Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI (8/15/25)

By Christopher Robbins · Aug 14, 2025 Views: 1

Our Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI featured funding announcements from Rillet, Decart, Clay, Chai Discovery and Capacity

This week we continue our series on the top 5 VC-funded deals in AI.

This week's venture capital funding is led by two deals exceeding the $100 million threshold.

The top reported deal, per FinSMEs, came from New York-based AI development platform Clay, which raised a $100 million Series C in part to "accelerate its product development and the roll out of GTM (go-to-market) engineering as a career path," according to its announcement. Our second-place announcement came from the AI video generation space, where San Francisco-based Decart brought in a $100 million round. The top five also included companies in the AI contact center, enterprise AI and biotechnology sectors.

Smaller funding raises that did not quite make our top 5 this week included announcements from the agriculture, supply chain, manufacturing and customer service spaces.

Below, we highlight the top five venture capital deals, ranked from the highest to the lowest funding amounts, showcasing the companies at the forefront of the AI revolution...

Top 5 Venture Capital Deals from Aug. 7-Aug. 13

1. Clay

Location: New York City, NY
Description: Clay offers an AI-powered go-to-market (GTM) development platform that helps businesses scale sales and marketing operations with automation and intelligence.
Funding Amount: $100 million
Funding Round: Series C

2. Decart

Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Decart is a generative AI company focused on real-time video creation, enabling enterprises to produce video content instantly with advanced models.
Funding Amount: $100 million
Funding Round: Undisclosed (valued at $3.1 billion)

3. Capacity

Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Capacity delivers an AI-powered support automation platform tailored for contact centers, enabling self-service and intelligent customer interaction at scale.
Funding Amount: $92 million
Funding Round: Undisclosed

4. Chai Discovery

Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: This AI biotech company uses artificial intelligence to model and reprogram biochemical molecule interactions, accelerating the development of transformative therapeutics.
Funding Amount: $70 million
Funding Round: Series A

5. Rillet

Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Rillet builds an AI-native ERP platform designed for modern enterprises, streamlining finance, operations, and analytics workflows through intelligent automation.
Funding Amount: $70 million
Funding Round: Series B

Make sure to check out our Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI right here!

Written & Researched by DWN Staff

VC Deals Synopsized by ChatGPT Research Source: FinSMEs