AI Mega-Rounds Chase Agents, Memory, and Real-World Robots
Friday, June 26, 2026 · 8 min
General Intuition’s $320 million round at a $2.3 billion valuation leads a funding rush into AI systems that learn, reason and act, with Mirendil’s $200 million seed and Taktile’s $110 million Series C showing VCs still paying up for agentic infrastructure.
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General Intuition’s $320 million round at a $2.3 billion valuation leads a funding rush into AI systems that learn, reason and act, with Mirendil’s $200 million seed and Taktile’s $110 million Series C showing VCs still paying up for agentic infrastructure.
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