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Corridor Leads a $229.4M Week (opens the original)
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Hey,Here’s how the last week went down in the AI startup world.September 20-26: Top Line Numbers51 early-stage AI deals | $229.4M raised | 16 countries | Median: $3MThe split: 28 Seed, 21 Pre-Seed, and 2 Pre-Series A early-stage AI deals.The SignalThe number that matters: AI Agents showed up in 33% of deals. 17 out of 51.Biggest round: Corridor ($25M Seed)Where the money went: Developer Tools & AI Infrastructure led with 13 deals (25% of deal flow). Manufacturing & Industrials and He
Noetive Leads a $454.1M Week (opens the original)
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Hey,I tracked 67 early-stage AI startups last week across 26 countries. Here’s how the numbers look:September 13-19: Top-Line Numbers67 early-stage AI deals | $454.1M raised | 26 countries | Median: $3.5MThe split: 50 Seed, 16 Pre-Seed, and 1 Pre-Series A early-stage AI deals.Biggest round: Noetive ($41M Seed)The SignalThe number that matters: AI Agents showed up in 36% of deals. 24 out of 67.Where the money went: Developer Tools & AI Infrastructure led with 16 deals (24% of deal
PHYMI Raises $100M at Seed (opens the original)
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Hello,How is it going?I had a long break, spending summers in Barcelona and Copenhagen for the last couple of months. And have taken up a new opportunity, which kept me busy.But I am back.Here’s what last week looked like in the early-stage AI startup scene.The split: 23 Seed, 12 Pre-Seed, and 2 Pre-Series A early-stage AI deals.Biggest round: PHYMI ($100M Seed). The Signal<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!29sf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progr
State of Q2 2026: Debt, Datacenters, and Drones (opens the original)
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AI startups pulled in $176.35 billion across 1,631 deals in the second quarter of 2026. It’s a record number with three key themes.First, the money went to atoms as much as bits: physical AI, industrials, robots, chips, and infrastructure.Second, a growing slice of it is not equity but debt.Third, the biggest checks were underwritten by strategics, banks, and lenders, not classic venture funds.Let’s talk about each of these one at a time (you can check out the methodology here<a class="footnote-
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