AI Startups Draw Fresh Capital Across US and Europe in New Funding Round Wave

Multiplier raised $35 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-powered professional services platform. The round was led by The General Partnership, with participation from existing investors Ribbit Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company operates a permanent holding company model, purchasing existing firms while allowing them to retain their names, management and autonomy, and embeds engineering teams within acquired firms. It has employed more than 30 technologists. Founder and CEO Noah Pepper argued in a company blog post that AI should empower professionals rather than replace them, freeing time for judgment-based work. The funding will support further acquisitions and team growth.

Delightree, founded in Denver, raised $25 million to scale its AI-driven operating system for multi-unit businesses such as franchises. The round was led by Accel with support from existing investors Emergent, Timber Grove Ventures and Innovius. The platform integrates training, compliance, communications, audits and location-launch processes. Delightree said its revenue grew nearly twentyfold since launching just over two years ago, and its software is deployed across more than 6,000 locations in the United States, with customers including solidcore and Dunn Brothers Coffee. The company plans to expand into verticals including restaurants, fitness, wellness, retail, healthcare and home services.

In Europe, Paris-based Shiplog raised over €807.6k ($930k) in pre-Seed funding to build agentic customer intelligence for personalisation at scale. The round was backed by Kima Ventures and Project Europe, alongside Purple, No Label Ventures, 100IN and Station F Fund. Founded in 2026 by Khushi Mehta and Mehdi Gribaa, the company has built Ada, an AI agent that evaluates each customer individually and acts in real time across the customer lifecycle. Co-founder and CTO Mehdi Gribaa said the company believes every piece of software that interacts with customers will become adaptive, reasoning about each person in real time rather than relying on static rules, EU-Startups reported.

Perplexity Brings Its Local AI Agent to Windows PCs With RTX GPUs

Perplexity and Nvidia have made Portable Computer, a local-first AI agent, available on Windows machines with GeForce RTX or RTX PRO GPUs carrying at least 24GB of VRAM.