Public and private capital is scaling across infrastructure, national strategies, and startup ecosystems, with new funding momentum visible from France to Singapore and beyond.
Scaling Up and Spreading Out – SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar
This week’s SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar highlights a renewed focus on infrastructure-scale funding, strategic national bets, and growing momentum from Asia to Europe.
In France, President Macron’s high-profile “Choose France” summit marked a significant week, with announcements such as the €20 billion commitment to AI initiatives as part of the country’s broader digital strategy – reflected in both Macron hails €20 billion in investment with a focus on AI at ‘Choose France’ summit and Kyndryl Announces €100 Million Data, AI and Cyber Resilience Investment in France.
Meanwhile, Ray Kurzweil’s humanoid robot startup in talks for $100 million investment underscores the rising investor interest in frontier applications beyond foundation models.
On the infrastructure front, Nvidia Invests 78.17% of Q1 Portfolio in CoreWeave, Stock Surges 65% and Auradine Raises $153M Series C for Bitcoin (BTC) Mining, AI Data Center Networking confirm the ongoing capital shifts toward AI compute. Simultaneously, UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US in Trump deal hints at the geopolitical scale of AI infrastructure ambitions.
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Asia continues to be a hotbed of enterprise AI development, with Singapore-based Whale secures $60M to expand enterprise AI suite globally, backed by Temasek and others as detailed in Temasek backs SG-based AI firm Whale’s $60m funding, and BrioHR raises USD $6.5 million to boost AI HR in Singapore. Further east, Lighthouse Capital closes $50m fund to back Chinese AI startups illustrates growing institutional support for early-stage innovation.
Elsewhere, a mix of strategic and speculative funding rounds – including Sweep Raises $22.5M in Series B and Co-one raises €1M to expand AI solutions in e-commerce and banking – show how smaller players are leveraging agentic workspaces and domain-specific AI tools.
From public sector pledges to venture-backed bets, the AI investment ecosystem continues to expand in both scaling and geography—pointing not only to capital movement, but also to the evolving shape of global AI ambition.
Previous SwissCognitive AI Radar: Public Capital, Enterprise Tools, and Infrastructure Deals.
Our article does not offer financial advice and should not be considered a recommendation to engage in any securities or products. Investments carry the risk of decreasing in value, and investors may potentially lose a portion or all of their investment. Past performance should not be relied upon as an indicator of future results.
Public and private capital is scaling across infrastructure, national strategies, and startup ecosystems, with new funding momentum visible from France to Singapore and beyond.
Scaling Up and Spreading Out – SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar
This week’s SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar highlights a renewed focus on infrastructure-scale funding, strategic national bets, and growing momentum from Asia to Europe.
In France, President Macron’s high-profile “Choose France” summit marked a significant week, with announcements such as the €20 billion commitment to AI initiatives as part of the country’s broader digital strategy – reflected in both Macron hails €20 billion in investment with a focus on AI at ‘Choose France’ summit and Kyndryl Announces €100 Million Data, AI and Cyber Resilience Investment in France.
Meanwhile, Ray Kurzweil’s humanoid robot startup in talks for $100 million investment underscores the rising investor interest in frontier applications beyond foundation models.
On the infrastructure front, Nvidia Invests 78.17% of Q1 Portfolio in CoreWeave, Stock Surges 65% and Auradine Raises $153M Series C for Bitcoin (BTC) Mining, AI Data Center Networking confirm the ongoing capital shifts toward AI compute. Simultaneously, UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US in Trump deal hints at the geopolitical scale of AI infrastructure ambitions.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe to our AI NAVIGATOR!
Asia continues to be a hotbed of enterprise AI development, with Singapore-based Whale secures $60M to expand enterprise AI suite globally, backed by Temasek and others as detailed in Temasek backs SG-based AI firm Whale’s $60m funding, and BrioHR raises USD $6.5 million to boost AI HR in Singapore. Further east, Lighthouse Capital closes $50m fund to back Chinese AI startups illustrates growing institutional support for early-stage innovation.
Elsewhere, a mix of strategic and speculative funding rounds – including Sweep Raises $22.5M in Series B and Co-one raises €1M to expand AI solutions in e-commerce and banking – show how smaller players are leveraging agentic workspaces and domain-specific AI tools.
From public sector pledges to venture-backed bets, the AI investment ecosystem continues to expand in both scaling and geography—pointing not only to capital movement, but also to the evolving shape of global AI ambition.
Previous SwissCognitive AI Radar: Public Capital, Enterprise Tools, and Infrastructure Deals.
Our article does not offer financial advice and should not be considered a recommendation to engage in any securities or products. Investments carry the risk of decreasing in value, and investors may potentially lose a portion or all of their investment. Past performance should not be relied upon as an indicator of future results.
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