The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Physical AI Startup Atoms Leads In Varied Week For Large Deals
Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and fintech. Joanna Glasner jglasner Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board .
Key Takeaways
- This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week's biggest funding deal roundup here .
By far the largest financing of the week was a $1.7 billion round for Uber founder Travis Kalanick 's physical AI startup, Atoms , followed by sizable investments for 3D AI model developer Meshy AI and battery technology company Sila .
- Lead backers include Monolith Capital , IDG Capital and Matrix Partners China , per Crunchbase data.
Sila , $300M, battery technology: Battery technology company Sila secured $300 million in a new round led by Atreides Management and Sutter Hill Ventures .
- Sequoia Capital led the round, which set a $10 billion pre-money valuation for the San Jose, California-based company.
Augustus , $180M, fintech: Augustus, a startup aimed at providing financial institutions around the world direct access to dollar accounts, secured $180 million in Series B funding.
- Crystalys Therapeutics , $130M, biotech: Crystalys Therapeutics, a biotech developing therapies for people living with gout, closed an oversubscribed $130 million Series B round.
Frazier Life Sciences led the financing for the San Diego-based company.
- Methodology We tracked the largest announced rounds in the Crunchbase database that were raised by U.S.-based companies for the period of July 18-24.
Stats & Key Facts
- #Joanna Glasner jglasner Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies?
- #This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week's biggest funding deal roundup here .
- #By far the largest financing of the week was a $1.7 billion round for Uber founder Travis Kalanick 's physical AI startup, Atoms , followed by sizable investments for 3D AI model developer Meshy AI and battery technology company Sila .
- #Atoms , $1.7B, physical AI: Atoms, the physical AI startup founded by Uber founder Travis Kalanick , raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz .
This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week's biggest funding deal roundup here . Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and fintech. By far the largest financing of the week was a $1.7 billion round for Uber founder Travis Kalanick 's physical AI startup, Atoms , followed by sizable investments for 3D AI model developer Meshy AI and battery technology company Sila .
Atoms , $1.7B, physical AI: Atoms, the physical AI startup founded by Uber founder Travis Kalanick , raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz . Kalanick touted the Los Angeles-based company's vision as "about the coming industrial revolution where large industrial economic sectors get completely digitized." Meshy AI , $400M, AI for 3D: Silicon Valley-based Meshy AI, a startup developing foundation models for AI-powered 3D generation, closed on $400 million in Series B funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Lead backers include Monolith Capital , IDG Capital and Matrix Partners China , per Crunchbase data. Sila , $300M, battery technology: Battery technology company Sila secured $300 million in a new round led by Atreides Management and Sutter Hill Ventures . The Alameda, California, company will use the funding to expand its silicon anode plant in Moses Lake, Washington.
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