The Daily Deal
Saturday 3 October 2026
Anthropic commits $518B to AI infrastructure
- Chart of the day Who backs the 25 best-funded defence companies?.
- Just raised Field AI $700M, Supabase $150M, Homeward $120M.
- Just founded Ploti, Zerova, translatigo.com.
- In the news Anthropic locks in $518B in AI infrastructure deals over the next decade, and two more stories.
Chart of the day
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The chart tracks equity rounds since 2024 into the 25 best-funded private defence companies, from Anduril and Helsing to Shield AI, Stark and Cambridge Aerospace. It shows the investors that backed three or more of them.
Just raised
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Field AIIrvine$700M Late VCPhysics-first robot “brains” powering autonomy across industries.
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SupabaseSingapore$150M GrowthProviding developers with a scalable PostgreSQL database, authentication, storage, and real-time capabilities. Led by GIC and IronArc.
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HomewardAustin$120M Series DEnables agents to let customers buy the home they want using an all-cash offer, and then sell their current property at full market value.
By country
- US$70B
- China$6.6B
- France$4.8B
- UK$3.6B
- India$1.3B
- Netherlands$1.1B
By sector
- Enterprise software$49B
- Health$9.6B
- Security$7.9B
- Energy$7.8B
- Semiconductors$6.9B
- Transportation$6.9B
$96B across 2,107 rounds in September, by headquarters and by sector.
Just founded
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Agentic platform for geospatial data and intelligence.
DADenielle Abaquita founded it after working at Meta. -
Global EV charging equipment and management solutions.
VNVarun Nehra -
Real-time AI interpretation for virtual meetings.
SCSwayam Chatterjee founded it after studying at Jadavpur University.
In the news
View all news stories- Anthropic locks in $518B in AI infrastructure deals over the next decade
Anthropic has outlined at least $518 billion in long-term infrastructure commitments over the next decade, covering cloud computing, equipment and services.
- MobiKwik co-founder lifts stake to 10.24% with $255K share buy
Upasana Taku, co-founder and executive director of One MobiKwik Systems, bought 107,000 equity shares in the fintech firm for about ₹2.12 crore through open-market trades on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
- Epic halts development after Anthropic's AI found bugs exposing 320M patient records
Epic, the maker of the widely used MyChart medical records software, has paused most product development to fix security flaws that could expose patients' data.
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