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Crusoe raised $3.9 billion in a Series F round to build massive data centers and modular AI factories, increasing its valuation to $30.9 billion and expanding AI infrastructure capacity.

Raindrop, a startup building safety layers for AI agents, has raised $50 million in Series A funding and launched Raindrop Simulations to detect and prevent failures in production. The tool is used by companies like Vercel, Clay, Framer, and Speak.

Watney Robotics has raised $80 million in Series A funding to address data center deployment as a key bottleneck for AI progress, with total funding exceeding $100 million.

Neovim has a Bitcoin donation worth approximately $800,000 that has been untouched since 2023, highlighting a significant but unused funding resource for the open-source text editor project.

Proactive agents remain an unsolved problem, but Delos enables AI workers with their own accounts to act autonomously, integrated into platforms like Slack and Teams, and is already deployed in over 300 companies.

Backopsai announces a $42M Series B funding led by Insight Partners to replace human middleware with AI automation, achieving up to 99% resolution in business processes and significant efficiency gains.

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka's AI startup, Hang Ten Systems, has raised an additional $53 million in seed funding, bringing its total to $85 million, to expand its services in AI strategy and software development for large enterprises.

OpenAI is discussing a $1.2 trillion private valuation, up from $852 billion six months ago, following a $122 billion committed capital round.

The author criticizes recent AI doomsday news for lacking technical context and suspects it's a PR tactic to secure more funding, arguing that the experiments are poorly designed and not serious benchmarks.

G5 Labs raises $14M seed funding to launch a platform that uses natural language as source code, aiming to transform software development into an AI-native process with a new abstraction layer.

Investors are in talks with OpenAI to raise funds at a $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of a potential IPO, with discussions initiated by the investors.

Factory AI has raised $200M at a $5B valuation to scale its self-improving software development platform for enterprises, serving developers at major companies including RBC, Adobe, Nvidia, T-Mobile, and Palo Alto Networks.

Profound, an AEO startup that helps brands appear in AI search results, has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation, just seven months after its previous round. The company's revenue has tripled in six months, with over 1,000 enterprise customers.

Fin.com has raised $20 million and completed 7 acquisitions in 12 months, providing global money movement services to over 825 million users through various fintech products like crypto payments and virtual accounts.

An investigative report reveals potential conflicts of interest in Anthropic's AI safety evaluations, involving key figures and organizations, raising questions about the independence of third-party assessments.

A startup called A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya has raised $5.5 million to develop music apps that focus on user interaction without AI prompting, offering tools like Chrome extensions and iOS apps for music creation.

Temporal raises $550M in Series E funding at a $12.55B valuation to support growing demand for reliable AI infrastructure, focusing on durable execution for long-running agents and systems.

Laminar has raised $3M to build open-source observability tools for long-running AI agents, helping companies monitor and debug agent behavior across millions of runs.

A cryptocurrency mining farm in the Mexican mountains is highlighting the use of digital currencies for cartel funding.

Mach Industries, a defense tech startup, has raised $600 million in a Series C extension, doubling its valuation to $3.7 billion in three months. The company manufactures unmanned military vehicles and has expanded through strategic acquisitions.