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Shan2026-08-27
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Instinct Raises $250M Series B at $2.5B Valuation Before Public Launch

Spear Street Technology's Instinct closes a $250M Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, hitting $350M total raised at a $2.5B valuation — still in private beta.

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Shan2026-08-19
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Relativity Networks Raises $22M to Cut Data Center Fiber Latency 30%

Hollow-core fiber transmits signals 30% faster than glass-core fiber. A $40M hyperscaler order suggests the physics finally matter at AI cluster scale.

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Shan2026-08-14
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Databricks Raises $5B at $190B Valuation After $15B Investor Demand

Databricks targeted $1B, faced $15B in investor demand, and settled on $5B at a $190B valuation — backed by $7B ARR growing 80% YoY.

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General Catalyst Leads $1.1B Round into 2-Month-Old River AI
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Shan2026-08-12
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General Catalyst Leads $1.1B Round into 2-Month-Old River AI

River AI, founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, raises $1.1B to rebuild the AI stack and make agents personally trainable.

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Situational Awareness Puts $400M More Into Chip Startup Source Foundry
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Shan2026-08-09
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Situational Awareness Puts $400M More Into Chip Startup Source Foundry

The embattled AI hedge fund's total commitment to the Stanford-founded chip startup now stands at $500M, even as its AUM halved to $10B.

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