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Traditional enterprise software funds are aggressively deploying capital into defense and industrial hardware startups, driving up valuations for SpaceX alumni while drawing warnings of tourist capital and mispriced risks.
Fortell has closed a $163 million round led by Founders Fund and Thrive Capital, aiming to disrupt the legacy hearing aid market with AI-driven hardware.
Dutch semiconductor startup Euclyd has raised $230 million from Samsung and European backers, highlighting the accelerating venture-backed race to fund hardware alternatives to Nvidia's dominant GPUs.
Defense startup Covenant exits stealth with a new U.S. missile factory, signaling a major escalation in venture capital's willingness to fund heavy, kinetic military hardware.
Networking chip startup Celero has secured $275 million in new funding at a $3 billion valuation, signaling a shift in investor focus toward the infrastructure bottlenecks surrounding AI data center efficiency.
London-based drone startup UForce is reportedly nearing a $5 billion valuation in a round led by Valor Equity Partners, highlighting the aggressive capital flow into autonomous defense hardware.
Andreessen Horowitz has raised a new $1.1 billion fund, dubbed 'Machine Age,' signaling a strategic expansion into the capital-intensive hardware and physical infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence.
Neros Inc. has tripled its valuation to $2.5 billion, signaling robust venture appetite for AI-integrated defense technology as government procurement cycles accelerate.
WindBorne Systems has closed a $37 million Series B round, signaling continued investor appetite for hardware-enabled AI solutions that solve high-stakes climate data challenges.
Etched, an AI chip startup founded by Harvard dropouts, has secured a $10.3 billion valuation from top-tier investors by developing inference-accelerating chips that do not rely on GPUs.