Factory raised $200 million at a $5 billion valuation on September 15, 2026 — more than tripling its April $1.5 billion mark. Blackstone, Khosla, Sequoia, and Insight backed; no lead named. ARR not disclosed.
Intel-veteran-founded Delos Data raised more than $100 million to build Nonstop AI servers, clusters, and a new Data Interface chip it claims delivers 10× lower latency for agentic inference fabrics. Matrix, Playground, and others backed; no valuation disclosed.
Index Ventures led €20 million into Berlin’s Nomos — a regulated German electricity supplier that white-labels power plans through solar, battery, heat-pump, and EV hardware partners. Round unlabeled; valuation undisclosed; ~€22M total with prior Speedinvest pre-seed.
September 14–15 tape: Temporal closed $550 million Series E at $12.55 billion (Lightspeed co-led; ARR dollars still missing). Cornelis announced $205 million with no series letter. WSJ reported OpenAI bought Glass Imaging for more than $300 million — not confirmed. Robocurve $10 million seed is roundup-only.
The Wall Street Journal reported September 14, 2026 that OpenAI quietly bought Glass Imaging in recent months at more than $300 million. TechCrunch says OpenAI did not comment. Treat this as reported, not a company close. Prior funding about $30 million is press, not a new round.
Fresh Sep 14–15 tape: Exein $270M at $1.7B (Headline), EUCLYD >€200M Series A (Samsung/EQT Scaleup), Open Cosmos €300M Series C, plus Nuance Labs $50M, Flam $40M, AlphaPai $50M — and what we skipped.
