Top 10 Funding Rounds This Week Led by Physical AI and Predictions

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This weekly feature highlights the top 10 announced U.S. funding rounds of the week. Review last week’s major funding deal roundup here.

This week brought a strong collection of massive financial rounds, spearheaded by manufacturing firm Re:Build, which secured $2.1 billion, alongside predictions marketplace Kalshi, which brought in another $1 billion. Additional sectors attracting substantial capital included biotech, construction automation, enterprise AI, and battery technology.

1. Re:Build, $2.1B, manufacturing: Re:Build, an industrial manufacturing startup collaborating with innovators and industrial companies from initial product design to full-scale production, locked down $2.1 billion in fresh capital. The financing for the 6-year-old Framingham, Massachusetts-based business was co-led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase.

2. Kalshi, $1B, predictions marketplace: Predictions platform Kalshi completed a $1 billion Series G financing round led by Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management. The investment values the New York-based enterprise at $40 billion post-money, with the company reporting that its annualized trading volume has surpassed $1 trillion.

3. Bedrock Robotics, $600M, construction tech: San Francisco-based Bedrock Robotics, creator of autonomous software systems for heavy construction machinery, secured $600 million in Series C financing led by Emergence Capital and CapitalG. This investment elevates Bedrock’s total funds raised to nearly $1 billion and establishes a post-money valuation of $4.1 billion.

4. Dren Bio, $350M, biotech: Dren Bio, a developer specializing in antibody therapeutics targeting cancer and autoimmune conditions, finalized a $350 million financing round led by Juvia Group and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The proceeds will advance clinical trials for the San Carlos, California-based firm’s blood cancer treatments.

5. Group 14 Technologies, $169M, battery tech: Woodinville, Washington-based Group 14 Technologies, a producer and supplier of advanced silicon battery components, secured $169 million through a Series D extension round. The company also unveiled plans for international expansion via a new manufacturing facility in Sagunto, Spain.

6. (tied) Firehawk Aerospace, $150M, defense tech: Firehawk Aerospace, an advanced propulsion technology creator, announced it raised upwards of $150 million in Series D capital at a valuation exceeding $1.4 billion. Rochefort and Advent spearheaded the financing for the 7-year-old Dallas company.

6. (tied) Serval, $150M, enterprise AI: Serval, a company specializing in coding agents designed for enterprise automation, completed a $150 million Series C funding round at a $3 billion valuation. Sequoia Capital led the investment for the 2-year-old San Francisco-based startup.

8. (tied) General Compute, $100M, AI infrastructure: AI cloud service provider General Compute brought in $100 million via a Series A round led by Abstract and Blackbird. The company is scaling its infrastructure utilizing inference chips built by Nvidia competitors SambaNova, Cerebras Systems, and Positron AI.

8. (tied) Foundry Robotics, $100M, autonomous factories: Emeryville, California-based Foundry Robotics, a firm dedicated to constructing and managing autonomous manufacturing facilities, raised $100 million in a Series A investment round led by Marlinspike.

8. (tied) Hex Technologies, $100M, data analytics: Hex Technologies, a startup developing an AI-first platform for data analytics, brought in $100 million in new capital. The financing was led by Peak XV and 137 Ventures, placing a $1.2 billion valuation on the San Francisco-based company.

Methodology

We monitored the largest publicly announced funding rounds within the Crunchbase database secured by U.S.-based entities between October 24 and October 30, 2026. While the vast majority of completed rounds are cataloged, minor delays can occur when transactions are disclosed toward the end of the week.

Illustration: Dom Guzman

?Frequently Asked Questions

01What was the largest funding round of the week?

Manufacturing startup Re:Build secured the largest funding of the week, pulling in $2.1 billion in a round led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase.

02Which sectors dominated this week’s venture capital rounds?

This week saw major investments across manufacturing, predictions marketplaces, construction technology, biotech, battery tech, defense technology, enterprise AI, AI infrastructure, autonomous factories, and data analytics.

03Where is Kalshi based, and what is its valuation?

Kalshi is headquartered in New York and holds a $40 billion post-money valuation following its $1 billion Series G funding round.