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Fairshake PAC Spends $20M to Win Three State Primaries
Money talks, but in this election cycle, it might be shouting into a tailwind. Fairshake PAC and affiliates spent $20M on media and ads backing six candidates across Georgia, Alabama, and Kentucky primaries. Five Republicans and one Democrat won or advanced to runoffs.
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Exa Hits $2.2B Building Search Google Can't Compete With
The company building search for AI agents just hit unicorn status twice over, and Google didn't even get a chance to compete. Exa Labs raised $250 million at a $2.2 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz, to build search infrastructure designed for AI systems, not humans.
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Nvidia's CEO Called at Midnight With One Counterintuitive Career Rule
The most valuable leadership lesson isn't about finding your passion — it's about choosing to love what the job actually requires.
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Anduril Just Became a $61 Billion War Machine Unicorn
Palmer Luckey's bet that Silicon Valley could build better war machines than Lockheed just became the most valuable defense startup in history. Anduril raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, doubling its worth in under a year, led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
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Former Apple and a16z Engineers Raise $20M for AI That Actually Works
The real test of AI agents isn't how well they chat — it's whether they can automate the messy, offline workflows that still run most of the economy. Ciridae raised $20M seed led by Accel to build AI agents for "real economy" businesses like HVAC companies, plumbers, and electricians
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Circle Sells $222M of Its Own Token to BlackRock and a16z
The stablecoin king just tokenized its own blockchain and sold pieces to the institutions that used to call crypto a casino. Circle raised $222 million in a presale of Arc tokens, valuing its upcoming blockchain at $3 billion FDV, with backing from a16z crypto, BlackRock, and Apollo.
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a16z Bets $2 Billion on Canton Network as Crypto Infrastructure Goes Institutional
When the firm behind Canton Network raises at a $2 billion valuation, it's not just another funding round — it's institutional capital finally betting on blockchain infrastructure that looks like banking instead of a casino.
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Digital Asset Holdings Wants $300M to Build What Wall Street Still Thinks Is Impossible
Digital Asset Holdings is betting $2 billion that privacy-first tokenization infrastructure is worth more than the entire market currently thinks it is. Digital Asset Holdings is raising $300M at a $2B valuation, with a16z Crypto leading the round
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Space-Based AI Hits 550ms Latency Wall Nobody Saw Coming
Moving AI inference to space to escape Earth's grid constraints sounds visionary until you remember you still have to get the answers back down. Orbital Inc., a Los Angeles startup backed by A16z, plans to launch space-based data centers for AI inference starting with a 2027 prototype
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Silicon Valley Founders Are Dumping Their Girlfriends for AI Startups
The AI gold rush has invented a new casualty: the girlfriend who can't keep up with founder time. Young tech founders are ending relationships en masse, citing startup demands and the belief that AI's spoils go only to those who sacrifice everything now.
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A16z Bets $15B While Markets Watch Trump and Powell Fight
A16z just bet $15 billion that the future belongs to builders who ignore the circus. Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B for its American Dynamism fund, targeting AI and crypto infrastructure while crypto markets trade sideways.
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a16z Bets $2.2B on Crypto While Everyone Else Retreated
The Valley's most crypto-committed VC firm just made the biggest bet on blockchain infrastructure since the last bubble popped. Andreessen Horowitz raised $2.2 billion for Crypto Fund 5, targeting stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, and on-chain financial markets
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Andreessen Backs Unknown Swedish AI Startup Over Big Model Names
Marc Andreessen just wrote a check to a Swedish AI company most Americans have never heard of — and that tells you more about where the agent economy is heading than another big model announcement. Andreessen Horowitz led a $16 million funding round for Pit, a Swedish AI startup
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OpenTrade Hits $200M Moving Stablecoin Holders Into 5% Treasury Yields
Stablecoins finally have a bridge to the yields sitting in boring old treasury bills, and the neobanks are paying attention. OpenTrade raised $17M led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with backing from a16z, to build infrastructure connecting stablecoins to real-world asset yields
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VCs Now Control Both the Money and the Story
The people who decide what gets funded are now deciding what you read about what gets funded. Andreessen Horowitz launched MTS (Monitoring the Situation), a "24/7 timeline-native news network" that broadcasts live on X — except when it's off air, which it was at 7am on day one
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a16z Bets $2.2B on Crypto While Silicon Valley Chases AI
The world's most influential crypto VC just doubled down while everyone else is chasing AI dollars. a16z crypto closed its fifth dedicated fund at $2.2 billion, bringing total crypto commitments to $9.8 billion across all funds
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Haun Ventures Closes $1B as Crypto VCs Double Down on AI Infrastructure
The billion-dollar bet just got real, and it's landing exactly where the infrastructure wars are heating up. Haun Ventures closed $1 billion across two funds focused on blockchain and AI investments, meeting the fundraising target the firm was reportedly pursuing since last year.
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Coinbase's First Believer Just Raised $1B for AI Agents That Own Crypto
The same investor who bet on Coinbase when regulators still called crypto "funny money" just raised a billion dollars to fund the companies building AI agents that own crypto wallets.
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NeoCognition Raises $40M to Build AI That Actually Learns on the Job
While everyone else is racing to make AI agents faster at following instructions, NeoCognition just raised $40M to make them actually get smarter on the job.
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