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title: "AI Startup Funding This Week: 15 Rounds, November 2–7, 2026"
description: "Presspool confirmed 15 funding rounds announced by AI companies the week of November 2–7, 2026, and the list may not include every round that week. The 15 announced in dollars total $965 million. The largest exactly stated USD rounds were Applied Compute ($350 million), Sentra ($150 million) and Ocient ($100M). 2 of the 15 companies had already been cited in AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index."
canonical: "https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-02"
last-updated: "2026-11-07"
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# AI Startup Funding This Week: 15 Rounds, November 2–7, 2026

Published November 7, 2026 · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-02

Presspool confirmed 15 funding rounds announced by AI companies the week of November 2–7, 2026, and the list may not include every round that week. The 15 announced in dollars total $965 million. The largest exactly stated USD rounds were Applied Compute ($350 million), Sentra ($150 million) and Ocient ($100M). 2 of the 15 companies had already been cited in AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index.

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Investors | Cited by AI engines |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applied Compute | $350 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 2 | Elad Gil | Not yet |
| Sentra | $150 million | Series C | Nov 4 | Capital One Ventures | [Yes (9 answers)](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/sentra.io) |
| Ocient | $100M | Series C | Nov 5 | BOKA Capital, OCA Ventures | Not yet |
| Kalepa | $75 million | Series B | Nov 5 | Updata Partners | Not yet |
| Tutor Intelligence | $75 million | Series B | Nov 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | Not yet |
| Humble Robotics | $51 million | Series A | Nov 5 | Obvious Ventures | Not yet |
| Lazarus AI | $43 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 3 | QBE, Mucker Capital, Motivate Ventures, State Farm Ventures, Wave Function Ventures, Indelible Solutions, Joyance Partners, AllegisNL Capital, One Way Ventures, AngelList, Techstars, Plug and Play and others; no lead named | Not yet |
| Larridin | $30 million | Series A | Nov 2 | Pelion Ventures | [Yes (13 answers)](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/larridin.com) |
| nPhase, Inc. | $30 million | Series D | Nov 2 | Viking Global Investors | Not yet |
| firmly | $15 million | Series A | Nov 5 | Squarepoint Capital | Not yet |
| Guava | $12.5 million | Seed | Nov 3 | Acrew Capital | Not yet |
| Atmospheric AI | $10 million | Seed | Nov 5 | DBL Partners | Not yet |
| Finpilot | $10 million | Series A | Nov 4 | Lobby Capital | Not yet |
| Physicl | $10M | Seed | Nov 6 | Inovia Capital | Not yet |
| Marble Cognition | $3.75 million | Pre-seed | Nov 2 | Heartcore Capital, Seedcamp | Not yet |

## Every round, exact USD first

### 1. Applied Compute raised $350 million (round type not disclosed)

AI infrastructure for companies to train, serve, and improve their own models.

The round values the company at $3.25 billion; round type not disclosed.

- Announced: November 2, 2026
- Led by: [Elad Gil](https://presspool.ai/investors/elad-gil)
- Website: https://appliedcompute.com
- Company record: [Applied Compute on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/appliedcompute-com)
- Sources: [Applied Compute](https://www.appliedcompute.com/company/100m-run-rate-fundraise), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/03/ai-cloud-startup-applied-compute-raises-350m-after-reaching-key-revenue-milestone/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 2. Sentra raised $150 million (Series C)

Agentic data security company protecting data at rest and controlling which human and AI identities can reach it.

The $150 million investment includes a small secondary component for employees; the primary/secondary split was not disclosed.

- Announced: November 4, 2026
- Led by: Capital One Ventures
- Website: https://sentra.io
- Company record: [Sentra on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/sentra-io)
- Sources: [Sentra announcement](https://sentra.io/news/sentra-raises-150-million-agentic-data-security), [Sentra CTO](https://sentra.io/blog/why-we-raised-150m-series-c-data-security), [SecurityWeek](https://www.securityweek.com/agentic-data-security-firm-sentra-raises-150-million/), [CTech](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1jextotml)
- AI citation: [Cited in 9 AI answers](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/sentra.io) recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 3. Ocient raised $100M (Series C)

Agentic AI solutions provider.

The round brings total capital raised to $260M. Existing investors participated; Dallas Venture Capital is a new investor.

- Announced: November 5, 2026
- Led by: BOKA Capital and OCA Ventures
- Website: https://ocient.com
- Company record: [Ocient on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/ocient-com)
- Sources: [Ocient](https://ocient.com/newsroom/press-releases/ocient-raises-100m-in-series-c-funding/), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/05/ocient-raises-100-million-as-agentic-ai-drives-growth-in-large-scale-analytics/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 4. Kalepa raised $75 million (Series B)

Professional Grade AI for insurance, performing and orchestrating work across operations, underwriting, pricing, and portfolio management.

The round values Kalepa at $470 million.

- Announced: November 5, 2026
- Led by: [Updata Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/updata-partners)
- Website: https://kalepa.com
- Company record: [Kalepa on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/kalepa-com)
- Sources: [Kalepa](https://kalepa.com/news-posts/kalepa-raises-75-million-series-b), [Coverager](https://coverager.com/kalepa-raises-75-million/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 5. Tutor Intelligence raised $75 million (Series B)

A frontier research lab that trains foundation models for intelligent dexterous robot manipulation.

Union Square Ventures and Neo also participated; total capital raised is $117 million.

- Announced: November 2, 2026
- Led by: [Andreessen Horowitz](https://presspool.ai/investors/andreessen-horowitz)
- Website: https://tutorintelligence.com
- Company record: [Tutor Intelligence on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/tutorintelligence-com)
- Sources: [Tutor Intelligence (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/tutor-intelligence-raises-75-million-160000524.html), [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/tutor-intelligence-raises-series-b-to-scale-model-training-robot-deployments/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 6. Humble Robotics raised $51 million (Series A)

Humble Robotics is reimagining ground transportation, using advanced physical AI to simplify today's biggest freight challenges.

Eclipse, Energy Impact Partners and other investors participated; total funding is $75 million.

- Announced: November 5, 2026
- Led by: [Obvious Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/obvious-ventures)
- Website: https://humblerobotics.ai
- Company record: [Humble Robotics on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/humblerobotics-ai)
- Sources: [Humble Robotics](https://humblerobotics.ai/news-article/unified-autonomy-building-driverless-vehicles-intelligence-and-operations-as-one), [FreightWaves](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/humble-robotics-51m-series-a-cabless-hauler)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 7. Lazarus AI raised $43 million (round type not disclosed)

Applies AI to consequential business problems while giving customers greater control over technology, economics, and outcomes.

The company announcement does not name a lead investor.

- Announced: November 3, 2026
- Investors: QBE, Mucker Capital, Motivate Ventures, State Farm Ventures, Wave Function Ventures, Indelible Solutions, Joyance Partners, AllegisNL Capital, One Way Ventures, AngelList, Techstars, Plug and Play and others; no lead named
- Website: https://lazarusai.com
- Company record: [Lazarus AI on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/lazarusai-com)
- Sources: [Lazarus AI / Business Wire via Joplin Globe](https://www.joplinglobe.com/region/national_business/lazarus-ai-raises-43-million-to-advance-independent-ai/article_dd1a801f-1977-5fdc-a1f9-570d2f699bee.html), [Pulse 2.0](https://pulse2.com/lazarus-ai-raises-43-million-to-expand-independent-ai-platform-for-enterprises-and-governments), [Lazarus AI](https://www.lazarusai.com/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 8. Larridin raised $30 million (Series A)

Enterprise-wide AI measurement and intelligence platform connecting AI adoption, productivity, and spend data to the work of people and agents.

The $30 million round brings total funding to $47 million.

- Announced: November 2, 2026
- Led by: Pelion Ventures
- Website: https://larridin.com
- Company record: [Larridin on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/larridin-com)
- Sources: [Larridin](https://larridin.com/press-releases/larridin-raises-30-million-in-series-a-to-prove-ais-impact-across-the-human-and-agent-workforce), [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/larridin-30m-series-a-ai-spending-measurement)
- AI citation: [Cited in 13 AI answers](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/larridin.com) recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 9. nPhase, Inc. raised $30 million (Series D)

Unifies and governs clinical data to provide an AI-ready foundation for pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs.

First equity capital raise since 2017.

- Announced: November 2, 2026
- Led by: Viking Global Investors
- Website: https://nphase.ai
- Company record: [nPhase, Inc. on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/nphase-ai)
- Sources: [nPhase](https://www.nphase.ai/newsroom/nphase-secures-30-million-in-series-d-funding-to-drive-global-expansion-of-ai-native-clinical-data-platform-for-life-sciences), [HIT Consultant](https://hitconsultant.net/2026/11/02/nphase-secures-30m-series-d-viking-global-ai-native-clinical-data-platform)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 10. firmly raised $15 million (Series A)

The agentic commerce platform.

The announcement names J.P. Morgan Payments, Mastercard and Samsung NEXT among participating investors.

- Announced: November 5, 2026
- Led by: Squarepoint Capital
- Website: https://firmly.ai
- Company record: [firmly on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/firmly-ai)
- Sources: [firmly announcement](https://www.firmly.ai/blog/series-a), [Retail Technology Innovation Hub](https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2026/11/6/agentic-commerce-startup-firmly-announces-15-million-series-a-led-by-squarepoint-capital)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 11. Guava raised $12.5 million (Seed)

Guava helps developers build AI voice agents for customer conversations and tasks like scheduling appointments and live support.

Flourish Ventures, WillowTree Ventures, Clocktower Ventures and Commerce Ventures participated.

- Announced: November 3, 2026
- Led by: Acrew Capital
- Website: https://goguava.ai
- Company record: [Guava on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/goguava-ai)
- Sources: [Guava announcement via Business Wire, syndicated by FinancialContent](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-11-3-guava-lands-125-million-to-tackle-voice-ais-real-world-growing-pains), [Pulse 2.0](https://pulse2.com/guava-raises-12-5-million-seed-round-led-by-acrew-capital-for-voice-ai-platform)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 12. Atmospheric AI raised $10 million (Seed)

Builds computational models of the raw-material economy using chemical engineering and AI.

- Announced: November 5, 2026
- Led by: DBL Partners
- Website: https://atmosphericai.com
- Company record: [Atmospheric AI on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/atmosphericai-com)
- Sources: [Atmospheric AI](https://atmosphericai.com/essays/atmospheric-ai-raises-10-million-to-make-the-raw-material-economy-computable), [Unite.AI](https://www.unite.ai/atmospheric-ai-secures-10m-seed-for-procurement-modeling-push)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 13. Finpilot raised $10 million (Series A)

The AI-native operating system for institutional capital.

Madrona also participated.

- Announced: November 4, 2026
- Led by: Lobby Capital
- Website: https://finpilot.ai
- Company record: [Finpilot on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/finpilot-ai)
- Sources: [Finpilot (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/finpilot-raises-10-million-series-150000307.html), [Pulse 2.0](https://pulse2.com/finpilot-raises-10-million-series-a-led-by-lobby-capital-to-expand-ai-agents-for-institutional-investors/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 14. Physicl raised $10M (Seed)

The synthetic data platform for physical AI.

US Venture Partners participated.

- Announced: November 6, 2026
- Led by: Inovia Capital
- Website: https://physicl.ai
- Company record: [Physicl on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/physicl-ai)
- Sources: [Physicl announcement](https://www.physicl.ai/insights/physicl-seed-studio), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/physicl-raises-10m-to-make-the-digital-world-real-enough-for-robots/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

### 15. Marble Cognition raised $3.75 million (Pre-seed)

Learns how your company works from thousands of hours of real work, then builds AI coworkers that take over the repetitive cases.

Both independently written reports announce $3.75 million; no foreign-exchange conversion has been applied.

- Announced: November 2, 2026
- Led by: Heartcore Capital and [Seedcamp](https://presspool.ai/investors/seedcamp)
- Website: https://marblecognition.com
- Company record: [Marble Cognition on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/marblecognition-com)
- Sources: [Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/11/02/marble-raises-375m-to-build-ai-coworkers-that-learn-by-watching), [Silicon Republic](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/german-agentic-ai-start-up-marble-cognition-raises-3-75m-munich-pre-seed), [Marble Cognition](https://marblecognition.com/)
- AI citation: Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026.

## What “cited by AI engines” means here

The [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/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 November 7, 2026 (release `mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-07+296ae2caa083`). 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 exactly stated USD AI rounds were largest the week of November 2, 2026?

The largest exactly stated USD rounds were Applied Compute, $350 million (round type not disclosed), Sentra, $150 million (Series C) and Ocient, $100M (Series C).

### How much did AI startups raise the week of November 2, 2026?

15 AI rounds were confirmed that week, and the 15 announced in dollars total $965 million.

### Do AI answer engines already know these companies?

2 of the 15 companies had been cited in at least one AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026: Sentra and Larridin. 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](https://presspool.ai/method).

## Changes

- November 7, 2026: Added atmosphericai.com: source-confirmed $10 million Seed; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added physicl.ai: source-confirmed $10M Seed; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added goguava.ai: source-confirmed $12.5 million Seed; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added firmly.ai: source-confirmed $15 million Series A; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added marblecognition.com: source-confirmed $3.75 million Pre-seed; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added nphase.ai: source-confirmed $30 million Series D; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added lazarusai.com: source-confirmed $43 million financing; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added humblerobotics.ai: source-confirmed $51 million Series A; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.
- November 7, 2026: Added ocient.com: source-confirmed $100M Series C; issuer or qualifying outlet evidence reviewed November 7.

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