Nominal raises $240M at $3B, tripling its value since March (opens thenextweb.com)
Lightspeed led and Insight co-led; TechCrunch notes Nominal claims Anduril as a major customer and that the valuation tripled in eight months.
Context: Crunchbase's weekly roundup of the largest rounds; Shield AI's $2B led the week.
From Crunchbase News: This week brought another plethora of large funding rounds for startups and growth-stage companies. Shield AI, a defense tech player focused on autonomy and virtual simulations, secured the largest financing, bringing in $2 billion.
Lightspeed led and Insight co-led; TechCrunch notes Nominal claims Anduril as a major customer and that the valuation tripled in eight months.
Mercor supplies human experts to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.
The range of $70 to $78 per share implies up to $1.404T fully diluted; SiliconANGLE puts the fundraising goal at $64B.
Vinod Khosla is doubling down on the bet that one-size-fits-all websites are numbered.
Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof's first fund targets AI in pharma.
a16z's own announcement that it is leading General Translation's Series A.