Ropedia Raises $22M to Scale Human-Experience Data for Robots
The Singapore startup says its headsets capture first-person video, depth, motion and audio for robot training. The round brings disclosed…
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Ropedia Raises $22M Pre-Series A for Physical AI Data Infrastructure
Singapore's Ropedia has closed a $22 million pre-Series A round to build out data infrastructure for physical AI, according to…
kausable Bags €12M Seed to Build ‘Reasoning-First’ AI That Skips Retraining
European startup kausable has raised a €12 million seed round, according to Tech.eu (July 23, 2026), to build frontier AI…
MGX, AIP, BlackRock’s GIP Close $40B Buyout of Aligned Data Centers
A consortium led by Abu Dhabi's MGX, the AI Infrastructure Partnership, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners has completed a $40bn…
Sifted: Mistral Pivots From Anthropic Rivalry to Palantir Playbook
Sifted reports on July 23, 2026 that Mistral is shifting its ambitions from out-building Anthropic's frontier models toward Palantir-style enterprise…
Anna Money Buys Business Data Group and UK Business Forums, Price Undisclosed
UK fintech Anna Money has acquired Business Data Group (BDG) and UK Business Forums (UKBF), Finextra reported July 23, 2026,…
BlackRock-MGX Group Pours $5bn Into Aligned Data Centres Post-Deal
The BlackRock- and MGX-led consortium has committed $5 billion in fresh capital to Aligned Data Centres immediately after closing its…
Arrakis Nabs Nearly $40M in 3 Months With OpenAI, Datadog Backers
London-based AI deployment startup Arrakis has emerged from stealth after raising close to $40 million in just over three months,…
BMLL Pairs Historical Level 3 Data With Sigma AI’s Real-Time Feed
BMLL, known for harmonised historical Level 3, 2 and 1 market data, announced a partnership with Sigma AI on July…
Microsoft to Pour Billions Into GPUs, Shared With Mistral in Europe
Microsoft plans to spend billions on GPUs that will be shared with French AI lab Mistral to expand AI infrastructure…