Year: 2025

Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/here-are-the-49-us-ai-startups-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2025/

JustiGuide wants to use AI to help people navigate the US immigration system  The startup uses AI to help immigrants understand the system, connect with lawyers, and reduce associated costs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/justiguide-wants-to-use-ai-to-help-people-navigate-the-u-s-immigration-system/

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam’s suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its

Redwood Materials reportedly cuts 5% of staff after $350M raise The battery recycling and cathode production company, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has started using recycled battery materials to create energy storage solutions for AI data centers. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/redwood-materials-reportedly-cuts-5-of-staff-after-350m-raise/

Cerrion raises $18M to reduce factory downtime with AI video agents Cerrion, the Swiss-founded AI video agent platform that detects and resolves production line issues in real time, has raised $18 million in Series A funding to further expand and scale operations in the US and Europe. The round was

BKN301 expands Series B and acquires UK fintech Planky to advance AI-first banking Fintech has secured a credit facility and acquired Planky, a UK-based tech company specialised in AI-driven financial analytics and open banking.  The credit facility accompanies its latest Series B round, bringing the total raised to £29 million.

Josef Brunner’s NutriUnited secures €8.5M Seed to champion family-owned food producers Corporate food companies group NutriUnited has raised €8.5 million Seed financing. Founded by Josef Brunner, NutriUnited builds,  connects and develops artisan-oriented food companies. It aims to create a home for family-run businesses in the product categories meat,  meat alternatives and

SportAI closes $3M round, supported by Casper Ruud SportAI, a B2B sports technology company that uses AI-powered video analysis to provide professional-grade performance insights, has raised an oversubscribed $3 million round from investors including Norwegian fund Altitude Capital and tennis player Casper Ruud. Endre Holen, former Head of McKinsey’s Global

PowerUP nets €10M Series A to scale its dual-use hydrogen technology Talliin-based PowerUP Energy Technologies has closed a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the manufacturing and commercialisation of its hydrogen-powered electric generators. Co-led by Mercaton and ScaleWolf and joined by SmartCap’s Green Fund, the investment will enable further scaling of

Latvian quality-engineering firm TestDevLab acquired by US firm Xoriant to support international growth TestDevLab, a Latvian software quality engineering scale-up, today announced it has been acquired by Xoriant, a ChrysCapital-owned global engineering and technology services company from the US. The partnership combines TestDevLab’s 14 years of testing expertise with Xoriant’s