Several tech startups — OpenEvidence, AiStrike, Emergent, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
OpenEvidence Raises $250 mn
OpenEvidence announced a $250M funding round led by Thrive Capital and DST Global, expanding its AI-based medical search platform used by a large percentage of US physicians. Additional investors include Sequoia, Google Ventures, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Blackstone, Henry Kravis, Coatue, Thrive Capital, Conviction, ICONIQ, Greycroft, Breyer Capital, BOND, Craft Ventures, Goanna, Meritech, Alkeon, Mayo Clinic, and others. Founder and CEO Daniel Nadler stated the technology focuses on synthesizing trusted medical literature to support clinicians with accurate, real-time answers, improving patient care and reducing the time doctors spend researching. The investment will fuel R&D for multi-agent AI architecture, advance medical accuracy, and scale global clinical impact through enhanced AI innovation.
AiStrike Raises $7 mn
AiStrike announced $7M in Seed funding led by Blumberg Capital with participation from Runtime Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, and strategic angel investors to advance AI-native, preemptive cyber defense. Founder and CEO Nitin Agale explained that traditional reactive cybersecurity models are being replaced by AI platforms that continuously monitor exposure, improve detection, and drive prevention at scale. AiStrike’s platform unifies threat intelligence, detection engineering, investigation, and response to reduce false positives and operational costs for enterprises and government organizations. The funding will accelerate product expansion, support broader adoption, and strengthen preemptive operations. This technology focus sets a new standard for proactive security, reducing risk and improving defense effectiveness.
Emergent Raises $70 mn
Emergent announced it has raised $70 million in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator to expand its AI-powered software creation platform. The investment supports product development, team growth, and global market expansion as the platform enables more than five million users across 190 countries to build monetizable, full-stack web and mobile applications with autonomous AI agents. Co-founder and CEO Mukund Jha said the technology breaks down technical barriers, letting entrepreneurs turn ideas into production-ready products rapidly. The strategy targets accelerating AI adoption, empowering small business builders, and enhancing monetization capabilities.
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