AI startup funding
AI Startup Funding This Week: 58 Rounds, October 18–24, 2026
Published October 24, 2026 · Presspool
Presspool confirmed 58 funding rounds announced by AI companies in the week of October 18–24, 2026; the 46 announced in dollars add up to $2.45 billion. The largest were Legora ($550 million), ASI ($325 million) and Pigment ($250 million). 5 of the 58 companies had already been cited in AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index; the other 53 had not.
Compare all 58 rounds
| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Investors | Cited by AI engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legora | $550 million | Series E | Oct 21 | Atreides Management | Not yet |
| ASI | $325 million | Series C | Oct 20 | Spark Capital | Not yet |
| Pigment | $250 million | Series E | Oct 21 | Scaleup Europe Fund | Yes (1 answer) |
| doubleAI | $200M | Series A | Oct 19 | Lightspeed Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners | Not yet |
| Arda Industries | $160 million | Series A | Oct 20 | Altimeter, Accel, Khosla Ventures | Not yet |
| Eka Robotics | $150M | Series A | Oct 20 | Andreessen Horowitz, F-Prime | Not yet |
| Tractian | $130M | Series D | Oct 22 | Sapphire Ventures, M&G's Catalyst | Yes (5 answers) |
| Dream Labs | $90 million | Seed | Oct 19 | B Capital, Kindred Ventures | Not yet |
| Daytona | $60M | Series B | Oct 20 | FirstMark Growth | Not yet |
| Greptile | $50 million | Series B | Oct 19 | Menlo Ventures | Yes (1 answer) |
| Different | $48 million | Seed | Oct 20 | General Catalyst | Not yet |
| Baba | $40 million | Series A | Oct 20 | FirstMark Capital | Not yet |
| Watchtower Labs | $35 million | Seed | Oct 21 | Shield Capital, Conviction | Not yet |
| Mach9 | $34 million | Series A | Oct 21 | First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners | Not yet |
| Maxinsights | $30 million | Seed | Oct 22 | PeakXV | Not yet |
| Mave | $28 million | Series A | Oct 22 | Red Dot Capital Partners | Yes (1 answer) |
| Slingshot Insurance | $27 million | Seed | Oct 22 | Rally Ventures, Skyward Group | Not yet |
| Qualitate | $25 million | Series A | Oct 20 | Insight Partners | Not yet |
| AuxoAI | $20.7 million | Series A | Oct 20 | NTTVC | Not yet |
| Firefly | $20 million | Series A | Oct 20 | Definition Capital | Not yet |
| Longeye | $20 million | Series A | Oct 21 | N47 | Not yet |
| Sunlight AI | $17.4 million | Seed | Oct 19 | Lan Xuezhao (founder, Basis Set Ventures) | Not yet |
| Firstwork | $15 million | Series A | Oct 21 | Earlybird Venture Capital | Yes (2 answers) |
| Azoma | $11.2 million | Series A | Oct 21 | Puma Growth Partners | Not yet |
| Electric Plant Company | $11.2 million | Seed | Oct 20 | Onto Ventures, Climactic | Not yet |
| Ultra Security | $10 million | Seed | Oct 21 | no lead named; investors include Ludlow Ventures, Hidden Capital, Entrée Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, Firedrop and FDVC (no lead named) | Not yet |
| BioStack | $9.5 million | Seed | Oct 22 | Peak XV, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Y Combinator | Not yet |
| Context.dev | $9M | Seed | Oct 19 | General Catalyst | Not yet |
| XRlabs | $8.4 million | Seed | Oct 19 | Playground Global | Not yet |
| Opply | $7.5 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 21 | Chalfen Ventures | Not yet |
| Kodama | $7 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 19 | Konvoy Ventures, Breakwater Ventures | Not yet |
| Asymptote Labs | $5.5 million | Seed | Oct 20 | Tower Research Ventures | Not yet |
| BOB | $5.5 million | Seed | Oct 22 | Mischief | Not yet |
| MARC | $5 million | Seed | Oct 22 | Work-Bench, MXV Capital | Not yet |
| Pythag Tech | $4.25 million | Seed | Oct 22 | Azolla Ventures | Not yet |
| Jooba | $4 million | Seed | Oct 20 | no lead named; investors include a16z Speedrun, Scribble Ventures, Genius Ventures (no lead named) | Not yet |
| Vessla | $3.3 million | Pre-seed | Oct 19 | Seedcamp | Not yet |
| Genie Health | US$3 million | Seed | Oct 21 | Nadathur Family Office | Not yet |
| Karta AI | $3 million | Seed | Oct 22 | PeerCapital, Cedar Hill Capital | Not yet |
| Reduck | $3M | Pre-seed | Oct 22 | Daphni | Not yet |
| Vectorial | $3 million | Seed | Oct 20 | no lead named; investors include Smilegate, SenseAI Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, Berkeley AI Research Lab, Stanford GSB fund and Dent Capital (no lead named) | Not yet |
| PataBid | $2 million | Pre-Seed | Oct 20 | Graphite Ventures | Not yet |
| Tyce | $2 million | Pre-Seed | Oct 19 | BDC Thrive Venture Fund, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund | Not yet |
| Vinyl Health | $2 million | Seed | Oct 20 | HealthX Ventures | Not yet |
| Vitalls | US$1.5 million | Seed | Oct 21 | no lead named; EST Growmore Pte. Ltd. joins as anchor investor (no lead named) | Not yet |
| Popcorn AI Studio | $1 million | Pre-seed | Oct 18 | Mohammed Bin Bouta Alharsoosi | Not yet |
| CoComply | £1.9m | Round type not disclosed | Oct 19 | NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, Haatch | Not yet |
| Cygrid | €2.66 million | Pre-seed | Oct 22 | Atlantic | Not yet |
| Ganiga | €1.5 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 20 | Vivenda | Not yet |
| Hunar.ai | ₹40 crore | Series A | Oct 19 | Blume Ventures | Not yet |
| Indurex | €7 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 22 | Contrarian Ventures | Not yet |
| MemSilicon | over RMB 400 million | Series A | Oct 19 | Boyuan Capital | Not yet |
| Photon Bridge | €10 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 21 | Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, 360 Capital | Not yet |
| Plinto | €2.9M | Pre-seed | Oct 20 | People Ventures and Emblem (no lead named) | Not yet |
| Rulen | €1.8 million | Seed | Oct 21 | VC Partners | Not yet |
| Syncrowin | A$3 million | Pre-seed | Oct 19 | Collide Capital | Not yet |
| TraceWeave | KRW 3 billion | Seed | Oct 21 | Mirae Asset Capital | Not yet |
| YGO | €8 million | Series A | Oct 21 | Ventech | Not yet |
Every round, largest first
Legora raised $550 million (Series E)
The agentic operating system for legal professionals; collaborative AI for exceptional lawyers
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
ASI raised $325 million (Series C)
the frontier AI company orchestrating critical infrastructure and national security
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Pigment raised $250 million (Series E)
AI business planning and performance management platform combining dynamic modeling with autonomous AI agents
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
doubleAI raised $200M (Series A)
A frontier AI lab focused on the hardest problems in science and engineering.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Arda Industries raised $160 million (Series A)
Builds AI for manufacturing engineering; its software turns a product design into an assembly line
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Eka Robotics raised $150M (Series A)
building intelligence for the physical world in its native language, force, with its Vision-Force-Action foundation model
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Tractian raised $130M (Series D)
The leading Physical AI platform for asset-heavy industries
Cited by AI engines Cited in 5 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Dream Labs raised $90 million (Seed)
An AI company building the brain for everyday robots.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Daytona raised $60M (Series B)
The Agent Cloud: an Agent Execution Cloud built for the short, stateful jobs AI agents run
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Greptile raised $50 million (Series B)
The AI code reviewer: AI agents that review and test pull requests with full context of the codebase
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Different raised $48 million (Seed)
An AI marketing system that runs end-to-end demand generation for lean marketing teams, orchestrating, personalizing and optimizing campaigns in one closed loop.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Baba raised $40 million (Series A)
an applied AI company modernizing the Medicare and Medicaid experience
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Watchtower Labs raised $35 million (Seed)
Building AI-native applications that help military leaders and planners anticipate what happens next in an operation and evaluate options
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Mach9 raised $34 million (Series A)
AI CAD software for civil engineering that turns reality capture data into digital blueprints
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Maxinsights raised $30 million (Seed)
Builds the data layer for physical AI, turning real-world human activity into robot-ready training data from capture to delivery
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Mave raised $28 million (Series A)
The agentic SecOps system that turns an enterprise's existing security tools into one agentic defense system
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Slingshot Insurance raised $27 million (Seed)
the AI-native insurance company built for the embedded economy
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Qualitate raised $25 million (Series A)
Building the first continuous intelligence system for primary research, with an AI Interviewer and research agents
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
AuxoAI raised $20.7 million (Series A)
building the Forward-Deployed AI Company, re-imagining how work gets done with AI for Global 2000 enterprises
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Firefly raised $20 million (Series A)
the physical AI platform for safety, combining purpose-built hardware, AI-powered software and existing infrastructure
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Longeye raised $20 million (Series A)
The leading AI-powered investigative workspace built for the justice system
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Sunlight AI raised $17.4 million (Seed)
Building the patient-to-payment operating layer for independent physicians; combines practice-management infrastructure, human expertise, and AI to improve operations.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Firstwork raised $15 million (Series A)
an applied AI platform for frontline workforce operations, whose AI agents move workers from application to first shift
Cited by AI engines Cited in 2 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Azoma raised $11.2 million (Series A)
the Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO) platform that helps brands drive revenue through AI shopping agents
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Electric Plant Company raised $11.2 million (Seed)
a plant intelligence company decoding plants' electrical signals with Bombadil, the first AI foundation model for plant electrophysiology
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Ultra Security raised $10 million (Seed)
An agentic security platform built for real-time visibility and guardrails so autonomous agents can run securely
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
BioStack raised $9.5 million (Seed)
building the data infrastructure for the next generation of healthcare and medical AI
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Context.dev raised $9M (Seed)
The unified web context API for software and AI agents, giving agents live, structured access to the web.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
XRlabs raised $8.4 million (Seed)
Device-agnostic platform which embeds real-time AI directly into the operating room, providing a co-pilot for the surgical team.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Opply raised $7.5 million (round type not disclosed)
An AI-powered operating system for CPG brands, combining specialised AI agents, proprietary data and an extensive supplier network
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Kodama raised $7 million (round type not disclosed)
Physical AI for forestry: an integrated hardware, software, and data platform powering intelligent forestry operations
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Asymptote Labs raised $5.5 million (Seed)
building the runtime infrastructure layer for AI agents
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
BOB raised $5.5 million (Seed)
The AI Finance Employee for Business; your AI agent for business finances
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
MARC raised $5 million (Seed)
AI contract agents for multi-family; the OpEx control layer for institutional real estate
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Pythag Tech raised $4.25 million (Seed)
AI platform for cultivated meat production; a data and technology company accelerating the future of cultivated meat
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Jooba raised $4 million (Seed)
the AI-native recruiting firm that runs your entire top-of-funnel
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Vessla raised $3.3 million (Pre-seed)
The agentic operating system for property operations, connecting the property business in one shared context where agents and people run work together.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Genie Health raised US$3 million (Seed)
a Singapore AI health tech company turning fragmented health information into useful intelligence for individuals and healthcare providers
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Karta AI raised $3 million (Seed)
AI agents for customer conversations, built for regulated industries
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Reduck raised $3M (Pre-seed)
Building the web fast lanes for AI agents, so your agent browses the web fast and reliably
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Vectorial raised $3 million (Seed)
Human behavior simulation platform: AI-simulated audiences grounded in real behavioral data
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
PataBid raised $2 million (Pre-Seed)
Cloud-native, AI-powered estimating platform that takes construction drawings to a priced estimate in hours instead of days
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Tyce raised $2 million (Pre-Seed)
The AI platform that contextualizes your historical project data, to win projects and manage preconstruction risk
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Vinyl Health raised $2 million (Seed)
A secure, AI-powered personal health assistant built to make your health care easier to understand and manage
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Vitalls raised US$1.5 million (Seed)
AI-powered digital health passport platform giving individuals a secure, portable health record they own and control
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Popcorn AI Studio raised $1 million (Pre-seed)
The Arab world's first AI-native video production platform, with AI-powered production tools from scripting and voiceover onward.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
CoComply raised £1.9m (round type not disclosed)
AI-native platform helps organisations uncover 'hidden headcount' and make informed, compliant decisions about how external work is engaged and governed.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Cygrid raised €2.66 million (Pre-seed)
AI-native identity enforcement platform that decides what every human, machine and AI agent may do inside a company
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Ganiga raised €1.5 million (round type not disclosed)
AI that makes a real impact on the planet; its proprietary AI automates sorting with 95% purity, turning every discard into audit-ready KPIs.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Hunar.ai raised ₹40 crore (Series A)
Voice AI enabled AI HRs for Hiring, Onboarding & Retention of your frontline workforce.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Indurex raised €7 million (round type not disclosed)
AI-native, engineering-first company focused on keeping complex cyber-physical systems resilient, safe and secure
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
MemSilicon raised over RMB 400 million (Series A)
Breaking the memory wall: new intelligent sensing-storage-computing products and solutions for artificial intelligence and other computing needs, starting from RRAM memory.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Photon Bridge raised €10 million (round type not disclosed)
Develops high-power, multi-wavelength laser-source technology for next-generation optical interconnects in AI datacenters
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Plinto raised €2.9M (Pre-seed)
Autonomous agents that work with your ERP, documents and teams to find and fix costly mistakes in real time.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Rulen raised €1.8 million (Seed)
The AI operating platform to automate tax and accounting work (translated from 'La piattaforma operativa AI per automatizzare le tue attività fiscali e contabili')
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
Syncrowin raised A$3 million (Pre-seed)
An Australian-founded industrial AI company developing an AI operating system for critical infrastructure.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
TraceWeave raised KRW 3 billion (Seed)
We build intelligence from advanced dynamics; Phase-TITAN is our post-transformer architecture across machines, language, and interactive worlds
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
YGO raised €8 million (Series A)
The data infrastructure behind travel AI, making hotel and travel inventory ready for AI assistants
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026.
What “cited by AI engines” means here
The Machine Relations Index asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews a fixed panel of buyer questions on a recurring schedule and records which websites each answer cites. A company counts as cited when its own website appeared as a source in at least one recorded answer between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026 (release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-22+ceab08a3b958). The panel asks buyer questions across 24 industry categories, not questions about these companies by name, so “not yet” means no recorded answer cited the company's site. A company whose market sits outside those categories can be absent for that reason alone.
Questions
- Which AI startups raised the most money the week of October 18, 2026?
- Legora, $550 million (Series E), ASI, $325 million (Series C) and Pigment, $250 million (Series E).
- How much did AI startups raise the week of October 18, 2026?
- The 58 AI rounds confirmed here include 46 announced in dollars, which total $2.45 billion. 12 rounds were announced in another currency and are listed as announced, not converted.
- Do AI answer engines already know these companies?
- 5 of the 58 companies had been cited in at least one AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026: Pigment, Tractian, Greptile, Mave and Firstwork. A funding announcement does not by itself put a company into AI answers.
How this list was built
Rounds come from public announcements. Candidates came from a funding-announcement feed and the daily funding reports named on the method page; every entry was confirmed at its own sources. Each entry links the two sources that confirm it: the company's announcement and one outlet, which settle the amount and investors, or two independent outlets that agree on the amount and the lead, or on one investor as the only backer. The company's own words describe it as AI or as built for AI. The round type is printed as announced, or as not disclosed when no source states it. Full method.