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title: "AI Startup Funding Report — August 18, 2026 — name.ai"
description: "2 AI startup funding announcements recorded for August 18, 2026, totaling $265,000,000 in disclosed amounts. Largest raise: Reach Capital (undisclosed round)."
url: https://name.ai/insights/ai-funding-2026-08-18
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Funding ReportAug 18, 2026

# AI Startup Funding Report — August 18, 2026

Published Sep 12, 2026

2 AI startup funding announcements recorded for August 18, 2026, totaling $265,000,000 in disclosed amounts. Largest raise: Reach Capital (undisclosed round).

$265.0M

Top raise

2

Rounds

$265.0M

Raised

## Today's Largest Raise

**Reach Capital** raised **$265,000,000** (undisclosed round).

## Top 2 Raises

| # | Company | Amount | Round | Investors | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Reach Capital | $265,000,000 | — | — | 2026-08-18 |
| 2 | South | undisclosed | Pre-Seed | — | 2026-08-18 |

## Market Summary

2 AI funding announcements on August 18, 2026 disclosed a combined $265,000,000 (about $265,000,000 average among disclosed rounds). The largest disclosed raise was **Reach Capital** at **$265,000,000**.

## Raw Data

| Company | Amount | Round | Investors | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South | undisclosed | Pre-Seed | — | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Reach Capital | $265,000,000 | — | — | Aug 18, 2026 |

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