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Sydney-based Mary Technology Raises $7 Million AUD  Australia-based legal tech startup Mary Technology has raised $7 million AUD (approximately $4.9 million) in a funding round led by OIF Ventures, with participation from Sydney Angels and Empress Capital. The company is using the funding to accelerate product development and expand internationally, including the opening of a new office in San Francisco. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Sydney, Mary Technology develops software designed to help law firms organize and analyze large volumes of evidential documents used in legal cases. The company’s platform applies artificial intelligence to transform complex collections of documents…

Escape Raises $18M Series A to Expand AI Security Platform Cybersecurity startup Escape has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round aimed at expanding its AI driven offensive security platform. The company is developing technology designed to automate the discovery, testing, and remediation of vulnerabilities across modern applications and infrastructure. The funding will support the continued development of Escape’s AI agent based platform, which the company says is designed to replace legacy security scanners that often struggle to identify complex vulnerabilities in modern software systems. As organizations adopt cloud native architectures, APIs, and distributed applications, the attack surface available…

Lux Aeterna Raises $10M to Build Reusable Satellite Fleet Denver based space technology startup Lux Aeterna has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop what it describes as the world’s first reusable satellite platform. The round was led by Konvoy, with participation from Decisive Point, Cubit Capital, Wave Function Ventures, Entropy Industrial Capital, Venture Science, Heroic Ventures, and Riptide Ventures, along with existing investors including Space Capital, Dynamo Ventures, and Channel 39 Ventures. The funding will support the continued development of the company’s reusable satellite architecture and preparation for its first demonstration mission scheduled for early 2027. Lux Aeterna…

Nuro Expands Self-Driving Platform as Robotaxi Testing Begins in Tokyo Nuro, a self driving technology company founded in 2016, is expanding the reach of its universal autonomy platform as autonomous vehicle testing moves into new international markets. The company has recently begun testing its self-driving technology on streets in Tokyo, Japan, while also advancing partnerships with mobility companies and automakers developing robotaxi services. Headquartered in the United States, Nuro positions itself as a physical AI company focused on building a scalable autonomy platform for the broader mobility ecosystem. Rather than manufacturing vehicles itself, the company develops self-driving technology that can…

Isembard Raises $50M to Build AI Powered Factories for Aerospace and Defence London based manufacturing startup Isembard has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures, with participation from Tamarack Global and IQ Capital alongside existing investors Notion Capital and CIV. The company says the funding will support the launch of 25 factories across the United Kingdom and the United States while expanding its engineering teams and entering new European markets including Germany, France, and Ukraine. The round also includes angel investors such as Alex Bouaziz of Deel, Andrei Danescu of Dexory, and Matt…

Meta Acquires Moltbook Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network designed specifically for artificial intelligence agents, marking an unusual but potentially significant move in the company’s broader artificial intelligence strategy. The platform, which gained rapid attention earlier this year, allows autonomous AI agents to create posts, respond to each other, and interact within a social media style environment. The financial terms of the acquisition have not been publicly disclosed. However, the deal highlights Meta’s continued investment in AI infrastructure and experimentation with emerging forms of machine driven interaction. Moltbook’s founders are expected to join Meta’s internal AI research efforts, where the…

DeepIP Develops AI Platform to Transform the Patent Lifecycle DeepIP, a French American artificial intelligence startup, is developing a platform designed to streamline and enhance the way intellectual property professionals manage patents across the entire lifecycle. The company focuses on building AI tools that assist patent practitioners in research, drafting, prosecution, and portfolio analysis while reducing the administrative workload associated with patent preparation. Patent creation and management remain among the most complex and time intensive tasks within legal and innovation driven industries. Attorneys and patent agents often spend significant time conducting prior art searches, drafting detailed applications, analyzing patent landscapes,…

Augur Raises $15 Million to Upgrade Surveillance Networks London based startup Augur has raised $15 million in funding to expand its platform that transforms traditional surveillance infrastructure into real time operational intelligence. The company is developing a perception engine designed to interpret movement and activity across large environments by combining data from CCTV systems, IoT sensors, and spatial modeling. The funding comes as governments, transport networks, and large enterprises look for ways to modernize surveillance systems without replacing existing hardware. Instead of deploying entirely new sensor networks, Augur focuses on extracting deeper insights from the infrastructure that organizations already operate. By…

Firefly Develops Automated Cloud Resilience Platform for Modern Infrastructure Firefly, a cloud infrastructure automation company, is positioning its platform as a solution to one of the most complex challenges facing modern enterprises: maintaining resilient and well governed cloud environments across increasingly distributed infrastructure. The company describes its technology as an automated cloud resilience platform that uses artificial intelligence and Infrastructure-as-Code to continuously manage, secure, and recover cloud environments. As organizations expand across multiple cloud providers, containers, and software platforms, operational complexity grows rapidly. Managing infrastructure manually or through fragmented tools often leads to configuration drift, governance gaps, and slower recovery…

Jump AI Raises $80M to Scale Wealth Advisor Automation Jump AI, an artificial intelligence platform focused on wealth managers and financial advisors, has recently raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners, with participation from F-Prime, Allianz, TIAA, and continued backing from Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, and Citi Ventures. The latest round brings the company’s total capital raised to $105 million. The funding marks a significant growth milestone for the company as it positions itself as an AI infrastructure layer within wealth management firms. Jump AI automates advisor workflows including meeting notetaking,…