Funding & M&A
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Energy IPOs hit 25-year high on AI data center power demand
Funding & M&A AI-driven power demand is reshaping capital markets, making energy infrastructure a top-tier investment category for the decade ahead.
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Index Ventures Co-founder: AI Wealth Redistribution Is Inevitable
Funding & M&A As AI concentrates vast wealth, leading VCs publicly signaling redistribution pressure reflects a growing industry accountability debate.
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Databricks valued at $188B in new funding round led by Coatue
Funding & M&A Databricks' rapid valuation growth signals sustained enterprise demand for AI data infrastructure platforms.
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Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister as partner
Funding & M&A The hire signals Founders Fund deepening its AI policy and product expertise at the partner level.
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Uber acquires Delivery Hero for $14.8B, nearly doubling global reach
Funding & M&A The deal would make Uber the world's largest food delivery platform outside China, intensifying global competition.
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AI travel agency Fora raises $60M, achieves unicorn status
Funding & M&A Fora's unicorn milestone signals growing investor confidence in AI-augmented human services within the travel industry.
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Ultrahuman ex-VP, AI agent control device startup Aina raises $5.5M
Funding & M&A Signals growing investor and founder interest in active AI agent control hardware beyond passive wearable recorders.
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Lululemon backs Syntetica's $30M Series A for nylon recycling
Funding & M&A Fashion industry investment in chemical textile recycling signals growing pressure on nylon supply chains from regulation and price volatility.
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Greylock raises $1.5B Fund XVIII, deliberately caps size
Funding & M&A Greylock's deliberate size cap challenges the industry trend of ever-larger VC funds, signaling that discipline in fund sizing can coexist with top-tier returns.
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Stripe and Advent Make Joint Bid to Acquire PayPal
Funding & M&A A $53B+ deal would reshape the global digital payments landscape and consolidate two major fintech players.
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Neko Health raises $700M Series C led by Lightspeed
Funding & M&A Neko Health's rapid fundraising signals growing investor confidence in preventive health tech and AI-assisted diagnostics.
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Indian AI coding startup Emergent raises $130M, hits $1.5B valuation
Funding & M&A Emergent's rapid rise to unicorn status within 13 months highlights accelerating investor demand for SMB-focused AI coding platforms.
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Oak raises $60M to modernize enterprise identity management for AI era
Funding & M&A AI agents are rapidly expanding enterprise attack surfaces, creating urgent demand for modern IAM platforms.
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OpenAI researcher Miles Wang to launch AI drug discovery startup at $2B valuation
Funding & M&A AI drug discovery startups are attracting multi-billion-dollar valuations, signaling rapid sector growth at the intersection of AI and life sciences.
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Hinge founder raises $18M for AI dating service Overtone
Funding & M&A Overtone signals a broader industry shift away from swipe-based dating toward AI-curated, high-quality matchmaking.
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DeepSeek in talks to raise $1.5B ahead of IPO
Funding & M&A A DeepSeek IPO would be a landmark event for the global AI industry and China's tech sector.
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PixVerse raises $439M Series C extension, valuation tops $2B
Funding & M&A The raise signals sustained investor confidence in AI video generation as a high-growth commercial market.
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Nous Research raises $75M+ at $1.5B valuation
Funding & M&A Rapid unicorn valuation growth signals strong investor demand for open-source AI agent platforms.
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General Fusion lists on Nasdaq as first public fusion company
Funding & M&A General Fusion's Nasdaq debut marks a milestone for fusion energy's path to commercial public markets.
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Nvidia, CoreWeave, Nebius: The Circular Financing Behind the GPU Boom
Funding & M&A The neocloud model is central to AI infrastructure scaling, but its debt-heavy, circular financing structure poses systemic risk to the broader GPU buildout cycle.
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SK Hynix raises $26.5B in record-breaking US IPO
Funding & M&A SK Hynix's record IPO highlights how AI-driven HBM chip demand is reshaping global semiconductor investment and trade policy.