AI on the Rise | Week of June 22–28, 2025: $671M Fuels Next-Gen AI Startups
The momentum in early-stage AI investment continues to surge. From June 22 to June 28, 2025, AI startups globally secured nearly $671 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A funding, according to Crunchbase. This sharp rise highlights not only the appetite for AI innovation but also the accelerating pace at which these technologies are being brought to market.
Series A: $409M
Seed: $229M
Pre-seed: $33M
These figures reaffirm the deep investor confidence in AI’s transformative potential—across robotics, enterprise software, and intelligent search.
Top 3 Funded Companies This Week:
Tacta Systems – Raised $64 million to develop robotics with humanlike tactile sensing and dexterous intelligence. Their work focuses on building a nervous system for robots, making machines more adaptive, safe, and capable of fine-motor tasks.
Centific Inc. – Secured $60 million in funding. Centific delivers enterprise-grade AI and data analytics platforms that enhance digital transformation, localization, and customer engagement at scale.
GenCmo – Also raised $60 million to develop next-gen AI tools for search and product recommendation in e-commerce. The startup is building highly personalized, real-time engines to improve user experience and conversion.
Companies Funded This Week
In addition to the top three fundraisers, here is a full list of startups that received early-stage funding this week:
Thinking Machines Lab, Tacta Systems, Inc., Centific, GenCmo, Traversal, Ellipsis Health, OpenRouter, HOPPR, Niural, Landbase, LanceDB, Wispr Flow, Multiplier Holdings, Uncountable Inc., Snowcap Compute Inc., Shinkei, Profound, Antimetal, Synthflow AI, Eventual, Mercanis, Warp, DataBahn.ai, Cluely, Clarify AI, Sibill, Memory Tensor, Voliro, SuperDial, Lyceum, Chronicle Studios, SWARM Biotactics, Audos, Quinn, Alta, PrismaX, Orion Arm, Qualytics, Andrenam, Unchained Robotics, Chatlyn, Volantis Semiconductor, Sunrise Robotics, PublicAI, Tibo Energy Management Software, Claira, Meridian
This growing list reflects the breadth and depth of AI innovation happening around the globe—from robotics and healthcare to creative tools and infrastructure.
Why It Matters
From robotic fingertips to enterprise analytics, this week’s deals reflect the diversity and dynamism of AI innovation. These aren’t speculative bets—they're strategic investments in infrastructure, intelligence, and interactivity.
At Dectec, we believe the future of AI lies in personal ownership, ethical design, and real-world deployment. Every week, we track who’s funding, building, and shaping that future.
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