Mintlify’s $45M Series B Bet: Turning Documentation Into AI Infrastructure

Mintlify just raised a $45M Series B led by a16z and Salesforce Ventures to turn software documentation into core AI infrastructure. This piece unpacks what that shift means for founders, operators, investors, and the policymakers now circling the AI stack.
nEye.ai’s $80M bet on optical circuit switching for AI data centers

nEye.ai has raised an $80 million Series C to scale optical circuit switching for AI data centers. This feature unpacks the technology, business model and stakes for hyperscalers, incumbents and investors.
Bluefish’s $43M Agentic Marketing Bet: How Fortune 500 Brands Are Fighting for AI Shelf Space

Bluefish has raised a $43 million Series B to expand its agentic marketing platform, giving Fortune 500 brands new tools to see and influence how AI systems describe their products. The piece unpacks the technology, investors, and regulatory questions shaping this emerging layer of AI-era marketing infrastructure.
Sona’s $45M Series B bets that AI can finally fix frontline workforce software

London-based Sona has raised a $45M Series B to turn its AI-native workforce platform into core infrastructure for frontline enterprises, unifying scheduling, HR, payroll and labor optimization for sectors like hospitality, retail, healthcare and logistics.
Noon’s $44M AI-native product design platform aims to erase the gap between design and code

San Francisco-based Noon has raised $44M to build an AI-native product design platform that sits directly on live code, promising to collapse the long-frustrated gap between design and engineering for modern software teams.
AI financial newsroom startup FNS raises €1.5M — and tests how far regulators will let “no‑journalist” markets go

Copenhagen-based Financial News Systems has raised €1.5M to build a fully AI-driven financial newsroom with no journalists in the loop. This piece unpacks what that model means for market integrity, regulation, and the future of financial media.
Cognichip’s $60M bet: AI chip design platform aims to cut costs and timelines in half

Cognichip has raised $60M to scale an AI chip design platform that promises to slash costs and timelines for semiconductor development. We unpack how its physics-informed approach works, what the new funding means, and the lessons for founders building deeptech tools in emerging markets.
AI optics boom: how Yuanjie’s photonic chips became China’s quiet weapon in the data center arms race

Yuanjie Semiconductor’s photonic chips have gone from niche components to strategic assets in the AI data center race. This feature unpacks the policy, supply‑chain, and market forces behind the AI optics boom — and what founders, operators, and investors should be watching next.
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $2.5B round at $25B valuation to challenge DeepSeek and Western rivals

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI is seeking a $2.5B round at a $25B valuation to build open-weight coding models as a U.S. alternative to DeepSeek and other global AI rivals. The piece unpacks the funding, valuation logic, and what this means for founders, investors, and enterprises betting on open AI infrastructure.
Harvey hits $11B valuation to become the platform where legal AI agents actually run work

Harvey has raised $200M at an $11B valuation to scale more than 25,000 custom AI agents across law firms and enterprises, betting its platform will become the operating system where high‑stakes legal workflows actually run.