AI startup funding
AI Startup Funding This Week: 31 Rounds, October 26–31, 2026
Published October 30, 2026 · Presspool
Presspool confirmed 31 funding rounds announced by AI companies in the week of October 26–31, 2026; the 29 announced in dollars add up to $1.25 billion. These counts and totals cover only the confirmed rounds listed; the record may not include every round. The largest listed were Upwind ($400 million), Foundry Robotics ($100 million) and General Compute ($100 million). 5 of the 31 companies had already been cited in AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index; the other 26 had not.
Compare all 31 rounds
| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Investors | Cited by AI engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upwind | $400 million | Series C | Oct 28 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Yes (12 answers) |
| Foundry Robotics | $100 million | Series A | Oct 28 | Marlinspike Partners | Not yet |
| General Compute | $100 million | Series A | Oct 27 | Blackbird, Abstract | Yes (4 answers) |
| Hex | $100 million | Series D | Oct 27 | Peak XV, 137 Ventures | Yes (2 answers) |
| Nevis | $70 million | Series B | Oct 26 | EQT Ventures | Not yet |
| Casap | $56 million | Series B | Oct 28 | Base10 Partners | Not yet |
| Hyphenate | $45 million | Series A | Oct 27 | Nexus Venture Partners | Not yet |
| Bites | $40 million | Series A | Oct 29 | PeakSpan Capital | Not yet |
| Infisical | $40 million | Series B | Oct 27 | Elad Gil | Yes (11 answers) |
| Machenta | $40 million | seed | Oct 27 | Creandum, Union Square Ventures | Not yet |
| Avante | $30 million | Series A | Oct 27 | Frist Cressey Ventures | Not yet |
| Hyperbolic | $30 million | Series A1 | Oct 27 | Walden Catalyst | Yes (1 answer) |
| Vera Health | $28.5 million | Series A | Oct 27 | Threshold Ventures | Not yet |
| Easol | $20 million | Series A extension | Oct 28 | Investors include Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital and Eight Roads; no lead named | Not yet |
| Nous | $17 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 26 | Heartcore Capital and Mosaic Ventures, with Chalfen Ventures, Joyance Partners and Bain Future Back Ventures; no lead named | Not yet |
| Ravical | $17 million | seed | Oct 29 | MMC Ventures | Not yet |
| ClarityCare | $16.5 million | Series A | Oct 26 | Headline | Not yet |
| Luxor Technology | $16 million | strategic round | Oct 27 | CMT Digital | Not yet |
| Plato | $16 million | Series A | Oct 28 | Nava Ventures | Not yet |
| Simplismart | $14 million | Series B | Oct 27 | Dallas Venture Capital | Not yet |
| ALLOX | US$10.5 million | seed | Oct 29 | Asabys | Not yet |
| Atlas Bio | $10 million | seed | Oct 27 | Creandum | Not yet |
| Omnichat | US$10 million | Series A | Oct 27 | Openspace Capital | Not yet |
| Northstar Security | $7 million | seed | Oct 28 | Wing Venture Capital | Not yet |
| Lette | $6.5 million | seed | Oct 26 | Peak | Not yet |
| Celes | US$5 million | Series A | Oct 27 | SP Ventures | Not yet |
| Nagare Labs | $5 million | seed | Oct 26 | Playground Global; no lead named | Not yet |
| EDGE Sound Research | $2 million | Round type not disclosed | Oct 27 | Stormbreaker Ventures | Not yet |
| CopperPilot | $390,000 | pre-seed | Oct 27 | Neon Fund | Not yet |
| ARTISO | more than €3 million | pre-seed | Oct 28 | Criteria Venture Tech | Not yet |
| Tendos | €12 million | seed | Oct 27 | Insight Partners | Not yet |
Every round, largest first
Upwind raised $400 million (Series C)
A cloud and AI security platform.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 12 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Foundry Robotics raised $100 million (Series A)
Builds AI-native robotic assembly cells and intelligent manufacturing software.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
General Compute raised $100 million (Series A)
Building an inference cloud for ultra-fast tokens.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 4 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Hex raised $100 million (Series D)
Analytics platform built for AI agents
Cited by AI engines Cited in 2 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Nevis raised $70 million (Series B)
Building the AI operating system for wealth management.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Casap raised $56 million (Series B)
The AI agent platform for financial services.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Hyphenate raised $45 million (Series A)
An autonomous finance platform with self-learning agents.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Bites raised $40 million (Series A)
An AI-native frontline performance enablement platform.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Infisical raised $40 million (Series B)
Security infrastructure for developers, machines and AI agents.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 11 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Machenta raised $40 million (seed)
A frontier AI company building a new kind of robot foundation model.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Avante raised $30 million (Series A)
The enterprise AI platform for benefits teams.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Hyperbolic raised $30 million (Series A1)
A platform for global AI compute.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Vera Health raised $28.5 million (Series A)
AI-powered evidence-based clinical decision support.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Easol raised $20 million (Series A extension)
The AI platform for experience businesses.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Nous raised $17 million (round type not disclosed)
A household AI agent helping families manage routine spending and life administration.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Ravical raised $17 million (seed)
The AI platform accounting and tax firms run on.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
ClarityCare raised $16.5 million (Series A)
An AI services company.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Luxor Technology raised $16 million (strategic round)
A full-stack compute company serving AI and Bitcoin compute.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Plato raised $16 million (Series A)
Builds simulated workplaces where AI can learn to do real jobs.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Simplismart raised $14 million (Series B)
Software that helps application companies run AI within cost, performance and deployment requirements.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
ALLOX raised US$10.5 million (seed)
Develops an AI and biophysics platform for allosteric drug discovery.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Atlas Bio raised $10 million (seed)
Uses a foundation AI model of human biology to run in silico clinical trials.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Omnichat raised US$10 million (Series A)
An AI-native marketing and customer experience platform.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Northstar Security raised $7 million (seed)
Building the context foundation for agentic security.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Lette raised $6.5 million (seed)
The AI operating system for residential operators.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Celes raised US$5 million (Series A)
An AI platform for retail supply chains.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Nagare Labs raised $5 million (seed)
A deep-tech semiconductor company building memory-centric systems for the AI era.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
EDGE Sound Research raised $2 million (round type not disclosed)
Builds perception infrastructure for AI to understand the physical world.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
CopperPilot raised $390,000 (pre-seed)
The AI copilot for hardware design.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
ARTISO raised more than €3 million (pre-seed)
The AI operating system built for fashion teams.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026.
Tendos raised €12 million (seed)
An AI platform for building-material manufacturers.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 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 29, 2026 (release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-29+225b998b091e). 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 26, 2026?
- Upwind, $400 million (Series C), Foundry Robotics, $100 million (Series A) and General Compute, $100 million (Series A).
- How much did AI startups raise the week of October 26, 2026?
- The 31 AI rounds confirmed here include 29 announced in dollars, which total $1.25 billion. 2 rounds were announced in another currency and are listed as announced, not converted.
- Do AI answer engines already know these companies?
- 5 of the 31 companies had been cited in at least one AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026: Upwind, General Compute, Hex, Infisical and Hyperbolic. 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.