Ryan Lawler / Axios: Prism Data, which provides credit-scoring data and analytics that help lenders assess borrowers, raised a $20M Series A led by Story Ventures — Prism Data, which helps lenders assess credit risk using bank transaction data, raised $20 million in Series A funding, CEO Jason Rosen tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Madison Mills / Axios: Sources: OpenAI's ARR is nearing $70B, growing 70%+ since the beginning of Q3, with B2B revenue up 100%+; it added more consumer revenue in Q3 than all of 2025 — OpenAI's annual recurring revenue is nearing $70 billion, as enterprise sales more than doubled since July, sources familiar with the financials tell Axios.
Hans Nichols / Axios: Blackstone, OpenAI, QTS, and SoftBank partner with key US unions to launch the American Infrastructure Alliance, aiming to create data center standards in 2027 — AI companies, private equity firms and unions are looking beyond 2026 in the data center debate, banding together to form …
Madison Mills / Axios: Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and researchers are probing tens of thousands of frontier model security incidents, including sandbox escapes and website hijacking — OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents in which their frontier models took steps …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios: The US and China create a “Super Intelligence Dialogue” on AI risks and a separate AI incident hotline, likened to a Cold War-era “red telephone” — The U.S. and China have agreed to set up a dialogue on artificial intelligence, with a communications channel …
Herb Scribner / Axios: Bill Gates warns about the catastrophic risk posed by “people with ill intent using the latest AI tools”, which are powerful enough to “cause a billion deaths” — Bill Gates will warn on this weekend's “Meet the Press” that he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to expand the capabilities of its AI coworker Genie; Row Zero raised a $10M seed led by IA Ventures last year — Databricks bought RowZero as it looks to build out its AI coworker platform Genie, co-founder Patrick Wendell tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Axios: Sources: the USPTO and US Copyright Office were surprised by the DOJ's brief supporting OpenAI and Microsoft in their dispute with the New York Times — The Department of Justice's statement of interest supporting OpenAI and Microsoft in the New York Times' copyright infringement lawsuit …
Chris Metinko / Axios: Raindrop, which develops tech for monitoring AI agents to catch failures such as hallucinations and tool misuse, raised a $35M Series A led by CRV — AI agent monitoring platform Raindrop raised a $35 million Series A round led by CRV, co-founders Zubin Koticha and Ben Hylak tell Axios Pro exclusively.
Kerry Flynn / Axios: Ad tech company Infillion says it is acquiring Foursquare, which will continue operating as an independent brand — Infillion is acquiring location data company Foursquare, founder and executive chairman Rob Emrich tells Axios exclusively. … Foursquare will continue operating …
Sara Fischer / Axios: Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by trade group TechNet, to advocate for “technology-neutral policies” — Three of the biggest names in streaming on Monday announced the formation of a new policy coalition to support their positions on key issues.
Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: Epsilon Health, which contracts with radiologists who use its AI to generate image reports faster, emerges from stealth with a $20M Series A led by AlleyCorp — Epsilon Health, an AI-enabled radiology practice, emerged from stealth with a $20 million Series A round, CEO Rustin Rassoli tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Sara Fischer / Axios: Sources: TikTok rejects ads from Meta that call on TikTok and other platforms to join Meta in settling with US state AGs in a landmark child safety lawsuit — TikTok has rejected ads from Meta that call on TikTok and other tech platforms to join Meta in settling with U.S. state attorneys general …
Chris Metinko / Axios: Euno, whose platform reconstructs data flow, meaning, health, and more across data environments to give agents context, raised a $23M Series A led by N47 — Euno, an enterprise AI context platform, raised a $23 million Series A led by N47, Euno CEO Sarah Levy tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Ryan Lawler / Axios: Savvy Wealth, which provides RIA software for independent financial advisors, raised a $100M Series C led by Halo Fund, taking its total funding to $200M+ — Savvy Wealth, which provides tech and back-office infrastructure for independent financial advisors, raised $100 million in Series C funding …
Ryan Lawler / Axios: NYC-based Blee, which makes marketing compliance software for financial services companies, raised a $20M Series A led by Fin Capital and SMBC and a $7M seed — Blee, a marketing compliance software startup, raised $27 million in seed and Series A financing, founder and CEO Guy Shahar tells Axios exclusively.
Colin Demarest / Axios: New Jersey-based Aitan, which offers “robotic sovereignty as a service” and “edge AI weapon systems”, emerges from stealth with $41M led by Deep33 and Dell — - “Warfare has totally transformed over the past few years,” co-founder Daniel Almog told Axios.
Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: Sources: Sword Health plans to acquire mental health company Headspace for between $200M and $300M in cash, far below its ~$3B valuation in 2021 — Sword Health plans to acquire mental health company Headspace for between $200 million and $300 million in cash, Axios Pro has learned from multiple sources.
Dan Primack / Axios: Vanguard agrees to acquire RIA software startup Altruist, a source says for $4.6B in cash; Altruist raised $600M and had a $1.9B valuation in early 2025 — Vanguard Group on Wednesday announced an agreement to acquire Altruist, a California-based provider of software for registered investment advisors.
Madison Mills / Axios: Source: Greg Brockman is “in founder mode” and getting more involved across every level of OpenAI to build out a leadership team ahead of an expected IPO — A wave of top OpenAI executives — including Sam Altman's top deputy, a longtime chief operating officer and the chief revenue officer …
Colin Demarest / Axios: Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025 — Hadrian, the factory builder and defense manufacturer, raised $1.37 billion in venture capital and is now valued just shy of $8 billion.
Axios: Source: Dario Amodei expressed concern about staff coming to Anthropic for the money rather than the mission, as Anthropic, OpenAI, and others battle for talent — Top AI researchers continue to jump between leading AI labs as competition for elite talent intensifies.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Tel Aviv-based Bloom Security, which develops endpoint security tools for monitoring AI agents, extensions, and more, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed — Endpoint security startup Bloom Security emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed led by Glilot Capital Partners and Ten Eleven Ventures …
Ryan Lawler / Axios: ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market that is also building a B2B business to sell its exchange infrastructure to other companies, raised $35M — ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market, raised $35 million in new funding, CEO Dean Sisun tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Madison Mills / Axios: Scale AI hires former Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as CEO, replacing interim CEO Jason Droege, who took over last year after Alexandr Wang left for Meta — Scale AI has hired former Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as CEO, year after Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang left the AI infrastructure company for Meta.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Tel Aviv-based Act Security, whose platform reduces the access surface across cloud infrastructure, emerges from stealth with a $40M Series A and a $20M seed — Cloud-focused Act Security has raised $60 million and emerged from stealth, CEO Jonathan Langer tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Way Security, which uses AI-driven automation and agentic workflows to help deploy IAM systems, raised a $20M seed from Insight Partners and Glilot Capital — Way Security raised a $20 million seed round from Insight Partners and Glilot Capital, CEO Yossi Barishev tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Sara Fischer / Axios: Mark Zuckerberg launches a media campaign positioning the company's AI development as an optimistic, pro-human alternative to its competitors' “dystopian” ideas — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday laid out an optimistic view of the agentic future, arguing the company's focus …
Ina Fried / Axios: Sources: Microsoft and Nvidia will unveil the first Windows PCs powered by Nvidia SoCs, including devices from Surface and Dell, at Computex and Build 2026 — The company best known for powering the AI boom is coming for the PC: Nvidia is expected next week to debut the first Windows computers …
Chris Metinko / Axios: Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service, and more, raised a $35M Series A led by Base10 — Canals raised a $35 million Series A led by Base10 Partners, CEO Michael Delgado tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Maria Curi / Axios: OpenAI says it has briefed the White House on its new biodefense program, which uses GPT-Rosalind to help develop biodefense and pandemic preparedness tools — OpenAI is launching a tool to help develop new biodefense and pandemic preparedness capabilities, according to an announcement shared first with Axios.
Dan Primack / Axios: Source: Groq is raising ~$650M from existing investors; the AI chipmaker earlier signed a $20B Nvidia licensing deal that saw much of its senior team depart — Groq is raising up to $650 million from existing investors, after the AI chipmaker previously signed a $20 billion licensing deal …
Chris Metinko / Axios: DC-based Airis Labs, which uses AI to convert visual data to law enforcement intelligence, emerges from stealth with a $31M Series B, for $60M in total funding — Airis Labs, an AI video platform for defense, has come out of stealth with a $31 million Series B led by PSG Equity, co-founder and CEO Noam Friedman tells Axios Pro.
Ina Fried / Axios: Biohub, a Mark Zuckerberg- and Priscilla Chan-funded institute, releases “a world model of protein biology” to researchers for prediction, design, and discovery — Biohub, the Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan-funded institute, on Wednesday released what it says amounts to “a world model of protein biology.”
Ina Fried / Axios: Demis Hassabis says he still broadly expects AGI around 2030, though he now sees 2029 as a possibility, and 2026's “agentic era” is a “bit like a practice run” — Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said at Google's developer conference last week that humanity is standing in the …
Chris Metinko / Axios: Unframe, which customizes AI apps for enterprises via pre-built modular components, raised a $50M Series B led by Highland Europe, for $100M in total funding — Unframe, which customizes AI applications for enterprises, raised a $50 million Series B led by Highland Europe …
Chris Metinko / Axios: Dust, which helps enterprises design and deploy specialized AI agents that work alongside humans, raised a $40M Series B led by Abstract and Sequoia — Dust, a human-agent collaboration platform, raised a $40 million Series B led by Abstract and Sequoia, CEO Gabriel Hubert tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Ashley Gold / Axios: Steve Bannon and 60+ Trump allies sign a Humans First-led letter urging Trump to mandate government testing and approval of powerful AI models before release — A group of more than 60 loyal allies of President Trump is urging him to test and approve the most powerful AI models before they're released …
Katherine Davis / Axios: German quantum MRI imaging startup NVision raised a $55M Series B led by Abbott at a $250M to $300M valuation, and plans a $100M+ Series C later in 2026 — NVision, a German quantum imaging technology company, on Wednesday said it has raised a $55 million Series B.
Axios: Anthropic's SpaceX deal helps it address a severe compute deficit and comes amid Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit; Grok never grew to utilize xAI's Colossus 1 — Elon Musk's surprise Anthropic deal allows him to accomplish two things at once: turn unused compute into revenue before an expected …
Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: Enzo Health, whose AI tools help home health and hospice agencies automate tasks like patient intake and documentation review, raised a $20M Series A led by N47 — Enzo Health, an AI workflow company for post-acute care, raised a $20 million Series A led by N47, CEO Zach Newman tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Russell Contreras / Axios: How the Vatican is moving faster than most legacy institutions to shape AI rules and guardrails, with an AI framework, banning use of AI to write homilies, more — The Vatican is racing to build digital defenses for the artificial intelligence era — and quietly positioning itself as a global referee of what's real.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Orkes, which helps companies scale their AI and agentic systems, raised $60M, including a $40M Series B led by AVP, bringing its total funding to ~$90M — Orkes, which helps companies scale their AI and agentic systems, raised $60 million, CEO Jeu George tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Ryan Lawler / Axios: Petual, which automates internal audit work and generates auditor-ready workpapers, raised $20M across a pre-seed led by First Round and a seed led by a16z — - Other backers include Cowboy Ventures, Lachy Groom, the founders of Lyft and Opendoor, and other angels.
Natalie Breymeyer / Axios: Cloudsmith, which is building a cloud-native system to manage software artifacts, raised a $72M Series C, following a $23M Series B in 2025 — Cloudsmith, a platform that protects software components, raised a $72 million Series C, CEO Glenn Weinstein tells Axios exclusively.
Sam Sabin / Axios: Sources: OpenAI has been briefing US federal agencies, state governments, and Five Eyes allies on the capabilities of its GPT-5.4-Cyber model over the past week — OpenAI has been briefing federal agencies, state governments and Five Eyes allies on the capabilities of its new cyber product over the past week, Axios has learned.
Axios: White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario Amodei had been “productive and constructive”; source: Scott Bessent joined the meeting — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined a meeting on Friday between White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles …
Axios: Sources: Dario Amodei is set to meet with WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Friday, a breakthrough in Anthropic's effort to resolve its fight with the Pentagon — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to walk into the West Wing on Friday for a meeting with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles …
Natalie Breymeyer / Axios: London-based Gizmo, which uses AI to turn young students' notes into gamified study materials, raised a $22M Series A led by Shine Capital and reports 13M users — Gizmo, an AI educational platform, raised a $22 million Series A, CEO Petros Christodoulou tells Axios exclusively.
Sam Sabin / Axios: OpenAI says a GitHub workflow used to sign its macOS apps downloaded a malicious Axios library on March 31, but no user data or internal system was compromised — OpenAI said Friday that it found evidence that one of its internal tools downloaded a compromised update from a recently infected, legitimate open-source software library.