Orchard Robotics, a New York-based agtech startup founded by Charlie Wu, a Cornell dropout and Thiel Fellow, has raised $22 million in Series A funding to help fruit growers manage crops with tractor-mounted vision AI cameras.
Orchard Robotics, a New York-based agtech startup founded by Charlie Wu, a Cornell dropout and Thiel Fellow, has raised $22 million in Series A funding to help fruit growers manage crops with tractor-mounted vision AI cameras.
Human Behavior, a San Francisco-based startup founded by Amogh Chaturvedi (20), Chirag Kawediya (22), and Skyler Ji (22), has raised $5M in seed funding to transform how companies study user behavior online.
Maisa AI, a Valencia- and San Francisco-based startup building accountable AI agents for enterprises, has raised $25 million in seed funding led by Creandum, with participation from Forgepoint Capital International (via Banco Santander JV), NFX, and Village Global.
Despite tighter markets in other sectors, AI startups in the US have continued attracting mega-rounds in 2025. By late August, 33 companies had raised $100 million or more, spanning healthcare, infrastructure, legal tech, media, and autonomous systems.
Assort Health, a startup using AI to automate patient communications for specialty medical practices, has raised $50 million in Series B funding at a $750 million valuation, according to sources.
Santa Barbara-based OpenLight has secured $34 million in Series A funding to expand its silicon photonics technology, which enables data centers and AI infrastructure to move information at up to 400G per lane with lower latency and power use.
Eyebot, a Boston-based vision care startup, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its network of kiosks that deliver doctor-verified glasses prescriptions in just 90 seconds.
San Francisco-based freight startup Oway has raised $4 million in seed funding to build what it calls a decentralised “Uber for freight.” The round was backed by Y Combinator and General Catalyst.
RedMimicry, a provider of a platform for the realistic emulation of complex cyber-attacks, has announced the successful completion of a seed financing round.
