Anthropic secured over $4 billion in 2025 to advance Claude, its safer and steerable AI model, backed by tech giants and VCs.

Mistral AI This Paris-based startup raised significant Series B funding to expand its open-weight LLMs, aiming to rival major U.S. players.

Figure AI With over $1 billion in funding, Figure AI is creating general-purpose humanoid robots for industries like manufacturing and logistics.

Perplexity AI raised millions to develop its AI-native search engine, focusing on real-time, ad-free, transparent answers with citations.

Cohere Backed by big names, Cohere's 2025 funding surge is fueling its development of language models tailored for business and productivity apps.