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Dutch quantum chip firm QuantWare closes a record $178M Series B to scale its VIO processor platform and open KiloFab, the world's largest dedicated quantum foundry.

Voice AI infrastructure startup Vapi closes a $50M Series B led by Peak XV at a ~$500M valuation after surpassing 1 billion calls, with Amazon Ring routing 100% of its inbound volume through the platform.

The Florida space-energy startup, founded less than two years ago, will use the oversubscribed round led by B Capital to fly the first-ever space-based optical power-beaming demonstration later this year.

TCV-led round more than doubles Corgi's valuation in four months and funds the AI-native startup insurance carrier's move into trucking, taking total funding past $268 million.

Astranis raised $300M Series E plus $155M Trinity Capital credit facility at a $2.8B valuation, scaling micro-GEO satellite output for U.S. defense Programs of Record and sovereign telecom customers in Taiwan and Oman.

Hyderabad-based Skyroot raised $60 million co-led by GIC and Sherpalo Ventures at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Vikram-1's first orbital flight targeted for June 2026.

London-based Quantum Motion has raised $160 million in Series C funding co-led by DCVC and Kembara to commercialize silicon-CMOS quantum processors that the company says fit in three standard server racks.

The AI customer-service agent startup co-founded by OpenAI chair Bret Taylor closed a Tiger Global and GV-led round on May 4, lifting its valuation from $10 billion in September.

Parallel Web Systems closed a $100 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital at a $2 billion valuation, more than doubling the startup's worth since its November Series A and bringing total funding to $230 million.

Sequoia's $7B and Accel's $5B raises in a single week reflect a structural transformation in venture capital driven by AI's unprecedented capital requirements.

JPMorgan and BlackRock are backing Jeff Bezos's physical AI startup Project Prometheus in a $10 billion round at a $38 billion valuation, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021.

Anysphere, maker of the Cursor AI coding tool, is negotiating a $2 billion round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital with Nvidia participating, nearly doubling its November 2025 valuation.