Pomegra
AcquisitionAI
MAJOR
Aug 18, 20264 min read
Stripe to Buy AI Gateway OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion
Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion.
Pomegra Startups
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FundingAI
MAJOR
Aug 18, 20264 min read
Databricks Raises $5B at $190B Valuation as AI Bet Grows
Databricks secured $5 billion in fresh funding at a $190 billion valuation.
AIFunding
NOTABLE
Aug 18, 20264 min read
June AI Raises $20M to Automate Enterprise AI Rollout
Salesforce veteran Efrat Rapoport's startup June exits stealth with $20M in pre-seed funding backed by Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, and Aaron Levie to automate enterprise AI deployment.
AIVenture Capital
MAJOR
Aug 18, 20264 min read
Together AI Raises $800M Series C at $8.3B Valuation
Open-source AI inference firm Together AI raises $800M Series C at an $8.3B valuation, led by Aramco Ventures, with 500 MW of compute capacity commitments secured separately.
Venture CapitalAI
MAJOR
Aug 18, 20264 min read
Baseten's $1.5B Series F Values AI Inference Firm at $13B
AI inference startup Baseten raises a $1.5B Series F at up to a $13B valuation after achieving 20x revenue growth and processing over one billion inference requests per day.