Funding coverage.

Hyphenate, which develops reinforcement-learning-driven AI agents to automate corporate finance tasks, raised a $45M Series A, taking its total funding to $54M (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Hyphenate, which develops reinforcement-learning-driven AI agents to automate corporate finance tasks, raised a $45M Series A, taking its total funding to…

Intel agrees to acquire Tel Aviv-based quantum computing startup Classiq; Classiq has raised more than $200M in funding and has about 130 employees (Ian King/Bloomberg)

This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding

Lack of funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu, but that's just the tip of the iceberg

California startups have raised a record $385B across seed to growth rounds so far in 2026, or 75%+ of all US startup funding; early and seed stage raised ~$62B (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

AI funding concerns weigh on tech stocks as OpenAI seeks $30B - Crypto Briefing

Labour urged to plug predicted £400m shortfall in overseas aid funding in 2027

OpenAI $30 Billion Funding, Tesla Capex Cut [2026] - tech-insider.org

Funding set to double for plan to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

UK government sets out $800M of AI security funding

Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated

Mave, which is developing an AI-driven tool to automate security investigations, raised a $28M Series A led by Red Dot, bringing its total funding to $34M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

OpenAI aiming for new $30 billion funding round at a $1.25 trillion valuation - Yahoo! Finance Canada

OpenAI trims valuation target to $1.25T as investors wait for Anthropic’s IPO - Tech Funding News

Watch OpenAI Targets $1.25 Trillion Valuation in New Funding Round - Bloomberg.com

OpenAI Funding Round: $30B at $1.25T Value [2026] - https://tech-insider.org/

DeepSeek Raises Nearly $16 billion in Second Funding Round

OpenAI Aims to Lock In $30 Billion Funding Round by Next Week - PYMNTS.com

Report: OpenAI closing on $30B ‘bridge’ funding round to tide it over before IPO - SiliconANGLE

OpenAI Shifts Value to $1.25 Trillion as Funding Talks Finalize - Bloomberg.com

OpenAI nears up to $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation - CNBC

OpenAI closes in on $30B funding round to reach $1.25T valuation: report - Seeking Alpha

OpenAI nears $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation - Investing.com

OpenAI nears up to $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation led by UAE investors - CNBC

Sources: Datadog offered to buy Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Upwind Security for ~$4B; Upwind is finalizing a $300M funding round at a ~$3.8B valuation (The Information)

Four London councils challenge funding reforms

Nirva, which plans to launch a wearable AI personal companion that offers relationship advice and more, raised $25M, bringing its total funding to $33M (Will Maddox/Axios)

Will Maddox / Axios : Nirva, which plans to launch a wearable AI personal companion that offers relationship advice and more, raised $25M, bringing its total funding to $33M — Nirv…