Top Funding Rounds Week of November 2nd
OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab led a massive wave of capital this past week. Discover how AI infrastructure is dominating the latest venture funding trends.
Published November 9, 2026 by Jacob Klionsky
- 01$11BEquity
OpenAI, AI lab, raised $11 billion so far in a new funding round at a $1.25 trillion valuation
- 02$5BEquity
Thinking Machines Lab, an independent AI compute provider, raised roughly $5 billion in a funding round led by existing investors including Altman-aligned backers with participation from new strategic investors.
- 03$2.1BEquity
Re:Build, an advanced manufacturing platform, raised $2.1 billion in new funding led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group
- 04$1.5BEquity
Zipline, an autonomous drone delivery and logistics startup, raised $1.5 billion led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management, and Layer Global at a $21.5B valuation.
- 05$1.3BSeries F
fal, a generative media inference startup, raised $1.3 billion in a Series F at a $16 billion valuation led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Nvidia, Sound Ventures, HOF Capital and T. Rowe Price.
- 06$1BSeries H
Shield, a defense technology company, raised $2.5 billion in financing including a $1 billion Series H at a $28.8 billion post-money valuation co-led by Disruptive and Innovation X Capital, alongside a $1 billion structured equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone and $500 million in debt financing led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., with participation in the Series H from Advent, the Strategic Investment Group of JPMorganChase’s Security and Resiliency Initiative, Snowpoint Ventures, Apandion, Center15 Capital, and others
- 07$730MSeries D
CesiumAstro, a space and defense communications systems and satellites company, raised $730 million in a Series D at a valuation above $4.5 billion led by Janus Henderson with participation from Insight Partners, Sands Capital, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Woven Capital, Incharge Capital, Magnetar, AV, and NewSpace Capital, alongside $100 million in debt financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States and JPMorgan.
- 08$375MSeries C
Northwood Space, the company building the network connecting satellites to Earth, raised $375 million in a Series C equity round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and DFJ Growth with participation from Alpine Space Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners, Stepstone Activate, In-Q-Tel (IQT), and others.
- 09$355MEquity
Platform Accounting Group, a national accounting and advisory platform, raised $355 million in strategic growth financing led by Treville Capital Group with participation from Vista Credit Partners, Siguler Guff, Aquiline, Brightwood Capital Advisors and existing investor The Cynosure Group.
- 10$350MEquity
Applied Compute, a U.S.-based AI company helping firms train and run models on their own data, raised $350 million in a funding round at a $3.25 billion valuation led by Elad Gil with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, Hanabi Capital, NVIDIA, Blackstone, Shopify Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Diffusion, Definition, Timeless, Neo and Quantum Light
- 11$250MEquity
Galaxy Data Center, a next-generation digital infrastructure platform, raised US$250 million in an initial strategic financing round led by a renowned international investment institution.
- 12$240MSeries D
Harbinger, an American industrial technology platform company, raised $240 million in a Series D led by Tiger Global, Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund and Ridgeline, with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Squarepoint Capital, Xantium, Maniv, Greycroft, Australian Gulf Capital, PanaceaVC, ArcTern Ventures, Leitmotif, FedEx, THOR Industries (via TechNexus), BuildGroup, and others.
- 13$160MSeries B
AI-powered robotic imaging startup Laza Medical raised up to $160 million in a Series B structured financing led by GE HealthCare with participation from Unorthodox Ventures, PA MedTech, and AMED.
- 14$150MSeries C
Moffett AI, a Chinese AI chip developer, raised nearly ¥1 billion (about $140M) in a Series C+ round.
- 15$150MSeries C
Sentra, the agentic data security company, raised $150 million in a strategic capital investment led by Capital One Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, Munich Re Ventures and Key1 Capital.
- 16$134.6MEquity
Revel, a digital car-renting company for private customers, raised more than €120 million in a transaction led by Openbank with participation from DTE Capital and Citi
- 17$133MSeries B
T-Therapeutics, a next-generation TCR T cell engager company, raised $133 million in a Series B co-led by Advent Life Sciences and British Business Bank, with participation from JJDC, Samsara BioCapital, M-Ventures, Lilly and existing investors including Sofinnova Partners, F-Prime, Digitalis Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Sanofi Ventures, Tencent and BGF.
- 18$123.5MEquity
EOS-X Space, a space tourism balloon operator, raised $120M in a funding round at a $1.2B pre-commercial valuation led by Global Emerging Markets (GEM).
- 19$120MSeries B
Traversal, an AI-driven production systems and incident root-cause analysis company, raised $120M in a Series B at a $1B valuation co-led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures, and Amex Ventures.
