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It’s Monday, November 10, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding stories making headlines today. From AI infrastructure and biotech breakthroughs to clean energy and enterprise automation, investors continued to double down on transformative technologies shaping the next decade. Today’s highlights feature Majestic Labs, an AI hardware startup founded by former Meta and Google chip executives, which raised $100 million to tackle the data center “memory wall” problem; Valar Atomics, which secured $130 million to build next-generation nuclear reactor gigasites; and Iambic Therapeutics, which landed $100 million to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery. The momentum didn’t stop there — Gamma, CoLab, and Scribe also announced major rounds as AI adoption spreads from chip infrastructure to creative and productivity software. Funding Highlights Majestic Labs raised $100 million (Series A) to develop high-memory AI servers that could shrink entire data centers. Valar Atomics secured $130 million (Series A) to scale nuclear gigasite reactors for clean energy. Iambic Therapeutics landed $100 million (Series B) to advance AI-powered drug discovery and clinical programs. Gamma brought in $68 million (Series B) at a $2.1 billion valuation for its AI-based visual storytelling platform. CoLab raised $72 million (Series C) to expand its AI-driven engineering design system. Scribe hit unicorn status with a $75 million Series C to scale its AI workflow optimization platform. Quino Energy secured $10 million in Series A funding to bring water-based organic flow batteries to market. AirOps raised $40 million in Series B funding to help brands stay visible in the AI search era. Fastbreak AI scored $40 million Series A to revolutionize sports scheduling with AI optimization. 1mind emerged from stealth with $30 million Series A for its AI sales agent “Mindy.” Investor Activity Today’s rounds drew participation from some of the most active global investors — including Bow Wave Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, StepStone Group, Greylock Partners, and Greycroft — reflecting continued confidence in AI hardware, enterprise productivity, biotech, and energy innovation. Early-stage funds such as Atri Energy Transition and GTMfund also joined the action, signaling that capital remains strong across both frontier deep-tech and applied AI ventures. Together, these financings underscore a powerful start to the week — with AI infrastructure, sustainable energy, and enterprise automation leading the charge toward the next wave of technological transformation. Here’s the full breakdown. Until tomorrow, have a great evening. Ex-Google and Meta Execs Raise $100M in Funding for AI Chip Startup Majestic Labs to Solve the AI Infrastructure Problem Three former chip executives from Meta and Google are aiming at one of the toughest challenges in AI infrastructure — the soaring cost of building and running data centers. Their startup, Majestic Labs, has raised $100 million to reinvent how memory is managed inside servers, with hardware powerful enough to potentially shrink entire data centers. Founded by Ofer Shacham, Sha Rabii, and Masumi Reynders, Majestic Labs has been operating quietly since late 2023. The trio previously led silicon design teams at Meta and Google and is now betting that their new chip architecture can help hyperscalers save billions in operating costs. The company says its patent-pending system can pack up to 1,000 times more memory than a typical enterprise server, allowing a single Majestic system to replace as many as ten racks of today’s setups. This approach directly addresses the long-standing “memory wall” — the bottleneck between compute and memory that limits AI workloads. By closing that gap, Majestic hopes to make large-scale AI training and inference faster, cheaper, and far more efficient. The startup recently closed a $71 million Series A led by Bow Wave Capital, with participation from Lux Capital and other investors. Including earlier funding, Majestic Labs has now raised a total of $100 million to push its next-generation AI hardware into production. Funding Details: Startup: Majestic Labs Founders: Ofer Shacham, Sha Rabii, and Masumi Reynders Headquarters: United States (operating since late 2023) Investors: Bow Wave Capital (lead), Lux Capital, and other undisclosed backers Amount Raised: $71 million (latest round) Total Raised: $100 million Funding Stage: Series A Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Focus: Developing a high-memory AI server architecture to overcome the “memory wall” and cut data center costs Gamma Raises $68 Million in Series B Funding at $2.1 B Valuation The San Francisco-based startup Gamma, which uses AI to generate presentations, websites, and social-media content, announced a fresh $68 million Series B round, valuing the company at about $2.1 billion. After crossing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, Gamma is positioning itself as a serious challenger to legacy tools like PowerPoint by offering a full visual storytelling platform built on AI. Founded in 2020, Gamma set out to make sharing ideas as easy as thinking them. What started as an AI-driven alternative to PowerPoint has evolved into a complete visual storytelling platform that lets users create presentations, websites, and interactive documents all in one place. “Everyone has ideas worth sharing, but not everyone has the time or design skills to make them compelling,” said CEO Grant Lee. “Gamma levels the playing field — this is the future of business storytelling.” Funding Details: Startup: Gamma Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Accel, Uncork Capital, others Amount Raised: $68 million Total Raised: ~ $90 million (approximate) Funding Stage: Series B Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Quino Energy Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Organic Flow-Battery Chemistry California-based startup Quino Energy, developing water-based organic flow batteries for long-duration energy storage, announced the close of a $10 million Series A round (with an option to tap an additional $6 million equity) to transition its technology from lab to field. The investment will fund a production line for its proprietary electrolyte, pilot demonstrations with commercial hardware, and positioning ahead of grid-scale roll-out. Funding Details: Startup: Quino Energy Investors: Atri Energy Transition (lead) Amount Raised: $10 million (with up to +$6 million option) Total Raised: Not publicly disclosed beyond seed/grants Funding Stage: Series A Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Valar Atomics Lands $130M in Series A Funding to Revolutionize Nuclear Energy Valar Atomics, a Hawthorne, California-based nuclear technology startup, has raised $130 million in Series A funding to propel its development of next-generation nuclear reactor “gigasites.” Backed by prominent tech and defense investors, including Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, Valar Atomics aims to dramatically scale up safe, efficient nuclear energy production. The company will use the new capital to advance its reactor design and build out initial facilities as it looks to make nuclear power a cornerstone of clean energy. This large first round underscores renewed venture interest in atomic energy innovation as a climate solution. Funding Details: Startup: Valar Atomics Investors: Snowpoint Ventures (lead), Day One Ventures (co-lead), Dream Ventures (co-lead), joined by Riot Ventures, Balerion Ventures, Contrary Capital, and investor Palmer Luckey Amount Raised: $130 million Total Raised: $130 million Funding Stage: Series A Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Iambic Therapeutics Closes $100M in Series B Funding for AI-Driven Drug Discovery Iambic Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biotech leveraging AI for drug discovery, has raised over $100 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. The company is developing new cancer treatments using its generative AI platform to design novel molecules, and it recently reported encouraging early clinical results for its lead drug candidate. This funding will enable Iambic to advance multiple pipeline programs into clinical trials and forge additional pharma partnerships. The round’s strong backing – including global pharma investors and sovereign wealth funds – highlights investor confidence in Iambic’s AI-enabled approach to accelerate therapeutic development. Funding Details: Startup: Iambic Therapeutics Investors: Ascenta Capital (co-lead), Abingworth (co-lead), with participation from Illumina Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Regeneron Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and others Amount Raised: $100 million Total Raised: $153 million Funding Stage: Series B Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Scribe Hits Unicorn Status with $75M in Series C Funding for AI Workflow Mapping Scribe, a San Francisco-based enterprise software startup, has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.3 billion valuation to launch its new AI-powered workflow mapping platform. Co-founded by CEO Jennifer Smith, Scribe made its name with a tool that automatically documents how employees carry out tasks. Now, with its upcoming product Scribe Optimize, the company will analyze organizations’ processes and pinpoint where automation or AI can deliver real ROI. The fresh funding – led by a major growth investor – will help Scribe speed up the rollout of Scribe Optimize and scale up operations as enterprises seek to boost productivity through automation insights. Funding Details: Startup: Scribe Investors: StepStone Group (lead), with participation from Amplify Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Tiger Global, Morado Ventures, and New York Life Ventures Amount Raised: $75 million Total Raised: $130 million Funding Stage: Series C Funding Date: November 10, 2025 CoLab Raises $72M in Series C Funding to Power AI-Driven Engineering Design CoLab, an AI startup modernizing the engineering design process, has raised $72 million in Series C funding to accelerate its vision of AI-assisted hardware development. Based in St. John’s, Canada, CoLab’s platform (EngineeringOS) helps mechanical and industrial engineering teams collaborate faster by connecting people, design data, and AI. Its first AI product, AutoReview, acts as an intelligent peer reviewer for CAD designs and has already drawn interest from tens of thousands of engineers. The new round – led by Intrepid Growth Partners with support from existing backers – will enable CoLab to launch additional AI design agents, expand its team, and win more enterprise clients. Global manufacturers like Ford, Lockheed Martin, and Schneider Electric are among those looking to CoLab to compress months-long design cycles into hours. Funding Details: Startup: CoLab Investors: Intrepid Growth Partners (lead), with Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Pelorus VC, Killick Capital, and Spider Capital continuing their support Amount Raised: $72 million Total Raised: Not disclosed Funding Stage: Series C Funding Date: November 10, 2025 AirOps Lands $40M in Series B Funding to Boost Brands in the AI Search Era AirOps, a New York-based startup helping companies stay visible in the age of AI-powered search, has raised $40 million in a Series B round. AirOps offers a “content engineering” platform that enables marketing teams to optimize and generate authoritative content so their brands can be found by AI assistants like ChatGPT and other large language model-based search tools. The funding, led by Greylock Partners, comes amid a rapid shift in how consumers find information – with direct AI answers starting to supplement traditional Google searches. With this new capital, AirOps plans to double its headcount, expand into Europe, and enhance its platform so that enterprises can adapt their content strategies for an AI-first search landscape. Funding Details: Startup: AirOps Investors: Greylock Partners (lead), with Unusual Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Xfund, Village Global, Frontline Ventures, and several prominent marketing executives participating Amount Raised: $40 million Total Raised: $60 million Funding Stage: Series B Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Fastbreak AI Scores $40M in Series A Funding to Transform Sports Scheduling Fastbreak AI, a Charlotte-based sports tech startup, has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven scheduling platform across professional and youth sports. Fastbreak’s technology automatically generates optimized game schedules – balancing travel, ticket sales, and broadcast needs – and is already used by major US leagues like the NBA and NHL. The new investment round, which includes backing from the NBA, NHL, and golf venture TMRW Sports, will help Fastbreak bring pro-level scheduling efficiency to amateur leagues and tournaments. With former athletes and leagues on board as investors, Fastbreak AI aims to modernize sports operations by eliminating logistical headaches and improving the experience for teams and fans alike. Funding Details: Startup: Fastbreak AI Investors: Greycroft (co-lead), GTMfund (co-lead), with participation from the NBA, NHL, TMRW Sports, and notable athletes, including PGA golfer Patrick Cantlay and NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald Jr. Amount Raised: $40 million Total Raised: Not disclosed Funding Stage: Series A Funding Date: November 7, 2025 1mind (Sixsense) Grabs $30M in Series A Funding to Scale AI Sales Agent “Mindy” 1mind, a San Francisco-based AI sales startup co-founded by former 6sense CEO Amanda Kahlow, has emerged from stealth with a $30 million Series A funding round. The company’s AI agent, nicknamed “Mindy,” is designed to handle inbound sales queries and even help close deals by engaging prospects in real time via chat and video calls. 1mind’s platform acts as a “superhuman” sales engineer that augments go-to-market teams, answering detailed product questions and onboarding new customers instantly. With the new funding – led by a top-tier VC – 1mind plans to expand its technology and customer base, as well as further develop Mindy’s capabilities to make enterprise sales processes faster and more efficient. Funding Details: Startup: 1mind Investors: Battery Ventures (lead), with Primary Venture Partners, Wing VC, Operator Collective, Harmonic Growth Partners, Success Venture Partners, and several tech industry executives participating Amount Raised: $30 million Total Raised: $40 million Funding Stage: Series A Funding Date: November 10, 2025 Tech Funding Summary Table — November 10, 2025 Highlights:
