xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin’s River AI raised $1.1B across Seed and Series A led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC — LoRA/RL fine-tuning for open-weight models enterprises can own.
Ex-Meta AI research director Kevin Carlberg raised $10.25M for Noosphere Labs — human-centered physical intelligence — led by Trilogy Equity Partners with major Madrona participation.
Torrance defense startup Neros raised $250M Series C at $2.5B post-money co-led by Sequoia and the American Strategic Technology Fund to ramp Archer AI strike and Bandit interceptor drones.
Bessemer led Flagler Health’s $50M Series B (total ~$63M) for an AI-native OS that runs musculoskeletal clinics inside existing EMRs — triage, care, billing, and patient comms.
Base10 led Axle’s $17.5M Series A for an AI-native insurance clearinghouse used by Rocket Mortgage, Avis, and Experian — verification, monitoring, and policy updates without PDF fax hell.
Gap-fill deep-dives for deals not in earlier August roundups: Cambridge Aerospace, Corma, Lumilens, Whatnot, Dwelly, and Aureka — who uses the products and why these funds fit.
