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Multiple AI startups raised venture funding to expand their AI-enabled platforms

Funding Provisional 22% confidence first seen

AcademyAI raised an oversubscribed £1.65M pre-seed round to build a platform that assesses employees’ AI skills and provides role-specific training. Separately, Factory raised $200M for its self-improving AI agent platform for software development, with plans to expand headcount and grow the platform.

AcademyAI Factory Alan Turing Institute Blackstone Khosla Ventures Marc Benioff NEA Sequoia Capital

The deal

AcademyAI £1.65M Seed · announced 15 Sep 2026

Deal terms as reported in the coverage below.

Source coverage

AcademyAI raises £1.65M to close the workplace AI skills gap Tech.eu independent Factory raises $200M for its self-improving software development platform SiliconANGLE independent

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