Global venture funding remained strong in February 2026, with large investments flowing in AI infrastructure, chips, autonomous driving, robotics, and digital infrastructure. The size and scale of these funding rounds highlight a clear trend that investors are increasingly backing AI infrastructure and enabling technologies.
Intellizence publishes monthly trends about key Startup Funding and Venture Capital/Private Equity Investment Deals. Below is a breakdown of each major deal from the Intellizence Startup Funding, VC & PE Deals Dataset for February 2026.
Global Top 10 Funding Deals – February 2026
A quick snapshot of some of the biggest recent funding announcements in February 2026.
OpenAI — $110 Billion
Funding Round: Venture – Series Unknown
Industry: Technology
OpenAI secured one of the largest private funding rounds ever. It raised $110 billion, backed by Amazon ($50B), Nvidia ($30B), and SoftBank ($30B). The funding will help OpenAI expand global AI infrastructure, compute capacity, and model development. The funding reflects the intense competition to build large-scale AI infrastructure and next-generation AI models.
A portion of the capital will also support data center expansion, high-performance computing, and strategic partnerships across the AI ecosystem.
Anthropic – $30 billion
Funding Round: Series G
Industry: Technology
Anthropic secured $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. As companies race to develop more powerful AI models and infrastructure, this funding reinforces the intense competition in the generative AI space. The funding will enable expansion of compute capacity, advanced AI model development, and scaling of its AI research and products. It also reflects growing investor confidence in companies building the next generation of large language models and AI platforms.
Waymo — $16 Billion
Funding Round: Venture – Series Unknown
Industry: Automobile
Waymo raised $16 billion in new funding at a $126 billion valuation, one of the largest investments in autonomous driving technology. The funding will support the expansion of Waymo’s self-driving platform, the scaling of robotaxi services, and the continued development of autonomous vehicle technology. The investment reflects growing confidence in the commercial potential of autonomous mobility and the future of driverless transportation.
Databricks— $5 Billion
Funding Round: Series L
Industry: Technology
Databricks completed a $5 billion Series L fundraising round at a $134 billion valuation, strengthening its AI and data analytics platform. This is its third major fundraising in less than a year, marking a 34% increase from its $100 billion valuation just three months prior. The total $5 billion raise included approximately $2 billion in debt financing.
The round was led by Insight Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Co., and JP Morgan Asset Management, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz. It also included funds from BlackRock and Blackstone. Databricks will use the new capital to help customers build AI apps and agents on their proprietary data.
Wayve — $1.2Billion
Funding Round: Series D
Industry: Technology
Wayve secured $1.2 billion in a Series D funding round, valuing the British autonomous driving startup at $8.6 billion. The round was led by Eclipse, Balderton Capital, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, in addition to new participants. Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Uber participated as existing strategic investors.
The capital will be used across three fronts – Robotaxi Commercial Launch, Consumer Vehicle Integration, and Global Scaling of the AI Platform.
Cerebras Systems – $1 Billion
Funding Round: Series H
Industry: Technology
Cerebras Systems raised $1 billion in a Series H round to advance AI chip innovation. The company’s valuation tripled to $23 billion. This follows an oversubscribed $1.1 billion Series G funding completed in October 2025 that valued the company at only $8.1 billion
The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Benchmark, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Atreides Management, Alpha Wave Global, Altimeter, AMD, Coatue, and 1789 Capital, among others. Cerebras is planning to go public in Q2 2026, following resolution of a CFIUS review related to its ties with Abu Dhabi-based G42.
World Labs — $500 Million
Funding Round: Venture – Series Unknown
Industry: Technology
World Labs, the AI startup founded by renowned computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion in fresh funding, bringing its total capital raised to $1.23 billion. The company is valued at $5 billion, a fivefold jump from the $1 billion valuation, just 18 months ago, when it emerged from stealth in September 2024 with $230 million. The round included investors AMD, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company, NVIDIA, and Sea, among others.
Apptronik — $520 Million
Funding Round: Venture – Series Unknown
Industry: Technology
Apptronik raised $520 million at a valuation of over $5.5 billion to scale its AI-powered robotics platform. The round was led by existing investors Google, Mercedes-Benz, and B Capital, alongside new investors AT&T Ventures, John Deere, and the Qatar Investment Authority. The company will use the funding to expand its Austin footprint, open a new California office, and get its robots and facilities ready for mass production.
Eleven Labs — $500 Million
Funding Round: Series D
Industry: Technology
ElevenLabs secured $500 million in a Series D round at an $11B valuation, expanding its voice-AI and synthetic speech technology. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with Sequoia partner Andrew Reed joining the board. Andreessen Horowitz quadrupled down, and ICONIQ tripled down, both with significant super pro-rata participation.
MatX — $500 Million
Funding Round: Series B
Industry: Technology
MatX raised $500 million in Series B funding to develop custom AI chips optimized for LLM workloads. With this capital raise, MatX’s valuation has crossed into the multi-billion-dollar range, positioning it among the fastest-rising AI hardware startups. The round was co-led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. Other investors include Marvell Technology, NFDG, Spark Capital, and the Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison.
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