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FUNDING~$1B valuation
Town Nears $1B Valuation in Index-Led Round
Enterprise AI assistant Town is raising at roughly a $1 billion valuation in a round led by Index Ventures, the second personal-assistant startup to reach a billion-dollar mark in a week.
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Korean AI Startup Wrtn Raises Series C at $870M
FUNDING$72M at $870M+
Korean AI Startup Wrtn Raises Series C at $870M
Wrtn Technologies, a Seoul-based AI entertainment and companion-app startup, raised roughly $72 million in a Series C round that values the company north of $870 million, the first Korean AI service startup to cross that mark.
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CivilGrid Raises $26M to Map What Is Underground
FUNDING$26M Series A
CivilGrid Raises $26M to Map What Is Underground
CivilGrid, founded by a former PG&E engineer, raised a $26 million Series A led by Spark Capital to aggregate underground utility, property and environmental data into one map for excavation planning.
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Yardstik Raises $30M to Watch Workers After Hiring
FUNDING$30M Series B
Yardstik Raises $30M to Watch Workers After Hiring
Yardstik raised a $30 million Series B led by Harbert Growth Partners to extend identity and fraud checks past the point of hire, bringing its total funding to $65 million.
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Instinct Hits $2.5B Valuation on $350M Raised
FUNDING$250M Series B at $2.5B
Instinct Hits $2.5B Valuation on $350M Raised
Instinct, the personal AI assistant built by 23-year-old founder Noah Shinn, has raised $350 million in total including a $250 million Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5 billion valuation.
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Bose Alumni Raise $12M for AI Hearing Glasses
FUNDING$12M seed
Bose Alumni Raise $12M for AI Hearing Glasses
Legato emerged from stealth with $12 million from Neotribe Ventures, Listen and Village Global to build eyewear with hearing assistance built into the arms, aimed at mild to moderate hearing loss.
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AusperBio Raises $120M for Hepatitis B Cure
FUNDING$120M Series C
AusperBio Raises $120M for Hepatitis B Cure
AusperBio Therapeutics raised a $120 million Series C led by a strategic investor with RA Capital joining, bringing total funding to $360 million as its lead hepatitis B therapy enters Phase 3.
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Two Retail CEOs Close a $17M Debut Fund
FUNDING$17M debut fund
Two Retail CEOs Close a $17M Debut Fund
Capital F closed a $17 million debut fund led by former Credo Beauty CEO Dawn Dobras and founder Margaret Coblentz, writing $250K-$1M checks into women's health, digital commerce and AI trust and safety.
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Socure Raises $156M at $5.2B, Buys Fravity
FUNDING$156M at $5.2B
Socure Raises $156M at $5.2B, Buys Fravity
Identity-verification firm Socure raised $156 million at a $5.2 billion valuation and simultaneously acquired agentic fraud-investigation startup Fravity, folding its technology into a new RiskOS_Agents product line.
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Breedr Raises $27M to Digitize the Beef Supply Chain
FUNDING$27M Series B
Breedr Raises $27M to Digitize the Beef Supply Chain
Breedr raised a $27 million Series B led by Partech's impact fund to expand its cattle-tracking platform, which now covers more than 2 million animals across the US, UK and Australia.
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Atorie Raises $9.5M to Sell Luxury Goods Sans Markup
FUNDING$9.5M seed
Atorie Raises $9.5M to Sell Luxury Goods Sans Markup
Fashion startup Atorie raised a $9.5 million seed round to sell handbags and apparel made in the same factories as luxury brands at a fraction of the price, betting on dupe culture and post-pandemic sticker shock.
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Runable Raises $21M to Run Businesses, Not Build Them
FUNDING$21M Series A at $65M
Runable Raises $21M to Run Businesses, Not Build Them
Runable raised a $21 million Series A co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners at a $65 million valuation, betting AI agents should grow businesses rather than just generate software.
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SoftBank in Talks for Majority Stake in 1X at $6B
FUNDING$6B valuation
SoftBank in Talks for Majority Stake in 1X at $6B
SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies, the OpenAI-backed humanoid robot maker, at a $6 billion valuation, extending Masayoshi Son's robotics buying spree following its Boston Dynamics exit.
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UAE 'Spy Sheikh' Holds 49% of Trump Crypto Bank
FUNDING49% stake
UAE 'Spy Sheikh' Holds 49% of Trump Crypto Bank
A holding company tied to UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan owns 49% of the entity behind World Liberty Financial's planned bank, while the venture seeks a federal charter under the Trump administration.
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Transfyr Raises $25M to Record Science That Gets Lost
FUNDING$25M seed
Transfyr Raises $25M to Record Science That Gets Lost
Transfyr launched with $25 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst to build an observability layer that captures the practical, undocumented details of scientific lab work.
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Instinct's Valuation Rockets to $2.5B in Weeks
FUNDING$250M Series B
Instinct's Valuation Rockets to $2.5B in Weeks
Instinct, a four-month-old AI assistant startup led by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, up fivefold from $500 million just weeks earlier.
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Legal Tech Funding Dips Slightly From Record High
FUNDING$7B+ two-year total
Legal Tech Funding Dips Slightly From Record High
Legal tech startups have pulled in more than $7 billion in venture funding over the past two years, and 2026 dealmaking is easing only slightly from an all-time high as Legora and Harvey both go on acquisition sprees.
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Datadog Jumps on Report of Past Palo Alto Bid
FUNDING
Datadog Jumps on Report of Past Palo Alto Bid
Datadog shares rose 2.9% after a report that Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora explored acquiring the observability company in spring 2025 when it was valued above $40 billion, talks that never advanced.
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Anthropic Signs $45B Cloud Deal With Nscale
FUNDING$45B
Anthropic Signs $45B Cloud Deal With Nscale
Anthropic agreed to pay Nscale $45 billion over six years for AI computing power from a West Virginia data center running Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips, its fourth major compute commitment in recent months ahead of a planned IPO.
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Capital F Closes $17M Fund for the 'Female Economy'
FUNDING$17M debut fund
Capital F Closes $17M Fund for the 'Female Economy'
Capital F, an all-female-led VC firm co-founded by Margaret Coblentz and Dawn Dobras, closed a $17 million debut fund targeting women's health, digital commerce and AI tools, with women making up nearly 85% of its LP base.
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Runable Raises $21M to Grow Businesses With AI
FUNDING$21M Series A
Runable Raises $21M to Grow Businesses With AI
Runable, a 15-person Bengaluru startup, raised a $21 million Series A at a $65 million valuation to build AI agents that find customers and run marketing for small businesses after they've built a product.
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Why AI's Compute Boom Now Runs on Debt, Not Equity
FUNDING$60B+ debt (up to $100B)
Why AI's Compute Boom Now Runs on Debt, Not Equity
Broadcom is negotiating $60 billion-plus in special-purpose-vehicle debt to buy chips leased to Anthropic, the clearest sign yet AI's buildout is financed off-balance-sheet, not through venture equity.
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Legato Emerges From Stealth With $12M, AI Glasses
FUNDING$12M seed
Legato Emerges From Stealth With $12M, AI Glasses
Legato, founded by former Bose Frames and Bose hearing-aid leaders, raised $12 million to launch AI-powered hearing glasses that isolate voices from background noise, priced far below traditional hearing aids.
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Robotics Startup Generalist Hits $3B Valuation
FUNDING$3B valuation
Robotics Startup Generalist Hits $3B Valuation
Generalist, a two-year-old robot foundation-model startup founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, is raising a $200 million extension led by 8VC at a $3 billion valuation, 50% above its $2 billion mark from June.
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Ventures Platform Closes $84M Second Pan-Africa Fund
FUNDING$84M Fund II
Ventures Platform Closes $84M Second Pan-Africa Fund
Nigerian VC firm Ventures Platform closed an oversubscribed $84 million Fund II, nearly double its $46 million debut, with EBRD and Norway's Norfund backing a pan-African push beyond Nigeria into Kenya, South Africa and Egypt.
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Emerald AI Raises $150M Series A at $1.05B Valuation
FUNDING$150M Series A at $1.05B valuation
Emerald AI Raises $150M Series A at $1.05B Valuation
Emerald AI raised a $150 million Series A at a $1.05 billion valuation to scale its Conductor platform, which makes AI data centers responsive to electric-grid conditions, as it moves from pilots into commercial deployment.
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Blank Street Raises $105M at $650M Valuation
FUNDING$105M ($75M primary + $30M secondary)
Blank Street Raises $105M at $650M Valuation
Coffee and matcha chain Blank Street raised $105 million -- a $75 million primary Series C plus a $30 million secondary -- led by General Atlantic at a $650 million valuation, up from roughly $500 million in 2025.
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Accel-Backed Keenable Raises $26M to Index Web for AI
FUNDING$26M seed
Accel-Backed Keenable Raises $26M to Index Web for AI
Keenable, founded by former Yandex and Amazon Alexa search engineers, raised a $26 million seed round led by Accel to build a web search index purpose-built for AI agents rather than human browsers.
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Tech Giants Are Hiding $3 Trillion in AI Debt, Report Finds
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Tech Giants Are Hiding $3 Trillion in AI Debt, Report Finds
Off-balance-sheet AI obligations at major tech giants have reportedly reached roughly $3 trillion, nearly double a July estimate, as Fed officials publicly disagree on the risk.
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Trivago's CEO Is Betting AI Can 10x Output With the Same Headcount
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Trivago's CEO Is Betting AI Can 10x Output With the Same Headcount
Trivago CEO Johannes Thomas is restructuring the travel-search company around AI, targeting roughly 600 employees operating with the output of 6,000 as AI search threatens the category.
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Self-Driving Truck Startup Gatik Raises $200M
FUNDING$200M Series C
Self-Driving Truck Startup Gatik Raises $200M
Autonomous middle-mile trucking startup Gatik raised a $200 million Series C led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, two months after signing a 41-truck driverless deal with PepsiCo's Frito-Lay unit.
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Harvard's $699 Startup Bootcamp Runs on AI Professors
FUNDING
Harvard's $699 Startup Bootcamp Runs on AI Professors
A $699 startup bootcamp affiliated with Harvard uses always-available AI clones of professors, part of a broader shift toward low-cost, AI-delivered founder education.
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Stability AI Raises $76M From Music, Gaming Giants
FUNDING$76M Series B
Stability AI Raises $76M From Music, Gaming Giants
Stable Diffusion maker Stability AI raised a $76 million Series B from Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, Electronic Arts and AMD Ventures, bringing total funding to $232 million as it expands into creative production tools.
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Fiat Ventures Rebrands as FGV Capital, Raises $35M
FUNDING$35M Fund II
Fiat Ventures Rebrands as FGV Capital, Raises $35M
Fiat Ventures combined its growth-consultancy and venture-investing arms into a new brand, FGV Capital, and closed a $35 million Fund II targeting fintech, AI, healthcare and commerce startups with $1-1.5 million checks.
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Why Bootstrapped Founders Have the Edge Right Now
FUNDING
Why Bootstrapped Founders Have the Edge Right Now
AI has lowered the cost of building and validating a product enough that self-funded, profit-first founders no longer need millions in VC capital to compete, a shift Lateral's Richard de Silva argues favors bootstrapping over blitzscaling.
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XPeng's Robotics Unit Raises $900M at $6.3B Value
FUNDING$900M+
XPeng's Robotics Unit Raises $900M at $6.3B Value
XPeng Robotics raised over $900 million in its first external funding round, valuing the humanoid-robot unit at more than $6.3 billion, backed by IDG Capital, Alibaba and Tencent ahead of planned IRON robot mass production by year-end.
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Hugging Face Reportedly in Talks to Sell for $13B
FUNDING$13B+
Hugging Face Reportedly in Talks to Sell for $13B
Hugging Face, the open-source AI model-hosting hub, is reportedly in acquisition talks at a $13 billion-plus price, nearly triple the $4.5 billion valuation it carried after its 2023 Salesforce Ventures-led round.
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Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B
FUNDING$60B+ debt (up to $100B)
Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B
Broadcom is negotiating over $60 billion in special-purpose-vehicle debt -- potentially $100 billion total -- to fund custom AI chips it will lease to Anthropic, building on a June financing pact with Apollo and Blackstone.
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SEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire Sale
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SEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire Sale
The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness hedge fund, subpoenaing Wall Street banks over a forced discount sale of its stock portfolio to Citadel after leverage of up to 400% unwound.
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India's Airbound Raises $37M to Rival Trucking With Drones
FUNDING$37M Series A
India's Airbound Raises $37M to Rival Trucking With Drones
Bengaluru-based Airbound raised a $37 million Series A led by Greenoaks and DoorDash to scale its autonomous cargo drones, betting rocket-like vertical-takeoff delivery can reach cost parity with trucking despite still being pre-revenue.
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Nvidia Says Groq Racks Go Live This Year After $20B Deal
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Nvidia Says Groq Racks Go Live This Year After $20B Deal
Nvidia said its Groq-derived LPX inference racks will be online by the end of the year, giving the roughly $20 billion Groq deal a concrete deployment timeline for the first time since named customers surfaced earlier this week.
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Flock Safety's $8B Camera Empire Faces Political Backlash
FUNDING$8B
Flock Safety's $8B Camera Empire Faces Political Backlash
Flock Safety, the a16z- and Tiger-backed license-plate camera startup valued at roughly $8 billion, is drawing sustained political backlash as surveillance infrastructure becomes a 2026 midterm issue.
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Fintech and Biotech Lead Where Unicorns Buy Startups
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Fintech and Biotech Lead Where Unicorns Buy Startups
Crunchbase data on 2026's startup-buys-startup wave shows the buying concentrated in fintech, AI and biotech, with the pace slowing sharply from over 440 deals in H1 to fewer than 100 so far in H2.
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XPeng Robotics Raises $900M+ at $6.3B Valuation
FUNDING$900M+ at $6.3B valuation
XPeng Robotics Raises $900M+ at $6.3B Valuation
XPeng's robotics unit raised more than $900 million at a $6.3 billion post-money valuation, the largest single-round private raise in China's embodied-AI industry, led by IDG Capital with Tencent and Alibaba as strategic backers.
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Nvidia Invests in Power Firm, Preps Perplexity Deal
FUNDING
Nvidia Invests in Power Firm, Preps Perplexity Deal
Nvidia has invested in a data-center power development firm while preparing a separate multibillion-dollar deal with Perplexity, layering equity, credit and licensing across its ecosystem.
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Berry Street Merges With India's Healthify on GLP-1
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Berry Street Merges With India's Healthify on GLP-1
US nutrition startup Berry Street merged with India's Khosla-backed Healthify to build a combined metabolic-care platform as GLP-1 adoption climbs, with JPMorgan projecting over 30 million Americans on the drugs by 2030.
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OpenAI, Anthropic Lead a Wave of Unicorns Buying Startups
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OpenAI, Anthropic Lead a Wave of Unicorns Buying Startups
Crunchbase data shows well-funded AI unicorns making acquisitions the primary exit path for smaller startups this year, with OpenAI alone buying 8 companies in 2026 and Anthropic including a $400 million biotech deal.
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Zcash Hits Eight-Year High on ETF Hopes
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Zcash Hits Eight-Year High on ETF Hopes
Zcash has climbed to its highest level in eight years amid a broader crypto rally and expectations that a spot ETF could be approved.
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General Intuition Hits $6B Valuation on Robotics Push
FUNDING$6B valuation
General Intuition Hits $6B Valuation on Robotics Push
Valor Equity Partners and Point72 are backing General Intuition at a $6 billion valuation as the spatial-reasoning AI startup extends from video-game agents into physical robotics.
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Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices 60% on Memory Shortage
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Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices 60% on Memory Shortage
Amazon has raised prices on its own hardware devices by roughly 60%, citing the ongoing memory shortage, passing chip-side cost inflation straight to consumers.
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Power Transformers Become AI Data Centers' Killer App
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Power Transformers Become AI Data Centers' Killer App
New power transformer technology is becoming a critical enabling investment for AI data centers, as grid interconnection bottlenecks make transformer supply as scarce as chip supply once was.
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Unicorns Are Buying Startups at Record Pace
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Unicorns Are Buying Startups at Record Pace
Ultra-high-valuation private companies are driving a wave of startup-on-startup acquisitions across AI, fintech and biotech, using their own paper as currency.
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Infineon Acquires India's C2i Semiconductors
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Infineon Acquires India's C2i Semiconductors
German chipmaker Infineon is acquiring Bengaluru-based C2i Semiconductors, a fabless maker of digital power controllers for AI data centers, to expand its AI-infrastructure power portfolio and India engineering footprint.
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Berry Street Merges With Healthify on GLP-1 Demand
FUNDING
Berry Street Merges With Healthify on GLP-1 Demand
US nutrition startup Berry Street is merging with India's Healthify as GLP-1 drug adoption pushes demand for dietitian services and metabolic coaching.
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Fasset Hits $1B Valuation on $68M Series C
FUNDING$68M Series C
Fasset Hits $1B Valuation on $68M Series C
SBI Group led a $68 million Series C into stablecoin neobank Fasset, pushing it to unicorn status as it processes more than $40 billion in annualized transaction volume.
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Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B
FUNDINGup to $70B
Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B
Broadcom's AI chip financing package, first reported at up to $100B, is now expected to reach upwards of $70B in its latest structuring round, according to CNBC sources -- a real but still-fluid number as lenders finalize terms.
FOLLOW-UP
Samsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returns
FUNDINGup to $80B
Samsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returns
Samsung Electronics is preparing a shareholder-return package worth up to $80B after SK Hynix's own buyback, as both Korean memory giants ride a chip-pricing surge driven by AI server demand.
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Starcloud Raises $250M for Orbital AI Data Centers
FUNDING$250M at $2.3B
Starcloud Raises $250M for Orbital AI Data Centers
Orbital data-center startup Starcloud added a $250M extension at a $2.3B valuation, backed by Nvidia and Cisco, to build satellite-based AI compute as ground-based launch capacity tightens.
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New York Overtakes SF for Tech Talent, CBRE Finds
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New York Overtakes SF for Tech Talent, CBRE Finds
New York has displaced San Francisco as the top US market for tech talent for the first time, according to CBRE, a shift with direct implications for where early-stage venture capital concentrates its next wave of office and seed bets.
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America's Debt Load Collides With the AI Spending Boom
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America's Debt Load Collides With the AI Spending Boom
Axios reports that soaring US national debt is increasingly competing with private AI infrastructure spending for the same pool of lendable capital, a tension already showing up in how hyperscalers finance chip and data-center buildouts.
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