The pace of big funding rounds continued to hold up at brisk levels this past week, led by a $1.4 billion financing for 'robot brain' developer Skild AI. More big rounds went to startups in sectors including AI chips, brain-computer interfaces, defense tech, biotech and airplanes, among others. 1. Skild AI, $1.4B, robotics: Skild AI, a robotics company building an 'omni-bodied' brain to operate any robot for any task, announced it raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion. SoftBank Group led the Pittsburgh-based startup's latest financing, which comes just over seven months after it raised a Series B at a $4.5 billion valuation. 2. Etched.ai, $500M, AI and semiconductors: Etched.ai, a startup working on chips for AI superintelligence, reportedly secured $500 million in new funding. Stripes led the financing, which was said to set a $5 billion valuation for the Silicon Valley-based company. 3. Merge Labs, $252M, brain-computer interfaces: Merge Labs, a Sam...
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