While OpenAI retreated from video generation, LTX just built a business model that solves the actual problem: nobody can afford to iterate. LTX, a Lightricks spinoff, launched open-source AI video software that runs on a single laptop, free until developers hit $10M in revenue
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A forex startup just raised $94 million to replace correspondent banking with stablecoins, and the implications for B2B payments are bigger than the round suggests. OpenFX raised $94 million to scale stablecoin-powered cross-border payments for businesses
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A billion-dollar valuation for AI security tells you everything about where the agent economy is actually heading. Tenex, a Google partner focused on AI security, just raised $250 million at a valuation north of $1 billion
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CoreWeave just borrowed $8.5 billion against its GPUs, the largest chip-backed debt deal ever, and Meta's signature is all over the collateral. CoreWeave raised $8.5 billion in debt to expand cloud computing capacity, the largest chip-backed financing on record
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Cross River just raised $50 million to build the banking rails for AI agents and crypto, and that's the clearest sign yet that traditional finance is done pretending Web4 isn't happening. Cross River Bank raised $50 million from existing investors to expand into AI and crypto infrastructure
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Standard Chartered just led a $1.1 billion valuation round for a crypto market maker most people have never heard of. SC Ventures and Ripple are backing Keyrock's open Series C at a $1.1 billion valuation, with the round expected to close soon
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David Bailey's public bitcoin treasury strategy just ate a 40% loss to keep the lights on. Nakamoto Holdings sold 284 BTC for $20 million at ~$70,422 per coin, 40% below their average acquisition cost, according to their annual filing
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A crypto market-maker just hit unicorn status with banking money leading the round. Keyrock, a Brussels-based crypto market maker, raised a Series C at a $1.1 billion valuation led by SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's innovation arm
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A British chip startup you've never heard of is raising $200 million to take on Nvidia, and the odds say they'll fail, but the attempt tells you everything about where AI infrastructure is headed.
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A startup just raised $170 million to put data centers in orbit, and the math might actually work. Starcloud closed a $170 million Series A at $1.1 billion valuation to build solar-powered data centers in space, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures
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Software's bloodbath has just started, and AI agents are the reason why. Dan Niles says software stocks are "nowhere near the bottom" despite recent tech selloffs tied to Iran conflict volatility The catalyst isn't geopolitics. It's agentic AI systematically replacing software seats
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AI is writing more code than humans now, and nobody's sure if any of it works. Qodo just raised $70M to build verification tools for AI-generated code as production systems fill with machine-written software
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Ex-Blackstone team just raised $25M to drag private credit markets onchain, and they're not talking about overcollateralized DeFi games. Valinor closed a $25M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz to tokenize private credit markets, staffed by former Blackstone operators
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Europe just bet $830 million that the AI race won't be won by whoever has the most chips, but by whoever can finance them smartest. Mistral AI raised $830 million in debt for a data center outside Paris, its first debt financing
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While everyone's building smarter agents, ScaleOps just raised $130M to make sure those agents don't bankrupt their creators. ScaleOps closed a $130M Series C to automate Kubernetes infrastructure optimization in real time, targeting the GPU shortage and exploding AI compute costs
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Bitcoin is down 50% in six months, crypto fundraising has collapsed 69%, and the industry is quietly pivoting to stock trading. Bitcoin dropped from $126,080 in October to roughly $63,000 today, marking six months of uninterrupted decline with altcoins suffering worse losses.
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Midas just put $40 million of real money where the tokenization hype has been for years. Midas raised $50 million Series A led by RRE and Creandum, alongside launching a $40 million liquidity facility for tokenized real-world assets
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Europe's AI champion just bet $830 million that sovereignty matters more than subsidies. Mistral AI raised $830M in debt financing to build a data center near Paris, targeting Q2 2026 operations This is debt, not equity, meaning Mistral is borrowing against future revenue to own infrastructure
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South Korea's Rebellions just raised $400 million at a $2.3 billion valuation for AI inference chips, and if you think this is just another Nvidia challenger story, you're missing the real pattern.
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European banks just ended a 13-quarter winning streak, and the reason isn't what you'd expect. European bank stocks are ending their longest winning streak on record, breaking a 13-quarter run despite strong fundamentals
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