AI mega-rounds swamp the tape, from Helsing to PixVerse
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · 10 min
Helsing, MiniMax and PixVerse turned startup fundraising into a mega-round tape: $1.8 billion for European defense AI, $2 billion for Chinese AI infrastructure, and $439 million for video generation, underscoring how capital keeps clustering around AI scale.
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Helsing, MiniMax and PixVerse turned startup fundraising into a mega-round tape: $1.8 billion for European defense AI, $2 billion for Chinese AI infrastructure, and $439 million for video generation, underscoring how capital keeps clustering around AI scale.
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