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Snapshot 2026-10-27- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,370new
- Foundation ModelsRankedof 37
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Shenzhen Hypersphere Technology, founded in 2026 by CUHK assistant professor Weiyang Liu, develops next-generation AI foundation models under an 'Infinite Models' paradigm that composes many specialized expert models on top of base models; its technology includes the Orbit post-training framework, OFT and OrthoMerge.
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Funding history
- 2026-10-26Angel数亿元人民币
Investors · Legend Capital, CAS Star, Sense Capital, WestSummit CapitalSource · vc.pedaily.cn ↗
Comparable companies· by market
This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 超球面科技
Shenzhen Hypersphere Technology, founded in 2026 by CUHK assistant professor Weiyang Liu, develops next-generation AI foundation models under an 'Infinite Models' paradigm that composes many specialized expert models on top of base models; its technology includes the Orbit post-training framework, OFT and OrthoMerge.
Angel · 2026-10
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Black Forest Labs
Building the FLUX family of foundation models for image generation and editing
Series B · $331M · 2025-12
$331M - OpenAI
GPT series of large language models and consumer and enterprise AI products such as ChatGPT
Undisclosed · $180B · 2026-03 · Valuation $852B
$180BValuation $852B - Anthropic
Develops the Claude series of large models and offers an API, the Claude assistant and the Claude Code programming tool, with a primary focus on the enterprise and developer markets
IPO · $124B · 2026-10 · Valuation $965B
$124BValuation $965B
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Apex Intelligence
Recursively self-improving, self-evolving foundation model
Angel · 2026-09
— - Zhipu AI
Development of the GLM series of foundation models and ToC/ToB large model services
IPO · $2.2B · 2026-01
$2.2B - Infinigence AI
Heterogeneous compute cloud platform Infini-AI, plus large model training/inference optimization and Agentic Infra, connecting multiple large models with domestic and imported chips. Customers include large model developers and research institutions.
Series C · $597M · 2026-10
$597M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Mistral AI
Develops open-weight large language models and provides supporting compute infrastructure, as well as enterprise and sovereign AI products and API services
Series D+ · 2026-09 · Valuation $24B
—Valuation $24B - H
Computer-use AI agent platform for large European enterprises. Its core Holo model series can operate existing software interfaces directly to automate business processes; the company also offers an Agents API, a Models API and the Chrome extension HoloTab.
Seed · $220M · 2024-05
$220M - Aleph Alpha
Develops AI large language models based on European data
Undisclosed · $500M · 2024-09
$500M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Cohere
Platform company that builds general-purpose and vertical large models for enterprises
Undisclosed · $1.8B · 2025-09 · Valuation $5.5B
$1.8BValuation $5.5B - AI21 Labs
Provides developers with customized text-based business applications built on AI21's proprietary AI models
Series D+ · $508M · 2025-05 · Valuation $1.4B
$508MValuation $1.4B - Sarvam AI
Builds large language models that support Indian languages
Series B · $275M · 2026-06 · Valuation $1.5B
$275MValuation $1.5B
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Tencent
6 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 6 in South China
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3 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 3 in South China
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3 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 3 at a nearby stage · 3 in South China
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2 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 2 in South China
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2 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 2 in South China
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2 Foundation Models deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 2 in South China
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