Here are the crispest AI investment headlines from the past week, the ones that show where conviction is strongest, and where buyers still see clear operating leverage.
Big Rounds, Bigger Compute – SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar
At the top end, funding is flowing to platforms built for scale. Hark raised $700M in Series A for a “universal” AI interface and a planned multimodal rollout, while Modal closed $355M Series C at a $4.65B post-money valuation for AI-native cloud compute and serverless infrastructure. Search-adjacent infrastructure also drew fresh capital: Exa raised $250M Series C at a $2.2B valuation, landing right as the market debates what “search” looks like next.
Infrastructure buying stayed busy. I Squared Capital acquired a $225M data center portfolio tied to inference ambitions, and Coupa acquired Israeli AI startup Tonkean in a deal estimated in the hundreds of millions, pointing to continued appetite for automation inside enterprise workflows. On the cloud-and-storage side, OpenRouter raised $113M Series B, and Socket hit a $1B valuation with a $60M Series C, reflecting how reliability and security are being priced into AI-enabled software delivery.
Funding also kept spreading into vertical operators and financial tooling. Mercury raised $200M Series D at a $5.2B valuation, Tide raised $120M at a $1.5B valuation, and Moment raised $78M Series C for investment management software. In Europe, Pivot raised €34.4M for procurement, while Fresha raised €68.9M from KKR to support its beauty and wellness platform. Meanwhile, Shastra VC launched a $100M fund, adding more dedicated capital for deeptech AI, space, and defence-linked bets.
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