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1 week agoThe Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/9/26
Thirty-one US startups raised $19.6B in notable funding, led by Cerebras Systems ($1.0B) and Positron ($230M), spanning AI, energy, and healthcare.
Medical device funding is hitting levels we haven't seen since 2021, with investors pouring billions into diagnostics and imaging companies. While innovation has raced ahead, a fundamental problem still hasn't changed: Critical medical hardware like MRI machines cost millions of dollars and is limited to large hospitals. So how do you take one of the most expensive, hospital-bound technologies and make it available anywhere?
"The long-term vision is to continue to peel away aspects of in-person care and deliver the care itself via technology," said CEO Daniel Perez, the cofounder and CEO of newly public physical therapy company Hinge Health.