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The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI And Robotics Headline Busy Week For Dealmaking

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This is a weekly feature that runs down the week鈥檚 top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week鈥檚 biggest funding rounds here.

Another week, another review of giant AI-related financings. For this past week, the standout fundraiser was humanoid robot developer , with its $1 billion Series C. Several other AI companies closed nine-figure rounds, and we also saw good-sized financings in biotech, manufacturing and reforestation.

1. , $1B, robotics: San Jose, California-based Figure, the developer of general purpose humanoid robots, that it raised $1 billion in Series C financing. The round, led by , set a $39 billion post-money valuation for the company.

2. , $750M, AI: Groq, a provider of cloud and on-premise AI compute centers that is also designing chips called LPUs, or language processing units, $750 million in a new round led by . The financing sets a $6.9 billion post-money valuation for the Mountain View, California-based company.

3. , $290M, manufacturing technology: Torrance, California-based Divergent Technologies, developer of a digital manufacturing platform, closed a $290 million Series E financing at a $2.3 billion valuation. The round, led by , consisted of $250 million in equity and $40 million in debt financing.

4. , $235M, AI: Lila Sciences, a developer of AI tools for use in science, locked up聽$235 million in Series A funding. and led the financing for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company.

5. (tied) , $120M, robotics: Redwood City, California-based Dyna Robotics, developer of a foundation model for robots to perform daily tasks, it secured $120 million in a Series A round co-led by , and .

5. (tied) , $120M, de-extinction: Colossal Biosciences, the Austin, Texas-based startup known for its ambitious plans to de-extinct the mammoth and other species, said it raised $120 million from investors including filmmaker . The company plans to use the money to help build a new avian research to further its work to bring back the dodo.

7. (tied) , $100M, AI: Invisible Technologies, an AI software platform for enterprises, raised $100 million in a growth round led by . The San Francisco company said it reached $134 million in revenue last year.

7. (tied) , $100M, AI networking: Palo Alto, California-based Upscale AI, a developer of AI networking technology, emerged from stealth and it has raised over $100 million in seed funding co-led by 1听补苍诲 .

7. (tied) , $100M, ophthalmology therapies: Ollin Biosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring and developing therapies for vision-threatening diseases, secured $100 million in initial funding. , and led the financing for the Austin, Texas-based company.

10. , $90M, forest restoration: New York-based Chestnut Carbon, which offers U.S. forest carbon offsets generated through reforestation and conservation projects, it picked up $90 million in additional funds for its Series B financing. provided the funds, bringing total equity funding to date to $450 million.

Methodology

We tracked the largest announced rounds in the 附近上门 database that were raised by U.S.-based companies for the period of Sept. 13-19. Although most announced rounds are represented in the database, there could be a small time lag as some rounds are reported late in the week.

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