https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/blacksmith-1b-valuation-66m-series-c-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Blacksmith Hits $1 Billion Valuation, Up From $550M In August https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/arda-industries-160m-series-a-1-5b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Arda's $1.5B Launch Already Powers Anduril's Factory Lines https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/pigment-250m-series-e-2-3b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Pigment Hits $2.3 Billion Valuation In $250M Series E https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/tesla-spacex-3-5-trillion-merger-review-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z Musk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5T https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/asi-325m-series-c-3b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z ASI Raises $325M Series C At $3 Billion Valuation https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/mural-15m-series-a-tether-ai-agents-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Tether Leads $15M Round For Mural's AI-Agent Payments https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/baba-40m-series-a-medicare-ai-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Baba Raises $40M To Fix The Medicare Experience https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/cbre-acquires-onnec-group-610m-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z CBRE Buys Onnec For $610M Upfront | Up To $400M Earnout https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/bison-ventures-160m-fund-ii-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Bison Ventures Closes $160M Fund II https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/reliable-robotics-115m-series-d-1b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Reliable Robotics Tops $1B After $115M Raise https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/confido-health-22-5m-series-a-careos-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Confido Expands Series A To $22.5M For Agentic Health Ops https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/openai-acquires-orchestra-bio-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z OpenAI Acquires AI Biotech Startup Orchestra Bio https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/dhs-orders-agencies-drop-deepseek-ai-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z DHS Orders Federal Agencies To Drop DeepSeek AI https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/schmidt-anthropic-stake-20b-value-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z Schmidt's 1% Anthropic Stake Could Hit $20B | Amodei Holds ~2% https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/google-torchtpu-joins-amazon-nvidia-pytorch-fight-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z Google Joins Amazon's Attack On Nvidia's PyTorch Grip https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/eka-150m-series-a-1-45b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Eka Hits $1.45B Valuation On Its $150M Series A https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/anthropic-ipo-1-8-trillion-pricing-take-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Anthropic's IPO Clock Is Ticking Toward A $1.8T Price https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/jio-platforms-ipo-day-one-subscription-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T13:54:23Z Jio's $3.4B IPO Opens With 1.27x Demand By Midday https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/spac-math-smaller-deals-real-pops-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z 2026's SPACs Are Smaller And Actually Popping https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/ipo-window-rewards-proof-not-promise-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z 2026's IPO Window Rewards Proof, Not Promise https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/ipo-exit-gap-widens-firmus-pullback-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z Firmus's IPO Pullback Widens 2026's $257B Exit Gap https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/anthropic-s1-leak-80-7b-net-loss-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z Anthropic's Leaked S-1 Shows $80.7B H1 Loss | $750B Compute Bet https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/netflix-q3-2026-revenue-growth-slows-12-percent Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z Netflix Q3 Revenue Hits $12.9B | Growth Slows To 12% https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/microsoft-xbox-100b-private-equity-buyout-interest-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z Private Equity Eyes $100B+ Buyout Of Microsoft's Xbox https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/anthropic-ai-safety-bill-50-death-threshold-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z Anthropic Pitches Bill To Block AI Models Over Mass Deaths https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/firmus-nvidia-backstop-ipo-pullback-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z Nvidia Moves To Backstop Firmus After IPO Pullback https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/spacex-q3-earnings-ai-revenue-7-6b-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T23:22:18Z SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/inspired-capital-450m-fourth-fund-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Inspired Capital Closes $450M Fourth Fund https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/bullhorn-cyberattack-recruitment-platform-outage-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Bullhorn Cyberattack Disrupts Platform For 10,000+ Recruiters https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/lycia-therapeutics-ipo-937m-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Lycia Therapeutics Targets $937.7M In US IPO https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/salesforce-acquires-braze-5-66b-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Salesforce Buys Braze For $5.66B, A 58% Premium https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/daytona-60m-series-b-1b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Daytona Raises $60M At $1B Valuation | Revenue Up 25x Since January https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/sendcutsend-2-1b-valuation-series-b-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z SendCutSend Hits $2.1B Valuation In Series B, Up From $1.1B https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/gray-swan-arena-2-ai-agent-red-teaming-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Gray Swan Puts Up $300K Prize To Jailbreak AI Agents In Arena 2.0 https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/spotify-podcast-memberships-90-percent-creator-revenue-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Spotify Launches Podcast Memberships, Creators Keep 90% Revenue https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/otter-ai-320m-general-catalyst-growth-fund-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Otter.ai Lands $320M From General Catalyst | Crossed 40M Users https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/patent-policy-china-66-74-tech-lead-take-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Patent Policy Risk: China Now Leads In 66 Of 74 Technologies https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/fintech-funding-fell-21-percent-q3-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T14:19:19Z Fintech Funding Fell 21% To $10.6B In Q3 2026 https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/blackwall-100m-series-c-2-2b-valuation-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T10:15:20Z Blackwall Quadruples Valuation To $2.2B In Series C https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/openai-30b-raise-accelerated-anthropic-ipo-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T10:15:20Z OpenAI Speeds Up $30B Raise Ahead Of Anthropic IPO https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/jio-platforms-960m-anchor-investors-ipo-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T10:15:20Z Jio's IPO Anchor Book Draws $960M From BlackRock, LIC https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/nscale-anthropic-45b-compute-deal-talks-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T02:20:12Z Nscale, Anthropic In Talks For Another $45B Compute Deal https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/doubleai-200m-series-a-nvidia-dell-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T10:15:20Z doubleAI Raises $200M, Nvidia And Dell Join Round https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/hugging-face-embedded-ai-evaluators-policy-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T02:20:12Z Hugging Face: Embedded AI Evaluators Aren't An Easy Fix https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/microsoft-guardian-agents-ai-insider-threat-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T02:20:12Z Microsoft Says Frontier AI Models 'Cannot Be Trusted' https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/tradeweb-acquires-trumid-1-97b-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T18:22:24Z Tradeweb Buys Trumid For $1.97B In Cash And Stock https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/zap-surgical-36m-financing-brain-radiosurgery-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-21T02:33:35Z ZAP Surgical Raises $36M For Non-Invasive Brain Surgery https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/morgan-stanley-nvidia-92-percent-ai-capex-exposure-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-19T23:18:51Z Morgan Stanley: Nvidia Is 92% Exposed To The AI Capex Boom https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/amazon-torchneuron-nvidia-pytorch-lockin-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T02:20:12Z Amazon's TorchNeuron Targets Nvidia's 85% PyTorch Grip https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/dream-labs-90m-seed-robot-foundation-models-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-19T23:18:51Z Dream Labs Raises $90M Seed To Build AI Models For Robots https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/tolan-30m-ai-companion-funding-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-19T23:18:51Z Tolan Raises $30M For Its AI Companion App https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/harbor-10m-seed-ai-agent-insurance-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-20T10:15:20Z Harbor Raises $10M To Insure The 'Agentic Economy' https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/opencode-breach-ai-coding-tool-2026 Value Add Pulse en 2026-10-19T23:18:51Z Hackers Breach AI Coding Tool OpenCode, Rack Up AI Charges https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/laplace-intelligence-robot-safety-red-teaming-2026 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