Rent units faster with zero fraud. Our digital underwriting platform verifies every applicant’s identity and income in minutes, no matter how they earn money. Fast, secure rental applications. Seamless screening and decision-making. This is renting, redesigned.

1 Jun

Cool Company Raises · $3.6B

MaintainX raises a $3.6B round

MaintainX is the leading maintenance and frontline execution platform designed specifically for industrial and frontline teams. It helps companies streamline maintenance operations, improve asset management, and manage regulatory compliance and audits—all while delivering insights that can improve the bottom line. As a mobile-first platform, MaintainX delivers a modern, IoT-enabled solution for maintenance, reliability, and operations teams. MaintainX is trusted by over 6,500 companies worldwide, including companies like Duracell, Brenntag, Cintas, Shell, Titan America, and many more. The company was founded in 2018 by Chris Turlica, Hugo Dozois-Caouette, Mathieu Marengère-Gosselin and Nick Haase. For more information, visit www.maintainx.com.

30 May

Cool Company Raises · $1.0B

Together AI raises a $1.0B Series C round

Together AI, the leading AI Acceleration Cloud, empowers developers and enterprises to train, fine-tune and run inference for generative AI models — delivering unparalleled performance, control, and cost-efficiency. The Together AI Platform supports a comprehensive range of top open source and custom models across multiple modalities, while offering flexible deployment options with the highest levels of privacy and security. Committed to advancing the frontier of AI through open collaboration, innovation and transparency, Together AI ensures that powerful AI systems remain accessible and flexible while creating optimal outcomes for society.

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