Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI (3/4/26)

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Christopher Robbins
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This week we continue our series on the top 5 VC-funded deals in AI.

Venture capital activity cooled off this week, where we saw just three fundraising announcements come in above the $100 million threshold.

The biggest announcement, per FinSMEs, came from San Jose, Calif.-based Ayar Labs, which raised $500 million in a Series E at a $3.75 billion valuation. Ayar Labs, which creates high-speed networking technology for AI infrastructure, will use its new funding to “scale production and test capacity, expand global operations, including at its new Hsinchu, Taiwan, office, strengthen ecosystem partnerships, and accelerate the deployment of its CPO solution,” according to the announcement. Our second announcement is from Beijing-based embodied AI firm Spirit AI, which raised $280 million in funding E to “scale the deployment of its embodied models, expand its data collection to exceed 1 million hours by 2026, and accelerate the integration of robotic agents into industrial workforces,” according to its announcement.  The top five also included companies in the extended reality, real estate and security spaces.

Smaller funding raises that did not quite make our top 5 this week included announcements from the computer vision, health, and finance sectors.

Below, we highlight the top five venture capital deals, ranked from the highest to the lowest funding amounts, showcasing the companies at the forefront of the AI revolution…

Top 5 Venture Capital Deals from Feb. 26 – March 4

1. Ayar Labs

  • Location: San Jose, CA

  • Description: Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology designed to dramatically improve data movement and bandwidth efficiency for AI and high-performance computing systems.

  • Funding Amount: $500 million

  • Funding Round: Series E

  • Valuation: $3.75 billion

2. Spirit AI

  • Location: Beijing, China

  • Description: Spirit AI focuses on developing general-purpose embodied AI models aimed at powering intelligent robotics and physical AI systems.

  • Funding Amount: $280 million

  • Funding Round: Undisclosed

3. VITURE

  • Location: San Francisco, CA

  • Description: VITURE develops extended reality (XR) solutions, blending hardware and software to deliver immersive computing experiences.

  • Funding Amount: $100 million

  • Funding Round: Undisclosed

4. Dwelly

  • Location: London, UK

  • Description: Dwelly provides an AI-enabled property management platform that helps streamline operations, tenant services, and real estate asset management.

  • Funding Amount: $93 million

  • Funding Round: Equity and debt financing

5. Gambit Security

  • Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Description: Gambit Security offers an AI-native resilience platform designed to help enterprises identify vulnerabilities, respond to threats, and maintain operational continuity.

  • Funding Amount: $61 million

  • Funding Round: Seed and Series A

Make sure to check out our Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI right here!

Written & Researched by DWN Staff
VC Deals Synopsized by ChatGPT
Research Source: FinSMEs

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