Chinese AI lab DeepSeek closed its first external funding round at a $50B+ valuation and warned investors not to recruit its employees.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is in talks to raise at least $300 million at a $10 billion valuation, signaling growing investor confidence in China's AI sector.

AI coding startup Factory has hit a $1.5 billion valuation as enterprise demand for AI-assisted software development continues to surge in 2026.

Anthropic has rebuffed preemptive VC funding offers valuing it at over $800 billion, more than double its February fundraise valuation.

Some of OpenAI's own backers are questioning the company's $852 billion valuation as it shifts focus to enterprise markets to fend off growing competition.

Anthropic is commanding a $380 billion post-money valuation on secondary markets, with $2 billion in indicated buy-side demand, rivaling OpenAI's $765 billion implied valuation.

OpenAI has completed the largest private funding round in Silicon Valley history, raising $122B at an $852B valuation ahead of an expected IPO.

Data analytics and AI company Databricks announces $7 billion in new investments including $5 billion equity and $2 billion debt, more than doubling its valuation to $134 billion in 13 months.

OpenAI races toward Q4 2026 IPO at $830B valuation despite burning billions annually and not expecting profit until 2030.