The Latest Editions

Aug 2026

Nvidia Lines Up $500B for AI Compute · Teledyne Buys Varex for $1.1B · Erebor Nears $1.5B at $8B · Intel Sells $15B in Stock · OpenAI Buys Back $7B in Shares

AI infrastructure financing hit a new gear, with Nvidia pulling in six Wall Street firms for a $500 billion buildout and Anthropic lining up its own data center backers. Dealmaking ran hot too, as Teledyne and Archer bought their way into new markets and Palmer Luckey's Erebor closed in on an $8 billion price tag.

Aug 2026

Anthropic's $10B compute Deal · P&G buys Thorne $3.8B · Visa acquires BioCatch $2.4B · Bending Spoons takes Airtable $1.28B · HappyRobot hits unicorn status

AI compute and consumer wellness wrote the biggest checks today, while a fallen software darling found a buyer and prediction markets kept climbing.

Aug 2026

K2 Space Hits $6.8B Valuation · Commonwealth Fusion Raises $1B to $4B Total · IG Group Buys Underdog for $1.3B · Procore Takes DroneDeploy for $845M · Whatnot Eyes $20B

A day built on hard infrastructure and hard bets: satellites, fusion, and construction robots pulled in the biggest checks, while prediction markets and AI-agent security drew the strategic buyers. Meta's record AI spending set the mood for everyone writing nine-figure rounds.

Aug 2026

Amazon Completes $50B OpenAI Investment · ICE Buys MarketAxess for $6B · Antora Energy Raises $550M · Reformation Prices $211M NYSE IPO · Amazon Posts First $200B Quarter

Amazon closed its $50 billion bet on OpenAI and posted the first $200 billion quarter in its history on the same day. Thermal batteries, a fixed-income mega-merger, and a womenswear IPO filled out the rest of the window.

Jul 2026

Brookfield And CPP Take LXP Private For $5.2B · Fireworks Hits A $17.5B Valuation · Tempus Buys Personalis For $1.5B · Wonder Raises $650M At $9B · CuspAI Raises $450M With Bezos And The UK Government · Neo Exits Stealth With $100M

Monday opened with $6.7 billion of announced M&A and a British startup that convinced Jeff Bezos and the UK government to fund a search for materials that do not exist yet. AI infrastructure kept setting the pace on both the funding and the valuation side.

Jul 2026

Beckham's IM8 Lands $1B · Daniel Ek's Neko Health Raises $700M at $7B · Chai Discovery Hits $3.8B · Reflection Inks $1B Nebius Compute Deal · TerraFirma Raises $100M · Singularity Exits Stealth at $400M

Consumer health and celebrity brands ran the day, with Daniel Ek's Neko Health and David Beckham's IM8 pulling in a combined $1.7 billion. Defense, AI drug discovery, and construction robotics rounded out a heavy run of closed rounds.

Jul 2026

Ecolab Closes $4.75B AI Cooling Deal · Kraken Hits $1B Defense Unicorn · Oxylabs Takes First Check At $3.6B · Gradium Banks $100M Seed · Meta Builds Its Own Chip

The AI buildout ran well past chips and models this weekend. A century-old water company closed a $4.75 billion bet on data center cooling, a British drone-boat maker crossed into unicorn territory, and Meta moved to build silicon of its own.

Jul 2026

Anthropic Tops OpenAI At $1.2T · Micron's $250B US Chip Bet · Databento's $97M Series B · Nscale Lands $900M · OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6 Sol · Global VC Hits Record $510B

AI valuations and chip spending ran the day. Anthropic passed OpenAI at a $1.2 trillion secondary valuation, Micron committed $250 billion to US memory-chip plants, and OpenAI and Meta both shipped new frontier models.

Jul 2026

Blue Origin Nears $10B at $130B Valuation · Apple Commits $30B to Broadcom · SambaNova Hits $11B Valuation · Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund · Oratomic Banks $300M Series A · Prime Intellect Joins the Unicorns

Space and AI infrastructure ran the day. Jeff Bezos opened Blue Origin to outside capital for the first time at a reported $130 billion valuation, Apple put more than $30 billion behind US chipmaking, and roughly $1.4 billion more flowed into AI compute across SambaNova, Oratomic, and Prime Intellect.

Jul 2026

Bending Spoons Prices $18.4B IPO · QXO Closes $17B TopBuild Buyout · Together AI Doubles To $8.3B · 8VC Closes $1.5B Fund · Lime Debuts On Nasdaq · Kroger Buys Giant Eagle For $1.65B

Public markets and AI infrastructure ran the day. Bending Spoons and Lime both debuted on Nasdaq, Together AI doubled its valuation to $8.3 billion, and QXO closed its $17 billion buyout of TopBuild.

Jun 2026

SpaceX Raises $85B+ In History's Largest IPO · Musk Hits Trillionaire Status · Mistral Eyes €3B At A €20B Valuation · Theker Lands Europe's Biggest Robotics Series A · OpenAI Buys Ona

The biggest IPO in history landed today and minted a trillionaire. Europe kept pace with a rumored €3 billion Mistral round and a record robotics Series A out of Barcelona.

May 2026

Anthropic Hits $965B Valuation · $17.6B Caesars Acquisition · Cognition Reaches $26B · $240M Focused Energy · $200M Capchase Round

Anthropic edges within reach of becoming the first $1 trillion private company. Capital floods AI infrastructure, fusion energy, and B2B fintech as enterprise demand rewrites the venture playbook.

May 2026

SpaceX Files Record IPO at $1.75T · $66.8B NextEra · Dominion Merger · $700M Hark Series A · $300M AMCA Series B · $250M Exa Series C · $475M Playground Fund IV

The AI infrastructure trade went vertical this week as utilities, chip factories, and compute contracts swallowed historic capital. SpaceX dropped its prospectus, Hark unveiled a $6 billion AI hardware bet, and Anthropic signed a $40 billion compute lifeline with xAI.

May 2026

Anduril Hits $61B Valuation · Isomorphic Labs $2.1B Series B · Fervo Energy IPO Pops 33% · $400M Mind Robotics · Forus Crosses $1B Valuation

AI defense and AI drug design pulled in the day's biggest checks, while Fervo Energy's blockbuster IPO marked geothermal's official break into the AI energy stack.

May 2026

VoltaGrid Lands $1B From Blackstone · Cerebras Eyes $48.8B IPO Valuation · OpenAI Forms $10B Deployment JV · Enter Hits $1.2B Unicorn · Nscale Bags $790M

AI infrastructure capital is moving in chunks, with over $2 billion landing in power, compute, and chip deals to start the week. OpenAI is rewiring how its software reaches the Fortune 500, and Latin America just minted its first legal AI unicorn.

May 2026

Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation · $750M Ramp Round · $600M Kraken-Reap Deal · $500M Recursive Round · $416M HawkEye 360 IPO · $160M Quantum Motion Series C

Capital is rotating into compute, defense space, and frontier AI as Anthropic edges past OpenAI on paper, Ramp doubles its valuation in six months, and the Pentagon expands its bet on Scale AI fivefold.

May 2026

$22B Kalshi Valuation · $2.2B a16z Crypto Fund · $2B Moonshot AI Raise· $200M Blitzy at $1.4B · $45B DeepSeek Valuation

A two-day blitz of conviction capital. Quantum took home over $400 million across three rounds. Cambridge mints two new unicorns. Crypto cooled in fund size and warmed in deployment.

May 2026

$56B GameStop Bid for eBay · OpenAI Closes $10B Deployment Co · Sierra Hits $15.8B Valuation · Anthropic $1.5B Wall Street JV · SAP Buys Prior Labs · Haun $1B Fund

A megaweekend for AI distribution as OpenAI and Anthropic both spin up Wall Street-backed enterprise arms, Bret Taylor's Sierra crosses unicorn-of-unicorns territory, and Ryan Cohen tries to swallow eBay whole. Capital is flowing toward the companies that own the customer relationship.

Apr 2026

$5B Accel AI Fund · $170M Glydways Series C · $105M Sygaldry Series A · $80M nEye Series C · $45M Mintlify at $500M Val · $20M Pillar Seed

AI capital stays concentrated at the top as Accel stacks a $5 billion war chest and Anthropic shrugs off $800 billion offers. Autonomous mobility, AI infrastructure, and commodity risk each pulled nine-figure checks.

Apr 2026

$650M Slate Auto Series C • $500M Sedron Acquisition • Shengshu Raises $293M • $100M Chapter Series E • SUJA Files $100M IPO

Capital is pouring into physical infrastructure this week. From affordable EV trucks and waste upcycling to AI video models and space tracking, the biggest checks are going to companies building real things. Meanwhile, organic juice maker SUJA is testing the public markets.

Apr 2026

$5B Gilead Buys Tubulis • $505M Firmus Raise • Anthropic Snaps Up Coefficient Bio for $400M • $130M Xoople Series B • Zero Shot Targets $100M Fund

Biotech M&A is back in force while AI infrastructure and talent consolidation continue to absorb massive capital across public and private markets.

Apr 2026

OpenAI Buys TBPN • KKR Closes $23B Fund • Valar Atomics Hits $2B Valuation • Coder Raises $90M

Defense tech, nuclear energy, and AI infrastructure are pulling in record capital, with mega-funds, frontier energy, and AI platforms dominating today’s dealflow.

Apr 2026

$122B OpenAI Mega-Round • Apollo Nears $10B Atlantic Aviation Buy • $1.75B Saronic Raise • Nvidia $2B Marvell Bet • WHOOP Hits $10B

AI infrastructure, defense tech, and scaled consumer platforms continue to absorb massive capital as the market consolidates around category-defining winners.

Mar 2026

$29.1B Sysco x Restaurant Depot • Blackstone Closes $6.3B Life Sciences Fund • Insilico x Lilly $2.75B AI Drug Deal • Mistral Secures $830M Data Center Debt • Kandou AI Raises $225M Series A

AI infrastructure and drug discovery are commanding massive capital, while historic M&A reshapes food distribution and signals continued consolidation across legacy industries.