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Recent News about General Catalyst

• EON raises $10.75M to link AI data centers with orbital lasers

  TechCrunch reported on August 4, 2026 that Endeavor Optical Networks (EON) has emerged from stealth with a 10.75 million dollar seed round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz. The startup plans a 20‑satellite laser network to connect data centers across continents at multi‑terabit speeds, targeting AI and hyperscale customers.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-08-04T12:00:00.000Z

• General Intuition lands $320m Series A for game‑trained world models

  On July 13, 2026, Dutch startup General Intuition disclosed a $320 million Series A round at a $2.3 billion valuation, completed in January and announced in June. The company trains AI models on billions of gameplay clips and will use the funds for research, model development, compute and hiring.

  Source: DutchStartup.ai2026-07-13T10:00:00.000Z

• Helsing raises $1.8bn Series E to scale European defense AI

  On July 13, 2026, German defense AI company Helsing announced a $1.8 billion Series E round valuing the firm at $18 billion. The capital, backed by Dragoneer, Lightspeed, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorgan Chase and others, will fund new AI platforms and integrations with partner nations’ defense systems.

  Source: Helsing2026-07-13T10:00:00.000Z

• 1001 raises $30m Series A to build sovereign AI for GCC infrastructure

  Sovereign AI startup 1001 has closed a $30 million Series A round led by US firm Lux Capital, with participation from Saudi PIF‑backed Sanabil Investments, 9Yards, Hanabi, General Catalyst, CIV and others. EnterpriseAM reported the deal on July 1, 2026, noting that 1001 will use the funds to scale engineering and deployments across GCC ports, aviation, energy and other critical infrastructure sectors.

  Source: Wamda2026-07-01T21:07:43.000Z

• General Intuition raises $320M to scale game-trained AI agents

  General Intuition said on June 25, 2026 that it raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, bringing total funding to $454 million. The New York–based startup uses labeled video game play and robotics data to train a single agentic model that can both play Fortnite and control quadruped robots, and will use the new capital mainly to expand compute.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-06-25T16:55:00.000Z

• Engram raises $98M to build memory layer for AI agents

  San Francisco startup Engram emerged from stealth on June 23, 2026 with $98 million in funding to build a learned memory layer for enterprise AI agents. The round, backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia and others, will fund training and deployment of models that compress organizational knowledge into reusable memory for AI systems.

  Source: citybiz2026-06-24T13:09:05.853Z

• Pool launches AI screenshot memory app as personal assistant test

  SendTech Times reports on June 12 that Pool has launched a free iOS app that ingests users’ screenshots, classifies them into “pools” and uses AI to reconstruct links, products and context. The startup previously raised just over $2 million in pre-seed funding and now positions the app as a stepping stone toward a broader agentic assistant. ([stechtimes.com](https://stechtimes.com/en/article/pool-turns-screenshots-into-a-searchable-ai-memory-layer-mq9t7na1))

  Source: SendTech Times2026-06-12T05:06:48.468Z

• Factorial raises $150M to build AI-first workforce platform

  Barcelona-based HR and workforce software company Factorial announced on June 3, 2026 a $150 million Series D round at a $2.5 billion valuation, led by General Catalyst. Alongside the equity, General Catalyst committed up to $540 million in non-dilutive financing to scale Factorial’s new AI-agent-based “Factorial One” platform.

  Source: TechFundingNews2026-06-03T21:08:57.553Z

• Cognition raises $1B to scale Devin autonomous AI engineer

  Cognition, maker of the Devin autonomous AI software engineer, raised over $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation in a new funding round announced on May 27, 2026. Lux Capital and General Catalyst led the round with participation from Founders Fund, 8VC, Ribbit Capital, Atreides, Layer Global and others.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-05-27T16:00:00.000Z

• Ethos raises $22.75m from a16z for AI expert network platform

  London‑based startup Ethos announced on May 6 a $22.75 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with coverage on May 7 underscoring its plan to use AI voice agents to build richer skill graphs for professionals. The platform interviews experts via AI, analyses code, papers and other work, then matches them to consulting, research and full‑time roles.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-05-07T13:10:40.035Z