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Guanglun Intelligence becomes the world's first embodied data unicorn with a valuation of 2 billion USD, using a valuation method based on future order expectations and sector benchmarking, rather than current financial indicators.

Travis Kalanick's robotics company Atoms raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Uber also participated, marking a reunion with Kalanick, who previously founded the company.

Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth with a $1.2B valuation and $180M Series A to challenge endpoint security in the AI era by using AI agents to monitor and secure employee devices.

Indian AI coding startup Emergent raised $130M in Series C funding at a $1.5B valuation, becoming a unicorn just over a year after launch. The company targets small businesses and entrepreneurs with a production-grade AI coding platform, reaching $120M annual run-rate revenue.

Even Realities Technology, a Chinese smart-glasses maker founded by an Apple veteran, raised $150 million from Tencent and Meituan to become a unicorn, competing with Meta in the AI wearable market. The company's G2 glasses prioritize user privacy by not including cameras, focusing on heads-up display features.

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The article explores how AI could drastically reduce transaction costs, enabling a single founder to build a billion-dollar company without a large team, drawing on Ronald Coase's theory of the firm.

Venice AI, a privacy-first platform offering uncensored access to over 200 AI models, raised a $65M Series A at a $1B valuation. The company is already profitable with $70M ARR and over 3 million active users.

LeapXpert raised $180M to govern enterprise messaging and extract intelligence from chat data for AI, positioning itself as a key player in regulated industries.

Sarvam AI has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, becoming India's newest AI unicorn. The round was led by HCLTech with participation from Bessemer, Khosla, and Peak XV, and the startup plans to use the funds for next-gen AI models and enterprise deployments.