WHAT’S INSIDE

Top Signals: OpenAI lands a record $110B mega-round from Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, Anthropic blocked from Pentagon systems and Contracting over Safety

Big Movers: Lilly launches AI factory with 1,000+ Blackwell Ultra GPUs ( 9,000 pf), & Broadcom targets 1M 3D-stacked chips by 2027 (AI chip rev $8.2B Q1).

Open Deals: Saronic raising up to $1.5B at a $7.5B valuation (Kleiner Perkins leading), & Anthropic kicks off an employee share sale worth up to $6B ($350B pmv).

Mega Rounds: OpenAI $110B, MatX $500M Series B, & SambaNova $350M.

Exit Watching: Nvidia acquires Illumex ( ~$60M ), Stripe explores buying all or parts of PayPal, & IPO watch: SpaceX filing as soon as March + Generate $400M IPO.

The Funding Buzz: Paradigm raising up to $1.5B for AI/robotics, Pegasus x AISIN expands CVC fund to $100M, & SparkLabs Saudi Arabia launches $20M Fund I.

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🔴 SIGNALPULSE

The Key Signals We are watching this Monday that will shape the week ahead

OpenAI's $110B Mega-Round — Record private funding from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank. New runtime on Amazon Bedrock platform. Scaling AI infrastructure for mass adoption.

↳ Why it matters: Surpassed Anthropic's recent $30B round as the largest private tech financing ever, cementing OpenAI as most valuable private company ever.

Pentagon vs Anthropic — The Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk over refusal to support domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. Trump directs the Federal Government to cease all use of Anthropic's technology. Secretary of War, Pete Hesgeth issued an order that no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic.

↳ Why it matters: Signals the increasing interconnection between foundational AI models and national security. This could hit Anthropic financially, but in terms of PR it may actually be a benefit for their consumer reputation as it paints them as the good guy and more independent. It could also complicate Anthropic’s partnerships with military contractors such as Palantir.

Big Movers

Big tech moves, movers and trends to watch this week

Stripe Hits $159B — San Francisco payments giant's valuation soars 70% from last year. Processed $1.9T in 2025, expanding in AI and stablecoins via Bridge acquisition.

Lilly's AI Factory — Pharma giant launches LillyPod, world's first AI factory with 1,000+ NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs delivering 9,000 petaflops. Targets 100% renewable power by 2030.

Broadcom's Chip Ambitions — US chip giant targets 1M 3D stacked chips by 2027. Partners with Fujitsu, Google, OpenAI. AI chip revenue to hit $8.2B in Q1.

Meta x AMD Partnership — A multi-year deal brings up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs to Meta's AI infrastructure starting late 2026. Helios architecture powers global AI expansion.

Real Intent's Superagent — Launched a $250/month marketing automation for real estate agents at NAR NXT 2025. Automates social media, ads, and client comms using exclusive data.

OPEN DEALS

Big tech moves, movers and trends to watch this week

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Saronic's Defense Play — Autonomous warship startup raising up to $1.5B at $7.5B valuation. Kleiner Perkins leads the round, signaling big bets on military tech.

Anthropic Employee Sale — San Francisco AI company initiates share sale for employees worth up to $6B, based on $350B company valuation. Major growth milestone for staff.

IN THE MONEY

Companies that raised money in the past week and why they matter

Massive Deals

MatX Challenges Nvidia — Ex-Google engineers' startup raised $500M Series B led by Jane Street. Developing processors to surpass Nvidia GPUs for LLM training, ships 2027.

SambaNova's AI Chip — Palo Alto AI chip firm raised $350M, announces SoftBank partnership for SN50 chip—5x faster than competitors. Intel backs adoption.

SHINE Nuclear Tech — Raised $240M equity led by NantWorks for nuclear fusion and medical isotopes. Over $1B total funding, leads Lu-177 production in North America.

Alveus Therapeutics — Healthcare secured $197M oversubscribed Series A for obesity, metabolic disease programs. Developing ALV-100, ALV-200 with key milestones in 18-24 months.

Allica Bank Growth — UK bank raised $155M Series D at nearly $1.2B valuation. Expanding lending, tech, AI to serve 30,000+ SMBs beyond UK.

Revel Hardware Testing — Raised $150M Series B led by Index Ventures. Modernizes testing tools for aerospace, defense, autonomous hardware systems.

Ubicquia Infrastructure — US intelligent infrastructure startup secured $106M Series D. Enhances UbiVu AI platform to modernize infrastructure with real-time data insights.

Basis AI Accounting — Raised $100M Series B led by Accel, Google Ventures at $1.15B valuation. AI agents revolutionize accounting, addressing talent shortages.

Aalyria's Space Network — California connectivity startup raised $100M at $1.3B valuation. Backed by NASA, Google. Telesat to use Spacetime platform.

Large Deals

Profound — Marketing infrastructure raised $96M Series C at $1B valuation. Serves 10% of Fortune 500 with AI-powered marketing automation.

Salma Brain Health — Next-gen brain health company launches with $80M Series A. Integrates clinics, diagnostics, interventions with AI-driven platform for continuous care.

Gambit Security — Tel Aviv cybersecurity raised $61M for AI-based cyber resilience platform. Addresses ransomware threats with enhanced recovery solutions.

Encord's Robot Data — Data infrastructure for robots/drones secured $60M Series C, totaling $110M. Automates data mgmt for AI models. Eyes 400M robots in 4 years.

Rowspace for Finance — AI platform launched with $50M to enhance financial decision-making. Connects structured/unstructured data with focus on security and specialized intelligence.

Nimble's Data Edge — Raised $47M Series B to improve AI agents' real-time web data access. Structures data for enterprise use, serving 100+ customers including Fortune 500 firms.

Harper's Insurance AI — Raised $46.8M in Series A/seed to streamline insurance for small businesses. Founded by Dakotah Rice, serves 5,000+ customers.

Letter AI's Growth — New York revenue enablement platform raised $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures. Letter Compass integrates learning/CRM data for sales.

Smaller Deals

Flux AI Hardware — San Francisco raised $37M including $27M Series B led by 8VC. AI platform enables custom circuit-board layouts, 1M+ users designed 6.5M devices.

NationGraph — AI-native intelligence platform raised $18M Series A led by Menlo Ventures. Enhances predictive intelligence on government purchasing for 110,000 entities.

Third Way Health — USA raised $15M Series A for AI-powered healthcare front office ops. Achieves 40% cost reduction, 11% increased patient visits for clients.

Handl Health — US healthcare raised $14.2M Series A led by Arthur Ventures. Customizable health plans using AI, identified $113M savings for employers.

BrainCheck — Houston digital cognitive assessment raised $13M Series A led by Next Coast Ventures. AI-assisted tools for mild cognitive impairment, dementia.

EXIT WATCHING

Mergers & Acquisitions and IPOs

Nvidia Grabs Illumex — Acquired Israeli AI startup Illumex for ~$60M. Generative Semantic Fabric platform bolsters agentic AI. New campus planned in Kiryat Tivon.

ByteDance at $550B — General Atlantic selling stake values Beijing-based ByteDance at $550B, up from $330B. Projected $48B profits for 2025 drive surge.

Stripe Eyes PayPal — Stripe exploring acquisition of all or parts of PayPal to dominate digital payments. Early talks, no deal guaranteed yet.

IPO Watch

Open or upcoming IPOs to watch:

IQM Goes Public — Quantum computing firm plans US listing via Real Asset Acquisition merger at $1.8B valuation. First European quantum company to go public.

SpaceX IPO Coming — Hawthorne aerospace giant eyes confidential IPO filing in March, potential June listing. Joins wave with OpenAI, Anthropic expected.

Generate Bio's Big Debut — AI drug discovery firm raised $400M in year's largest biotech IPO. GB-0895 targets asthma, competes with Tezspire. Biotech rebounds with $1.4B raised.

THE FUNDING BUZZ

VC & PE Activity To Watch

[Open Fund] Yosemite — Founded by Reed Jobs, the vc firm has raised over $200M with a goal of $350M to invest in cancer prevention and treatment.

Paradigm's New Fund — Crypto VC raising up to $1.5B for new fund targeting AI and robotics. Major expansion beyond traditional crypto investments into frontier tech.

Pegasus-AISIN Expansion — California-Japan CVC fund expands to $100M for AI, robotics, healthtech through 2036. Backed 40+ startups since 2018 launch.

SparkLabs Saudi Arabia — Launched $20M venture fund with Riyadh Valley Company. Targets pre-seed to Series A startups in SA, 20% for international founders.

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