Accel has raised $5 billion for late-stage AI investments, backed by soaring returns from Anthropic and Cursor, in a Q1 2026 venture market that deployed a record $297 billion.
Anthropic has received investor offers at $800 billion, doubling its February valuation, as annualised revenue hits $30 billion and IPO talks begin with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.
Athena Technology Solutions launches FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform that automates reporting, support, and configuration for semiconductor factory MES systems.
Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave's AI cloud platform and invests $1 billion in equity, gaining access to NVIDIA Vera Rubin compute for quantitative trading.
Accenture Ventures invests in General Robotics, whose GRID platform deploys AI skills across 40+ robots from different manufacturers to scale factory automation.