Manus $500M Funding Round Shows China's Rules for AI Capital
Manus parent Butterfly Effect raised over $500M from Boyu, IDG, Tencent and others, its first round since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2B acquisition.
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CoreWeave Stock Slides as Share Sales and $3.7B Convertible Weigh
CoreWeave shares fell about 4-7% on Oct. 14. Investors are still absorbing a 35M-share ATM program and a $3.7B convertible notes deal priced in September.
AI Venture Funding Q3 2026: Megadeals Spread Out, AI Dominates
AI took most Q3 2026 venture capital and over half of deals at every stage, while top-10 megadeal concentration fell to 25% from 44% in Q2.
Nous Research $1.5B Valuation: Can Hermes Revenue Catch Up?
Nous Research raised a $90M Series B led by Robot Ventures at a $1.5B valuation and launched Hermes for Businesses, an enterprise AI agent product.
EliseAI Series F: $350M Raise at $4B Valuation Tests Vertical AI
EliseAI reportedly raised a $350M Series F at a $4B valuation to expand AI automation for property leasing and healthcare admin workflows.
Manus $500M Funding Sets China AI App Record After Meta Block
Manus parent Butterfly Effect raised over $500M at about a $4B valuation, a China AI-app record, months after Beijing blocked Meta's acquisition.
Outmarket Valuation Tops Rivals as Insurance AI Race Heats Up
Outmarket raised $34.5M at a $335M valuation, outpacing the total funding of named rivals FurtherAI ($30M) and Fulcrum ($25M) as insurance AI money surges.
Supabase $150M Round: GIC Leads, Turso Buy Targets AI Agents
Supabase raised $150M in a GIC-led round with CapitalG and is acquiring Turso to build databases for AI agents, which create 70% of its new databases.
Anthropic IPO Valuation Nears $2 Trillion as Skeptics Push Back
Anthropic is reportedly targeting a pre-Thanksgiving IPO at a $1.8T–$2T valuation, double its $965B May round, as critics call the price unrealistic.
Manus Funding Round: $500M at $4B Valuation After Meta Unwind
Manus's parent raised over $500M co-led by Boyu Capital and IDG at a reported $4B valuation, weeks after China forced Meta's $2B acquisition to unwind.
European AI Secondaries Absorb Liquidity Gap as IPOs Stall
Only 19 European VC-backed firms listed in 2025, so investors are turning to secondary share sales as AI mega-rounds pile up unicorns with no exit route.
Sovereign Wealth Funds Fill AI Funding Gap as Nvidia Pulls Back
Sovereign wealth funds like GIC, QIA, Temasek and MGX co-led Anthropic's $30B and OpenAI's $122B raises as Nvidia steps back from AI mega-checks.
Nous Research $1.5B Valuation: $90M Series B for Hermes Agents
Nous Research raised a $90M Series B led by Robot Ventures at a $1.5B valuation and is bringing its open source Hermes Agent to business users.
Manus Funding: $500M Raise After Meta Deal Unwound by Beijing
Manus parent Butterfly Effect raised over $500M led by Boyu and IDG after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2B+ acquisition, now seeking a ~$4B valuation.
Valor Atreides AI Fund: Inside the $780M Joint AI Vehicle
Valor Equity Partners and Atreides Management run a $780M 2025-vintage AI fund backing Bedrock Robotics, Heron Power and others amid big AI rounds.
Manus AI Investment: Treasury Review Shadows Benchmark Stake
The US Treasury is reviewing Benchmark's $75M Manus AI investment, and Benchmark is sitting out a new $500M round led by Chinese backers like Tencent.
Mecka AI Series B: $60M From Sequoia for Robot Training Data
Mecka AI raised a $60M Series B led by Sequoia, with Nvidia, M12, Qualcomm and Samsung joining, to scale human-motion data capture for training robots.
River AI $1.1B Funding: Why the Real Story Is GPU Spending
River AI raised $1.1B across Seed and Series A, led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, to build an open platform for training and owning custom AI models.
EliseAI $4B Valuation: Inside the $350M Series F Round
EliseAI raised $350M at a $4B valuation, nearly double its 2025 mark, led by a16z and Bessemer with Ontario Teachers' joining, to expand AI in housing and
EliseAI Healthcare Expansion Leans on Nextech EHR Partnership
EliseAI, fresh off a $350M round at a $4B valuation, is entering specialty healthcare through Nextech's EHR platform alongside rival Assort Health.