WHAT’S INSIDE

• Tech Companies to Watch: Startup news and deals from the last week

• Big Movers: The Big tech movers, shakers and partnerships this week

• Making Waves: Companies making a buzz in the Tech world

• Open Deals: Startups raising capital this week

• In The Money: Significant raises last week and why they matter

• Exit Watching: Mergers & Acquisitions and IPOs

• The Funding Buzz: VC & PE Activity To Watch

BIG MOVERS

Big tech moves, movers and trends to watch this week

Meta — Mark Zuckerberg is creating a "superintelligence" team, offering nine-figure salaries to attract elite AI talent and just invested $15B investment to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI, and hire its CEO to help Meta target superintelligence.

Nvidia — Launching its first industrial AI cloud platform in Germany, and 20 AI factories across Europe to boost AI computing capacity tenfold in two years.

Amazon — Plans to invest $20B in Pennsylvania for building two data centers, creating 1,250 high-skilled jobs and aiming to drive AI innovation.

OpenAI — Just reported $10B in ARR, fueled by a 50% rise in paid users to 3 million. Aiming for $12.7B by 2025, it anticipates being cash-positive by 2029.

Google Cloud — OpenAI agreed to purchase more cloud computing capacity, a shift from its exclusive pact with Microsoft Azure. in a surprise strategic alliance.

Anthropic — Unveils Claude Gov models for U.S. national security, enhancing classified strategic planning, intelligence analysis, and cybersecurity.

Oracle — The AI cloud services provider saw shares increase 14% to over $200. With a raised revenue forecast of at least $67B for fiscal 2026.

Teaming Up

Polymarket — Polymarket, renowned for its prediction market platform, partners with 𝕏 to integrate market data and real-time insights.

Talen Energy — The Pennsylvania nuclear company has partnered with Amazon to supply up to 1,920 megawatts of nuclear power to Amazon's data centers until 2042.

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[OPEN DEALS] Raising Dollars:

Startups, firms or funds raising capital this week

Cohere — The enterprise AI startup founded by ex-Google researchers is raising over $500M, aiming for a valuation of $5.5B-$6.5B. Its ARR has doubled, exceeding $100M, despite stiff competition.

Moove — Waymo’s partner for its electric robotaxi maintenance is aiming for a $300M funding round. This could boost the startup’s valuation above $1B, highlighting its rapid growth and the potential in the autonomous vehicle sector.

MAKING WAVES

Startups, trends and signals to watch in the USA this week

AMD — The chipmaker just unveiled a new batch of AI chips it claims compare to the performance of Nvidia’s Blackwell family while delivering a 35x inference boost over its previous generation

Coco Robotics — A delivery startup based in several cities, backed by Sam Altman, has raised $80M to scale its fleet to 10,000 robots by next year. The funds will enhance technology for obstacle avoidance and decision-making in urban settings.

Cyera — Israeli data security startup raised $540M, doubling its valuation to $6B. The funds will enhance its AI-powered data security platform, reflecting significant growth and recent expansion.

Fervo Energy — The Utah geothermal power company secured $206M to develop the world's largest geothermal plant, aiming for 100 megawatts next year and 400 megawatts by 2028, .

Standard Nuclear — The advanced nuclear fuel startup secured $42M funding and $100M in non-binding sales for 2027, focusing on commercializing its TRISO fuel with various industry partnerships.

IN THE MONEY

Companies that raised money in the past week and why they matter

Massive Deals

Scale AI — The San Francisco AI data production company received a $14.3B investment from Meta, valuing it at $29B. Alexandr Wang will step down as CEO to join Meta, with Jason Droege serving as interim CEO.

Glean — A generative AI enterprise search startup, raised a $150M Series F, boosting its valuation to $7.2B. With over $100M in ARR, it aims to expand to new markets and partnerships.

Clay — The sales automation startup raised a Series C at a $3B valuation led by CapitalG, doubling from its previous $1.5B valuation. The company develops AI-driven tools serving clients like OpenAI and HubSpot.

Lovable — The Swedish AI platform seeks $100M at $1.5B valuation after reaching $60M ARR in six months, offering no-code app development via natural language.

Gecko Robotics — The US-based AI and robotics company reached $1.25B valuation, specializing in modernizing critical infrastructure for defense and energy sectors using advanced data collection.

Meter — The US internet infrastructure company raised $170M Series C led by General Catalyst, serving major clients like Bridgewater and Lyft.

Horizon3.ai — The autonomous pentesting startup raised $100M Series D, reaching $178.5M total funding, led by NEA to expand their NodeZero platform used by 3,000+ organizations.

Large Deals

PostHog — The UK-based product analytics platform raised $70M at $920M valuation to expand into comprehensive customer infrastructure with AI capabilities.

Turnkey — The crypto wallet infrastructure startup, led by ex-Coinbase team, raised $30M Series B from Bain Capital Crypto for engineering expansion.

Ellipsis Health — The San Francisco AI healthcare company raised $45M from Salesforce, Khosla, and CVS Ventures for its Empathy Engine platform.

Nominal — The defense technology startup raised $75M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, with Alfred Lin joining board; deal closed in 10 days.

Abacum — The US financial planning platform secured $60M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, following previous $32M raised.

AIM — The AI platform for construction and mining raised $50M to optimize earthmoving machinery operations through advanced tech retrofitting.

Quantum Space — The Maryland aerospace company raised $40M for Ranger spacecraft development, targeting late 2026 test flight for missile defense system.

Smaller Deals

Yupp — The AI model evaluation platform raised $33M seed led by a16z crypto, for its crypto-incentivized system for comparing, improving AI model responses.

Landbase — The AI-powered outbound marketing startup raised $30M Series A led by Sound Ventures, targeting SMBs with a freemium model.

Autonomize AI — The US-based healthcare AI startup raised $28M Series A to scale its Agentic AI platform for healthcare workflow automation.

Commons Clinic — The Texas-based healthcare startup raised $26M Series B to launch Wholebody, a comprehensive multi-specialty care platform.

Tracksuit — The brand tracking platform raised $25M Series B led by VMG Partners, with 240% YoY growth and 1,000+ customers.

Aethero — The space computing startup secured $8.4M seed led by Kindred Ventures for AI-powered satellite operations.

Zevo — The EV-focused peer-to-peer car-sharing startup raised $6M, offering contactless rentals and cost recovery for EV owners.

EXIT WATCHING

Mergers & Acquisitions and IPOs

Automattic — Acquired relationship management app Clay to integrate with products like Beeper, enhancing identity management capabilities.

DoorDash — Acquired Seattle-based adtech startup Symbiosys for $175M to enhance off-site advertising capabilities.

IPO WATCH

Chime — Digital banking company raised $864M in IPO at $14.5B valuation, reaching profitability by 2025 after struggling in 2016.

Airo Group — The Drone manufacturer raised $60M in IPO with shares surging 140%. Airo is targeting the $10B U.S. military drone market.

THE FUNDING BUZZ

VC & PE Activity To Watch

Collab Capital — VC firm co-founded by Jewel Burks Solomon closes $75M Fund II for early-stage healthcare and infrastructure companies, investing $1-2M in 30 companies over five years.

Felicis — VC firm launches largest fund yet at $900M Fund X, following previous $825M and $600M funds, now focusing on AI with 70% AI-native portfolio.

Seven Stars — Led by Steven Lee, new $40M fund targets early-stage AI startups, backed by Lee's track record of $1.25B raised for AI ventures.

Geodesic Capital — U.S.-based VC launches $250M Geodesic Alliance Fund led by Tom Gillespie and Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka for U.S.-Japan tech collaboration in national security.

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