Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 9, 2025

It’s Monday, February 9, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s deals reflect surging investor conviction in foundational AI models, physical automation, and AI-native enterprise infrastructure. As next-gen platforms blur the line between software intelligence and real-world action, backers are fueling a new wave of general-purpose AI and robotics systems.

Standout early- and mid-stage rounds centered on warehouse automation, quote-to-cash transformation, and synthetic biology. Gather AI raised $40 million to expand drone-powered inventory tracking, while Turnstile emerged with $29 million to automate B2B revenue operations. Galux closed a $29 million round to accelerate de novo protein design, and Synthpop secured a $15 million round to eliminate healthcare administrative bottlenecks with AI agents.

Late-stage and mega-round funding was dominated by foundational AI and engineering design. Anthropic is raising a staggering $20 billion to advance Claude and frontier model research. Skild AI landed $1.4 billion to build general-purpose robotic intelligence, and Neural Concept secured $100 million to bring AI-native tools to engineering teams worldwide. Harvey’s $200 million raise signals rapid adoption of legal AI copilots, as investors continue to place concentrated bets on AI-first vertical platforms.

Tech Funding News

Funding Highlights

• Anthropic reportedly raising $20B to build next-gen frontier AI
• Harvey is in talks to raise $200M at $11B valuation for a legal AI assistant
• Skild AI raises $1.4B Series C to develop general-purpose robotic intelligence
• Gather AI raises $40M Series B to automate warehouse operations with drones
• Neural Concept closes $100M Series C to scale AI-native engineering design
• Forerunner secures $39M Series A+B to modernize local government climate resilience
• Galux raises $29M Series B for AI-based protein drug discovery
• Turnstile raises $29M Series A to automate SaaS quote-to-cash billing
• Synthpop raises $15M Series A to streamline healthcare admin with AI
• Topview adds $5.5M to Series A to unify collaborative AI content creation

Investor Activity

Today’s rounds attracted marquee venture firms, crossover funds, and strategic investors spanning enterprise software, life sciences, and advanced automation. Notable participants included Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, and GIC, reflecting a high-conviction push toward generalizable AI infrastructure and vertical software systems. Across funding stages, investors continue to back platforms with the potential to reshape the way industries design, operate, and scale. Here’s the full breakdown of February 9’s most significant startup and tech fundings.

Anthropic Reportedly Secures $20B in Funding to Double Down on Frontier AI

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI lab known for its Claude AI assistant, is closing in on one of the largest funding rounds in tech history. The company is reportedly raising $20 billion in new capital at a staggering $350 billion valuation, roughly doubling the funding it initially sought due to overwhelming investor demand. This war chest comes just five months after Anthropic raised $13B in a previous round, underscoring the arms race in building advanced AI models.

The bulk of the new capital is expected to come from strategic partners Nvidia and Microsoft, along with top VCs such as Altimeter, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Menlo, and Coatue. The funding will fuel Anthropic’s compute-intensive R&D as it battles rival OpenAI (which is reportedly eyeing a $100B raise of its own) in the sprint to develop next-generation AI systems and potentially go public later this year.

Startup: Anthropic (San Francisco, CA)
Investors: Nvidia, Microsoft (strategic partners); Altimeter Capital, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures, Coatue, Iconiq, and others
Amount Raised: $20B (planned)
Total Raised: ~$33B
Funding Stage: Late-stage mega-round (pre-IPO, reportedly in progress)
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Harvey Eyes $200M in Funding at $11B Valuation to Scale AI for Law Firms

Legal AI startup Harvey is on track for another massive uptick in valuation as it negotiates a new $200 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Singapore’s GIC. If it closes, the deal would value Harvey at $11 billion, a stunning jump from the $8B valuation it earned just last month. Harvey’s platform offers a GPT-powered “copilot” for law firms that automates legal research and drafting. The company’s growth has been explosive: it hit $190 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2025, nearly doubling in six months.

VCs are eagerly piling in. Harvey raised $160M in December and previously secured $300M in mid-2025, making it one of the breakout enterprise AI winners. The fresh funding (still in talks) would help Harvey hire aggressively and expand its AI legal assistant globally as demand from law firms continues to surge. Harvey declined to comment on the ongoing raise, but its rapid revenue climb and back-to-back rounds illustrate unprecedented investor confidence in AI solutions for professional services.

Startup: Harvey (New York, NY)
Investors: Sequoia Capital, GIC (expected leads); prior backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue
Amount Raised: $200M (in negotiation)
Total Raised: ~$960M (incl. pending round)
Funding Stage: Late-stage (Series G, rumored)
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026 (reportedly in progress)

Skild AI Raises $1.4B in Series C Funding for General-Purpose Robotics Software

Skild AI, a fast-rising robotics software startup, has secured $1.4 billion in Series C funding to develop its “Skild Brain” platform – a general-purpose AI that helps robots learn and execute tasks across industries. The monster round values the two-year-old company at over $14 billion, more than triple its valuation just seven months ago. The SoftBank-led investment reflects a major bet on “physical AI” infrastructure: SoftBank Group led the round, joined by Nvidia (which is also a strategic partner), Macquarie Group, 1789 Capital, and Jeff Bezos’s Bezos Expeditions.

Skild’s software uses powerful foundation models to imbue robots with flexible skills – aiming to do for robots what large language models did for chatbots. The fresh capital will be used to scale up Skild’s R&D and hardware integrations as it takes on incumbents in industrial automation. With prominent backers and new funding, Skild AI is positioned as a potential cornerstone of the emerging robotics intelligence ecosystem.

Startup: Skild AI (Palo Alto, CA)
Investors: SoftBank Group (lead), Nvidia, Macquarie, 1789 Capital, Bezos Expeditions
Amount Raised: $1.4B
Total Raised: ~$1.5B
Funding Stage: Series C
Funding Date: Jan 14, 2026

Gather AI Lands $40M in Series B Funding to Automate Warehouse Inventory with Drones

Pittsburgh-based Gather AI raised $40 million in Series B financing to expand its “Physical AI” platform in warehouses worldwide. The startup uses autonomous drones and computer vision to monitor inventory and operations in large logistics facilities, bridging the gap between digital records and on-the-ground reality. The round was led by Smith Point Capital (the firm of former Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block), with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Dundee VC, XRC Ventures, and The Hillman Company.

Gather AI’s platform has seen rapid adoption – the company doubled its footprint and grew bookings 250% last year, and its drones are now standard at major operators like GEODIS and NFI. By replacing slow, manual barcode scans with automated drone sweeps, customers report 99.9% inventory accuracy and up to 5× productivity gains. With this funding (bringing its total to $74M), Gather AI plans to deploy in hundreds more warehouses and add predictive capabilities so warehouse systems can not only see what’s happening in real time but also anticipate and prevent inventory problems.

Startup: Gather AI (Pittsburgh, PA)
Investors: Smith Point Capital (lead), Bain Capital Ventures, Tribeca VP, Bling Capital, Dundee VC, XRC Ventures
Amount Raised: $40M
Total Raised: $74M
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Forerunner Secures $39M in Funding to Modernize Climate Resilience for Local Governments

Forerunner, a San Francisco startup providing an AI-powered platform for local government resilience, announced $39 million in total funding across two rounds. The company quietly raised a $12.7M Series A (led by Union Square Ventures) and recently closed a $26.3M Series B led by Wellington Management. All of Forerunner’s existing investors (including USV, Gutter Capital, and Bright Ventures) doubled down in the Series B, joined by new backers SE Ventures and Citi Impact Fund.

Forerunner’s platform is geospatial software that helps governments centralize critical data, automate workflows, and improve communication in areas such as floodplain management and infrastructure planning. By bringing modern software to historically spreadsheet-driven municipal tasks, Forerunner aims to strengthen communities’ resilience against climate risks as agencies face budget constraints and FEMA support wanes. The fresh capital will support product development and expansion to more cities, enabling local agencies to operate more efficiently and better serve residents during climate-driven challenges.

Startup: Forerunner (San Francisco, CA)
Investors: Wellington Management (lead Series B), Union Square Ventures (lead Series A), SE Ventures, Citi Impact Fund, Gutter Capital, Bright Ventures
Amount Raised: $39M (Series A + B)
Total Raised: $39M
Funding Stage: Series B (with prior Series A)
Funding Date: Feb 5, 2026

Galux Biopharma Raises $29M in Series B Funding for AI-Designed Therapeutic Proteins

Seoul-based Galux has raised $29 million in a Series B round to advance its AI-driven protein design platform for drug discovery. The funding brings Galux’s total financing to $47M as it tackles one of biotech’s toughest challenges: designing therapeutic antibodies from scratch rather than tweaking existing ones. Galux’s approach – combining deep learning with physics and wet-lab validation – aims to create novel proteins to treat diseases such as osteoporosis and brittle bone disease.

The new round was backed by a mix of returning and new investors: Korea’s InterVest, DAYLI Partners, and PATHWAY Investment re-upped their support, joined by institutional investors including Korea Development Bank (KDB), Mirae Asset Securities, Yuanta Investment, and others. Galux plans to use the capital to scale up its GaluxDesign platform and advance multiple antibody candidates into preclinical trials.

Notably, the startup has already inked co-development deals with major pharma companies (LG Chem, Celltrion) and even a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, signaling its technology is attracting global interest. As AI moves from hype to real results in biotech, Galux’s progress – including AI-generated antibodies that closely matched lab results – gave investors confidence to double down.

Startup: Galux Biopharmaceuticals (Seoul, South Korea)
Investors: InterVest, DAYLI Partners, PATHWAY Investment (returning); KDB, Mirae Asset Securities, Yuanta Investment, SL Investment, NCORE Ventures, SneakPeek Investments
Amount Raised: $29M
Total Raised: ~$47M
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Turnstile Launches with $29M in Funding to Automate Quote-to-Cash Workflows

Newly emerged from stealth, Turnstile has launched its AI-first revenue automation platform alongside a $29 million funding round to scale the business. The San Francisco startup’s software streamlines the “quote-to-cash” process for B2B SaaS companies – from generating complex quotes through billing, invoice collections, and revenue analytics – all without the typical tangle of spreadsheets and manual data entry. Turnstile’s Series A was led by First Round Capital, with participation from OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and prominent angels. The platform tackles a pain point many growing SaaS firms face: deals often involve custom pricing, usage tiers, and negotiated terms that legacy billing systems can’t easily handle.

Turnstile uses AI to parse contract terms and automatically generate billing schedules and financial reports, replacing what are often months-long implementations of clunky enterprise billing software. Early customers say the self-service tool lets them set up complex pricing and invoicing in minutes, and investors see potential for Turnstile to become the modern revenue system of record as software pricing models grow more dynamic. With the new funding, Turnstile plans to expand its product features (such as AI-driven collections and approval workflows) and ramp up its go-to-market efforts.

Startup: Turnstile (San Francisco, CA)
Investors: First Round Capital (lead), OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, plus angel investors
Amount Raised: $29M
Total Raised: $29M
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: Feb 5, 2026

Topview Raises $5.5M in Funding to Unify AI Content Creation Workflows

Topview, a Singapore-based AI content startup, has raised an additional $5.5 million to expand its collaborative media creation platform. The new funding is an extension to Topview’s Series A, bringing the round to $14M total. Topview’s cloud software brings text, image, voice, and video generation into a single workspace, allowing marketing teams and creators to design and edit all types of content together in real time. The need for such a tool has grown as AI content creation booms – many teams currently juggle separate point solutions for copywriting, image editing, video, etc., which slows down campaigns. Topview instead provides a shared “Figma for AI content,” where stakeholders can co-create and review drafts live on one board.

The approach is resonating: the platform now boasts 5 million users who generate over 500,000 videos per day, with brands like Anker, Samsung, and L’Oréal using it to accelerate their social media and e-commerce content. Topview’s CEO says the focus is on eliminating the friction of fragmented workflows by letting an entire team move from the initial prompt to the final edited video in a single, smooth flow. With the new capital (from investors including Kamet Capital, which led the earlier tranche), Topview 4.0 just launched, and the startup will invest in scaling its user community and cross-platform integration.

Startup: Topview (Singapore)
Investors: Kamet Capital (prior lead); other undisclosed Asian angels and VCs
Amount Raised: $5.5M (Series A add-on)
Total Raised: $14M
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Synthpop Raises $15M in Series A Funding to Automate Healthcare Admin with AI

Healthtech startup Synthpop has closed a $15 million Series A to accelerate the deployment of its AI platform that automates tedious healthcare administrative workflows. The round, led by Ansa Capital (whose co-founder Marco DeMeireles is joining the board), brings Synthpop’s total funding to $23M. Also participating were Defy.vc, Peterson Ventures, Storm Ventures, and a strategic angel (former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard).

Synthpop’s platform employs a team of specialized AI agents to handle tasks such as insurance prior authorizations, referral management, eligibility checks, and claims processing, integrating directly with electronic health record and billing systems. In essence, it serves as a digital workforce tackling the bottlenecks that often delay patient care and drain staff productivity. The company reports it has already processed over 2 million patient workflows, cutting some process times from 40 minutes to under 1 minute while reducing costs by 5×.

Providers using Synthpop have seen dramatic drops in insurance denials and faster scheduling, validating the startup’s promise of eliminating bottlenecks that human staff struggle to keep up with. With the new funding, Synthpop plans to expand into additional healthcare verticals and deepen its product integrations to automate an even broader set of routine tasks across hospital and clinic operations.

Startup: Synthpop (New York, NY)
Investors: Ansa Capital (lead), Defy.vc, Peterson Ventures, Storm Ventures, Bruce Broussard (strategic)
Amount Raised: $15M
Total Raised: $23M
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Neural Concept Closes $100M Series C to Scale AI-Driven Engineering Design

Swiss startup Neural Concept has secured $100 million in Series C funding to expand its AI-native engineering design platform. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs’ Alternatives unit, with strong follow-on participation from existing investors Forestay Capital, Alven, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), D.E. Shaw Ventures, and Aster Capital. Based in Lausanne and spun out of EPFL research, Neural Concept has developed a CAD-native, physics-aware AI engine that can rapidly evaluate millions of design permutations in 3D – essentially an “AI co-pilot” for product engineers.

By understanding geometric and physical constraints, the software helps companies in automotive, aerospace, energy, and semiconductors dramatically compress their R&D cycles (customers have saved over $50M and cut late-stage design iterations by 50% using the platform). This new funding (which brings total investment to about $140M) will fuel Neural Concept’s global growth and continued R&D as it cements its lead in the emerging AI-for-engineering space.

With legacy giants like Autodesk and Dassault only beginning to explore AI, Neural Concept’s head start and proven enterprise value proposition attracted Goldman and others to back its vision of AI-driven product development becoming the industry norm.

Startup: Neural Concept (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Investors: Goldman Sachs – Growth Equity (lead), Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures, Aster Capital
Amount Raised: $100M
Total Raised: $140M
Funding Stage: Series C
Funding Date: Feb 9, 2026

Tech Funding Summary: Feb. 9, 2026