OpenAI led a record $40 billion funding round to kick off 2025. The deal closed March 31 and values the AI giant at $300 billion. SoftBank headed the round. Thrive Capital, Microsoft, and Coatue also chipped in.
Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in March. Their Series E values the startup at $61.5 billion. Lightspeed led, with Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and General Catalyst joining.
Anysphere, behind coding tool Cursor, pulled in $900 million in June. Thrive Capital led their Series C, valuing the company near $10 billion. Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and DST Global participated. 
Glean, the enterprise search startup, raised $150 million in June. Wellington Management led their Series F. Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Kleiner Perkins chipped in. Glean hits a $7.25 billion valuation.
SandboxAQ secured $450 million in April. Investors include Nvidia, Google, and Ray Dalio. The Series E values the company at $5.7 billion.
Runway raised $308 million in April. General Atlantic led, with SoftBank, Nvidia, and Fidelity joining. Their valuation hits $3 billion.
Snorkel AI closed a $100 million Series D in May. The data labeling startup is valued at $1.3 billion. Addition led, with Prosperity7, Lightspeed, and Greylock on board.
LMArena landed a $100 million seed round in May. Andreessen Horowitz and UC Investments co-led. The tool now values at $600 million.
TensorWave raised $100 million Series A in May. Magnetar Capital and AMD Ventures co-led the round. Prosperity7, Nexus, and Maverick Silicon pitched in.
February saw big rounds too:
Harvey raised $300 million Series D. Sequoia led. OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil took part. The legal AI firm is valued at $3 billion.
Lambda pulled $480 million Series D. SGW and Andra Capital co-led. Nvidia, G Squared, and ARK Invest joined. Their value is nearly $2.5 billion.
Together AI took $305 million in Series B. Prosperity7 and General Catalyst co-led. Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, and Lux backed the deal. The valuation hits $3.3 billion.
Other big moves:
Shield AI raised $240 million Series F in March. L3Harris Technologies and Hanwha Aerospace co-led. Andreessen Horowitz joined. Valued at $5.3 billion.
Celestial AI secured $250 million Series C in March. Fidelity led. Tiger Global, BlackRock, and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan participated. Valuation: $2.5 billion.
Insilico Medicine, focused on AI drug discovery, snagged $110 million Series E in March. Value: $1 billion. Led by Value Partners and Pudong Chuangtou.
Reflection.AI took $130 million Series A in March. Lightspeed and CRV led. The startup is valued at $580 million.
Turing raised $111 million Series E in March. Khazanah Nasional led. Valued at $2.2 billion.
Lila Sciences raised a massive $200 million seed round in March. Flagship Pioneering led. Focus: building science superintelligence.
ElevenLabs closed a $180 million Series C in January. Valued at $3 billion+.
Hippocratic AI raised $141 million Series B in January. Valuation: $1.6 billion+. Led by Kleiner Perkins.
AI funding heat stays on this year. 2025’s first half already outpaces 2024 in mega-rounds. Keep watching.
