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| Jan 29, 2026 | Poetiq completes USD 45.8 million seed round of financing, ARC-AGI-2 SotaOn 2026-1-29, according to PR Newswire , AI meta-system company Poetiq completed the USD 45.8 million seed round, led by FYRFLY Venture Partners and Surface Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, and Neuron Venture Partners. The company was founded by former Google DeepMind scientists Shumeet Baluja and Ian Fischer in 2025 in 6, and its recursive self-improvement system outperformed the previous Sota (Gemini 3 Deep Think) with ZZNFZ % accuracy on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark (75). | — | $45.8M | prnewswire.com ↗ |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Redis reaches USD 300 million ARROn 2026/1/28, X reported that open-source database company Redis had reached USD 300 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its latest funding or valuation. | — | — | x.com ↗ |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Anima reaches USD 20 million in ARROn 2026/1/27, LinkedIn reported that UK company Anima reached USD 20 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 27, 2026 | BEMO reaches USD 14 million in ARROn 2026/1/27, LinkedIn reported that US company BEMO reached USD 14 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Ricursive Intelligence completes USD 300 million Series A financing, after investment valuation USD 4 billionOn 2026-1-26, according to PR Newswire , AI chip design company Ricursive Intelligence completed USD 300 million Series A financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from DST Global and NVIDIA NVentures, and valued USD 4 billion after investment. Founded by the co-creators of Google AlphaChip, the company is committed to allowing AI to independently design the next generation of chips, forming a closed loop where chips and models improve each other. | — | $300M | prnewswire.com ↗ |
| Jan 25, 2026 | Blackthorn reaches USD 20 million in ARROn 2026/1/25, LinkedIn reported that US company Blackthorn reached USD 20 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 25, 2026 | EMMA reaches USD 3 million in ARROn 2026/1/25, LinkedIn reported that German company EMMA reached USD 3 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 25, 2026 | Podium reaches USD 100 million in ARROn 2026/1/25, LinkedIn reported that Podium, a US local merchant marketing and messaging platform, reached USD 100 million in annual recurring revenue. The company did not disclose its latest funding or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 23, 2026 | KGEN reaches USD 79.2 million in ARROn 2026/1/23, LinkedIn reported that Indian company KGEN reached USD 79.2 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Railway reaches USD 10 million in ARROn 2026/1/23, X reported that deployment platform Railway completed USD 100 million in Series B funding and reached USD 10 million in ARR. The company did not disclose its valuation or specific investors. | — | $100M | x.com ↗ |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Nomad Venture Studio reaches USD 12 million in ARROn 2026/1/20, LinkedIn reported that US company Nomad Venture Studio reached USD 12 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose funding or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 19, 2026 | Cimba.ai reaches USD 1 million in ARROn 2026/1/19, LinkedIn reported that US company Cimba.ai reached USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 17, 2026 | Runpod reaches USD 120 million ARROn 2026/1/17, TechCrunch reported that AI cloud GPU company Runpod had reached USD 120 million in annual recurring revenue, starting from a Reddit post. It did not disclose funding or valuation. | — | — | techcrunch.com ↗ |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Checkr reaches USD 800 million ARROn 2026/1/15, Forbes reported that background check company Checkr had reached USD 800 million in annual recurring revenue, benefiting from demand driven by surging AI fraud. It did not disclose its latest funding or valuation. | — | — | forbes.com ↗ |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Genspark reaches USD 100 million annual revenue in 9 months with 50 employeesOn 2026/1/14, X reported that AI assistant company Genspark, led by founder Eric Jing, had reached USD 100 million in annual revenue within 9 months with 50 employees, growing through user word of mouth. It did not disclose its latest funding or valuation. | — | — | x.com ↗ |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Skild AI raises USD 1.4 billion at USD 14 billion valuation to develop robot control AIOn 2026/8/25, Dealroom reported that US robot control AI company Skild AI had raised USD 1.4 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank at a USD 14 billion valuation. It aims to build a general-purpose brain for robots, enabling intelligent control across different forms. | — | $1.4B | app.dealroom.co ↗ |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Deepgram raises USD 130 million Series C at USD 1.3 billion valuationOn 2026/1/13, TechCrunch reported that speech recognition AI company Deepgram had raised USD 130 million in Series C funding at a USD 1.3 billion valuation and acquired a YC-backed AI startup. It did not disclose specific investors. | — | $130M | techcrunch.com ↗ |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Jack & Jill reaches USD 1 million in ARROn 2026/1/13, LinkedIn reported that US company Jack & Jill reached USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Kling AI exceeds USD 20 million revenue in month 12 of the previous year and USD 240 million ARROn 2026/1/13, Baijiahao reported that Kuaishou’s AI video company Kling AI had exceeded USD 20 million in revenue in month 12 of the previous year and USD 240 million ARR. It had announced ARR above USD 100 million in 2025/3 and recently released Kling O1, the world’s first unified multimodal video model. | — | — | baijiahao.baidu.com ↗ |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Walcu reaches USD 8 million in ARROn 2026/1/12, LinkedIn reported that Spanish company Walcu reached USD 8 million in ARR after six years of operations without external investment. It did not disclose investors or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Awesomic reaches USD 6 million in ARROn 2026/1/9, LinkedIn reported that US company Awesomic reached USD 6 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Crustdata reaches USD 6 million ARROn 2026/1/9, X reported that web data API company Crustdata had reached USD 6 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors or valuation. | — | — | x.com ↗ |
| Jan 9, 2026 | EMB Global reaches USD 12 million in ARROn 2026/1/9, LinkedIn reported that Indian company EMB Global reached USD 12 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Peec reaches USD 5 million in ARROn 2026/1/9, LinkedIn reported that US company Peec reached USD 5 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its funding round, investors, or valuation. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
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