News archive — May 2026
IPOsSemiconductors🇺🇸May 6, 2026
Cerebras targets up to $26.6B valuation in $3.5B IPO on the back of OpenAI deal
M&ASecurity🇺🇸May 6, 2026
Lumen pays $475M for Alkira to build the software layer for cloud connectivity
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 6, 2026
Blitzy raises $200M at $1.4B to tackle enterprise software's most complex legacy code
FundingSemiconductors🇳🇱May 6, 2026
QuantWare raises $178M to build quantum processors at industrial scale
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 5, 2026
RadixArk raises $100M seed to make AI inference faster and cheaper
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 5, 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic launch rival enterprise AI ventures backed by Wall Street
FundingMarketing🇺🇸May 5, 2026
Sierra raises $950M at $15B as AI customer agents move to the enterprise mainstream
FundingMarketing🇮🇱May 5, 2026
Ex-ironSource founders raise $60M to build an AI OS for e-commerce scale
FundingSemiconductors🇩🇪May 5, 2026
eleQtron raises €57M Series A to bring quantum computing to industry
Semiconductors🇺🇸May 5, 2026
Lattice Semiconductor pays $1.65B for AMI to build a secure server management platform
M&ATravel🇺🇸May 5, 2026
Long Lake buys Amex GBT for $6.3B to build an AI-powered corporate travel giant
Investors🇺🇸May 4, 2026
Haun Ventures raises $1B and expands into AI agents and financial infrastructure
Energy🇺🇸May 4, 2026
Thiel leads $140M bet on Panthalassa, the $1B wave-powered ocean data centre startup
FundingFintech🇺🇸May 4, 2026
KKR leads $125M round in Reserv to bring AI to insurance claims at scale
M&AEnterprise Software🇩🇪May 4, 2026
SAP bets €1bn on European tabular AI lab with Prior Labs acquisition