Startups
Gatik Raised $200 Million to Put Doritos in the Driverless Lane
Gatik raised $200 million to scale driverless box trucks for PepsiCo and other giants. The middle mile is suddenly very real—and very expensive.
Startups
Gatik raised $200 million to scale driverless box trucks for PepsiCo and other giants. The middle mile is suddenly very real—and very expensive.
Startups
Generalist added $200 million for a robot brain that learns from demonstrations. The science is promising; the funding cadence has achieved sentience.
AI
NVIDIA’s reported $6 billion Poolside license takes the tech and targets 109 staffers. It is a reverse acquihire, whatever the memo desperately insists.
Startups
Castelion raised $800 million to mass-produce cheaper hypersonic missiles. The industrial thesis is real. So is the terrifying paperwork.
AI
Higgsfield raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation to scale AI video for creators, marketers, and enterprises. Serious platform, enormous vibes.
Startups
Gravis Robotics raised $200 million from SoftBank for autonomous excavators. The physical AI is real, the jobsite is messy, and the robot still needs supervision.
AI
Wispr raised $280M at a $2B valuation to expand AI dictation into meetings and new interfaces. Faster speech, bigger promises, same awkward silence.
Startups
Form Energy raised $750 million for 100-hour iron-air batteries. The grid needs storage. AI data centers have opinions.
Funding
Aureka raised $100 million in Series B funding to build AI drug-discovery infrastructure. The science is promising; biology remains unimpressed.
Funding
Source Foundry raised $400 million to build faster, cheaper chipmaking tools. The AI hardware bet is serious, expensive, and mildly unhinged.
AI
Firmus raised $2 billion to build NVIDIA-backed AI factories across Australia and Asia-Pacific. The strategy is serious. The power bill is enormous.
AI
Firmus raised $2 billion to build NVIDIA-backed AI factories across Australia and Asia-Pacific. The strategy is serious. The power bill is enormous.