AI startup Acrab raises $130m in Vertex-backed Series B funding

Why it matters

Acrab, a Singapore-based AI infrastructure startup founded in the year after its sector's recent boom began, has closed a Series B round led by returning backers Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and Vertex Growth, alongside new investors whose identities and the round's valuation remain unconfirmed. The round lifts the company's total funding past a previously undisclosed threshold, including money raised before it emerged from stealth earlier this year. Acrab is building a full-stack AI computing platform that integrates custom silicon, edge AI models, and orchestration software so AI agents can execute tasks in real time. It has launched its Agent Box platform, powered by GΞLIX 1, and says it expects revenue within the year from industrial deployments across multiple sectors. The capital will fund production scaling, ecosystem expansion, and work on a next-generation computing platform. The raise lands amid a regional surge in AI startup funding across Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia, with Greater China dominating the total.