Lila Sciences raised $200.0M in Seed round for a scientific superintelligence platform in Cambridge.Shield AI secured $240.0M in Series F for AI-powered systems enhancing safety, based in San Diego.Celestial AI raised $250.0M in Series C for optical interconnect technology in Santa Clara.Epirus received $250.0M in Series D for directed energy systems in Torrance.Island closed a $250.0M Series E funding for enterprise security tools in Dallas.Flock Safety secured $275.0M in Series F for surveillance solutions in Atlanta.Mercury raised $300.0M in Series C for online banking solutions in San Francisco.Fleetio secured $450.0M in Series D for fleet maintenance software in Birmingham.Nerdio raised $500.0M in Series C for cloud IT solutions in Chicago.X (formerly Twitter) raised $1.0B in Venture round for its social networking platform in Bastrop.