AI Startup Funding This Week: 56 Rounds, November 8–14, 2026
Presspool confirmed 56 funding rounds announced by AI companies the week of November 8–14, 2026, and the list may not include every round that week. The 46 stated exactly in dollars total $4.7 billion; 2 more in dollars have no exact figure and are left out of totals and rankings. The largest exactly stated USD rounds were Mirendil ($1 billion), Mercor ($750 million) and Fractile ($720 million). 5 of the 56 companies had already been cited in AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index.
Compare all 56 rounds
| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Investors | Cited by AI engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirendil | $1 billion | Series A | Nov 12 | Kleiner Perkins, Clearlake Capital | Not yet |
| Mercor | $750 million | Series D | Nov 10 | Benchmark, Felicis, Fundomo, funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, G Squared, General Catalyst, Glade Brook Capital, NVIDIA, Salesforce, Sapphire Ventures, StepStone Group, XTX Ventures and Zoom; no lead named | Not yet |
| Fractile | $720 million | Series C | Nov 11 | Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed, Redpoint | Not yet |
| Agile Robots | $500 million | Series F | Nov 12 | SoftBank Group | Not yet |
| LangChain | $300 million | Series C | Nov 13 | CapitalG | Yes (41 answers) |
| Path Robotics | $300 million | Series E | Nov 10 | Georgian | Not yet |
| Q-CTRL | US$290 million | Series C | Nov 12 | Salesforce Ventures | Not yet |
| Nominal | $240 million | Series C | Nov 9 | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners | Not yet |
| Bay | $37 million | Series A | Nov 10 | Battery Ventures | Not yet |
| Graphon Labs | $35 million | Series A | Nov 10 | RRE Ventures | Not yet |
| Orakl Oncology | $34 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Norrsken VC, Singular | Not yet |
| Zus Health | $33 million | Series B | Nov 10 | Drive Capital | Not yet |
| Kindo | $30 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 12 | Crosspoint Capital, Forgepoint Capital | Not yet |
| SE3 | $30 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Accel | Not yet |
| Spines | $29 million | Series A-1 | Nov 8 | Zeev Ventures | Not yet |
| Finite State | $27 million | Series C | Nov 10 | The O.H.I.O. Fund | Yes (1 answer) |
| Lumbra | $25 million | Series A | Nov 10 | Point72 Ventures, Ansa | Not yet |
| Luminal | $25 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Standard Capital | Not yet |
| Sumary | $25m | Seed | Nov 9 | Singular | Not yet |
| Hatz AI | $24 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Nadia Partners, Vestigo Ventures and The Private Shares Fund; no lead named | Not yet |
| Nebuly | $21 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Planven | Not yet |
| SPARETECH | $20 million | Series B | Nov 10 | Blume Equity, Insight Partners | Not yet |
| WhiteMatter | $20 million | Series A | Nov 10 | Blumberg Capital | Not yet |
| XpertDox | $20 million | Series A | Nov 11 | Savant Growth | Not yet |
| Biomatter | $18 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Astanor | Not yet |
| 4Minds | $15 million | Series A | Nov 11 | Waterwood Capital Group, Isom Holdings and several family offices; no lead named | Not yet |
| Alterra Labs | $12.5 million | seed | Nov 10 | Oak HC/FT | Not yet |
| Tristar AI | $12.4 million | Series A | Nov 12 | Isogon Ventures | Not yet |
| PromptPath | $12 million | Series A | Nov 10 | FM Capital, Armory Square Ventures | Not yet |
| Palomma | $10 million | Series A | Nov 11 | Cometa | Not yet |
| PuppyGraph | $10 million | Series A | Nov 10 | Particle Future, defy.vc | Yes (11 answers) |
| Ancep | $8.5m | Round type not disclosed | Nov 10 | Creandum | Not yet |
| Agentcard | $8 million | Seed | Nov 12 | Peak XV, Fin Capital and Y Combinator; no lead named | Not yet |
| StitchStudio | $8 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 10 | Voyager Capital | Not yet |
| Akara | $5.5 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 11 | Locke Health | Not yet |
| Inkbox | $5.3 million | seed | Nov 9 | Peak XV | Not yet |
| Switchpoint Bio | $5.3 million | pre-seed | Nov 10 | Treehouse Delmar Investments; no lead named | Not yet |
| Anorak | $5 million | pre-seed | Nov 11 | Backed VC, Play Ventures | Not yet |
| Twin1 AI | $5 million | Seed extension | Nov 12 | Curql | Not yet |
| Snapp | $4.6 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 9 | a16z Speedrun, Dorm Room Fund, Gold House Ventures, House Fund and Valia Ventures; no lead named | Not yet |
| Staera | US$4.6 million | pre-seed | Nov 10 | Openspace Capital | Not yet |
| Agent F | $4 million | Pre-seed | Nov 10 | Alpha Edison | Not yet |
| Tano | $4 million | seed | Nov 11 | Cherry Ventures | Not yet |
| Mondrio | $3.75 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 12 | Heartcore Capital | Not yet |
| Opdo | $2.3 million | pre-seed | Nov 12 | Angular Ventures | Not yet |
| Morsa | $1.5 million | pre-seed | Nov 13 | Jackson Square Ventures | Yes (1 answer) |
| Coframe | $25 million Series A ($35 million total funding) | Series A | Nov 9 | Khosla Ventures, Hanabi Capital | Yes (1 answer) |
| Ridero | $2.7 million in total pre-seed funding | Pre-seed | Nov 9 | RiverPark Ventures, NY Ventures, Green Egg Ventures, Blackpoint Capital and Potamkin Ventures (no lead named) | Not yet |
| ADOASIS | KRW 4 billion | Pre-A (pre-Series A) | Nov 9 | Kyobo Securities, Sunbo Angel Partners and JSG Investment (no lead named) | Not yet |
| Aimer Farming | NZ$3 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 9 | Cultivate Ventures, Erbacher Food Family, Pacific Channel, Agnition | Not yet |
| Kardi Ai | €5.3 million | Series A | Nov 11 | Callisto Health | Not yet |
| mistEO | ₹18 crore | seed | Nov 12 | MGF Kavachh | Not yet |
| Numina | €1.1 million | pre-seed | Nov 10 | Founders A/S, Emblem, Nebular, The Nordic Web, Bjarke Klinge Staun, Jonathan Sanders and Alen Cvisic; no lead named | Not yet |
| Planky | €6.9 million | Round type not disclosed | Nov 10 | Innovation Global, Azimut Venture Capital Digitech Europe 1 strategy funds | Not yet |
| Sanyou Bio | nearly RMB 100 million | Series C | Nov 9 | Sole investor named: Zero2IPO Industry Investment | Not yet |
| Xilect | RMB 500 million | Angel | Nov 12 | GGV Capital, Matrix Partners China | Not yet |
Every round, exact USD first
Mirendil raised $1 billion (Series A)
A frontier lab building systems that excel at AI R&D, training frontier models
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Mercor raised $750 million (Series D)
Organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Fractile raised $720 million (Series C)
A chip-first frontier AI company, building hardware to advance AI’s underlying capabilities and push the frontier forward
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Agile Robots raised $500 million (Series F)
Builds and deploys Physical AI: humanoid and mobile robots, robotic arms and hands, and the software and AI models behind them
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
LangChain raised $300 million (Series C)
The open agent platform to own your intelligence
Cited by AI engines Cited in 41 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Path Robotics raised $300 million (Series E)
Builds physical AI for manufacturing, starting with its welding model, Obsidian
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Q-CTRL raised US$290 million (Series C)
Global leader in quantum infrastructure software, with AI-driven software for quantum computing and sensing
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Nominal raised $240 million (Series C)
Nominal is the hardware intelligence platform. Connect hardware data, engineering context, and AI to investigate problems and build better machines faster.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Bay raised $37 million (Series A)
The AI security platform building the trust layer for agentic enterprises
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Graphon Labs raised $35 million (Series A)
AI that remembers what it has read, heard, seen and understands how it all connects
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Orakl Oncology raised $34 million (Series A)
Building the first truly native [AIxBio] engine; its proprietary dataset teaches AI to decode biology and predict how patients respond to new drugs
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Zus Health raised $33 million (Series B)
AI-native healthcare data platform that brings fragmented patient information together to make it complete, current, and actionable
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Kindo raised $30 million (round type not disclosed)
The run-anywhere AI agent management platform that puts the enterprise in control
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
SE3 raised $30 million (Series A)
Combines computer vision and AI to help machines turn sensor data into spatial understanding
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Spines raised $29 million (Series A-1)
The agentic AI publishing platform built to help authors turn written manuscripts into professionally published books; specialized AI agents perform publishing tasks.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Finite State raised $27 million (Series C)
AI-driven product security platform that analyzes the software and firmware inside finished devices; an autonomous Product Security OS
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Lumbra raised $25 million (Series A)
The operating system for agentic AI in high-consequence environments
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Luminal raised $25 million (Series A)
An AI inference compiler that compiles and optimizes AI models for GPUs and ASICs
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Sumary raised $25m (Seed)
Sumary is an AI operating system for accounting work.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Hatz AI raised $24 million (Series A)
The essential AI operating system for small and medium-sized businesses, delivered exclusively through Managed Service Providers (MSPs).
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Nebuly raised $21 million (Series A)
The platform that measures the return enterprises get from their AI agents.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
SPARETECH raised $20 million (Series B)
A provider of enterprise AI for spare parts management.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
WhiteMatter raised $20 million (Series A)
The first agent-native company built to secure and operationalize the agentic enterprise across the entire AI agent lifecycle.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
XpertDox raised $20 million (Series A)
AI-first healthcare company helping healthcare organizations code accurately and receive full payment for the care they deliver
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Biomatter raised $18 million (Series A)
Custom enzyme design company using AI-powered design to create novel enzymes from the chemistry up
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
4Minds raised $15 million (Series A)
A contextual AI platform for enterprises struggling to make data ready for AI
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Alterra Labs raised $12.5 million (seed)
Converts real clinical, administrative, and operational workflows into environments where frontier AI models get trained, evaluated, and improved
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Tristar AI raised $12.4 million (Series A)
The real-time intelligence layer for the factory floor, using AI-powered visual inspection to identify defects on manufacturing lines.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
PromptPath raised $12 million (Series A)
An AI-enabled conversation assist platform for automotive dealerships.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Palomma raised $10 million (Series A)
AI and financial services for the real estate sector: payments, collections, protection, benefits and liquidity for tenants, landlords and real estate agencies
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
PuppyGraph raised $10 million (Series A)
The graph query engine for enterprise AI agents.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 11 AI answers recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Ancep raised $8.5m (round type not disclosed)
ancep builds AI agents for insurance brokers. They turn client emails into market submissions inside your existing systems.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Agentcard raised $8 million (Seed)
Lets your users' AI agents pay with their own card, saved once and approved with a passkey, Face ID or voice
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
StitchStudio raised $8 million (round type not disclosed)
The AI platform built to operationalize insurance work.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Akara raised $5.5 million (round type not disclosed)
A healthcare technology company developing AI for hospital operations
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Inkbox raised $5.3 million (seed)
Gives AI agents persistent identities, with their own email, phone, iMessage, and WhatsApp.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Switchpoint Bio raised $5.3 million (pre-seed)
Our platform brings together epigenomics and AI to turn that biology into decision-grade evidence for drug development and clinical research
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Anorak raised $5 million (pre-seed)
A London games studio building AI-native games
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Twin1 AI raised $5 million (Seed extension)
Privacy-first platform that gives every professional an AI-powered digital twin to automate communication.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Snapp raised $4.6 million (round type not disclosed)
The premier AI-powered sports intelligence platform that unifies real-time analytics, fantasy league management, and prediction market insights into a single mobile app.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Staera raised US$4.6 million (pre-seed)
Builds LED optical links inside silicon chips, so AI systems can move data faster and scale further
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Agent F raised $4 million (Pre-seed)
The Berlin based business building AI agents to run accounting, planning, and controls for high-growth companies; AI-native ERP.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Tano raised $4 million (seed)
The creator advertising platform enabling consumer brands to partner with creators programmatically, running it like a performance channel
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Mondrio raised $3.75 million (round type not disclosed)
The agentic B2B pricing management platform that turns insights into revenue
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Opdo raised $2.3 million (pre-seed)
An AI-native optical engineering company automating optical engineering, from initial design to finished components
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Morsa raised $1.5 million (pre-seed)
The AI COO for manufacturing plants; connects ERP, MES and team chats to catch shortages early and coordinate the fix
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Coframe raised $25 million Series A ($35 million total funding) (Series A)
Building websites, landing pages and ads that continuously generate, test and improve themselves, powered by a specialized transformer model and a team of AI agents.
Cited by AI engines Cited in 1 AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Ridero raised $2.7 million in total pre-seed funding (Pre-seed)
Ridero, an AI-powered automotive financial infrastructure company.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
ADOASIS raised KRW 4 billion (Pre-A (pre-Series A))
Building the AI agents that run digital marketing; connects every stage of the digital marketing journey through AI agents.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Aimer Farming raised NZ$3 million (round type not disclosed)
AI-powered pasture management platform combining smartphone-based measurement, satellite measurement and predictive modelling for farmers
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Kardi Ai raised €5.3 million (Series A)
A tool that, with the help of artificial intelligence, makes long-term ECG monitoring a simple, affordable process
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
mistEO raised ₹18 crore (seed)
Climate intelligence company whose proprietary Indra AI weather models power every forecast, risk score and parametric product it delivers
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Numina raised €1.1 million (pre-seed)
Free accounting software for small businesses, combining invoicing, banking and VAT with integrations that let businesses connect their own AI tools
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Planky raised €6.9 million (round type not disclosed)
The Open Banking and AI platform that turns financial data into decisions
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Sanyou Bio raised nearly RMB 100 million (Series C)
A high-tech biopharmaceutical company with a business model driven by AI technology, supported by intelligent R&D platforms and guided by its innovative drug pipeline.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026.
Xilect raised RMB 500 million (Angel)
An embodied-intelligence edge computing platform: chips, modules and software toolchains for robots, on the AI hardware-acceleration route.
Not yet cited Not cited in any AI answer the Machine Relations Index recorded between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 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 November 14, 2026 (release mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-14+a5e5e37df8da). 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 8, 2026?
- The largest exactly stated USD rounds were Mirendil, $1 billion (Series A), Mercor, $750 million (Series D) and Fractile, $720 million (Series C).
- How much did AI startups raise the week of November 8, 2026?
- 56 AI rounds were confirmed that week, and the 46 stated exactly in dollars total $4.7 billion; 2 more in dollars have no exact figure and are left out of totals and rankings. 8 rounds were announced in another currency and are listed as announced, not converted.
- Do AI answer engines already know these companies?
- 5 of the 56 companies had been cited in at least one AI answer recorded by the Machine Relations Index between May 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026: LangChain, Finite State, PuppyGraph, Morsa and Coframe. 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.