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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.
This week brought another plethora of large funding rounds for startups and growth-stage companies. Shield AI, a defense tech player focused on autonomy and virtual simulations, secured the largest financing, bringing in $2 billion. Next on the list was drone delivery provider Zipline International, which pulled in a fresh $1.5 billion.
Rounding out the ranks were good-sized financings for sectors including agentic AI, space tech and AI infrastructure.
1. Shield AI, $2B, defense tech: Shield AI, a developer of autonomy software and systems for the defense sector, along with simulation and synthetic reality technologies, secured $2 billion in equity funding and $500 million in debt financing. The equity included a $1 billion Series H led by Disruptive and Innovation X Capital along with a $1 billion structured equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone. The $500 million debt financing was led by JPMorganChase. San Diego-based Shield also said it is acquiring radar company Echodyne in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion.
2. Zipline International, $1.5B, drones: Drone delivery provider Zipline International raised $1.5 billion in late-stage funding at a $21.5 billion post-money valuation. Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the financing for the South San Francisco, California-based company, which plans to use the money to expand its U.S. manufacturing facilities and increase hiring as it builds a nationwide drone delivery network.
3. CesiumAstro, $730M, space tech: Austin-based CesiumAstro, a developer of space and defense communications systems and satellites, closed on $730 million in Series D financing at a valuation of more than $4.5 billion. Janus Henderson led the equity round, and the company also secured $100 million in debt financing through the Export-Import Bank of the United States and JP Morgan.
4. Northwood Space, $375M, space tech: Torrance, California-based Northwood Space, a developer of ground infrastructure to support satellite systems, picked up $375 million in Series C funding. Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth led the financing for the 3-year-old startup, which raised its Series B about nine months ago.
5. Applied Compute, $350M, AI models: Applied Compute, provider of a cloud computing platform that enterprises and developers use to train and run large AI models, announced $350 million in new funding at a $3.25 billion valuation. Elad Gil led the financing, joined by a long list of investors including Nvidia. The San Francisco-based company, which launched 18 months ago, said its annual recurring revenue has already topped $100 million.
6. Harbinger, $240M, electric trucks: Harbinger, a startup known for electric truck technology that has been expanding into battery storage and defense applications, secured $240 million in Series D funding. Tiger Global, Capricorn Investment Group and Ridgeline led the financing for the Garden Grove, California-based company.
7. Sentra, $150M, AI data security: Sentra, a provider of agentic data security tools, closed on $150 million in a strategic investment led by Capital One Ventures. Founded in 2021, Sentra has headquarters in New York and Tel Aviv.
8. Traversal, $120M, agentic AI: Traversal, a startup building AI agents for enterprise site reliability engineering, secured $120 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation. Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla Ventures co-led the round for the New York-based startup.
9. Ocient, $100M, agentic AI: Chicago-based Ocient, a provider of agentic AI for enterprise with a focus on data analytics, picked up $100 million in Series C funding co-led by BOKA Capital and OCA Ventures.
10. (tied) Tutor Intelligence, $75M, robotics: Watertown, Massachusetts-based Tutor Intelligence, a startup focused on robot foundation model training and building robot workers, raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
10. (tied) Kalepa, $75M, insurtech: Kalepa, a provider of AI tools for the insurance industry, secured $75 million in Series B funding at a $470 million valuation. Updata Partners led the round for the New York-based startup.
Methodology
We tracked the largest announced rounds in the Crunchbase database that were raised by U.S.-based companies for the period of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2026. Although most announced rounds are in the database, there may be a small time lag, as some rounds are reported late in the week.
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