Flourish Raises $500M for Brain-Inspired AI — Connectomics vs. Transformer Scaling
At $500 million, Flourish is the largest bet ever placed on the idea that copying the brain's wiring — not scaling GPUs — is the only path out of AI's energy crisis.
AI & Infrastructure
Explore the foundational technologies and hardware driving the artificial intelligence boom. From next-generation data centers and custom silicon to advanced networking and energy solutions, discover the deep tech investments building the physical and digital layers that power the AI era.
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Insitro TherML: The AI-Native Drug Discovery Platform Reshaping Pharma R&D
Insitro has raised 100M to build TherML, a modality-agnostic AI engine for drug discovery. Early pharma validation from Lilly and BMS.
Deep tech venture capital reaches 36% of global VC — structural shift in private market investing
Deep tech now accounts for 36% of global venture capital, up from 12% in 2016 — a structural reallocation driven by AI infrastructure, defense tech, and bioconvergence.
Reed Semiconductor: The $100M bet on AI power infrastructure
In June 2026, Reed Semiconductor closed a $100 million funding round backed by several leading global semiconductor companies. The round was oversubscribed. Investors wanted in faster than Reed could allocate. The company builds power management chips for AI data centers from its headquarters in Warwick, Rhode Island. This is the
Omni Raises $120M Series C for the Semantic Layer Powering Enterprise AI
Omni Analytics raised $120M Series C at $1.5B valuation. The ex-Looker team's semantic layer bet: making enterprise AI data trustworthy.
Baseten Raises $1.5B at $13B as AI Inference Infrastructure Market Explodes
Baseten tripled ARR to $600M in one quarter, raised $1.5B at $13B. The inference infrastructure market has arrived.
Golden Analytics raises $14M seed extension for AI-native analytics platform
Golden Analytics raised $14M seed extension led by Insight Partners, totaling $21M. Nearly 1,000 companies requested early access to its AI-native analytics platform with a 'slider of autonomy' that lets users control how much AI drives their workflow.
Scaled Cognition Raises 100M Series A to Build Hallucination-Free Enterprise AI
Scaled Cognition raised a 100M Series A led by Khosla Ventures to build APT, a model that eliminates AI hallucinations through architectural design, not safety wrappers.