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Week in Review

July 20, 2026 — July 26, 2026

214
Stories
$30.6B
Tracked Funding
5
Categories
OpenAI
Most Covered (33)

Top Stories

1
AIJul 26

Moonshot AI Drops Record 2.8 Trillion-Parameter Kimi K3

Chinese lab Moonshot AI released the full open weights of Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model, roughly a day ahead of schedule, making it the largest open-weight model released to date.

2
AIJul 26

Hugging Face CEO Demands Transparency After AI Hack

Hugging Face's CEO publicly called for radical transparency and asked OpenAI for $100 million in compute after an OpenAI model autonomously breached Hugging Face's systems in what researchers call the first fully AI-driven cyberattack.

3
AI$7 Trillion Buildout RiskJul 26

$7 Trillion AI Buildout Threatens Cheap Power

A Fortune analysis warns that a $7 trillion AI data center buildout with no guaranteed matching demand threatens to reverse years of falling US electricity costs.

4
AIJul 26

TechCrunch Makes Sense of the Chinese AI Panic

A TechCrunch analysis argues the panic following Moonshot's Kimi K3 release reveals more about American AI-competitiveness anxiety than about the model itself.

5
IPO$8.1B Hong Kong IPOJul 26

Zhongji Innolight Seeks $7B Hong Kong Mega IPO

Chinese optical networking supplier Zhongji Innolight is completing an up to $8 billion Hong Kong IPO, the city's largest listing in seven years, riding surging demand for AI data center optics.

6
FUNDING$4B at $20B ValuationJul 25

Boring Company Talks $4B Raise at $20B Valuation

Elon Musk's Boring Company is reportedly in talks to raise $4 billion in new funding at a valuation of roughly $20 billion, more than triple its 2022 mark.

7
FUNDING$4B at $20B ValuationJul 25

Boring Company In Talks For $4B At $20B Value

Elon Musk's tunneling startup The Boring Company is reportedly in talks to raise about $4 billion at a $20 billion valuation, more than tripling its last known price tag.

Biggest Deal of the Week
$7 Trillion Buildout Risk
$7 Trillion AI Buildout Threatens Cheap Power

Coverage by Category

FUNDING
65
30%
AI
61
29%
IPO
52
24%
BIG TECH
18
8%
REGULATION
18
8%

All 214 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Jul 26AIMoonshot AI Drops Record 2.8 Trillion-Parameter Kimi K3Unite.AI
Jul 26AIHugging Face CEO Demands Transparency After AI HackTechCrunch
Jul 26AI$7 Trillion AI Buildout Threatens Cheap Power$7 Trillion Buildout RiskFortune
Jul 26AITechCrunch Makes Sense of the Chinese AI PanicTechCrunch
Jul 26IPOZhongji Innolight Seeks $7B Hong Kong Mega IPO$8.1B Hong Kong IPOBloomberg
Jul 25FUNDINGBoring Company Talks $4B Raise at $20B Valuation$4B at $20B ValuationTechCrunch
Jul 25FUNDINGBoring Company In Talks For $4B At $20B Value$4B at $20B ValuationTechCrunch
Jul 25AIGrok Comes To Google Workspace And Microsoft 365x.ai
Jul 25AIMonday.com Joins Growing List Blaming AI LayoffsTechCrunch
Jul 25AINvidia, SK Group Unveil $500B+ Korea AI Buildout$500B+ InitiativeCNBC
Jul 24AIWhy AI Infrastructure Spending Keeps Compounding, Not CoolingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24IPOWhy 2026's Tech IPO Pipeline Keeps Accelerating$129.3B H1 2026Value Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24IPOPlaid, Verkada Quietly Line Up Banks for IPOsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24BIG TECHSpaceX's Starship Flight 13 Nails First Starlink V3 DeploySpace.com
Jul 24IPOCrypto's IPO Hopefuls Face a Steep Valuation ResetCoinDesk
Jul 24AIStripe in Talks to Buy OpenRouter for $10B$10B Acquisition TalksWall Street Journal
Jul 24BIG TECHIntel Beats Earnings by $1.7B, Then Craters 11% on Capex-11% Post-EarningsMotley Fool
Jul 24AIAnthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half Fable 5's Price$5/$25 per 1M tokensFortune
Jul 24IPOReformation Prices Alongside Jersey Mike's This Week$293M IPORenaissance Capital
Jul 24IPOWhy AI Capex Is Now the IPO Market's Biggest Swing FactorValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24IPOJersey Mike's Roadshow Targets Up to $1.09B Raise$1.09B IPOBloomberg
Jul 24IPOThe Case For a Chinese AI IPO Wave Riding CXMT's MomentumValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24IPOFusion Pioneer GFUZ Cools Off After Nasdaq DebutTechCrunch
Jul 24IPOWhy 2026's IPO Pipeline Keeps Getting Deferred, Not CanceledValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 24AISamsung, SK Hynix Ink Megadeals for AI Memory ChipsBloomberg
Jul 24FUNDINGHoffman, Pincus AI Lab Prentis Seeks $100M$100M at $1B ValuationTechCrunch
Jul 24AIInside the 25-Company Letter Backing Openweight AI ModelsCNBC
Jul 24REGULATIONNvidia, Microsoft, Meta Lead 25-Firm Open-Weight AI PleaTech Startups
Jul 24REGULATIONNvidia, Microsoft, Meta Lead 25-Company Push for Openweight AI ModelsCNBC
Jul 24FUNDINGGeneral Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal CountCrunchbase News
Jul 24BIG TECHMeta, Microsoft Face Renewed AI-Spending Unease Pre-EarningsBloomberg
Jul 24FUNDINGVA Signs $1.6B Deal for Salesforce AI Agents$1.6B ContractThe Register
Jul 24AINvidia, Amkor Ink $1.5B US Chip Packaging Deal$1.5B Packaging DealBenzinga
Jul 24FUNDINGSam Altman's World Raises $52.5M in Crypto Token Sale$52.5M RaiseTechCrunch
Jul 24AIMicrosoft Ships In-House AI Models, Claims 89% Cost CutUp to 89% GPU Cost CutVentureBeat
Jul 24FUNDINGMidjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star, Plans New AppsTechCrunch
Jul 24IPOScribe Therapeutics Prices Upsized IPO With Sanofi Backing$128.7M RaisedBioPharma Dive
Jul 24BIG TECHOracle Locks Pentagon Into $7 Billion, 10-Year Software Deal$7B ContractCNBC
Jul 24AIOpenAI Brings New Voice Mode to ChatGPT Desktop AppTechCrunch
Jul 24IPOChina's CXMT Sparks Cash-Drain Fears Ahead of $8.6B IPO$8.6B IPOCNBC
Jul 24BIG TECHTesla, Alphabet Selloff Spreads to Asia as Oil Tops $100Brent Crude Tops $100Bloomberg
Jul 24IPOTen S-1 Filings Land in a Week as IPO Plumbing Keeps RunningSEC EDGAR
Jul 23AIIntel Crushes Q2 Estimates as AI Data Center Revenue Jumps 59%+59% DCAI RevenueTradingKey
Jul 23IPOGoogle Discloses $94.1B SpaceX, $124B Anthropic Stakes$218B Combined StakesBloomberg
Jul 23BIG TECHTesla Stock Craters 14.5% on Profit Miss, AI Capex Surge-14.5% Stock DropCNBC
Jul 23AIMicrosoft's New In-House AI Models Cut Costs Up to 89%VentureBeat
Jul 23AIPichai: Google Starts 'Most Ambitious' Gemini 4 Training RunSearch Engine Journal
Jul 23FUNDINGAegisAI Lands $36M to Fight AI-Powered Phishing$36M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 23IPOSpaceX Shares Fall Below Their IPO Price for First TimeBelow $135 IPO PriceBloomberg
Jul 23AIBlack Forest Labs Launches FLUX 3, a Multimodal Media ModelVentureBeat
Jul 23REGULATIONWhite House Accuses Moonshot of Stealing Anthropic's AICNBC
Jul 23REGULATIONCongress Introduces Bill Requiring 'Kill Switch' on AI ModelsUp to $20M/day PenaltyCNBC
Jul 23FUNDINGRopedia Raises $30M to Build Physical AI Data Infrastructure$22M Pre-A ($30M Total)SiliconANGLE
Jul 23BIG TECHGoogle Posts First-Ever Negative Free Cash Flow on AI Spend-$5.9B FCFArs Technica
Jul 23REGULATIONWhite House Accuses Moonshot of Stealing Anthropic's ModelCyberScoop
Jul 23AIAMD Unveils Helios AI Rack, Locks In 6GW From Meta, OpenAIUp to 6GW CommittedTechTimes
Jul 23AIRunway Launches AI Model Router as Generative Media CrowdsTechCrunch
Jul 23FUNDINGPaper Raises $34M for AI-Native Design Platform$34M Series ABusiness Wire
Jul 23FUNDINGIVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRR$1.8B TargetNewcomer
Jul 23AIOpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Health to All US AdultsMacRumors
Jul 23REGULATIONGoogle Hit With Record $1B EU Fine Under Digital Markets Act~$1B FineCNBC
Jul 23FUNDINGEtched Doubles Valuation to $10.3B in 7 Months$300M Series CTechCrunch
Jul 23FUNDINGAI Chip Startup Etched Hits $10.3B Valuation$300M Series C at $10.3BTechCrunch
Jul 23FUNDINGAegisAI Raises $36M to Fight AI-Driven Spear Phishing$36M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 23REGULATIONCongress Floats AI 'Kill Switch' Bill After OpenAI HackCNBC
Jul 23FUNDINGInsurtech Corgi Hits $4B Valuation, Third Raise in 8 Weeks$4B ValuationTechCrunch
Jul 23IPOScribe Therapeutics Soars In Rare Gene-Editing IPO$128.7M IPOBioPharma Dive
Jul 23AIAlphabet Raises 2026 Capex Forecast to $205B$205B Capex ForecastCNBC
Jul 23FUNDINGPaper Raises $34M to Build AI-Native Design Platform$34M Series AAIwire (HPCwire)
Jul 23FUNDINGAbstract Raises $25M for Composable Security Ops$25M Funding RoundPR Newswire
Jul 23IPOMoonshot Preps IPO Under Cloud of US Theft AccusationFortune
Jul 23IPOThe IPO Pipeline's Quality Gap Is Widening FastValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23AIZuckerberg Launches Campaign Pitching AI OptimismAxios
Jul 23FUNDINGDeepSeek Seeks $71B Valuation, Preps China IPO Filing~$71B Valuation TargetBloomberg
Jul 23FUNDINGSecurity and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest CornersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23AIThe AI Capex Arms Race Just Got Even More ExpensiveValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI$1.7B Funding RoundThe AI Insider
Jul 23IPOChina's AI Labs Race Toward A Wave Of IPOsFortune
Jul 23FUNDINGWhy 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed MarketValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23BIG TECHAlphabet's Record $112B Profit Gets Punished Anyway$112.1B net profitCNBC
Jul 23FUNDINGCorgi Hits $4B Valuation in Third Round in Eight WeeksB2 Round at $4BTechCrunch
Jul 23FUNDINGGenesis AI in Talks to Raise $500M at $3B Valuation~$500M Funding TalksBloomberg
Jul 23AIWhy Chinese Open-Weight Models Are Repricing the AI MoatValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23AICursor, Soon SpaceX's, Expands Its CFO CouncilFortune
Jul 23AINvidia, KAIST Launch Joint AI Lab to Advance Agentic AIGlobeNewswire
Jul 23IPOThe Energy IPO Boom Has a Below-Issue-Price ProblemValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 23REGULATIONEU Fines Google $1B Under Digital Markets Act€890M (~$1B) fineAxios
Jul 23FUNDINGHumanoid Raises $152M, Becomes Europe's Robot Unicorn$152M Series ABusiness Wire
Jul 23FUNDINGBillion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026Crunchbase News
Jul 23AIOpenAI's Own AI Agent Broke Out, Hacked Hugging FaceAxios
Jul 23FUNDINGCoinbase Takes Stake in Tokenized Abu Dhabi Fund~$75M on-chainFortune
Jul 23AIIBM Says AI Didn't Kill Software Deals, Just Delayed ThemThe Register
Jul 23FUNDINGFomo Raises $75M Series B for Consumer Crypto Trading$75M Series Bcitybiz
Jul 23REGULATIONMoonshot Accessed Banned Nvidia Chips via ThailandCNBC
Jul 23AIOpenAI Lifts 2030 Compute Spending Forecast to $750B$750B by 2030Yahoo Finance / WSJ
Jul 23REGULATIONOpenAI Says Its AI Models Autonomously Hacked Hugging FaceNPR
Jul 23IPOReformation Files for NYSE IPO Off 20 Growth Quartersup to $1B target valuationPR Newswire
Jul 23BIG TECHGoogle Cloud Soars 82%, Yet Alphabet Stock Sinks on Capex$24.8B Cloud Revenue (+82%)CNBC
Jul 23IPOMoonshot, DeepSeek Both Race Toward IPOs After Kimi ShockFortune
Jul 22AIOpenAI's Own Models Autonomously Hacked Hugging FaceCNN
Jul 22REGULATIONWhite House Accuses Moonshot of Stealing Anthropic's FableTechCrunch
Jul 22FUNDINGCathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M$160M at $1.4B ValuationReuters
Jul 22AINvidia's Jensen Huang Tells DC: Don't Fear Chinese AIAxios
Jul 22BIG TECHMeta Cuts 1,400 More Jobs as AI Bet Underdelivers1,400 Jobs CutFox Business
Jul 22FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back$1.7B RoundTechCrunch
Jul 22IPOTech IPO Pipeline Swells to $2.1 Trillion, Forge Says$2.1T PipelineForge Global
Jul 22FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber$1.7BTechCrunch
Jul 22BIG TECHOpenAI Commits $30B to Massive Georgia Data Center$30B Data CenterData Center Dynamics
Jul 22AIAnthropic Hits $47B Revenue Run Rate, Menlo Says$47B Run RateTechCrunch
Jul 22IPOBarclays Declares a 'Golden Age' for Tech IPOsBloomberg
Jul 22FUNDINGEx-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber$160M Funding RoundTechStartups
Jul 22AIAmazon Cuts Jobs in Its Own AGI UnitCNBC
Jul 22AIAnthropic Launches Economic Index Connector for ClaudeAnthropic
Jul 22IPOThree New SPACs File to Raise $500M+ in a Single Week$500M+ combinedRenaissance Capital
Jul 22AIOpenAI Launches Presence for Enterprise AI AgentsMLQ News
Jul 22BIG TECHAMD to Invest Up to $5B in Anthropic in Chip Mega-DealUp to $5B InvestmentCNBC
Jul 22AIAMD to Invest Up to $5B in Anthropic Chip Deal$5B investmentCNBC
Jul 22AIOpenAI Launches Presence for Enterprise Voice AgentsVentureBeat
Jul 22FUNDINGGlow Exits Stealth With $180M at $1.2B Valuation$180M at $1.2B valuationTechCrunch
Jul 22AIOpenAI's $30B Georgia Data Center: Project Camellia$30B Data CenterAxios
Jul 22FUNDINGGlow Emerges From Stealth as $1.2B Security Unicorn$180M at $1.2BTechCrunch
Jul 22FUNDINGGlow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B to Rethink Endpoint Security$1.2B valuationTechCrunch
Jul 22IPOTECfusions to Go Public in $4B SPAC Deal for AI Data Centers$4B SPAC mergerGlobeNewswire
Jul 22FUNDINGCrystalys Raises $130M to Push Gout Drug Through Phase 3$130M Series BPR Newswire
Jul 22IPOShein Wins Hong Kong Listing Nod, Eyes Up to $50B IPO$40B-$50B TargetBloomberg
Jul 22IPOAfter SpaceX's $2T Debut, Investors Chase the 'Magnificent Three'>$200B combined liquidityFortune
Jul 22AINvidia's Jensen Huang Defends Chinese AI Amid Kimi PanicAxios
Jul 22IPOStarfighters Space Amends IPO Filing as Space Sector Heats Up~$17.5M PIPE raiseStockTitan
Jul 22FUNDINGGlow Emerges From Stealth at $1.2B Valuation for AI-Era Endpoint Security$180M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 22IPOAfter SpaceX's $2T Debut, Investors Eye Anthropic and OpenAIFortune
Jul 22IPOChina's CXMT Prices Record $8.5B Shanghai Chip IPO~$8.5B raisedSouth China Morning Post
Jul 22BIG TECHAltman and Ive's Hardware Bet Now Sits at the Center of OpenAI's FutureFortune
Jul 22FUNDINGCandid Health Raises $120M to Fix Medical Billing$120MFortune
Jul 22IPOAvalanche Treasury Warns It May Not Survive After 73% Crash-73% since debutStockTitan
Jul 22AISynthesia Moves Beyond AI Video Into Live CoachingTechCrunch
Jul 22AIOpenAI Says Its Own AI Models Broke Out and Hacked Hugging FaceFortune
Jul 22AILed by DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Join Crunchbase Unicorn Board in JuneCrunchbase News
Jul 22FUNDINGServiceNow Invests $40M in Indian Banking Software Firm$40M Series C stakeTechCrunch
Jul 22AIMoonshot AI Targets $50B Valuation Before IPO$50B Pre-IPO TargetYahoo Finance
Jul 22BIG TECHJensen Huang Defends Chinese AI Amid Kimi K3 PanicAxios
Jul 22IPOUS Biotech Axiom Chooses Hong Kong Listing Over Wall StreetCNBC
Jul 22AITrump's Push for American-Made AI Chips Is Squeezing TSMC's Margins3-4% margin dilutionCNBC
Jul 21AIOpenAI Says Its Own Model Caused the Hugging Face BreachAxios / The Verge / VentureBeat / Fortune
Jul 21IPOGoldman Sachs Launches Private Markets Platform for Rich InvestorsCNBC
Jul 21AIAnthropic Doubles Political Spending to $40M on AI Rules$40M Total DonatedPYMNTS
Jul 21IPOSuper Micro Surges 15% on New AI Server Orders Tied to SpaceX+15% on $60B ordersCNBC
Jul 21IPOSuper Micro Surges 15% on New Order Tied to SpaceXCNBC
Jul 21AIMicrosoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra DealSiliconANGLE
Jul 21FUNDINGAugustus Raises $180M to Build a 'Global Dollar Bank'$180M Series B at $1BThe Block
Jul 21REGULATIONBessent Threatens China Sanctions Over AI Model 'Theft'CNBC
Jul 21IPOSpaceX Sets Earnings Date That Triggers First Big Share UnlockCNBC
Jul 21AIAnthropic-Physical Intelligence Buyout Rumor DeniedTechCrunch
Jul 21IPOOpenAI Adds Two Bank CEOs to Board Ahead of IPO$852B Reported ValuationCNBC
Jul 21IPOSpaceX's First Earnings Date Triggers a Massive Share UnlockUp to 911.5M sharesCNBC
Jul 21FUNDINGDimension Capital Raises $800M Fund for Science-Meets-Compute Bets$800M Fund IIITechCrunch
Jul 21IPOIonic Digital Pivots From Bitcoin Mining to List on Nasdaq$2.0B implied valuationRenaissance Capital
Jul 21FUNDINGDimension Capital Closes $800M Fund for Science and AI$800M Fund IIITechCrunch
Jul 21REGULATIONThe Fed Sounded the Alarm on Anthropic's Mythos -- Without Access to ItCNBC
Jul 21AINvidia Details Next-Gen Vera CPU, Challenging AMD and IntelCNBC
Jul 21FUNDINGAugustus Raises $180M at $1B Valuation for Dollar Banking$180M Series BBloomberg
Jul 21IPOGoldman Sachs Builds Private Markets Platform to Chase the Next SpaceXCNBC
Jul 21FUNDINGSila Raises $300M to Expand US Silicon Anode Manufacturing$300MTechCrunch
Jul 21FUNDINGSila Raises $300M to Expand Battery Materials Factory$300MTechCrunch
Jul 21FUNDINGEmpirical Security Raises $25M to Predict AI-Era Exploits$25M Series AAxios
Jul 21AIOpenAI Launches ChatGPT Program for Small Businesses9to5Mac
Jul 21IPOOpenAI Adds Nubank, BNY CEOs to Board Ahead of Potential IPOCNBC
Jul 21AIGemini 3.6 Flash Cuts AI Agent Token Costs Up to 65%Up to 65% cost cutVentureBeat
Jul 21REGULATIONFed Flagged Anthropic's Mythos AI Model to Banks -- After Months of SilenceCNBC
Jul 21FUNDINGMeshy Raises Nearly $400M for AI 3D Generation~$400M Series BPR Newswire
Jul 21FUNDINGDimension Capital Raises $800M Third Fund for Science-Compute Bets$800M Fund IIITechCrunch
Jul 21FUNDINGBluecore Energy Raises $10M for Portable Nuclear on Barges$10M pre-seedTechCrunch
Jul 21IPOB&R Technology Merger Prices $325M SPAC for AI Bets$325M SPAC IPORenaissance Capital
Jul 21AIClaude Fable 5 Just Cracked an 87-Year-Old Math ProblemFortune
Jul 21FUNDINGBluecore Energy Raises $10M to Put Nuclear Reactors on Barges$10M pre-seedTechCrunch
Jul 21AIGoogle's Gemini 3.6 Flash Cuts AI Agent Costs Up to 65%VentureBeat
Jul 21FUNDINGUK's Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes a $1.35B Robotics Unicorn$152M Series ATech.eu
Jul 21AIFrontier Labs and Robotics Keep Dominating Crunchbase's Unicorn BoardCrunchbase News
Jul 21REGULATIONOpenAI, Anthropic Ramp Up Lobbying as Legacy Tech Spending SlipsCNBC
Jul 21IPOAnthropic's IPO Roadshow Begins as Bankers Line Up Investors$965B target valuationCNBC
Jul 21AIAI Cracks Century-Old Jacobian Conjecture, Stunning MathematiciansFortune
Jul 21FUNDINGAugustus Raises $180M Series B To Dollarize World$180M Series BPR Newswire
Jul 21IPOHyperliquid Strategies Amends IPO Filing as Crypto Treasury Race Heats UpSEC EDGAR filings
Jul 21FUNDINGAnt International Completes $1.2B Series A$1.2B Series AYahoo Finance
Jul 21REGULATIONAnthropic's $1.5B Copyright Deal Wins Final Court Approval$1.5B settlementTechCrunch
Jul 20BIG TECHChip Stocks Enter Bear Market as AI Rally Cracks-24% SOX drawdownBloomberg
Jul 20FUNDINGColossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at Up to $30B Valuation$20B-$30B talksTechCrunch
Jul 20FUNDINGColossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise at $20B-$30B Valuation$20B-$30B valuationTechCrunch
Jul 20FUNDINGNatural Raises $30M to Build Payments Rails for AI Agents$30M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 20FUNDINGNatural Raises $30M to Build Payment Rails for AI Agents$30M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 20REGULATIONOpenAI Exec's Push to Fear Open-Weight AI BackfiresTechCrunch
Jul 20IPOSix IPOs Priced Today. Here's What the Window Really Looks Like6 pricings in one dayValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20IPOGeneral Fusion's Debut Sets a Precedent for Hard-Tech IPOs$150M starting cashValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20IPOGrayscale Files S-1 for a Worldcoin ETFSEC EDGAR filings
Jul 20IPODeepSeek's STAR Market Path: A $71B Test for China's AI IPOs$71B pre-money talksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20IPOAnthropic's October Test: Can It Avoid OpenAI's Delay?$965B private valuationValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20IPOSpaceX Is Down 39% From Its Post-IPO High. Now What?-39% from post-IPO highValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20REGULATIONThe EU's Android Gambit: What It Actually Costs GoogleValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20AIGemini's Stumble Widens the Gap at AI's Frontier$200B Alphabet cap lostValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20FUNDINGThe Neocloud Gold Rush: Who's Really Winning the AI Compute Land Grab$8.3B-$11B neocloud marksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20AIOpenAI Paused Model After It Escaped Its SandboxUnite.AI
Jul 20FUNDINGSpace Tech's Quiet Record: $7.5B in Q2 as SpaceX Wobbles$7.5B Q2 space fundingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20FUNDINGPhysical AI's Funding Supercycle: Robots, Drones, Materials$23B robotics, $17.4B defenseValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20FUNDINGAI Labs Ate 43% of H1's Record $510B VC Haul$217B to 2 companiesValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 20FUNDINGInference Startup Infinity Raises $15M From OpenAI, Anthropic Researchers$15MTechCrunch
Jul 20FUNDINGEmpirical Security Raises $25M for AI Exposure Management$25M Series AAxios
Jul 20BIG TECHPayPal's Board Meets Today to Weigh Stripe's $53B Bid$53.4B buyout bidCNBC
Jul 20FUNDINGNeo Launches With $100M to Secure Agentic AI Software$100M launch roundGlobeNewswire
Jul 20BIG TECHAMD Jumps as Microsoft Bets Azure on Helios Over NvidiaAMD +4-5% on deal newsBloomberg
Jul 20IPOJersey Mike's Launches IPO Roadshow at Up to $7.9BUp to $1.09B raiseBloomberg
Jul 20AINvidia's Agent Toolkit Now Lets AI Build Simulation-Ready WorldsNVIDIA Newsroom
Jul 20FUNDINGBezos Backs CuspAI's $450M Round to Hunt Chip Materials$450M Series BCNBC
Jul 20BIG TECHSamsung Biologics Buys PolyPeptide in $1.8B Cash Deal$1.8B all-cashBloomberg
Jul 20FUNDINGAZCOM Maruwa Pays Amazon Japan's Truckers in Stablecoin~$6.2M JPYC investmentNikkei Asia
Jul 20AITSMC Pours Another $100B Into Arizona as AI Demand Surges$100B new Arizona capexBloomberg
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