Anduril Industries raised $5 billion in a Series H round at a $61 billion valuation, the largest deal in the week’s top 10 announced U.S. funding rounds. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital and brought the Costa Mesa company’s total capital to $11.4 billion.
Largest Round
Anduril’s financing more than doubled its prior $30.5 billion valuation from less than a year earlier. The defense-tech company accounted for the single biggest check in a week dominated by physical-world applications.
Energy and Robotics Rounds
VoltaGrid, based in Houston, received $775 million in capital funding plus a $225 million secondary purchase from Halliburton and Blackstone for its mobile natural gas generators serving data centers and microgrids. Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto spinout of Rivian that launched in 2025, closed $400 million led by Kleiner Perkins, pushing its total funding above $1 billion for its AI-enabled industrial robotics platform.
Space and Indoor-Farming Deals
Cowboy Space raised $275 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation led by Index Ventures. The San Carlos company, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, is developing rockets and satellite infrastructure for AI compute in space. Oishii secured $150 million in Series C funding led by SPARX Asset Management for its automated indoor strawberry farms, bringing its total raised to $370 million.
Additional Rounds
Exaforce closed $125 million in Series B funding from HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures and Seligman Ventures for its AI-native security operations platform. Create Medicines obtained $122 million in Series B financing led by Newpath Partners, ARCH Venture Partners and Hatteras Venture Partners for in vivo immunotherapies. HavocAI raised $100 million in Series A funding, doubling its total capital to $200 million for autonomous systems tools. Star Catcher picked up $65 million in Series A led by B Capital, Shield Capital and Cerberus Ventures to beam solar power to satellites. GridCare closed $64 million in Series A led by Sutter Hill Ventures for power-delivery technology aimed at AI data centers.
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