Feb 16, 2026 Weekly Roundup

Weekly Funding Roundup:
Feb 9–15, 2026

An extraordinary week defined by a single historic raise. Anthropic's $30B Series G drove the vast majority of the $30.9B raised across four major rounds, while robotics and generative AI continued their capital surge.

$30.9B
Total Raised
4
Rounds
3
Unicorns

Key Themes

Frontier AI mega-rounds returned with a vengeance. Anthropic's $30B eclipsed every other round this week combined, reflecting explosive revenue growth (ARR exceeding $14B) and the growing enterprise criticality of foundation models. The round drew an unprecedented syndicate spanning sovereign wealth, private equity, and strategic corporates.

Embodied AI and robotics are accelerating. Apptronik's near-$1B total Series A (with strategic backing from Google, Mercedes-Benz, John Deere, and AT&T) shows capital chasing physical-world AI deployment. Warehouse automation and humanoid robots are moving from research labs to production lines.

Corporate and sovereign capital deepened. Nvidia and Microsoft participated directly in Anthropic's round. Adobe and AMD backed Runway. John Deere and AT&T joined Apptronik. Strategic investors are no longer passive check-writers: they're securing access to the AI infrastructure layer that will power their own products.

The Rounds

Anthropic Series G
Feb 12
$30.0B
$380.0B valuation

The second-largest venture round ever recorded. Anthropic's $30B Series G at a $380B valuation cements the company as the highest-valued AI startup in the world. The company reported annualized revenue exceeding $14B (10x+ year-over-year growth), with Claude Code alone generating $2.5B ARR in seven months and powering roughly 4% of global GitHub public commits. Funds target further model scaling, enterprise tools, and a potential 2026 IPO path.

GIC (Lead) Coatue Management (Lead) D.E. Shaw Ventures Dragoneer Founders Fund ICONIQ MGX Sequoia Capital Menlo Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners Blackstone BlackRock Microsoft Nvidia
Apptronik Series A Extension
~Feb 11
$520M
$5.0B valuation

The Austin-based humanoid robotics company extended its Series A to a total of $935M+, with this $520M tranche pushing its valuation to roughly $5B. Apptronik is scaling production of its Apollo humanoid robot for logistics and warehouse deployment, highlighting the accelerating momentum in embodied AI. New strategic investors AT&T Ventures and John Deere joined existing backers.

B Capital (Lead) Google (Lead) Mercedes-Benz Peak6 AT&T Ventures John Deere
Runway Series E
~Feb 10
$315M
$5.3B valuation

The AI video and generative media platform raised $315M at a $5.3B valuation, up from $3.3B in its prior round. Runway is pivoting toward "world models" that simulate physics and spatial reasoning, moving beyond pure video generation. Strong enterprise traction in content creation and growing corporate partnerships fueled the round.

General Atlantic (Lead) Nvidia Adobe Ventures Fidelity AMD Ventures AllianceBernstein Mirae Asset Felicis Premji Invest
Gather AI Series B
Feb 9
$40M

The warehouse drone and AI inventory management startup raised $40M, bringing total funding to $74M. Gather AI deploys autonomous drones inside warehouses to scan and track inventory using computer vision, replacing manual cycle counts. The round reflects growing demand for AI-powered logistics automation as retailers and 3PLs seek efficiency gains.

Smith Point Capital (Lead)

Methodology

Data sourced from company announcements, press coverage, and social media posts via Grok analysis of X. All rounds include linked sources in our database. Source URLs are stored in each company's funding history. Visit individual company pages to see them.

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