The Daily Deal
Friday 25 September 2026
Microsoft to invest $10B in Gulf AI infrastructure
- Chart of the day Techstars and Y Combinator had each backed startups in 30 states by 2015.
- Just raised Island $400M, OpenEvidence $250M, Precision Neuroscience $250M.
- Just founded Matrikel, Peregen AI, tasira.
- In the news RPS Ventures sells $102M Meesho stake as early backers cash out, and two more stories.
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Techstars and Y Combinator had each backed startups in 30 US states by 2015. The chart tracks the number of states reached year by year since 2000 for Techstars, Y Combinator, Revolution, Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz.
Just raised
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IslandDallas$400M Late VCThe ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. Backed by Evolution Equity Partners.
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OpenEvidenceMiami$250M Late VCAI-driven clinical decision support enhancing healthcare outcomes at the point of care. Led by Byers Capital.
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Precision NeuroscienceNew York$250M Series DPrecision neuroscience is developing brain-computer interfaces (bcis). Backed by ARK Invest and B Capital.
By country
- US$36B
- China$6.2B
- France$4.6B
- UK$3.4B
- India$959M
- Netherlands$907M
By sector
- Enterprise software$17B
- Health$8.6B
- Energy$7.3B
- Semiconductors$6.5B
- Transportation$6.3B
- Security$5.7B
$59B across 1,733 rounds in September so far, by headquarters and by sector.
Just founded
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MatrikelCopenhagen
AI-native operating system for property companies, automating operations, accounting, and tenant communication.
CACarl-Emil Arenstorff previously founded ERW (ERW Active & My Flight Pack) and worked at The Organic Crave Company and BusySunday. -
Peregen AIAustin
AI companions and interactive story worlds with persistent memory and voice.
EPEric Perez, MA, PhD(c) founded it after working at Pomeroy IT Solutions and Spectrum. -
tasiraCopenhagen$953K raised
Natural, clean-label sweeteners from sweet proteins.
AFAli Fallah-Araghi previously founded Sweet Bliss.
In the news
View all news stories- RPS Ventures sells $102M Meesho stake as early backers cash out
RPS Ventures offloaded 38.6 million Meesho shares for around ₹900 crore ($102 million) through block deals on the BSE on Wednesday.
- Select Water Solutions to buy Pilot Water for $700M
Select Water Solutions has agreed to acquire Pilot Water Solutions, a private water midstream company operating primarily in the Delaware Basin, in a cash-and-equity deal valued at $700 million.
- Microsoft to invest $10B in Gulf AI infrastructure by 2030
Microsoft will invest more than $10 billion through 2030 to build cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure across four Gulf nations: Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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