AI Infrastructure Megarounds Keep Coming
Thursday, July 2, 2026 · 10 min
Together AI raised $800 million at an $8.3 billion valuation as AI infrastructure checks keep scaling, with Etched also at $800 million and Venice AI reaching unicorn status around private, less-filtered AI.
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Together AI raised $800 million at an $8.3 billion valuation as AI infrastructure checks keep scaling, with Etched also at $800 million and Venice AI reaching unicorn status around private, less-filtered AI.
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- Venice AI raises $65 million Series A at $1 billion equity valuation led by Dragonfly | The Block — The Block
# Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off | TechCrunch Author: Ram Iyer Published: 2026-07-01T14:25:23+00:00 Source: techcrunch.com (techcrunch.com) Language: en ## Story Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off |…
- Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All | Morningstar — Morningstar
Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All | Morningstar Sign In Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion Valuation to Make Frontier AI Accessible to All Together AI, the company making it dramatically cheaper and easier to run open source AI models at scale, today announced an $800 million Series C financing at an $8.3 billion…
- Nvidia rival Etched raises $800M with backing from Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund — The Next Web
Nvidia rival Etched raises $800M with backing from Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund #### TL;DR AI chip startup Etched has raised $800M backed by Jane Street and a TSMC-linked fund, with one billion dollars in sales contracts and summer shipments planned. AI chip startup Etched has raised $800 million and revealed that its backers include trading firm Jane Street and VentureTech Alliance, a…
- Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE
Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient - SiliconANGLE SHARE UPDATED 10:00 EDT / JUNE 30 2026 EMERGING TECH ### Queue raises $12.6M to launch ‘fully robotic pharmacy’ kiosk to make picking up meds more convenient Queue, a company building an autonomous “robotic” pharmacy kiosk that dispenses medication, today announced that it has…
- Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers — Upstarts Media
Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers SubscribeSign in # Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers ### Build has raised $8.5M from Index Ventures and others, including OpenAI’s CFO, to speed up big projects for customers like the U.K. government. Jun 30, 2026 27 2 Share Build founders Ben McClusky and James Stirrat-Ellis can make millions speeding…