Anduril's $5B round and a wave of European and Indian defense-AI deals confirm defense tech as a permanent, top-tier venture category in 2026.

Indian startups raised across consumer, defense AI, and semiconductors in May–June 2026 — a 260% weekly rebound that signals selective but rising investor conviction.

Jeff Bezos's Prometheus, Ramp's $44B leap, and a wave of $500M rounds show June 2026 capital flowing to physical AI, fintech, and developer infrastructure.

NEURA Robotics, ICEYE, and Oxford Quantum Circuits headlined a June 2026 in which European capital concentrated in physical AI, sovereign space, and quantum.

Prometheus's $12B and NEURA Robotics' $1.4B headline a record robotics funding year — capital betting that physical-world moats beat software alone.

In mid-2026, capital began flowing from pure software models toward physical AI — robots, hardware, and real-world engineering — on the thesis that physical moats run deeper.