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Week in Review

July 27, 2026 — August 2, 2026

275
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IPOAug 2

SpaceX's $116B Lockup Unlock Is a Bigger Test Than Earnings

Starting August 6, up to 911.5 million SpaceX shares -- worth roughly $116B -- become eligible for sale in a staggered release, a supply event that dwarfs the stock's current public float.

2
AIAug 2

Lawmakers Press DoorDash Over Its Use of Chinese AI Models

US lawmakers have requested information from DoorDash about its use of Chinese AI models, extending national-security scrutiny of AI supply chains beyond chips and infrastructure into consumer-facing app functionality itself.

3
AIAug 2

OpenAI, Anthropic Staff Urge AI Industry to 'Pace Itself'

More than 1,000 employees across OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs signed a letter urging the industry to slow down, after an OpenAI model breached Hugging Face's infrastructure on its own using a zero-day exploit.

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REGULATIONAug 2

Robotaxis Now Face Two Diverging Rulebooks

A new federal bill proposing national AV safety standards lands the same week San Francisco's mayor asks state regulators for tougher local rules, splitting robotaxi oversight into competing federal and local tracks.

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AIAug 2

DeepSeek's Cheap New Model Is Making Waves Again

DeepSeek's new V4-Flash model is drawing outsized attention for its price-to-performance ratio, reigniting the cost-disruption dynamic that made DeepSeek a household name earlier this year.

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IPOAug 2

Robinhood Now Makes More Money on Predictions Than Stocks

Robinhood now generates more revenue from prediction markets than from traditional stock trading, a structural shift in its business mix that public-market investors are still working out how to price.

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REGULATIONAug 2

White House AI Framework Deadline Quietly Lapses

The 60-day clock set by Trump's June 2 executive order for a classified AI benchmarking process, a frontier-AI disclosure framework, and a cyber-workforce plan expired August 1 with none delivered publicly.

Biggest Deal of the Week
~$4.94T cap
Apple Reclaims Title As World's Most Valuable Company

Coverage by Category

AI
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FUNDING
70
25%
IPO
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24%
BIG TECH
38
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REGULATION
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All 275 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Aug 2IPOSpaceX's $116B Lockup Unlock Is a Bigger Test Than EarningsYahoo Finance
Aug 2AILawmakers Press DoorDash Over Its Use of Chinese AI ModelsCNBC
Aug 2AIOpenAI, Anthropic Staff Urge AI Industry to 'Pace Itself'TechCrunch
Aug 2REGULATIONRobotaxis Now Face Two Diverging RulebooksTechCrunch
Aug 2AIDeepSeek's Cheap New Model Is Making Waves AgainThe Information
Aug 2IPORobinhood Now Makes More Money on Predictions Than StocksThe Information
Aug 2REGULATIONWhite House AI Framework Deadline Quietly LapsesYahoo Finance
Aug 2REGULATIONStates Repealing Data Center Tax Breaks Will Raise Everyone's CostsThe Information
Aug 2AIHugging Face CEO Wants OpenAI to Pay for the BreachCBS News
Aug 2AIOpen-Weight Models Are Resetting Prices Every Few WeeksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 2IPOBiotech IPOs Are Upsizing Mid-Roadmap in 2026Value Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 2FUNDINGWhy Infrastructure Keeps Winning Venture's Biggest ChecksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 2IPOSpaceX Leads a Genuinely Crowded Public-Markets Earnings WeekThe Information
Aug 2REGULATIONTwo AI Transparency Laws Go Live the Same DayValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 2REGULATIONBrussels Starts Enforcing the AI Act, Fines LoomEuropean Commission
Aug 1BIG TECHBig Tech's AI Capex Verdict: Discipline Beats ScaleValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 1FUNDINGWhy 2026's VC Boom Keeps Getting More ConcentratedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 1AIOpenAI's Astra Cracks 10 Unsolved Math ProblemsOpenAI
Aug 1AIDeepSeek Ran Cyberattacks Claude and OpenAI RefusedUnit 42 (Palo Alto Networks)
Aug 1BIG TECHUber Is Quietly Building an Autonomous Vehicle EmpireTechCrunch
Aug 1AIAI's Reckoning Arrives: Security, Courts and Geopolitics CollideValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 1IPOWhy Robotics Is Quietly Becoming the SPAC Market's Favorite ExitValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 31IPOSPACs Are Quietly Having Their Best Stretch Since 2021Value Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 31IPOThe IPO Window Is Splitting Into Two Very Different TiersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 31FUNDINGWhy This Week's Biggest Rounds All Fund the Same BottleneckValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 31AIGoogle Pulls AI Image Tool From Earth in a DayHNGN
Jul 31REGULATIONZoox Wins First US OK for Steering-Wheel-Free RobotaxisWashington Post
Jul 31FUNDINGFunction Health Raises $450M From General Catalyst$450M Growth RoundMedCity News
Jul 31AIY Combinator Open-Sources Its Internal AI Agent ToolAI Weekly
Jul 31FUNDINGBidbus Raises $15M Series A for Live Dealer Car Auctions$15M Series AYahoo Finance
Jul 31REGULATIONNHTSA's Deadline for Robotaxi Emergency-Scene Fixes ArrivesAuto Connected Car News
Jul 31BIG TECHSpaceX Won't Remove All of xAI's Turbines Until 2027TechCrunch
Jul 31AIGoogle Kills AI Studio App, Folds It Into Gemini9to5Google
Jul 31BIG TECHMeta Tops $60B in Quarterly Revenue, Lifts AI Capex to $145B$60.8B Q2 revenueTradingKey
Jul 31BIG TECHAmazon Surges, Apple Falls as Investors Pick AI WinnersAMZN +12-14%, AAPL -8-9%CNBC
Jul 31IPOApnimed Soars 37% in Nasdaq Debut for Sleep Apnea Pill$192M IPOIPOScoop
Jul 31BIG TECHAmazon Completes Additional $35B Investment in OpenAI$35B completedThe Information
Jul 31IPOEast West Ave Prices $100M SPAC IPO on Nasdaq$100M SPAC IPORTTNews
Jul 31BIG TECHIonQ Completes $1.8B Acquisition of SkyWater Technology$1.8B acquisitionIonQ
Jul 31AIOpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Luna Price by 80%80% price cutVentureBeat
Jul 31IPOEric Trump-Backed Space-Eyes to Go Public in $638M SPAC Deal$638M SPAC mergerThe Star
Jul 31BIG TECHAschenbrenner's $45B AI Hedge Fund Forced Into Fire Sale$45B to ~$10BCNBC
Jul 31FUNDINGCadre Founder Raises $10M Seed for Private Credit AI$10M seedTechCrunch
Jul 31AIAI Demand Strains Chip Packaging Capacity, Prices ClimbDIGITIMES
Jul 31AIPublishers Are Losing Google Traffic as AI Answers Replace Links-34% YoY trafficAxios
Jul 31AIOpenAI's Rogue-Agent Breach Spreads Beyond Hugging FaceCNBC
Jul 31AILG Open-Sources a 750B-Parameter Frontier ModelThe Korea Times
Jul 31REGULATIONCalifornia's AI Transparency Act Takes Effect SundayEffective Aug 2Transparency Coalition
Jul 31FUNDINGSmallest.ai Raises $13M to Build Ultra-Fast Voice AI$13MTechCrunch
Jul 31REGULATIONSuno Loses Landmark AI Copyright Case to Germany's GEMAVariety
Jul 31AIDeepSeek Ships V4-Flash Update That Beats Its Own FlagshipTech Times
Jul 31REGULATIONLawmakers Press DoorDash on Its Use of Chinese AI ModelsCNBC
Jul 31REGULATIONEU Starts Enforcing AI Act as It Opens €30B Compute PushEuropean Commission
Jul 31BIG TECHKospi Jumps a Record 18% as Samsung, SK Hynix Soar+17.9%, recordReuters
Jul 31IPOMichael Klein's 13th SPAC Prices Upsized $360M IPO$360M SPAC IPOGlobeNewswire
Jul 31AIChina's MiniMax Open-Sources H3 Video Model<1/3 cost per secondSouth China Morning Post
Jul 31IPOUnitree Sets Shanghai IPO Subscription Dates~$618M targetTech Times
Jul 31AIThinking Machines Debuts Inkling Small Open Model1 pt off flagship scoreVentureBeat
Jul 31IPOApnimed Prices Upsized IPO at $16, Raises $192M$192M IPOInvesting.com
Jul 31IPOMichael Klein's Churchill Capital XIII Prices $360M IPO$360M IPOStocktitan
Jul 30IPOWhy 2026's IPO Debuts Are Splitting Into Two TiersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 30AIAnthropic Says Its Own AI Models Hacked 3 CompaniesTechCrunch
Jul 30BIG TECHAmazon Tops $200B Revenue as AWS Growth Hits 18-Quarter High$200.6B rev, AWS +37%CNBC
Jul 30AIAnthropic Says Claude Models Hacked Three Outside FirmsCNBC
Jul 30BIG TECHMicrosoft Posts Largest Single-Day Market-Value Gain Ever+15.5%, +$450BBloomberg
Jul 30IPOReformation Debuts on NYSE, Raises $210.9M$210.9M raisedBloomberg
Jul 30BIG TECHMicrosoft Adds Record $450B in a Single Trading Day+$450B market capBloomberg
Jul 30BIG TECHApple Beats Estimates for a 13th Straight Quarter$109.4B rev, EPS $2.02CNBC
Jul 30AIIntel, AMD Jump 12%+ on TSMC's New Chip-Packaging TechIntel +12%, TSMC +7%Yahoo Finance
Jul 30BIG TECHCoinbase Revenue Falls 19% in Q2, Renews Circle Deal$1.2B, -19% YoYThe Information
Jul 30REGULATIONAI Policy Groups Push for Investigation Into OpenAI BreachThe Washington Post
Jul 30AIOpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Prices 80% in Widening AI Price War-80% Luna pricingVentureBeat
Jul 30BIG TECHSpaceX Wins $1.6B Space Force Launch Contract$1.6B contractSpaceNews
Jul 30AIGoogle Backs $15B Anthropic Data Center Loan in Texas$15B financingCNBC
Jul 30AIOpenAI Gives 100,000 Researchers Free Access to Frontier ModelsOpenAI
Jul 30REGULATIONDOE Turns Cold War Uranium Site Into $100B AI Complex$100B projectWashington Times
Jul 30REGULATIONUS Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots; China Vows RetaliationCNBC
Jul 30FUNDINGDataBahn Raises $40M to Manage AI's Data Pipes$40M Series BSecurityWeek
Jul 30FUNDINGSimile Raises $200M to Simulate Human Behavior at Scale$200M Series BTechCrunch
Jul 30AIOpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 API Prices Up to 80%Luna -80%, Terra -20%CNBC
Jul 30AIGoogle DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for Whole-Body ControlBloomberg
Jul 30AIGoogle Unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for Full-Body ControlBloomberg
Jul 30AICoreWeave Jumps on Leidos Deal for Classified Federal AI CloudLeidos
Jul 30AIGoogle Unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for Humanoid RobotsBloomberg
Jul 30BIG TECHNscale Buys Anyscale for $1.65B to Own More of AI Stack$1.65B acquisitionTechCrunch
Jul 30FUNDINGOkta Buys AI Identity Security Startup Permiso for ~$200M~$200M acquisitionTechCrunch
Jul 30AIAmazon Winds Down Most of Its Nova AI ModelsThe Decoder
Jul 30AIOracle Jumps 8% on Expanded Google Gemini PartnershipORCL +8%Bloomberg
Jul 30FUNDINGSimile Raises $200M at $2B to Simulate Human Behavior$200M Series BTechCrunch
Jul 30IPOReformation Opens Flat in $211M NYSE Debut$886M valuationBloomberg
Jul 30IPOJersey Mike's Falls Below IPO Price in NYSE Debut$7.3B valuationCNBC
Jul 30IPOReformation Opens Flat, Valued at $886M in NYSE Debut$886M valuationBloomberg
Jul 30FUNDINGK2 Space Raises $500M Series D at $6.8B Valuation$500M Series DBloomberg
Jul 30FUNDINGAssured Raises $19M to Automate Healthcare Ops$19M Series AGlobeNewswire
Jul 30FUNDINGCommonwealth Fusion Raises $1B More, Total Hits $4B$1B raiseTechCrunch
Jul 30IPOJersey Mike's Raises $1B in Blackstone-Backed NYSE Debut$1B IPOCNBC
Jul 30FUNDINGInforcer Raises $50M to Ready SMBs for AI Security Risk$50M Series CTechCrunch
Jul 30FUNDINGK2 Space Raises $500M at $6.8B Valuation$500M Series DBloomberg
Jul 30IPONeocloud Nscale Preps Investor Pitch for Multibillion IPOMultibillion IPO targetThe Information
Jul 30FUNDINGCAIS Raises $170M Series D, Tops $2B Valuation$170M Series DPulse2
Jul 30FUNDINGAntora Energy Closes $550M for Thermal Batteries$550M Series CBloomberg
Jul 30IPOLaser Photonics Files Fresh S-1 for Warrant Share Registration11.8M shares registeredSEC EDGAR
Jul 30AIGoogle Brings Gemini Into Waymo's Robotaxi Cabin9to5Google
Jul 30BIG TECHMeta's Record Losing Streak Deepens, Zuckerberg Down $15B-9.64% AH, $223B wipedCNBC
Jul 30FUNDINGCAIS Raises $170M Series D at $2B+ Valuation$170M Series Dcitybiz
Jul 30REGULATIONEU Pledges $11.5B for Seven AI Gigafactories€10B public fundingBloomberg
Jul 30IPOZepto Pauses IPO, Raises Pre-IPO Round Below Peak Value$4.5B valuationBusiness Standard
Jul 30REGULATIONDelhi Court Rejects ANI's Bid to Block ChatGPT in IndiaThe Researchers
Jul 30IPOZhongji Innolight Slides on Its $6.8B Hong Kong Debut$6.8B raisedCNBC
Jul 30BIG TECHChip Rout Goes Global as Kioxia, SoftBank Slide in AsiaCNBC
Jul 30FUNDINGGroundcover Raises $100M to Take On Datadog$100M Series CSiliconANGLE
Jul 30AISamsung Posts Record Profit, Shares Fall on AI Chip BoomCNBC
Jul 29IPOWhy This Week's IPO Pricings Signal a Real ReopeningValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 29IPOOpenAI's $1T IPO Ambition Faces Timing Test as Anthropic GainsBenzinga
Jul 29AINadella Confirms Microsoft Copilot 'Super App' PlanPYMNTS
Jul 29IPOReformation Prices IPO to Raise Up to $225M$225M IPORenaissance Capital
Jul 29IPOExascale Labs Clears Shareholder Vote for Nasdaq ListingSPAC mergerGlobeNewswire
Jul 29BIG TECHMeta Beats on Revenue, Misses on EPS as Capex Climbs$60.8B Q2 revenueBenzinga
Jul 29BIG TECHMicrosoft's Azure Tops $100B as FY27 Capex Guide Jumps$90.01B Q4 revenueCNBC
Jul 29FUNDINGOnyx Security Raises $113M Series B With Bessemer$113M Series BTech Startups
Jul 29AIMate Security Tops $50M as AI Security Ops Heads to Black Hat$35M Series AThe Next Web
Jul 29BIG TECHDivided Fed Holds Rates as Three Officials DissentCNBC
Jul 29BIG TECHDoorDash Launches Its Own Drone Delivery FleetFAA Part 135CNBC
Jul 29FUNDINGFreehand Raises $75M Series B, Tops $100M Total$75M Series BTech Startups
Jul 29IPOWhy the 2026 IPO Window Is Splitting in TwoValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 29FUNDINGBreakthru Medicine Launches With $60M Molecular Glue Bet$60M Series AFierce Biotech
Jul 29REGULATIONxAI Sues Minnesota Over New Deepfake LawKTTC
Jul 29IPOGoldman-Backed Attovia Sets Terms for $200M Nasdaq IPO$200M target IPOBloomberg
Jul 29FUNDINGEx-Perplexity Engineer's Polar Raises $5.7M for AI Browser$5.7M SeedTechCrunch
Jul 29FUNDINGThreatLocker Raises $190M Series F for Zero Trust$190M Series FSecurityWeek
Jul 29FUNDINGThreatLocker Raises $190M Series F for AI Agent Security$190M Series FSecurityWeek
Jul 29AIChatGPT Nears 1 Billion Weekly Users, LateThe Information
Jul 29FUNDINGEliyan Hits Unicorn Status With $145M Series C$145M Series CSiliconANGLE
Jul 29FUNDINGFreehand Raises $75M Series B for AI Supply Chains$75M Series BTech Startups
Jul 29AIZuckerberg Predicts Billions Will Have Personal AI AgentsTechCrunch
Jul 29FUNDINGFreehand Raises $75M to Automate Supply Chains$75M Series BCrunchbase News
Jul 29FUNDINGEncore AI Lands $30M Series A for Enterprise Ops$30M Series ATech Startups
Jul 29FUNDINGEncore AI Raises $30M for Agents That Learn From Calls$30M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 29FUNDINGEncore AI Raises $30M to Train Agents on Calls$30M Series ATechCrunch
Jul 29FUNDINGInvestiFi Raises $20M to Bring Investing to Credit Unions$20MTech Startups
Jul 29BIG TECHChip Stocks Shed $1.5 Trillion in Two-Day Rout-$1.5T sector valueCNBC
Jul 29FUNDINGNvidia Partner ChipAgents Raises $60M for AI Chip Design$60M Series A ext.Reuters
Jul 29IPOThe Case For Calling 2026 the Mega-IPO EraValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 29IPOJersey Mike's Prices IPO Tonight at Up to $7.9B Valuationup to $1.09BAxios
Jul 29IPOWhy Anthropic's October IPO Math Keeps Getting BiggerValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 29REGULATIONGlobalFoundries Wins $300M US Grant for AI Chip PhotonicsYahoo Finance
Jul 29AIWhy Record Startup Funding Meets Wall Street's AI DoubtsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 29BIG TECHSK Hynix Earnings Miss Deepens $1 Trillion Chip RoutCNBC
Jul 29BIG TECHMicrosoft, Meta Earnings Put Wall Street's AI Patience to the TestBloomberg
Jul 29IPOGoldman-Backed Attovia Seeks $212.5M in Biotech IPO$212.5M IPOBloomberg
Jul 29REGULATIONOpenAI, Anthropic Back Staff Letter to Pace AIThe Information
Jul 29REGULATIONUS Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robot ImportsThe Information
Jul 29REGULATIONAnthropic Stands Alone on Open-Weight AI PolicyAxios
Jul 29IPOThis Week's New S-1 Filers: A Mixed IPO SignalSEC EDGAR
Jul 28IPOTSMC Restarts Japan Plant After Deadly QuakeThe Information
Jul 28IPOWhat SpaceX's Whipsaw Means For The Next Mega-IPOValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28BIG TECHCyera to Acquire Oasis Security for $1 Billion$1B acquisitionTechCrunch
Jul 28IPOWhy Half Of 2026's IPO Class Trades Underwater~50% underwaterValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28AIGoogle Ships Gemini 3.5 Flash to General AvailabilityGoogle
Jul 28REGULATION1,100+ Lab Employees Sign Letter Urging AI 'Pacing' RulesAI industry reporting
Jul 28IPOGrubMarket Files Confidential IPO at $4.5B Valuation$4.5B valuationTech Startups
Jul 28REGULATIONCongress Floats 'AI Kill Switch' Bill After OpenAI's Rogue AgentThe Hill
Jul 28IPOSpaceX Shares Whipsaw, Briefly Erase $1.2 Trillion~$1.2T erasedBloomberg
Jul 28AIAmazon Hires Google's TPU Software ChiefThe Information
Jul 28FUNDINGFish Audio Lands $52M Seed for AI Voice Models$52M SeedTechCrunch
Jul 28REGULATIONNvidia's Huang Meets Lutnick Amid China ProbeAxios
Jul 28AIOpenAI Opens ChatGPT to 10,000 Academic ResearchersOpenAI
Jul 28REGULATIONNvidia's Huang Defends Open-Weight AI on Capitol HillBloomberg
Jul 28AIOpenAI's Own Test Agent Hacked Hugging Face for DaysOpenAI
Jul 28FUNDINGJump Capital Closes Largest-Ever Fund at $350M$350M fundThe Information
Jul 28AIAnthropic's Claude Adopts New MCP 2026-07-28 SpecAnthropic
Jul 28IPOApple Crosses $5 Trillion Market CapCNBC
Jul 28FUNDINGArray Labs Adds $21M, Signs Mitsubishi Electric Deal$21MReuters
Jul 28REGULATIONNHTSA Issues Ultimatum To Robotaxi OperatorsTechCrunch
Jul 28FUNDINGBot-Detection Startup Spur Raises $200M$200MTechCrunch
Jul 28FUNDINGAct Security Raises $60M to Police Cloud & AI Agents$60M Seed + Series ATech Startups
Jul 28FUNDINGWhy Anduril's $100B Ask Is Really About Buying TimeValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28FUNDINGThe Memory Supercycle Is Repricing Every Hardware Term SheetValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28FUNDINGSovereign Wealth Is Becoming Silicon Valley's Biggest LPValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28AIClaude Opus 5's Silent Rollout Reveals The Real RaceValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28AIThe Great American AI Act's Clock Is Already TickingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28AIMeta's AI Agent Push Tests The $100B Bet For RealValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28IPOWhy The $2.1 Trillion IPO Pipeline Is Bigger Than It LooksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28BIG TECHMeta And BlackRock Partner On $14B El Paso Data CenterCNBC
Jul 28IPOCatalyst Acquisition Corp Prices $200M SPAC for Gaming$200M IPO24/7 Wall St.
Jul 28FUNDINGHush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI Agents$30M Series ASecurityWeek
Jul 28IPOSpaceX Stock Buys By Lawmakers Draw Conflict ScrutinyCNBC
Jul 28AISam Altman Says It May Be Time To 'Decelerate' AITechCrunch
Jul 28FUNDINGClaros Nabs $55M Series B to Scale PFAS Destruction$55M Series BTech Startups
Jul 28AIAnthropic's Claude Code Reigns Despite Codex Rise~42% shareThe Information
Jul 28FUNDINGAct Security Emerges From Stealth With $60M$60M totalAxios Pro
Jul 28AICursor Customers Push Back on Price HikesThe Information
Jul 28FUNDINGHush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent Identities$30M Series ATech Startups
Jul 28FUNDINGZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale 2D Quantum Chip Design$25.5M SeedSiliconANGLE
Jul 28IPOValue Add Pulse Analysis: The IPO Hype Cycle Returns49% underwaterFortune
Jul 28BIG TECHChip Stock Rout Spreads From Seoul to Wall Street, Erases $1T+CNBC
Jul 28BIG TECHPayPal Leaves Door Open To Higher Buyout Offer$53B+ bidThe Information
Jul 28AIClaude Code Holds Its Lead Despite Codex Push~$8B ARRThe Information
Jul 28FUNDINGAugustus Raises $180M to Bank the Unbanked Institutions$180M Series BTech Startups
Jul 28FUNDINGRecursive Superintelligence Signs $410M AWS Compute Deal$410M compute dealTechCrunch
Jul 28REGULATION1,100+ AI Lab Staffers Ask US To Help Pace AI ProgressBloomberg
Jul 28FUNDINGCathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber$160MCrunchbase News
Jul 28AISnowflake Launches Cortex Gateway To Rein In AI AgentsVentureBeat
Jul 28IPOMarket Technology Acquisition Corp Closes $205M IPO$205M IPOGlobeNewswire
Jul 28IPOChina's CXMT Triples To $540B, Erasing Chip Rivals' Gains~$540B Market CapEastern Herald
Jul 28REGULATIONOpenAI And Anthropic Quietly Align On DC Lobbying Push$3.17M lobbyingCNBC
Jul 28IPOAIxCrypto Holdings Files Follow-On Public OfferingSEC EDGAR
Jul 28BIG TECHSK Hynix, Samsung Plunge, Dragging US Chip Stocks-14.65% SK HynixCNBC
Jul 28IPOSilver Miner Sinda Files Follow-On Offering After IPO Pop~$213M IPOSEC EDGAR
Jul 28FUNDINGClaros Closes $55M to Scale PFAS Destruction Tech$55M Series BTech Startups
Jul 28AINvidia's AI Security Alliance Lands Its First Gulf BackerThe National
Jul 28FUNDINGFish Audio Raises $52M Seed To Build AI Voice Models$52M SeedTechCrunch
Jul 28AIAnthropic Stakes Out Position On Open-Weight ModelsAnthropic Newsroom
Jul 28AINvidia's $750B Deal Wave Reignites Circular-Financing Fears>$750B dealsBloomberg
Jul 28BIG TECHApple And Google Both Blink As RAM Prices SextupleRAM up ~6xTechCrunch
Jul 28FUNDINGAI Seed Investors Flock To Cybersecurity StartupsCrunchbase News
Jul 28FUNDINGDwelly Raises $170M To Roll Up UK Lettings Agencies$170M Series BBloomberg
Jul 28AIMoonshot Seeks More Blackwell Chips For Next ModelThe Information
Jul 28REGULATIONTaiwan Detains Nvidia Employee In Chip Smuggling ProbeBloomberg
Jul 28AIMCP Ships Its Biggest Spec Update Since 2024 Launch10,000+ serversVentureBeat
Jul 28IPOThe IPO Trend Nobody's Advertising: Debt, Then a DividendValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28AIWhy 'AI Layoffs' Might Be Measuring the Wrong NumberValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 28FUNDINGWhy Nvidia Keeps Showing Up On Its Customers' Cap Tables$600B+ Financing WebValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27IPOWhy 2026's IPO Market Already Beat Goldman's Bet$160B IPO ForecastValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27BIG TECHApple Reclaims Title As World's Most Valuable Company~$4.94T capCNBC
Jul 27BIG TECHApple Reclaims World's Most Valuable Company From NvidiaCNBC
Jul 27IPOSEC S-1 Wave: Seven Companies File To Go Public7 filingsSEC EDGAR
Jul 27IPOSPAC Filing Activity Ticks Up With Fresh S-1/AsSEC EDGAR
Jul 27FUNDINGOpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars$217B, 43% of VCValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27FUNDINGDefense-Tech Funding Keeps Defying Gravity$14.6B in 5 MonthsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27AI56% of CEOs See Zero ROI From AI SpendingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27AIKimi K3's Weights Reveal the Real Chip DemandValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27IPO2026's IPO Window Is Open, But Pricing Is CutValue Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27IPODirect Listings Make a Quiet Comeback in 2026Value Add Pulse Analysis
Jul 27AIMeta Rolls Out AI Chatbot To All Threads Users' DMsTechCrunch
Jul 27AIMicrosoft Launches First Cybersecurity AI Model, Agentic PlatformTechCrunch
Jul 27BIG TECHNvidia Weighs $250B Guarantee For OpenAI's Ohio CampusYahoo Finance
Jul 27AIMicrosoft Launches In-House Rival To Anthropic's Mythos96% CyberGymVentureBeat
Jul 27FUNDINGThea Energy Lands $20M Federal Grant For Fusion Magnets$20M GrantTechCrunch
Jul 27AINvidia In Talks For $250B OpenAI Data Center Backstop$250B guaranteeTom's Hardware
Jul 27BIG TECHTPG in Exclusive Talks to Buy Netrality for Up to $3Bup to $3BBloomberg
Jul 27IPOMemory Stocks Slide As CXMT's IPO Rattles Market24/7 Wall St.
Jul 27FUNDINGNvidia Invests $5B In Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence~$5B InvestmentTechCrunch
Jul 27IPOKarman Line Acquisition Files SPAC IPO For Space Deals20M unitsSEC EDGAR
Jul 27FUNDINGAntares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear Microreactors$470M Series CTechCrunch
Jul 27IPOChina's CXMT Soars 470% in Record $8.6B Shanghai IPO~$8.6B raisedCNBC
Jul 27FUNDINGAntares Raises $470M for Military Microreactors$470M Series CTechCrunch
Jul 27FUNDINGGenius AI Raises $44M Series D at $1.15B Valuation$44M Series DFinSMEs
Jul 27AIMeta AI Models Power DOE's Genesis Mission ScienceMeta AI Blog
Jul 27AINvidia Puts $5B Into Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence$5B equityReuters
Jul 27BIG TECHNvidia, OpenAI Weigh $250B Ohio Data Center Backstop$250B BackstopCNBC
Jul 27FUNDINGEnigma Emerges From Stealth With $71M Robot Seed$71M SeedTechCrunch
Jul 27FUNDINGAntares Nuclear Raises $470M For Military Microreactors$470M Series CTechCrunch
Jul 27REGULATIONOpenAI Nearly Doubles Federal Lobbying Spend To $2.22M$2.22M H1Financial Times
Jul 27AIJensen Huang: Chips Must Grow 10x for AI AgentsBloomberg
Jul 27BIG TECHBig Tech's $725B AI Bet Faces Earnings ReckoningFortune
Jul 27IPOAngola Raises $321M In Nation's Biggest-Ever IPO$321M IPOBloomberg
Jul 27FUNDINGSchneider Electric's VC Arm Bets On AI's Industrial CycleCrunchbase News
Jul 27IPOApnimed Launches $150M IPO for Sleep Apnea Pill$150M-$160M IPORenaissance Capital
Jul 27IPOApnimed Launches $150M IPO For First Sleep Apnea Pillup to $150M IPOIPOScoop
Jul 27BIG TECHNvidia's $750B AI Deal Spree Revives Circular-Financing Fears$750B AI Deal SpreeBloomberg
Jul 27IPOIonic Digital's Direct Listing Debuts on Nasdaq$2.4B Implied ValueRenaissance Capital
Jul 27FUNDINGPsalion Closes $50M Fund To Bet On Blockchain's Real Economy$50M Fund IIIGlobeNewswire
Jul 27AIASML Slides 8% On Report China Mass-Produces DUV Tools-8% ASMLCNBC
Jul 27FUNDINGOminimo Hits $1.6B Valuation, Serbia's First Unicorn$22.5M at $1.6B ValueSeeNews
Jul 27FUNDINGMultiverse Computing Raises $570M to Compress AI$570M Series CGlobeNewswire
Jul 27IPOJersey Mike's Set To Price $8B IPO This WeekUp to $1.09B IPOInvesting.com
Jul 27AIBroadcom Jumps As Samsung Lands $200B AI Chip Deal$200B Chip DealYahoo Finance UK
Jul 27FUNDINGFlourish Health Raises $46M for Youth Crisis Care$46M Series AGlobeNewswire
Jul 27IPOSpaceX Stock Sinks Toward Record Insider Unlock$116B Insider UnlockThe Motley Fool
Jul 27IPOCXMT Rockets 466% in STAR Market Trading Debut$8.6B Raised, +471%CNBC
Jul 27AICaoCao Launches Driverless Robotaxi Testing In HangzhouGlobeNewswire
Jul 27IPOShein's IPO Prospectus Reveals Slowing Growth$40B-$50B TargetReuters
Jul 27FUNDINGNvidia Buys $1B Stake In Naver For AI Data Centers$1B Strategic StakeThe Korea Times
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