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$2.3B Cursor Series D • $2B Thinking Machines Raise • Gopuff Secures $250M Growth Round • Kalshi Cuts Coinbase Custody Deal • Orion Lands $6M Seed To Scale AI SecurityAI infra, agent tools, and prediction markets dominated the week with mega rounds, strategic partnerships, and high velocity commercial integrations across enterprise and consumer networks.
Anthropic Invests $50B In American AI Infrastructure • Skims Raises $225M at a $5B Valuation • Luxus Turns Hermès Bags Into an Asset Class • Shaun White’s Snow League Scores $15MFrom $50B data centers to designer assets, the lines between tech, culture, and capital keep blurring.
SoftBank Exits Nvidia for $5.8B • Apollo Buys Atlético Madrid • Iambic Gets $100M for AI Drug Discovery • Gamma Hits $2.1B • Trip Raises $40M for CBD Drink Expansion • Amazon Bazaar Launches GloballyCapital rotation is accelerating across AI, consumer, and sports assets. SoftBank is reloading its AI war chest, Apollo is turning football clubs into financial franchises, and consumer tech is finding new edges in AI-native tools and global low-cost markets.
Google–Wiz Deal Clears U.S. Regulators ($32B) • Google Partners With Kalshi for Prediction Data • $400M Perplexity–Snap Partnership • $80M Reevo AI Round • $50M Inception Diffusion Bet • $16M Evotrex Hybrid RV LaunchGoogle expands its data and AI footprint as regulators clear its $32B Wiz deal. Venture capital keeps buzzing across AI, crypto, and sustainable mobility.
OpenAI & Amazon Seal $38B Cloud Deal • Kimberly-Clark Buys Tylenol Maker for $48.7B • UPS Adds $1.6B Healthcare Arm • Djokovic's Popcorn Startup Raises CapitalFrom AI megadeals to billion-dollar buyouts, capital is chasing control of the cloud, health, and money itself as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Kimberly-Clark lead a new wave of power plays.
OpenAI Eyes $1T IPO • Bending Spoons Buys AOL • Figma Adds AI • Google Hits $100B • Apollo x 8VC Team Up • The Prompting Company Raises Seed FundingThe AI race is heating up. OpenAI’s trillion-dollar IPO rumors, Figma’s AI expansion, Bending Spoons bringing AOL back, and Google’s record-breaking $100B quarter all signal a new phase in the tech cycle.
U.S., Japan, & South Korea Forge AI Alliance, Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman, 1X Unveils NEO, Fireworks AI Ignites $250M, & NVIDIA Tops $5T Market CapAI, automation, and alliance energy are colliding, from record raises and humanoid launches to global power plays shaping the next wave of venture opportunity.
OpenAI Recapitalizes, Whatnot Soars To An $11.5B Valuation, Grokipedia Launches, Apple & Microsoft Hit $4T+ Market CapsFrom OpenAI’s for-profit overhaul and Microsoft’s deepening stake to Whatnot’s $225M at a $11.5 valuation, Bryan Johnson’s $60M blueprint, Microsoft and Apple’s $4T milestone, today’s movers define the next frontier of AI and ambition.
Sequoia Raises $950M Across Two Funds, a16z To Raise $10B For AI & Defense Funds, & Mercor Hits a $10B ValuationThe world’s top VC firms and frontier AI startups are doubling down. From Sequoia’s new early-stage funds to Andreessen Horowitz’s $10B megafund and Mercor’s leap to a $10B valuation.
Sam Altman’s Orb Scans Humanity, Amazon Bets on AI Glasses, Avride Scores $375M, & Trump Pardons Binance FounderOpenAI enters the web game, Samsung jumps into XR, Fal AI rockets to a $4B valuation, DraftKings doubles down on data, and Sesame & ShopMy keep venture capital buzzing.
OpenAI’s Atlas Browser Takes Off, Samsung Goes XR, Fal AI Hits $4B, DraftKings Gets Into Prediction Markets, Sesame & ShopMy Raise Mega RoundsOpenAI enters the web game, Samsung jumps into XR, Fal AI rockets to a $4B valuation, DraftKings doubles down on data, and Sesame & ShopMy keep venture capital buzzing.
Blackstone & TPG’s $18.3B Hologic Take-Private, AWS Outage Shakes the Cloud, Warner Bros. M&A Talks Continue, ChatGPT for Doctors (OpenEvidence) Raises $200M, & L’Oréal’s Latest BuyA global AWS crash reminds the world who runs the internet, Warner Bros. Discovery eyes a sale, and AI funding keeps roaring with OpenEvidence’s $200M round and Magic’s $10M raise backed by chef-turned-investor Mario Carbone. Meanwhile, Coinbase and L’Oréal make bold strategic moves across tech and beauty.
Chobani’s $650M Raise, Deel’s $300M Payday, Zepto’s $450M, & Google’s Veo 3.1 Takes on Sora 2From yogurt to quick commerce to frontier AI, investors poured billions into companies blending software, speed, and storytelling this week.
ŌURA Raises $900M, Lila Hits $13B Valuation, Black Forest Eyes $300M, & OpenAI Introduces Erotica?Frontier tech hits overdrive: massive rounds in health wearables and AI, while OpenAI makes a provocative policy shift ahead of its Broadcom chip alliance.
Kalshi’s $300M Global Expansion, Figure’s New Robot, Splash Sports' $100M Play, & HavocAI’s $85M Autonomous Combat Ship RaisePrediction markets, humanoid robotics, and autonomous systems lead the funding headlines, with big checks landing across fintech, AI, and frontier tech this week.
Reflection AI Raises $2B, n8n Hits Unicorn Status, Spellbook Lands $50M, Stoke Space Lifts Off, & Sora Goes ViralFrom mega AI rounds to rocket launches and viral video apps, capital is flooding every layer of the innovation stack.
xAI Closes $20B Chip Deal With Nvidia, SoftBank Buys ABB Robots For $5.4B, Base Power Raises $1B, Stoke Targets $500M, & AST SpaceMobile Signs VerizonAI, robotics, energy, and space all fire on cylinders today — with mega rounds and strategic bets reshaping the frontier tech stack.
Polymarket Lands $2B at a $9B valuation, OpenAI Turns ChatGPT into an App Store, EvenUp Raises $150M, & Gold Breaks $4KAI, crypto, and commodities all surge — OpenAI builds its own ecosystem, ICE bets big on prediction markets, EvenUp fuels legal AI, and gold hits new highs.
OpenAI Hits $500B Valuation, Simple Gets Backing from Kevin Hart, Einride Rolls $100M, & Gusto Buys GuidelineOpenAI becomes the world’s most valuable startup, while Kevin Hart’s Simple lands fresh funding, Einride drives $100M into freight autonomy, and Gusto snaps up Guideline for $600M.
OpenAI Enters Social Media (Sora), Vercel Raises $300M, Eve Hits Unicorn Status, & Rebellions Scales AI ChipsAI chips, crypto trading, and consumer apps collide — OpenAI, Rebellions, Vercel, and DoorDash headline today’s deal wave.
ChatGPT Shops for You, Black Forest Labs Eyes $4B, & Cerebras Secures $1.1BAI shopping agents, billion-dollar hardware, and a European AI lab raising big with Meta ties.
Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Lands, PostHog Joins Unicorn Club, Anything Hits $100M Valuation, & Sony Spins Off $6.7B Financial ArmAnthropic’s model drop and Apple’s Siri play show big tech’s AI bets, as startups scale into unicorns and IPO markets reopen.
Oracle’s $18B Bond Sale, Tether’s $500B Valuation, Coinbase’s Stablecoin Bet, & Ben Stiller’s Soda LaunchFrom mega financings to celebrity fizz, today’s stories cut across Wall Street, crypto, and consumer bets.
PrizePicks’ $1.6B Sale, TikTok’s U.S. Algorithm Handoff, Organ Preservation’s $58M Leap, & Meta’s AI Dating PushFrom billion-dollar AGI plays to biotech preservation and AI-driven dating, today’s capital flows show how tech is reshaping work, life, and love.
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