Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2026-10-26

$400.0M · Technology, Information and Media · United States

Chai Discovery builds the computer-aided design suite for molecules.

“I spent a month tracking major AI funding rounds. One pattern surprised me more than the dollar amounts. I kept finding narrow, high-stakes work: Chai Discovery’s $400M for drug discovery. Walden Robotics’ $300M for robotics. Harvey’s $200M for legal work, at an $11B valuation. My takeaway: none of these are chatbots.”

$150.0M · Series A · Technology, Information and Media · United States

EKA Robotics is building intelligence for the physical world in its native language: force.

“Robotics startup Eka Robotics has raised a $150 million Series A funding round led by a16z and F-Prime, pushing its valuation to $1.45 billion. Founded by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and former Google DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja, the company focuses on an advanced manipulation architecture.”