News archive — January 2026
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 30, 2026
SoftBank weighs $30B follow-on investment in OpenAI at up to $830B valuation
FundingEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇺🇸Jan 30, 2026
VulcanForms raises $220M to scale digital metal manufacturing platform
Enterprise Software🇦🇹Jan 30, 2026
OpenClaw hits 100K GitHub stars after third rebrand, 2M weekly visits
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 29, 2026
PaleBlueDot AI raises $150M at $1B valuation to scale global AI compute infrastructure
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 29, 2026
Decagon raises $250M at $4.5B valuation to automate customer support
FundingRobotics🇩🇪Jan 29, 2026
RobCo raises $100M to scale autonomous industrial robots and expand to the US
FundingEnterprise Software🇳🇱Jan 29, 2026
Dealroom raises $7M to fuel US expansion and AI-driven venture intelligence
Investors🇺🇸Jan 29, 2026
Voyager Ventures closes $275M fund to invest in AI, robotics and frontier tech
MacroFintechEl SalvadorJan 29, 2026
Tether builds $24B gold reserve in Switzerland, rivaling central banks
FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Jan 29, 2026
Ricursive raises $300M Series A at $4B valuation as investors chase next-gen AI infrastructure
Jobs Recruitment🇺🇸Jan 29, 2026
Iter Opus picks Rochester HQ as it scales AI hiring platform and joins city’s tech push
FundingRobotics🇨🇦Jan 28, 2026
Vention raises $110M to scale industrial robotics and physical AI in manufacturing
M&AHealth🇺🇸Jan 28, 2026
Portuguese-born Sword Health buys Kaia Health for $285M as digital health consolidation heats up
Investors🇺🇸Jan 28, 2026
Epidarex Capital secures £109M first close for early-stage life sciences fund
Investors🇺🇸Jan 28, 2026
Obvious Ventures raises $360M 360 Fund to back climate, health, and economy startups
M&ASemiconductors🇺🇸Jan 28, 2026
IonQ buys SkyWater for $1.8B to build vertically integrated quantum platform
Enterprise Software🇦🇹Jan 28, 2026
AI assistant Moltbot gains 60K stars, forced rebrand, and loses accounts to crypto scammers in 72 hours
FundingSpace🇮🇹Jan 27, 2026
D-Orbit raises $53M as part of $128M Azimut deal to scale space logistics
Fintech🇳🇱Jan 27, 2026
Pieter Schoen-backed Dutch Finance Lab collapses after €30M backing, investor “double hit”
IPOsSecurity🇨🇿Jan 26, 2026
Czechoslovak Group closes world's largest defence IPO at €25 billion valuation
FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇳Jan 26, 2026
Ex-Microsoft VP’s StepFun Raises $717M for Chinese AI Infrastructure
FundingMedia🇺🇸Jan 26, 2026
LiveKit Raises $100M at $1B Valuation as Voice AI Infrastructure Gains Ground
Big techSecurity🇺🇸Jan 23, 2026
Defense tech unicorn Anduril builds second California hub with largest-ever Long Beach private investment
Space🇬🇧Jan 23, 2026
Open Cosmos Brings First Telecom Satellites Into Operation With Rocket Lab Launch
IPOsSecurity🇺🇸Jan 23, 2026
Claroty Advances Toward IPO After $150M Series F as Cybersecurity Demand Grows
Fintech🇺🇸Jan 23, 2026
Capital One pays $5.15B for Brex's $1B ARR business in major bank-fintech deal
Investors🇨🇭Jan 23, 2026
VI Partners Announces First Close of $189M Fund Backed by Research and Industry Leaders
Semiconductors🇺🇸Jan 22, 2026
Upscale AI Becomes a Unicorn Focused on Networking for Scaled AI Systems