AI funding rounds in January 2025: 8 rounds
- ElevenLabs raises $180M Series C, . AI models. Led by a16z, ICONIQ Growth. ElevenLabs develops AI voice models for text to speech, dubbing and conversational voice agents.
- Oligo Security raises $50M Series B, . Security. Oligo Security provides runtime application security that observes code execution to detect and block exploits.
- Databricks raises $5.3B Debt, . Data infrastructure. Led by JPMorgan Chase. Databricks runs a cloud data and AI platform built around the lakehouse for analytics, data engineering and AI apps.
- Anthropic raises $1B Strategic, . AI models. Led by Google. Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models.
- Clay raises $40M Series B, . AI apps. Led by Meritech Capital. Clay is a go-to-market data platform that enriches leads from many data sources and automates outreach with AI.
- Render raises $80M Series C, . Developer tools. Led by Georgian. Render is a cloud application platform for deploying web services, databases and background workers.
- Cursor raises $105M Series B, . Developer tools. Led by Thrive Capital. Makes Cursor, an AI code editor that writes, edits and reviews code with AI agents.
- Synthesia raises $180M Series D, . AI apps. Led by NEA. Synthesia offers an AI video platform that turns text into videos presented by digital avatars for corporate training and communication.