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Manus Parent Raises Over $500M, Operating Independently After Meta Deal Was Blocked
Why it mattersIt is Manus's first major raise since Meta's $2 billion-plus acquisition was unwound; per The Information, its annualized revenue is about $500 million, up from $100 million at the time of the deal.
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Stuut Raises $52.5M Series B to Automate Order-to-Cash
Why it mattersStuut has now raised $93 million in total, ten months after its Series A; its platform has 150+ customers and has processed over $3 billion, and the new money funds expansion into credit, lending and fund movement.
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Healthleap Raises $38M for AI That Flags At-Risk Hospital Patients
Why it mattersHealthleap went from three hospital partners a year ago to more than 50, with revenue up over 10x in the past year; it uses outcome-based pricing and plans to expand to 40+ major conditions and into outpatient and home care.
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Flai Raises $27M Series A as AI Books 50,000 Dealer Appointments a Month
Why it mattersFlai's revenue is up 20x and its customers include 10+ of the top 50 US dealer groups; two investors in this round, Friedkin Group and Findlay Automotive, are both customers and shareholders.
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Automation Anywhere to Acquire Voice AI Firm Boost.ai, Its Second AI Deal in a Year
Why it mattersIt is Automation Anywhere's second AI acquisition in a year, after Aisera in late 2025; Boost.ai serves hundreds of enterprise clients in regulated industries such as finance, telecom and insurance, and terms were not disclosed.
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Nous Research Raises $90M Series B at $1.5B Valuation
Why it mattersNous Research is now valued at $1.5 billion with about $158 million raised in total; Hermes has been downloaded about 22.7 million times since February and has overtaken OpenClaw in usage on OpenRouter.
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Boston Dynamics Names Ex-Amazon Chief Scientist Rohit Prasad as CEO
Why it mattersAfter about 8 months without a permanent CEO, the job goes to Prasad, Amazon's former head of Alexa and AGI; Hyundai aims to build a 30,000-robot-a-year factory by 2028 and deploy robots across all its manufacturing sites.
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Lambda Seeks $4B in Final Pre-IPO Round at $14.5B Valuation: $35B of Its $50B Backlog Is One Customer
Why it mattersLambda's backlog rose from $15 billion in June to $50 billion in September, $35 billion of it from a single Anthropic commitment in late August; this is its final private round before a planned 2027 IPO.
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Etched Fields $40–50B Funding Bids: No Shipped Chips at Scale, Valuation Doubles in Three Months
Why it mattersEtched was valued at $10.3 billion in July and $21 billion in September, and new bids range from $40 billion to $50 billion; talks are early, and the only customer to receive a test system is lead investor Jane Street.
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OpenAI in Talks for $30B Round at $1.4T Valuation, With UAE Funds and BlackRock Circling
Why it mattersThe ~$1.4 trillion pre-money valuation is about 64% above March's $852 billion post-money; it is offered as a fixed price with no lead investor yet, and the IPO is delayed until at least next year.
