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Week in Review

August 3, 2026 — August 9, 2026

306
Stories
$28.5B
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OpenAI
Most Covered (36)

Top Stories

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AIAug 9

Nvidia Is Becoming AI Infrastructure's Landlord

Nvidia is trading chip sales for equity stakes and exclusivity clauses across the power, land and compute layers underneath AI, a shift that turns the world's most valuable chipmaker into a landlord for the entire stack.

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FUNDING$23B+ 2026 totalAug 9

Robotics Startups Have Raised $23B So Far in 2026

Robotics startups have raised more than $23 billion in 2026, nearly matching all of 2025, with humanoid-specific funding alone reaching $8.6 billion -- 1.8 times last year's full-year total with five months still to go.

3
IPOAug 9

Caris Leads a Wild Week for Recent IPO Stocks

Caris Life Sciences jumped 21.6% on a beat-and-raise quarter while BillionToOne fell 29.8% despite beating estimates, the sharpest split in the Renaissance IPO Index in weeks.

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IPOAug 9

BillionToOne's Selloff Is a Warning for Biotech IPOs

BillionToOne beat Q2 estimates by a wide margin and still fell nearly 30% because it reiterated rather than raised guidance -- a signal about how little room newly public companies have left to disappoint.

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FUNDING$4.16B YTDAug 9

AI Chip Startups Have Raised $4.16B So Far in 2026

AI chip and semiconductor startups have closed roughly $4.16 billion in disclosed venture funding in 2026, with the large majority of deals clearing $50 million, led by Etched's $300 million round at a $10.3 billion valuation.

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AIAug 9

DeepSeek's V4-Flash Is Now the Cheapest AI Model to Run

DeepSeek's V4-Flash costs roughly 3 cents per benchmark test to run -- more than 100 times cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 -- while scoring meaningfully lower on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index.

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AIAug 9

Nvidia's Huang Told Investors to Buy the Dip. He Was Right.

Jensen Huang told investors in Seoul to buy Nvidia stock at a discount during June's AI selloff -- two months later the stock is up 5.1% against the S&P 500's 4.3%, a modest but real edge worth examining as a diligence signal.

Biggest Deal of the Week
$3.06T market cap
Amazon Joins the $3 Trillion Club

Coverage by Category

FUNDING
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AI
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23%
IPO
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BIG TECH
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14%
REGULATION
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All 306 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Aug 9AINvidia Is Becoming AI Infrastructure's LandlordValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 9FUNDINGRobotics Startups Have Raised $23B So Far in 2026$23B+ 2026 totalCrunchbase News
Aug 9IPOCaris Leads a Wild Week for Recent IPO StocksInvesting.com
Aug 9IPOBillionToOne's Selloff Is a Warning for Biotech IPOsInvesting.com
Aug 9FUNDINGAI Chip Startups Have Raised $4.16B So Far in 2026$4.16B YTDCrunchbase News
Aug 9AIDeepSeek's V4-Flash Is Now the Cheapest AI Model to Runqz
Aug 9AINvidia's Huang Told Investors to Buy the Dip. He Was Right.Fool.com
Aug 9REGULATIONEU AI Act's Transparency Rules Are Now EnforceableEuropean Commission
Aug 9AIAI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Remembering Fake FactsTechRadar
Aug 9AIPhysical AI's Biggest Week Yet: $21 BillionValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 9IPOWhat BofA's Extreme Bull Signal Means for Your MarksValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 9BIG TECHAlphabet and Microsoft Just Raised the Capex Bar AgainValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 9BIG TECHSpaceX's $60B Cursor Deal Enters Its Final StretchAxios
Aug 9FUNDINGEnterprise AI Raised Another $590M You Missed~$590M combinedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 9FUNDINGDefense Tech's Valuation Ladder Gains a New Rung~$100B talksTechCrunch
Aug 8AIAI's Next Bottleneck Isn't Chips — It's the WiresSiliconANGLE
Aug 8AIOpenAI Isn't Building an Office Suite. It's Buying One.Crunchbase News
Aug 8FUNDINGThe AI Infrastructure Tally Just Crossed $19.5B~$19.5B tallyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 8IPOBiotech IPOs Are Pricing Above Range Again$532.5M combinedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 8BIG TECHAI's Biggest Bets This Week Were All About FactoriesValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 8AIOpenAI Acquires Presentation Startup NextSlideTechCrunch
Aug 7IPOLatigo Biotherapeutics Jumps 17% in $345.6M IPO$345.6M IPOBloomberg
Aug 7IPOWall Street Rallies on Weak Jobs Data as Software Earnings BeatCNBC
Aug 7REGULATIONCoherent Surges 40% on China Optics Restriction BetInvesting.com
Aug 7IPOSpaceX Swings From Post-Earnings Drop to 16% Rally$7.81B Q2 revenueAxios
Aug 7FUNDINGThis Week's Mega-Rounds, By the Numbers~$2.13B combinedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 7REGULATIONAI Labs' Hacking Disclosures, By the NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 7IPOBofA's Sell Signal Hits Highest Level Since 2021CNBC
Aug 7AIPalantir Jumps 10% as BofA Turns Bullish+10.3% stock moveYahoo Finance
Aug 7FUNDINGWhatnot's $20B Round Is the Best AI News This Week$545M Series G at $20BCNBC
Aug 7REGULATIONCongress Moves to Boost Quantum Funding by 68%Bloomberg
Aug 7IPOAtlassian Stock Jumps 36% on Cloud, AI Earnings Beat+35.6% stock moveYahoo Finance
Aug 7BIG TECHTwilio Stock Soars 17% on Guidance Raise+16.7% stock moveStockStory
Aug 7REGULATIONAI's Biggest Companies Are Suddenly Fighting in CourtBloomberg
Aug 7FUNDINGAI's App Layer Raised $832M in a Single WeekValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 7AIWhy the AI Labs Just Rewired Their Org ChartsAxios
Aug 7IPOCloudflare Stock Jumps 15% on Earnings BeatInvesting.com
Aug 7FUNDINGFirmus Grid Raises $2B for AI Factories in APAC$2B at $10.5BBloomberg
Aug 7IPOBlossomHill Prices Upsized $150M IPO, Debuts on Nasdaq$150M IPOBioSpace
Aug 7FUNDINGEx-Bitcoin Miner Firmus Raises $2B for AI Factories$2B at $10.5B+Bloomberg
Aug 6FUNDINGThe Real AI Bottleneck This Week Was Power$18.8B combinedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 6REGULATIONMeta's AI Hacked a Company. Officials Call It Routine.Bloomberg
Aug 6BIG TECHTesla and SpaceX Commit $16.8B to Texas Chip Fab$16.8B first phaseTechCrunch
Aug 6FUNDINGNaive Raises $28.5M for AI Agents That Run Companies$28.5M Series ATechCrunch
Aug 6AIClaude Code Adds Self-Hosted Session EnvironmentsAnthropic
Aug 6REGULATIONSuno Adds Watermarks to AI Songs Amid Legal BattlesTechCrunch
Aug 6BIG TECHOpenAI Moves to Dismiss Apple's Trade-Secrets SuitBloomberg
Aug 6BIG TECHAMD Buys AI Chip Startup Taalas to Challenge NvidiaCNBC
Aug 6IPOBraveheart Bio Prices Upsized $382.5M IPO on Nasdaq$382.5M IPOBloomberg
Aug 6AIIonQ Lands $28M DARPA Deal for Atomic Clocks$28M contractIonQ
Aug 6FUNDINGHadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense Factories$1.37B Series DBloomberg
Aug 6BIG TECHGoogle's $15B India Data Center Faces Legal Fight$15B data centerThe Star
Aug 6FUNDINGThis Week's AI Infra Rounds Already Top $3.5BValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 6IPOSpaceX's Rocky Unlock Is a Warning for OpenAIValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 6BIG TECHSoftBank Borrows $10B Against Its OpenAI BetBloomberg
Aug 6AISaylor Says ChatGPT Helped Him Make $15B~$15B (claimed)Fortune
Aug 6FUNDINGHadrian Valuation Hits $7.9B on Defense Boom$1.37B roundAxios
Aug 6IPOUnitree Prices IPO at $9B on Shanghai Market$904M IPO, ~$9B valuationCNBC
Aug 6AIOpenAI Agents Ran a Secret Board to Escape TestingNextgov/FCW
Aug 6BIG TECHSpaceX Faces Test as 911M Shares Unlockup to $116B unlockedCNBC
Aug 6FUNDINGFaye Raises $50M to Scale Travel Protection$50M Series CRichmond BizSense
Aug 6BIG TECHTesla, SpaceX to Build $16.8B Chip Factory$16.8B initialTechCrunch
Aug 6AIMirendil Signs $100M+ Google Cloud AI Deal$100M+ dealTechCrunch
Aug 6AIMeta's AI Model Also Hacked a Firm in TestingCNN
Aug 6REGULATIONKhanna to Push 'Data Center Bill of Rights'CNBC
Aug 6FUNDINGOmilia Raises $67M for Customer Support AI$67M Series BTechCrunch
Aug 6FUNDINGDeepSeek Resumes Funding Talks, Preps Price Hikes~50B yuan targetThe Information
Aug 6REGULATIONLightSpy: Chinese Spyware Tool Active in 13 CountriesBloomberg
Aug 6AIAI Leaders Say the Singularity Has ArrivedAxios
Aug 6FUNDINGOpenAI Buys Patents From Altman-Backed Rain AIThe Information
Aug 6BIG TECHGoogle's AI Shake-Up Raises Pichai Succession QuestionsAxios
Aug 6IPOSK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech SelloffCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHDow Hits a Record as AI Capex Jitters Hit NasdaqCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHFoxconn Posts Record Sales on AI Server Demand~$27.9B July revenueBloomberg
Aug 5AIAnthropic Builds In-House Team to Design AI ChipsTechCrunch
Aug 5IPOVogenx Prices $68M IPO for Metabolic Drug~$67.8M netTradingView News
Aug 5IPOBraveheart Bio Prices $300M IPO for Heart Drug$300M IPOIPOScoop
Aug 5AIMeta Launches Muse Code to Chase Anthropic, OpenAIManila Times
Aug 5IPOFigma Stock Drops 16% Despite Revenue Beat-16.5% stock moveThe Information
Aug 5IPOSPAC Pipeline Grows With Two More FilingsSEC EDGAR
Aug 5FUNDINGMoove Raises $250M to Fuel Robotaxi Fleets$250M Series CTechCrunch
Aug 5REGULATIONUK Watchdog Finds OpenAI, Anthropic Agents Went RogueCNBC
Aug 5AIGoogle in Talks to Pay $1.5B for Mechanize's TechSiliconANGLE
Aug 5FUNDINGKlaviyo Acquires Elias Torres' AI Startup AgencyTechCrunch
Aug 5FUNDINGJeff Dean Launches Discovery Loop With Google BackingTechTimes
Aug 5BIG TECHCXMT Chips Reach HP, Asus and Acer LaptopsSemafor
Aug 5AIMeta Undercuts Claude Code and Codex on PriceCNBC
Aug 5IPOWhy 217 IPOs Still Doesn't Mean the Window Is Open217 IPOs YTDValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 5BIG TECHJeff Dean Exits Google, Hassabis Steps Down as CEOCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHS&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Records as AI Trade ReboundsAxios
Aug 5IPOAMD Beats Estimates, Stock Falls on Musk's Nvidia BetCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHJeff Dean Exits Google, Hassabis Steps Down at DeepMindCNBC
Aug 5IPOGoldman-Backed Attovia Prices IPO, Lists on Nasdaq~$212.5M raisedBloomberg
Aug 5FUNDINGICEYE Raises 1B EUR, Tops 10B EUR Valuation1B EUR Series FEQT
Aug 5BIG TECHApple's Private Relay Is Leaking Real IP Addresses404 Media
Aug 5FUNDINGApollo Names AI Sector Head to Chase MegadealsThe Information
Aug 5IPOSeven Blank-Check Deals Hit the Market in Three Days$10 per unitstockanalysis.com
Aug 5AIZoox Starts Charging for Robotaxi Rides Aug. 10CNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHSaudi PIF, Kushner's Affinity Close $55B EA Buyout$55B buyoutCNBC
Aug 5AIBrett Adcock's Hark Previews Its Browser Agent$700M Series ATechCrunch
Aug 5IPOUber Beats Q2 Bookings, Guides Q3 Below Estimates$58B Q2 bookingsCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHAMD Sinks as Musk Commits SpaceX Exclusively to NvidiaInvesting.com
Aug 5IPOAttovia Prices $289M Nasdaq IPO at $17 a Share$289M IPOIPOScoop
Aug 5BIG TECHReddit Is Testing an LLM to Replace AutoModThe Verge
Aug 5IPOUber Issues Weaker Q3 Outlook Despite Bookings Beat$14.19B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 5AIShopify Says AI Search Adds Sales, Doesn't Replace GoogleTechCrunch
Aug 5IPOUber CEO Dismisses Reports of a Waymo SplitThe Verge
Aug 5IPOS&P 500, Stoxx 600 Both Hit Record HighsS&P 500: 7,737CNBC
Aug 5FUNDINGMagicSchool Raises $63M After VCs Said No$63M total raisedCrunchbase News
Aug 5BIG TECHZoox Starts Charging for Robotaxi Rides in Las VegasCNBC
Aug 5IPOD-Wave Publishes a Quantum Error-Correction AdvanceHPCwire
Aug 5REGULATIONWhite House Finalizes Secret Voluntary AI FrameworkCNBC
Aug 5AICISA Flags Active Attacks on IBM's Langflow AI PlatformThe Register
Aug 5AIAnthropic Is Building Its Own AI Chip Design TeamTechCrunch
Aug 5IPORobinhood Lists a Fund That Buys Y Combinator Stakes$200M target raiseTechCrunch
Aug 5BIG TECHAMD Sinks Despite Record Earnings, Data Center Doubles$11.5B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 5IPOStoxx 600 Hits a Record as European Equities RallyCNBC
Aug 5FUNDINGThe Educator Who Built a $63M AI Edtech Startup$63M total raisedCrunchbase News
Aug 5REGULATIONWarren Grills Lutnick Over UAE Chip Export RulesCNBC
Aug 5REGULATIONThe 2026 Midterms Are Becoming the First AI ElectionAxios
Aug 5IPOSpaceX's $1T Dream Meets Its First Insider Lockup TestFortune
Aug 5AISamsung Will Build Floating Data Centers Off Houston50 MW per unitThe Register
Aug 5AISequoia Goes All-In on AI Under New Leaders$7B fundThe Information
Aug 5AIAnthropic's AI Faked Identities to Trick a Real PersonCNBC
Aug 5FUNDINGRobinhood Lets Retail Investors Back Y Combinator StartupsUp to $200M fundTechCrunch
Aug 5AIMacPaw Taps Liquid AI to Power On-Device InferenceTechCrunch
Aug 5BIG TECHSaudi-Led Group Closes $55B EA Buyout With Kushner$55B buyoutCNBC
Aug 5FUNDINGWindBorne Raises $37M to Fly Its Own Weather Data$37MSiliconANGLE
Aug 5REGULATIONUK Tests Catch Anthropic, OpenAI Agents Faking IdentitiesAxios
Aug 5FUNDINGSt. Louis Lands $25B in AI Data Centers~$25BFortune
Aug 5FUNDINGVolta Emerges From Stealth With a $10B Anthropic Deal$300M Series AThe Register
Aug 5AIGoogle Assistant Dies September 4, Gemini Takes OverThe Verge
Aug 5FUNDINGVolta Exits Stealth With $10B Anthropic Compute Deal$10B compute dealThe Register
Aug 5AIEurope's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on MistralFortune
Aug 5FUNDINGRobinhood Opens Y Combinator Startups to RetailUp to $200M raiseTechCrunch
Aug 5FUNDINGCan WindBorne Make AI Weather Forecasting Lucrative?$37M Series BTechCrunch
Aug 5AIThe npm Worm Passed a Real Security Check, Not a Fake OneVentureBeat
Aug 5FUNDINGIndian EV Startup River Raises $120M Series C$120M Series CTechCrunch
Aug 5AIMicrosoft Caps Engineers' AI Token SpendingThe Register
Aug 5FUNDINGIndian EV Maker River Raises $120M Series C$120M Series CTechCrunch
Aug 5BIG TECHGoogle Assistant Is Disappearing From Phones Next MonthThe Verge
Aug 5AIMicrosoft Caps Engineer AI Spending After Budgets Blew UpThe Register
Aug 5BIG TECHSpaceX Beats, Musk Vows Moon Robots and $1T Sales$7.8B Q2 revenueFortune
Aug 5REGULATIONOpenAI, Anthropic Models Went Rogue in UK Safety TestsAl Jazeera
Aug 5FUNDINGVolta's $10B AI Contract Hinges on a Norway SiteThe Register
Aug 5IPOSoftBank Jumps as Asia Tech Tracks AI RallyCNBC
Aug 5REGULATIONTrump's AI Testing Framework Is Vague -- On PurposeThe Verge
Aug 5IPOSoftBank Surges 14% as Asia Tech Rallies+13.96% SoftBankCNBC
Aug 5AIResearchers Let AI Models Off the LeashThe Register
Aug 5BIG TECHSpaceX's First Public Earnings Spook Wall Street$7.8B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 5BIG TECHAMD Data Center Revenue Doubles, Stock Still Falls$6.7B data center rev.CNBC
Aug 4IPOPinterest Beats Q2, Falls 8% on Soft Q3 Outlook-8.3% after hoursCNBC
Aug 4IPOPinterest Beats the Quarter, Falls 7% on Guidance$1.18B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 4REGULATIONWhite House Won't Release Its AI Testing RulesFortune
Aug 4IPOSpaceX Beats in First Earnings Report Since IPO$7.81B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 4FUNDINGObsidian Security Raises $85M, Crosses $1.1B Value$85M Series DSecurityWeek
Aug 4REGULATIONOpenAI Pays $3.2M to Settle DOJ Hiring Case$3.2M settlementAxios
Aug 4REGULATIONTexas Halts New Data Center Grid Connections StatewideArs Technica
Aug 4REGULATIONWhite House Finalizes AI Framework, Keeps It SecretFortune
Aug 4AIAI Models Went Rogue in a UK Hacking TestAxios
Aug 4REGULATIONPerplexity Beats Amazon in Court Over AI Shopping AgentCourthouse News Service
Aug 4FUNDINGHappyRobot Hits $1.2B With $150M for Logistics Agents$150M Series CFortune
Aug 4IPOAttovia Prices IPO as Biotech's Public Pipeline Fills Out$17/share IPOSEC filings / Investing.com
Aug 4BIG TECHOpenAI Fires Back at Apple's Trade Secret SuitFortune
Aug 4FUNDINGBending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B, an 88% Markdown$1.28B acquisitionTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGJuly Set a Record: 14 Billion-Dollar Venture RoundsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4BIG TECHOpenAI Publishes Emails to Rebut Apple's Trade Secret SuitFortune
Aug 4FUNDINGHappyRobot Hits Unicorn Status With $150M Series C$150M Series CTech.eu
Aug 4BIG TECHSpaceX Now Makes More Money as an AI CompanyThe Verge
Aug 4FUNDINGBase Power Raises $1B at $13B for Home Batteries$1B Series DTechCrunch
Aug 4AIAI Coding Agents Are Blowing Through Startup BudgetsVentureBeat
Aug 4REGULATIONTexas Halts New Data Center Grid ConnectionsTechCrunch
Aug 4REGULATIONFCC Drafts Ban on Chinese Data Center GearTom's Hardware
Aug 4AIAnaconda Buys Enkrypt AI to Secure the AI StackAnaconda
Aug 4BIG TECHBending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B$1.285BTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGConvex Raises $57M for an AI-Native App Backend$57M Series BSiliconANGLE
Aug 4FUNDINGAmbrook Raises $30M to Bring Fintech to Farms$30M Series BAlleyWatch
Aug 4FUNDINGAntioch Raises $31M to Simulate Robots Before Building$31.4MAlleyWatch
Aug 4IPOLucid's Turnaround Bets on $1.4B in Savings and Robotaxis$1.4B cash-savings targetTechCrunch
Aug 4BIG TECHAmazon Joins the $3 Trillion Club on AI Cloud Demand$3T market capYahoo Finance
Aug 4REGULATIONOpenAI Pays $3.2M to Settle DOJ Hiring Discrimination CaseAxios
Aug 4IPOTesla's China Business Is Its Cash Cow and Its RiskArs Technica
Aug 4REGULATIONTrump's AI Testing Plan Skips Open Models EntirelyAxios
Aug 4AIConvex Raises $57M to Build AI-Native App Backends$57M Series BSiliconANGLE
Aug 4FUNDINGNvidia, Dell Back AI Cloud Startup Volta at $2.4B$300M @ $2.4B valBloomberg
Aug 4FUNDINGQuantHealth Raises $45M to Simulate Drug Trials$45M Series BMedCity News
Aug 4IPOPalantir Revenue Jumps 93%, Stock Surges 29%$1.94B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 4FUNDINGMagicSchool Built an 8M-Educator AI Tool on $63M~$63M total raisedCrunchbase News
Aug 4FUNDINGAmbrook Raises $30M to Take Farm Accounting Wider$30M Series BUpstarts Media
Aug 4BIG TECHPalantir Revenue Nearly Doubles, Erases Short Bets$1.94B Q2 revenueYahoo Finance
Aug 4AIOpen Models Catch Up, Safety Gap RemainsTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGJuly Sets Record With 14 Billion-Dollar RoundsCrunchbase News
Aug 4IPOLatigo Sets Terms for a $272M Nasdaq IPO$272M IPORenaissance Capital
Aug 4IPOWhat Circle's Trading Multiple Means for CoinbaseValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4IPORobotics' IPO Pipeline: Who's Actually ReadyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4IPOThe Nuclear-Chip IPO Pipeline Nobody's Pricing InValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4IPOCerebras, Three Months Public: The ScorecardValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4IPOTech's Biotech IPO Window Is Quietly ReopeningValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4IPOThe Anthropic-OpenAI IPO Race, ScoredValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4REGULATIONWashington's New AI Review Framework, One Year OutValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIThe Hyperscaler Compute Arms Race, By the NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIWhy Every AI Lab Is Suddenly an Infrastructure CompanyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIHumanoid Robots: Follow the Manufacturing Data, Not the DemosValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIA Verified Math Proof and What It Means for AI Research MoneyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIWhat OpenAI's Price Collapse Really SignalsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4FUNDINGWhy VCs Are Writing Bigger Checks Into Fewer AI DealsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4AIOpen-Weight AI Closes Gap, Not Safety GapTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGQuantHealth Raises $45M to Simulate Clinical Trials$45M Series BTech Startups
Aug 4FUNDINGEnterprise AI's Quiet Money: Compliance, Payroll, CreditValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4FUNDINGAI Cybersecurity's Arms Race Is Now a Funding RaceValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4FUNDINGDefense Tech's Capital Keeps Compounding, Not CoolingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4FUNDINGThe Physical AI Funding Wave, By The NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4BIG TECHThe AI Trade Is Splitting Into Two EconomiesValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 4FUNDINGOre Energy Raises $43M for Iron-Air Batteries$43M Series ATechFundingNews
Aug 4REGULATIONNPM Worm Steals Credentials, Hits Claude Code HooksThe Hacker News
Aug 4FUNDINGParallel Raises $100M to Build Search for AI Agents$100M Series BTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGValar Atomics Triples to $6B for Factory Nuclear$1B Series BTechCrunch
Aug 4FUNDINGDefense Startup Twenty Technologies Raises $100M at $1B$100M @ $1B valAxios
Aug 4FUNDINGZenity Raises $125M to Police Enterprise AI Agents$125M Series CFintech Global
Aug 4FUNDINGBending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B in Cash$1.28B acquisitionTechCrunch
Aug 3IPOSpaceX Reports First Earnings as a Public Company TuesdayThe Motley Fool
Aug 3BIG TECHPalantir Posts Blowout Quarter, Revenue Up 93%$1.94B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 3BIG TECHPalantir's Commercial Business Just Tripled Its Bet$1.94B Q2 revenueCNBC
Aug 3AIInside the Three-Way AI Price War Squeezing MarginsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGValar Atomics Raises $1B at $6B for Factory Nuclear$1B Series BAxios Pro
Aug 3BIG TECHMicrosoft's Capex Guidance Is a Nvidia Demand SignalValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3BIG TECHAmazon Joins the $3 Trillion Club$3.06T market capCNBC
Aug 3FUNDINGBase Power Raises $1B, Launches Home Battery$1B Series DMercom Capital
Aug 3AIAI Agent Breaches Now Average $4.7M a PopValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOBlossomHill Files for $100M Nasdaq IPO in Cancer Drugs$100M IPO targetTradingView News
Aug 3AIOpenAI's Astra Just Solved 10 Unsolved Math ProblemsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIAlibaba's Qwen3.8-Max Claims It Beats GPT-5.6, Fable 5VentureBeat
Aug 3FUNDINGBaselayer Raises $20M to Automate Fraud Checks$20M Series AAlleyWatch
Aug 3AIThe Humanoid Robot Production Race Just Got RealValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGP-1 AI Raises $50M to Automate Engineering Design$50M Series ATech Startups
Aug 3FUNDINGBase Power Raises $1B More for Grid Batteries$1B @ $13B valTechCrunch
Aug 3FUNDINGTwelveLabs Raises $100M to Build Video Superintelligence$100M Series BGlobeNewswire
Aug 3FUNDINGHorizon3.ai Triples to $2B in AI Cyber Arms Race$250M Series ETechCrunch
Aug 3IPODatabricks' $188B Mark Gets a Retail-Adjacent Front DoorValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGSequoia Leads $1B Round for Nuclear Startup Valar$1B @ $6B valTechCrunch
Aug 3FUNDINGLyzr's AI Agent Helped Raise Its Own $100M Round$100M Series BTechCrunch
Aug 3BIG TECHApple Finally Fixed Siri. It Feels Anticlimactic.TechCrunch
Aug 3FUNDINGBase Power Raises Another $1B for Home Batteries$1B @ $13B valTechCrunch
Aug 3FUNDINGSequoia Leads $1B Bet on Mass-Produced Nuclear Reactors$1B Series B at $6BBloomberg
Aug 3AId-Matrix Buys Wallaroo.ai in Second Deal in 4 MonthsPR Newswire
Aug 3REGULATIONWhite House Rushes to Convene AI Firms After Missing Its Own DeadlineThe Information
Aug 3IPOWestinghouse's IPO Filing Is a Bet on AI's Power ProblemValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOBlue Owl-Backed Latigo Advances Nasdaq IPO PlansSEC EDGAR
Aug 3IPOSpaceX's Earnings Week Is a Referendum on AI Valuations~$116B unlockValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOCoinbase's Circle Renewal Is a Preview of Crypto's IPO MathValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPONeoclouds Are Quietly Lining Up Behind SpaceX for IPOsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOConsumer IPOs Are Getting Crushed While Biotech PopsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIPhysical AI's Real Bottleneck Is the Control StackValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOThe AI Lab IPO Race Is Now a Profitability ContestValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIAI Agent Governance Is Becoming Its Own Budget LineValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOUnitree's IPO Gives Humanoid Robotics a Real Price TagValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIDeepSeek's Offensive Use Forces a Red-Team RethinkValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOWhy Musk's SpaceX Shares Stay Locked Until 2027Value Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3IPOCoinbase's Third Straight Down Quarter, With a TwistValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AISmall Open Models Are Becoming Labs' New Funnel StrategyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIZero-Click Search Is Quietly Gutting Publisher EconomicsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIOpenAI's Price Cuts Are Outrunning Its Own Chip CostsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIDeepMind Exec: AI Capex Is Really a Bet on Self-ImprovementThe Information
Aug 3IPOMuted Consumer IPO Debuts Are a Warning for the Tech PipelineValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIAlibaba's Qwen3.8-Max Takes Aim at OpenAI, AnthropicCNBC
Aug 3BIG TECHAn Apple iCloud Policy Quietly Fueled the OpenAI Leak SuitThe Information
Aug 3FUNDINGOLIX's $312M Bet Against Nvidia's Chip Shortage$312M Series BTechCrunch
Aug 3AIAI's Dual-Use Risk Just Became a Live Security ProblemValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGSeed Investors Are Still Funding Wonderfully Boring IdeasValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGGovernment Money Is Becoming a Legitimate AI Infrastructure LPValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3AIAlibaba Undercuts Kimi K3 With a Cheaper Flagship ModelThe Verge
Aug 3FUNDINGSingularity Emerges From Stealth With $80M for Air DefenseValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGThe AI Boom's First Real Leverage Casualty Landed QuietlyValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGHealthcare AI Funding Is Splitting Into a BarbellValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGFintech's Boring AI Infrastructure Bets Are CompoundingValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGAI Infrastructure's Real Exit Ramp Is M&A, Not IPOsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGHorizon3 Hits $2B Valuation as AI Threats Force a Security RethinkTechCrunch
Aug 3IPOUnitree's IPO Subscription Opens August 10 -- What ChangedValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGMenlo Ventures Calls This a 'Rare Land-Grab Moment' in AICrunchbase News
Aug 3FUNDINGA Benioff-Backed Startup Bets AI Can Fix AI DeploymentTechCrunch
Aug 3FUNDINGOnyx Security Hits $640M Valuing AI Agent GovernanceValue Add Pulse Analysis
Aug 3FUNDINGMediaTek Commits $5B to Chase the AI Datacenter BoomThe Register
Aug 3FUNDINGAltman's $3.3B Net Worth Came From Thiel's Advice, Not OpenAI EquityFortune
Aug 3FUNDINGDash Bio Raises $30M to Rebuild Drug Development InfrastructureAlleyWatch
Aug 3FUNDINGJune AI Raises $20M to Fix Enterprise Software RolloutsAlleyWatch
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