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#85 Max: AI Funding Roundup – Surge AI's $1B Stunner, a $700M Seed & Groq's Chip Deal

13 min • 4 augusti 2025

The AI funding frenzy is hitting new highs with a stunning $1 billion deal for data labeling and a massive $700 million seed round for agentic finance! 🤯 We're breaking down a wild week of investment.

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A breakdown of the top 20 AI and tech funding deals for the last week of July 2025.
The huge investments in AI's foundations: Surge AI landing $1 billion for data labeling and Kuvi.ai securing a $700M seed round.
The continued race for AI hardware, with Groq raising $600 million to build specialized AI inference chips.
Major funding for enterprise automation and healthcare, with Ramp raising $500M for spend management and Ambience Healthcare securing $243M.
Big rounds for the tools that power the ecosystem, including Anaconda's $150M for its open-source dev platform, fal's $125M for generative media, and n8n's $55M for workflow automation.

Keywords: AI Fundraising, Weekly Funding Report, Surge AI, Kuvi.ai, Groq, Ramp, Agentic AI, AI Chips, Data Labeling, Venture Capital, AI Startups, Enterprise AI, Health Tech AI, n8n

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