VC Funding in AI Surges as Nvidia-Backed Reflection AI Hits $8B Valuation

Reflection AI, founded by ex-DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, has raised $2 billion in new funding, bringing its valuation to $8 billion. The Nvidia-backed startup builds tools to automate the software development pipeline and stands among the most striking examples of investors’ growing hunger for AI ventures — with AI firms accounting for nearly half of all global VC funding in Q3 2025.