Artificial intelligence (AI) training platform Mercor says it is now a $20 billion company. The company reached that valuation with its $750 million Series D funding round, announced Tuesday (Nov. 10). Mercor, originally an AI-powered hiring platform, says it plans to use the financing to...
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is targeting a valuation of about $1.4 trillion as it prepares to go public, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 10) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company hopes to raise as much as $90.4 billion, with a base offering...
London-based digital bank Monzo is considering a funding round that would value it at 7.5 billion pounds (about $10.1 billion) after failing to secure a takeover by Nubank or a stake sale to private equity, The Financial Times reported Thursday (Nov. 5), citing unnamed sources. Monzo’s talks with Nubank about...
Pliant raised $80 million in a Series C funding round to deepen its B2B payment infrastructure’s capabilities around agentic payments and workflows, the company said in a Wednesday (Nov. 4) press release. The Berlin-headquartered company will also use the new funding to support its expansion...
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski said the voice artificial intelligence startup could begin preparing to go public in 2028, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Nov. 3). Plans for that initial public offering (IPO) come amid a boom in AI agents for enterprise communications. “We’d love to IPO, build...
OPay, a digital financial platform built for emerging markets, has decided to postpone its planned initial public offering due to “an ongoing inquiry by a regulatory authority,” the company said in a public statement shared Saturday (Oct. 31) in post on X. OPay had been...
Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant startup Wabi has reportedly raised $55 million in new funding. The new financing values the company at $1.25 billion and will help it work on its software that lets groups of people interact with AI to coordinate activities and make decisions,...
Kalshi says it is now a $40 billion company following a $1 billion funding round. “This funding accelerates our long-term vision: building the next-generation financial exchange,” the prediction market said in announcing its Series G Thursday (Oct. 29). “An exchange that gives individuals, businesses, and institutions more direct...
Autonomous factory company Foundry Robotics is planning an expansion of its manufacturing footprint after raising $100 million. The company said its Series A round, announced Wednesday (Oct. 28), will allow it to build out its facility in Emeryville, California, and to accelerate deployment of artificial...