China-linked hackers used AI agents to hit 2,250+ Microsoft 365 tenants

• DeepSeekChina$15B Series B

  Cost-efficient large language models and AI research.

• Beijing Huixi Intelligent Information TechnologyChina$375M Series B

  Innovative vehicle-mounted intelligent computing platform, providing high-end intelligent driving chips, easy-to-use open tool chains and full-stack autonomous driving solutions.

• Xona SpaceBurlingame$250M Series D

  High-accuracy satellite navigation for autonomous systems infrastructure. Led by Future Ventures.

$96B across 1,057 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.

• NeuroCADBulgaria

  AI-native CAD/CAE built from scratch in Rust.

  LNLachezar Nikolov founded it after working at Sensata Technologies and Visteon.

• SolveraOslo$6M raised

  AI-native building engineering firm for the construction industry.

  TTPRAMThorvald Thorsnes, Pål Rasmussen & Arif Mirza founded it. Thorsnes previously founded Enode. Rasmussen worked at Autodesk and Spacemaker AI.

• IntectZurich

  Wireless sensors that monitor moisture in screed to predict floor readiness.

  FLJLFelix Liebl & Johannes Lohner founded it. Liebl worked at Coesia and Atlantic Zeiser. Lohner worked at Sika and Bouygues Construction.

• China-linked hackers used AI agents to hit 2,250+ Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise, reaching admin access in under 3 hours

  Microsoft disclosed that Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor, used an open-source AI penetration-testing framework called ARTEX to automate attacks on hundreds of organisations worldwide.

• Rogue AI agents are already inside US bank accounts, Axios reports
• Spain's Seaya raises €600M for its first growth fund and opens in London, as EU money targets Europe's scale-up gap

  Madrid's Seaya has raised €600 million at first close for Seaya Nova, its first growth fund, in six months, the firm said.