Google for Startups Accelerator India Picks 20 AI-First Startups From About 2,500 Applications
The 2026 cohort spans climate, healthcare, developer workflows and finance and includes Adalat AI, Aikenist and Aurassure.
India Approves a $1.1 Billion State-Backed Venture Fund
The February fund-of-funds invests through private VCs and targets deep tech and manufacturing.
Two Google Alumni Raise $11.3 Million for AI Startups That Enterprises Will Pay For
BAG Ventures is taking an early-stage, deeper-in-the-stack approach, TechCrunch reported on September 30.
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5 Billion for AI-Focused Funds
The March raise includes $1 billion for early-stage investing and $2.5 billion for growth.
Abu Dhabi’s MGX Closes a $49 Billion AI Fund
The July 1 close exceeded the fund’s initial $45 billion target.
Bessemer Raises $5.75 Billion Across Two Funds, With AI at the Center
The September 23 announcement splits $1.75 billion for early stage and $4 billion for growth.
Sarvam and Emergent Make India’s AI Unicorn Count Two in a Month
Sarvam raised $234 million led by HCLTech; Emergent raised $300 million, both at $1.5 billion.
Prime Intellect and HiDream.ai Join the Unicorn Club
A U.S. model-training platform and a Chinese multimodal developer each reached $1 billion.
Forty Companies Joined the Unicorn Board in July, the Most in Four Years
Crunchbase also counted ten frontier labs, led by DeepSeek, joining in June.
Venice AI Becomes a Unicorn With a $65 Million Series A
The privacy-focused AI platform raised its first outside round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Dragonfly.