Agentrys’ $24.5M: Agentic Design Automation for Chipmakers
Etna Labs led Agentrys’ $19.1M seed after MediaTek’s $5.4M pre-seed — $24.5M total for an open ADA platform that lets chip teams own agent workforces across EDA tools.
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Etna Labs led Agentrys’ $19.1M seed after MediaTek’s $5.4M pre-seed — $24.5M total for an open ADA platform that lets chip teams own agent workforces across EDA tools.
Gap-fill deep dives for late-August 2026 deals not already in earlier roundups — orbital infra, independent retail AI, enterprise digital twins, drone logistics, stablecoin neobanking, and rural/home health.
Thunder Compute’s $13M Series A (Matrix lead; YC, CEAS) funds “VMware for GPUs” — virtualize underused enterprise GPUs after 10k+ users on its self-serve cloud.
Stability AI closed a $76M Series B on August 25, 2026, with Universal, Sony, Warner, and EA on the cap table. Coatue returned; Thomas Laffont joined the board. No valuation. The $232M total is Akkaraju-era capital, not the 2022 Coatue round aggregators still dump.
Ohio’s Sonic Fire Tech raised $15M (O.H.I.O. Fund lead; Khosla Ventures) for acoustic fire suppression that aims to kill flames without water/chemical damage — NFPA path next.
Amsterdam’s Neno raised €6.6M seed led by AlleyCorp (Motive, Firstminute) to scale AI-native accounting/tax for SMEs — ~200 customers since Q1 2026 launch.