Chinese AI company DeepSeek has quietly opened a limited beta for V4.1 Flash, an interim model featuring a new architecture and native multimodal support, with access expiring September 10.
Berlin-based AI tax-technology startup Limetax has raised €6 million in equity from Motive Partners, Activant and Heliad, alongside a €30 million credit facility from a German banking consortium to fund acquisitions.
Irish cybersecurity startup ZeroRisk has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by MiddleGame Ventures, aiming to give banks and payment processors continuous visibility into merchant-portfolio risk.
Tokyo-based Algomatic Dynamics has raised ¥5 billion from DMM.com in its first disclosed financing round, as Japan continues to build out its physical AI and robotics investment ecosystem.
London-based manufacturing-software company CloudNC has raised $20 million in a Series B extension led by Nimble Ventures, with Lockheed Martin's venture arm participating, bringing total funding to $128 million.
Enterprise AI data-infrastructure startup Euno, based in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, has raised $23 million in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to $29 million as it builds context infrastructure for AI agents.
Sunnyvale-based cybersecurity startup Cylake has raised $245 million in convertible notes from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Picture Capital and Redpoint Ventures, as it approaches the beta release of its next-generation security platform.
Wealth-management technology platform Savvy Wealth has raised $100 million in a round backed by Halo Fund, Thrive Capital and Index Ventures, as it scales its AI-augmented financial advisory model for independent advisors.
San Francisco-based legal AI company Harvey has raised $550 million in a growth financing round backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue and Goldman Sachs Alternatives, pushing its total disclosed funding above $1.55 billion.
Jio Payment Solutions and employee-benefits platform Pluxee made fresh moves in India's crowded digital payments landscape, underscoring the continued intensity of competition across the sector.