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The AI Funding Brief — July 2026 AI Funding Roundup

$91.2B+ raised across 347 deals in July 2026. Anthropic, Aligned Data Centers, Safe Superintelligence lead the pack.

Aug 1, 2026
Monthly Roundup
Share
$32.3B
Total Raised
10
Deals
$3.2B
Avg Deal

Top Deals

1
Anthropic
Undisclosed
$5.0B — Led by AMD

Anthropic raised $7.3B+ total funding (2026). Creator of Claude AI—see investors (Google, Amazon, Spark), $2B+ ARR, how Claude compares to GPT-4.5, Gemini 3.

2
$5.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Builds and operates data center infrastructure designed to support large-scale enterprise, cloud, and AI computing workloads.

3
$5.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Develops safe superintelligence through a dedicated AI research lab focused on frontier model safety and capability.

4
Kling AI
Undisclosed
$2.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Kling AI raised $4.8B (July 2026) — China's #1 AI video generator. See funding rounds, investors (ByteDance-backed), how it compares to Runway, Pika, Sora.

5
$4.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Builds tunnel infrastructure and transportation systems, with a reported $4 billion financing discussion.

6
Moonshot AI
Undisclosed
$3.5B — Led by Undisclosed

AI large language model developer raising funds in June 2026. Full breakdown of the funding round, investors, and market impact.

7
Crusoe
Undisclosed
$3.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Provides AI infrastructure for large-scale computing demand as the market for AI capacity accelerates.

8
Nscale
Debt Financing
$900M — Led by J.P

Full-stack AI cloud infrastructure provider operating renewable-energy-powered GPU data centers across Europe. Nscale offers on-demand access to large-scale NVIDIA GPU clusters for AI training and inference, with a focus on sustainable computing and European data sovereignty. Positioned as a key player in building sovereign AI infrastructure outside US hyperscalers.

9
Switch
Undisclosed
$2.0B — Led by Undisclosed

Provides data center infrastructure and related capacity for organizations running large-scale digital and AI workloads.

10
MiniMax
Undisclosed
$1.9B — Led by Share Sale

Develops large language models and generative AI products, using substantial private funding to advance model and product development.

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