Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2026-02-23
United States logged 94 verified funding rounds in the week ending 22 Feb 2026, totalling ≈$6.7B. World Labs anchors the week with a ≈$1.2B in Research Services. Technology, Information and Media was the busiest sector with 27 deals.
| Country |  United States |
| Deals this week | 94 |
| Total raised | ≈$6.7B |
| Top sector | Technology, Information and Media (28) |
| Most common round | Seed (34) |
| Most active investor | Y Combinator (4 deals) |
| Sources tracked | 384 |
The biggest 5 deals this week
| # | Company | Amount | Round | Sector | Announced |
|---|
| 1 | World Labs | $1.2B | — | Research Services | 18 Feb 2026 |
| 2 | Substrate | $1.0B | Seed | Semiconductors | 18 Feb 2026 |
| 3 | Cerity Partners | $1.0B | investment | Financial Services | 20 Feb 2026 |
| 4 | inKind | $450.0M | Series C | Retail | 18 Feb 2026 |
| 5 | Replit | $250.0M | Series C | Software Development | 10 Sept 2025 |
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World Labs
Announced 18 Feb 2026$1.2B · Research Services · United States
World Labs is a frontier AI research and product company.
“While OpenAI and Anthropic are competing to build more advanced LLMs, two startups just raised a billion dollars each and neither of them is building a language model. They are building World Models instead. AMI Labs. Founded by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun after leaving Meta. Raised $1.03 billion in seed.”
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Substrate
Announced 18 Feb 2026$1.0B · Seed · Semiconductors · United States
“Substrate Raises $1.0B Seed Round | Signalbase Signalbase Signals Pricing API docs Login Get API access Login Get API access Toggle menu Funding news · Published February 18, 2026 Substrate Raises $1.0B Seed Round Recently funded · $1.0B Seed Manufacturing US Get the full Substrate company profile Access contacts, investors, buying signals & more O”
Most active investors this week
| # | Investor | Deals |
|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | 4 |
| 2 | Asymmetric | 3 |
| 3 | Bessemer Venture Partners | 3 |
| 4 | Lightspeed | 3 |
| 5 | Draper Associates | 2 |
| 6 | Founders Fund | 2 |
| 7 | 468 Capital | 1 |
| 8 | 645 Ventures | 1 |
| 9 | A16Z | 1 |
| 10 | Abundant Venture Partners | 1 |
What this week tells us
Technology, Information and Media accounted for 27 of 94 verified deals in United States this week. The stage mix was 44 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 50 Series A or later. Y Combinator was the most active investor, backing 4 of the week's rounds.
Built from 94 verified funding signals tracked by Signalbase. Window: 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2026. Last refresh: 02 Oct 2026.
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