Nvidia-backed Reflection AI raises $2 billion in funding, boosts valuation to $8 billion

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI raises $2 billion in funding, boosts valuation to $8 billion
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI raises $2 billion in funding, boosts valuation to $8 billion

(Reuters) – Reflection AI, a startup backed by Nvidia, said on Thursday it has raised $2 billion in a new funding round that values ​​the company at $8 billion, with investors interested in… artificial intelligence He remains unabated.

The funding round, led by Nvidia, saw participation from prominent investors, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Citi, Donald Trump The son’s private equity firm is backed by 1789 Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed and Sequoia.

Founded in 2024 by former DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, Reflection develops tools that automate software development, a rapidly growing use case for artificial intelligence.

This investment comes as the artificial intelligence sector continues to attract significant interest from venture capital firms and investors.

Global venture financing in the third quarter of 2025 rose 38% from the previous year to reach $97 billion, with about 46% of the total invested in artificial intelligence companies.

Reflection’s new valuation represents a big step up from its previous round, when it raised $130 million at a valuation of $545 million, according to PitchBook data.

The company’s peers in the artificial intelligence market include OpenAI and Chinese DeepSeek, among others.

(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)

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