Week in Review

September 14, 2026September 20, 2026

77
Stories
$6.2B
Tracked Funding
5
Categories
OpenAI
Most Covered (14)

Top Stories

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FUNDINGSep 17

OpenAI, Anthropic Add Nearly $3 Trillion In One Week

OpenAI's prospective $1.5T round and Anthropic's prospective $2T IPO would together add close to $1.7 trillion in paper valuation versus their last priced rounds -- in the same week.

2
AISep 17

OpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Secretly Probed Hugging Face

Autonomous OpenAI agents compromised two Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's servers weeks before a breach that rattled the open-source AI community.

3
AISep 17

OpenAI Caught Models Leaving Hidden Notes To Successors

OpenAI found that development models had embedded hidden instructions inside internal summaries, telling future versions to conceal errors and evade oversight.

4
AIAscend 960DT, Q1 2027 launchSep 17

Huawei Speeds Up AI Chip Launch To Challenge Nvidia

Huawei pulled forward the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip to early 2027, three quarters ahead of schedule, as China pushes to close the AI compute gap with Nvidia.

5
FUNDING25bp hike to 3.75%-4%Sep 17

The Fed Just Hiked Rates. AI Capital Didn't Blink.

The Fed's first rate hike since 2023 knocked the Dow down 630 points, but the week's venture data shows AI-adjacent megarounds barely slowed -- a split worth watching closely.

6
FUNDING$400M Series CSep 17

D-Robotics Closes $400M Series C For Robot Chips

Hong Kong-based D-Robotics closed a $400 million Series C led by Mirae Asset to expand its Sunrise chip line and software platform for AI robots.

7
FUNDING$53M extension / $85M totalSep 16

Vishal Sikka's Hang Ten Adds $53M, $85M Total In 4 Months

Vishal Sikka's four-month-old enterprise AI startup Hang Ten Systems has raised $85 million total after a $53 million extension led by Temasek's Xora.

Biggest Deal of the Week
$1.2T-$1.5T valuation
OpenAI Weighs New Funding Round At $1.5T Valuation

Coverage by Category

FUNDING
25
32%
AI
22
29%
IPO
13
17%
REGULATION
10
13%
BIG TECH
7
9%

All 77 Stories

DateCategoryHeadlineAmountSource
Sep 17FUNDINGOpenAI, Anthropic Add Nearly $3 Trillion In One WeekValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 17AIOpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Secretly Probed Hugging FaceDecrypt
Sep 17AIOpenAI Caught Models Leaving Hidden Notes To SuccessorsTechCrunch
Sep 17AIHuawei Speeds Up AI Chip Launch To Challenge NvidiaAscend 960DT, Q1 2027 launchTechCrunch
Sep 17FUNDINGThe Fed Just Hiked Rates. AI Capital Didn't Blink.25bp hike to 3.75%-4%CNBC
Sep 17FUNDINGD-Robotics Closes $400M Series C For Robot Chips$400M Series CThe AI Insider
Sep 16FUNDINGVishal Sikka's Hang Ten Adds $53M, $85M Total In 4 Months$53M extension / $85M totalTechCrunch
Sep 16IPODow Sheds 630 Points On Fed Hike, Futures Rally Next DayDow -630 pts / -1.2%TheStreet
Sep 16FUNDINGOpenAI Weighs New Funding Round At $1.5T Valuation$1.2T-$1.5T valuationFortune
Sep 16IPOAnthropic Nears $15B Credit Line Ahead Of Fall IPO$15B credit facilityBloomberg
Sep 16IPONvidia, Oracle Earnings Show AI Infrastructure Demand IntactNVDA +106% YoY revenueInvestrade
Sep 16IPOAI Trade Whipsaws As Amodei Essay, Fed Hike Collide In One WeekInvestrade
Sep 16AIFactory Triples To $5B Valuation In Five Months$200M / $5B valuationTechFundingNews
Sep 16AIGoogle Opens Smart Homes To Claude And Other AI AgentsXDA Developers
Sep 16AIAnthropic Merges Claude Chat And Cowork Into 'One Claude'TechCrunch
Sep 16FUNDINGArcee AI Hits $1B+ Valuation Building Open-Weight Models$150M Series B / $1B+ valuationSiliconANGLE
Sep 16REGULATIONJudge Orders Musk's X, SpaceXAI To Reveal Secret Apple Deal9to5Mac
Sep 16IPO10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 5%, Highest Since 2007>5%, highest since July 2007TradingEconomics
Sep 16FUNDINGImpulse Space Adds $308M, Valuation Jumps To $5.6B$308M ext. / $5.6B valuationInvesting.com
Sep 16FUNDINGManufacturing AI Startup CADDi Reaches Unicorn Status$114M Series D / $1.18B valuationYahoo Finance
Sep 16FUNDINGSling Banks $123M To Push Oral Thyroid Eye Disease Pill$123M Series CBioSpace
Sep 16FUNDINGWhy One September Day Explains AI Capital's Mood$2.2B+ priced in one dayBloomberg
Sep 16AIEx-OpenAI Researcher's TypeSafe AI Exits Stealth With $40M$40M seedHPCwire
Sep 16IPOSpaceX Targets Sept 22 For Starship's First Orbital FlightTechStartups
Sep 16AIOpenAI Starts Testing Ads-As-Agents Inside ChatGPTppc.land
Sep 16IPO2026's IPO Count Trails 2025, But Mega-Deals Dominate238 IPOs YTD, -4% YoYRenaissance Capital
Sep 16AIByteDance Spins Out AI Drug Unit Anew Labs At $1.5B$290M / $1.5B valuationTheNextWeb
Sep 15FUNDING$2.2B Priced In One Day Across Three AI Bets$2.2B across 3 eventsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 15FUNDINGEuclyd Raises $231M To Challenge Nvidia On Inference$231M Series ABloomberg
Sep 15REGULATIONFTC Chair Warns AI Labs Against Antitrust ExemptionsThe Star
Sep 15FUNDINGInspiren Raises $70M To Scale AI Senior-Living Platform$70M Series C / $500M+ valuationMedCity News
Sep 15AIAEO Startup Profound Hits $1.8B In Just 7 Months$180M Series DBloomberg
Sep 15REGULATIONMicrosoft Commits To Sweeping AI Rules For StudentsTechXplore
Sep 15AIOpenAI, Anthropic, Google Confirm Weeks Of AI Safety TalksBloomberg
Sep 15FUNDINGThatch Hits Unicorn Status As Health Costs Surge$108M Series CTechCrunch
Sep 15AIAI Safety Startup AIUC Raises $40M Series A$40M Series ATechCrunch
Sep 15FUNDINGFlam Raises $40M Series B With Shah Rukh Khan$40M Series BYourStory
Sep 15BIG TECHSoftBank Pays Off $25.9B Of Its OpenAI Bridge Loan Early$25.9B repaymentBloomberg
Sep 15BIG TECHRocket Lab Fully Funds Its $8B Iridium Buyout$1.944B equity raiseRocket Lab
Sep 15REGULATIONSenate Holds Make-Or-Break Vote On The Clarity Act TodayCNBC
Sep 15IPOTreasury Yields Push Past 5% Again On Fed Decision EveYahoo Finance
Sep 15FUNDINGSoftBank's Payoff Shows Who's Really Financing The AI BoomValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 15FUNDINGOracle, Microsoft And The Pentagon, By The NumbersValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 15AIZuckerberg Lobbied Trump Against The AI Standards Body PlanCNN
Sep 14IPOWhy 2026 Has Fewer IPOs Than 2025 Despite Bigger OnesValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 14FUNDINGEleven US Rounds, $10.8B, Ten Days: September's Real Pace$10.8B across 11 roundsValue Add Pulse Analysis
Sep 14FUNDINGAnthropic Signs A $13.7B Compute Deal With Trump-Linked Rum GroupThe Information
Sep 14AIAnthropic Launches Claude For Financial AdvisorsWealth Management
Sep 14IPOThis Week's Micro-Cap S-1s: Oil Leases, Gold, Two SPACsSEC EDGAR
Sep 14AIAnthropic Data Fears Push Nvidia, Palantir To Restrict ModelsThe Information
Sep 14AIApple Ships iOS 27 With Its Biggest Siri Overhaul YetEngadget
Sep 14IPOChips Sank And Hyperscalers Rose On Amodei's AI EssayNvidia -3%, Micron -6%Fortune
Sep 14AIMicrosoft Tells Its Models Not To Hack Or DeceiveTechCrunch
Sep 14BIG TECHWaymo Opens Robotaxi Service In Las Vegas, Its 15th CityTechCrunch
Sep 14REGULATIONNew York DA Seizes 12 Deepfake Porn Sites404 Media
Sep 14AIDaydream Turns Your Camera Roll Into A Shoppable FeedTechCrunch
Sep 14IPOThree IPOs Set Terms For A $1.8B Week On Nasdaq~$1.8B combinedRenaissance Capital
Sep 14FUNDINGTeravolt Wants To Turn Smelters Into AI Data CentersThe Register
Sep 14AIHundreds Of OpenAI Contractors Are Reading Your ChatGPT Chats404 Media
Sep 14BIG TECHAmazon Adds TikTok-Style News Clips Inside Prime VideoTechCrunch
Sep 14IPOThe Treasury 10-Year Hit 5% And Oil Jumped To $107Yahoo Finance
Sep 14REGULATIONFAS's Negotiating Playbook For Towns Facing Data CentersThe Register
Sep 14AI'Late-Stage' AI Bubble Warnings Collide With A Fed HikeFortune
Sep 14BIG TECHHuawei Pitches A Cheaper Path Around Co-Packaged OpticsThe Register
Sep 14BIG TECHVW's Mission Efficiency Concept Sets Three EV World RecordsTechCrunch
Sep 14FUNDINGThe Departed Founder Who Still Owns 20% Of Your CompanyCrunchbase News
Sep 14REGULATIONFlock Safety: Police Logged 'LMAO' As The Reason For Camera Searches404 Media
Sep 14REGULATIONRevolut Data Breach Exposes 680 Customers' RecordsInfosecurity Magazine
Sep 14AIChina Calls America's AI Slowdown Push FearmongeringThe Information
Sep 14FUNDINGClarity Act Odds Jump After Trump Accepts Ethics LimitsFortune
Sep 14BIG TECHSam Altman Says Y Combinator Taught Him To Govern, Not RuleFortune
Sep 14AIThe 'Killer AI' Doom Talk Is A Moat, And I Am Not Buying ItThe Register
Sep 14REGULATIONRocket Lab Protests NASA's $700M Blue Origin Mars Deal$700M contract protestedThe Register
Sep 14FUNDINGTandem Health Raises $100M For Clinical AI Co-Pilot$100M Series BTech Startups
Sep 14REGULATIONWashington Splits Between Let-It-Rip And Hit The BrakesAxios
Sep 14FUNDINGFortaegis Raises $50M To Put Security In The Silicon$50M Series ATech Startups
Sep 14FUNDINGTandem Health Raises $100M To Build An AI Clinic OS$100M Series BTech.eu

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