U.S. Series A funding reaches $42 billion as deal counts hold steady
U.S. startups raised $42 billion in Series A funding through October 2026, up roughly 60% year over year, while deal counts remained on pace with recent years, Crunchbase data shows.
Ardian raises €1 billion for European semiconductor investment platform
Ardian has raised €1 billion for its debut semiconductor investment platform, including nearly €700 million ($781 million) in fund commitments alongside co-investments, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg.
Onodrim raises $300M to acquire European defence and industrial suppliers
Amsterdam-based Onodrim Industries has raised $300M in a round led by Lux Capital, valuing the defence group at $1.3bn, the company said Monday. Other investors include General Catalyst, Lakestar and Altimeter. The financing follows its €40M seed round in February.
Ingenix claims biological reasoning benchmark lead, announces open-source version
Ingenix says its 9-billion-parameter Thalamus Reasoning model ranks first among 29 models on LongevityBench, which tests language models on cellular aging research.
Amplifon discloses breach affecting more than 1.3 million people
Amplifon Hearing Health Care has disclosed a breach affecting more than 1.3 million people in the United States, SecurityWeek reported. The company's notice says attackers copied files from internal systems between January 18 and February 8, 2026.
Researchers test reversible AI rules to improve existing fraud detectors
Researchers report in a preprint that rules generated by language models improved a real-world e-commerce fraud detector without changing its underlying model.
