https://rbtfl.xyz/en/track/startups-vc Venture funding, valuations, exits, the big funds and the startup ecosystem worldwide. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-astrobase-everest-0808 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-astrobase-everest-0808 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bengaluru-based Astrobase Space Technologies unveiled EVEREST, an 800 kN liquid-oxygen-methane engine using full-flow staged combustion, which the company calls India's first privately developed engine in this class; a full hot-fire test is planned in 2026, with a first flight of its reusable launch vehicle targeted for December 2028 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/unitree-ipo-deepseek-0806 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/unitree-ipo-deepseek-0806 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Unitree Robotics, China's leading humanoid robot maker, priced its initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market at 150.80 yuan per share on August 6, 2026, implying a valuation of 61 billion yuan (approximately US$9 billion); DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab that upended global AI markets in early 2026, took a strategic placement stake; Unitree is seeking to raise 6.1 billion yuan (around US$904 million); subscriptions open August 10 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bain-gongcha-0806 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bain-gongcha-0806 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bain Capital announced on August 5-6, 2026, that it will buy Gong Cha, the Taiwan-founded global bubble tea franchise with nearly 2,200 stores worldwide, from US private equity firm TA Associates; the deal positions Bain to expand Gong Cha's store network and digital operations; Gong Cha has no presence in mainland China after failing to register its trademark there and is led by a US-domiciled holding company [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nike-china-exit-0723 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nike-china-exit-0723 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nike has terminated the online distribution agreement with Topsports International, its largest Chinese retail partner, effective January 1, 2027, as CEO Elliott Hill moves to reassert direct control over Nike's digital channels in China to curb discounting; Japan's Nikkei and China's Caixin frame the move as a strategic retreat from a key but weakening market amid trade tensions [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/moonshot-kimi-k3-0720 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/moonshot-kimi-k3-0720 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, an open-weight model priced at roughly half the cost per task of competing frontier models, triggering a US$3.3 trillion sell-off in global semiconductor stocks and prompting Moonshot to accelerate a Hong Kong IPO at a US$30 billion valuation [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/together-ai-series-c-jul26 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/together-ai-series-c-jul26 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The AI neocloud, which rents GPU clusters for open-source model inference, has tripled its platform usage year-on-year and now books over $1 billion annually; Aramco Ventures leads the round alongside NVIDIA, General Catalyst and Vista Equity [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/africa-startup-funding-h1-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/africa-startup-funding-h1-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT H1 crossed US$1bn for a third straight year but fell from US$1.45bn; June's US$415m was 65% Spiro; capital concentrated in about 15 cities [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/twelvelabs-series-b-100m-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/twelvelabs-series-b-100m-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Amazon joins with a multiyear AWS Trainium deal; total funding tops US$207m for video-native foundation models Marengo and Pegasus [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venice-ai-unicorn-jul2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venice-ai-unicorn-jul2026 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dragonfly led the Wyoming startup's first outside funding round; Venice runs open-weight models locally on user hardware and stores no prompts. The company says this is the fastest path to enterprise AI adoption given post-Fable-5 compliance anxiety. [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/together-ai-series-c-800m-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/together-ai-series-c-800m-2026 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nvidia, Vista, General Catalyst and Taiwan's Pegatron join; the open-model inference platform runs on Chinese-origin systems DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM and plans a 50x capacity build [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cisco-ai-layoffs-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cisco-ai-layoffs-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 236 cuts in San José, 154 in Milpitas, 81 in San Francisco, part of a sub-4,000 global reduction; terminations start July 13 despite a strong revenue quarter [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tapestry-vc-fund-iii-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tapestry-vc-fund-iii-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nearly triple its prior fund; the British Business Bank commits €35m alongside Railpen and Molten Ventures; ~30 startups at US$1m to US$3m cheques [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/datadog-adaptive-ml-acquisition-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/datadog-adaptive-ml-acquisition-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Adaptive ML, an ex-Hugging Face team split between New York and Paris that raised a US$20m seed led by Index Ventures, folds its reinforcement-learning platform into Datadog AI Research [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/luxshare-hong-kong-ipo-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/luxshare-hong-kong-ipo-2026 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Apple AirPods and iPhone assembler prices up to 383.5m H-shares at HK$63.28; Temasek, GIC and Abu Dhabi's ADIA lead ~US$1.5bn in cornerstones; trading July 9 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oyo-prism-ipo-drhp-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oyo-prism-ipo-drhp-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The renamed hospitality group refiles with India's SEBI on June 30 with no offer for sale; ₹4,987.5 crore earmarked to repay debt; SoftBank, Microsoft and Airbnb hold their stakes [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/qashier-series-a-plus-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/qashier-series-a-plus-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Series A+ of equity and debt led by Cocoon Capital with IFP Securities and BlackSoil Global; 20,000+ merchants across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines; profitable since December 2025 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/github-copilot-billing-shock-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/github-copilot-billing-shock-jun29 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT As the first 30-day token billing cycle for GitHub Copilot closed June 30, agentic developers confirmed bills jumping from $29 to $750 and from $50 to $3,000; GitHub shifted all plans from flat-rate Premium Request Units to AI Credits on June 1, with base prices unchanged but per-model token charges exhausting credit allowances within days for power users [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-embodied-ai-robotics-megarounds-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-embodied-ai-robotics-megarounds-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT X Square Robot closes four straight rounds past RMB 20bn (~US$2.8bn) backed by Meituan, Alibaba, ByteDance and Xiaomi; AI² Robotics raises ~RMB 5bn (~US$736m) [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/rocket-lab-iridium-acquisition-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/rocket-lab-iridium-acquisition-jun29 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The June 29 announcement gives Rocket Lab control of Iridium's 66-satellite LEO network, globally licensed L-band spectrum, and 2.55 million subscribers; Iridium shareholders receive $27 cash plus Rocket Lab stock for each share, valuing the deal at roughly $54 per share [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hong-kong-triple-ipo-day-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hong-kong-triple-ipo-day-jun29 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chip-interconnect maker Crealights, Alebund Pharma and InsurTech Baige list June 29 in a market that is reclaiming the global IPO crown [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/samsung-sk-hynix-ai-spending-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/samsung-sk-hynix-ai-spending-2026 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT South Korea's two largest chipmakers are preparing the largest combined domestic investment commitment in the country's history, anchored by a Blue House briefing set for June 30 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mirendil-seed-200m-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mirendil-seed-200m-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins co-lead with Nvidia; a ~20-person team from Anthropic, xAI, DeepMind and OpenAI is building AI that automates AI research [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/openai-ipo-2027-tender-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/openai-ipo-2027-tender-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT New York Times and Reuters report CFO Sarah Friar eyeing a 2027 debut; Altman reportedly calls a sub-US$1tn valuation a 'non-starter'; Goldman, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are mandated [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/alan-series-g-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/alan-series-g-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prosus leads the French health-insurance platform's Series G as ARR crosses €800m and the company hits profitability in France; Index Ventures, Teachers' Venture Growth and Dara Holdings co-invest [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hurun-global-unicorn-index-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hurun-global-unicorn-index-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Shanghai-founded research house puts the US first at 806 and China second at 381; AI is the top sector at 215 unicorns and 36% of value [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/japan-startup-surge-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/japan-startup-surge-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Japanese startups have raised $4.25bn across 376 rounds through June 2026, compared with a 23% decline in Israel and a 71% drop in UAE; government-backed deep-tech programmes and a Japan-Korea venture fund underpin the shift [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oblenio-bio-series-b-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oblenio-bio-series-b-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Pfizer Ventures leads with Deep Track, GV and Aditum; the asset LBL-051 comes from Nanjing's Leads Biolabs, another China-discovered drug advanced through a US company [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/a16z-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/a16z-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US venture capital firm managing over US$100 billion across AI, defense, bio, and crypto funds, reshaping how technology startups scale globally. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/accel-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/accel-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US venture capital firm founded in 1983, known for early bets on Facebook, Anthropic, and Flipkart, managing more than US$20 billion and backing 110-plus unicorns globally. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/acquihires-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/acquihires-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US-originated practice of buying startups primarily to recruit their teams, now reshaping AI-era M&A globally as hyperscalers spend billions of US dollars on talent. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-agent-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-agent-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US-led category of startups building autonomous software systems that execute multi-step enterprise tasks, now the fastest-growing venture segment globally as of mid-2026. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-coding-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-coding-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US-led sector of startups using large language models to write and review code, attracting record venture funding and the largest startup acquisition in history by mid-2026. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-defense-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-defense-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US-led wave of venture-backed companies applying AI to military targeting, autonomous systems, and battlefield software, now the fastest-growing segment in global venture capital. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-infra-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ai-infra-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US-based neocloud and inference startups building the compute layer for AI drew more than US$9bn in venture capital in 2025-2026, concentrated outside the major hyperscalers. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/amsterdam-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/amsterdam-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Amsterdam is the Netherlands' tech capital, home to Adyen and Booking.com, and centre of a Dutch startup ecosystem that raised €2.64 billion in venture capital in 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/antler-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/antler-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore-founded global pre-seed VC firm that has backed over 1,800 companies across 30 cities, ranking as the world's most active early-stage investor in 2024. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/applied-ai-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/applied-ai-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Global category of startups deploying AI into specific industries, from US legal and healthcare to India's sovereign model stack, attracting record venture capital as of 2026. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/austin-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/austin-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Texas state capital turned technology hub; home to Dell, Tesla's global headquarters, and Apple's largest US engineering campus, with US$7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/beijing-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/beijing-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT China's AI-and-software capital, where 115 unicorns worth US$594.9bn cluster in the Haidian-Zhongguancun corridor, led by Baidu, ByteDance, and a ring of university AI labs. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/benchmark-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/benchmark-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US venture capital firm founded in 1995 in San Francisco, known for an equal-partnership model and landmark early bets on eBay and Uber. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bengaluru-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bengaluru-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT India's technology capital in Karnataka, home to over 30 unicorns and roughly half of India's venture capital flow, a global benchmark for emerging-market startup ecosystems. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/berlin-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/berlin-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Germany's largest startup cluster and Europe's second-biggest venture hub, carrying €169 billion in ecosystem value built on consumer internet and fintech unicorns since reunification. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/biotech-vc-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/biotech-vc-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Global private capital deployed into drug development and health-technology companies, concentrated in the United States and Europe, funding the pipeline from which most new medicines emerge. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/boston-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/boston-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Boston-Cambridge metro in the US state of Massachusetts is the world's densest biotech cluster and the second-largest US venture capital market by dollar volume. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cairo-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cairo-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Egypt's capital is home to 33% of MENA's registered startups and leads Africa in startup funding raised, attracting US$190m in Q1 2026 alone. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/climate-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/climate-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The global sector targeting decarbonization and clean energy drew US$40.5 billion in venture and growth capital in 2025, as AI power demand merged climate and infrastructure investing. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/consumer-apps-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/consumer-apps-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The global startup category covering social media, messaging, and entertainment apps for individual users; the United States leads in revenue, with US$167 billion in global app-store spending in 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/crypto-web3-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/crypto-web3-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A global ecosystem of blockchain-based digital assets, smart contracts, and stablecoins reshaping payments and finance, now subject to the US GENIUS Act and EU MiCA. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/deeptech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/deeptech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Startups built on scientific or engineering breakthroughs, spanning quantum computing, synthetic biology, and advanced robotics, representing 36% of global VC in 2026 and a key front in US-China-EU technology rivalry. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/defense-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/defense-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The wave of US venture-backed startups building autonomous weapons, AI-enabled sensing and dual-use hardware for militaries, now the fastest-growing segment in global venture capital. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/delhi-mumbai-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/delhi-mumbai-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT India's second- and third-largest startup cities by VC deal value, hosting 59 of the country's 118 unicorns and anchoring fintech and consumer internet sectors. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/direct-listings-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/direct-listings-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A US-originated route for companies to list shares publicly without underwriters or new share issuance, used by Spotify, Coinbase, and others to bypass traditional IPO fees and lockups. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/down-rounds-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/down-rounds-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A down round is when a startup raises capital at a lower valuation than its last round, diluting founders and employees while triggering investor anti-dilution protections globally. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/dry-powder-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/dry-powder-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Committed but undeployed private capital held by VC and PE funds worldwide, now near US$3.7 trillion in PE alone, concentrated in mega-managers as smaller funds struggle to raise. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/dubai-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/dubai-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The UAE runs MENA's most active tech startup market through Dubai's DIFC fintech hub and Abu Dhabi's sovereign AI cluster, now central to US frontier compute strategy. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/fintech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/fintech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Financial technology, a global sector rewiring payments, lending and savings through software, shapes trillions in flows and sits at the centre of every market regulator's agenda. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/foundation-model-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/foundation-model-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US-led cluster of companies training frontier AI from scratch, raising more than US$375bn in early 2026, reshaping corporate competition, export controls, and global geopolitics. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/founder-disputes-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/founder-disputes-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Recurring governance clashes between startup founders and venture-backed boards over control, strategy, and succession, a defining fault line of the global venture-capital industry. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/founders-fund-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/founders-fund-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT San Francisco-based US venture firm founded in 2005 by PayPal alumni; concentrated bets on SpaceX, Anduril, and AI have made it a defining force in US defense and technology. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/general-catalyst-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/general-catalyst-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US venture capital firm founded in 2000 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; manages US$43 billion and is repositioning itself as an AI transformation company. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/growth-stage-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/growth-stage-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The global financing stage, dominated by US crossover funds and sovereign wealth funds, that sets valuations and gates which technology companies reach IPO scale. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hangzhou-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hangzhou-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT China's Zhejiang capital is the country's second-largest technology cluster after Beijing, anchored by Alibaba and now producing a new generation of global AI and robotics firms. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/index-ventures-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/index-ventures-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT London-headquartered venture capital firm founded in Geneva in 1996, backing Spotify, Revolut, Slack, Figma, and Mistral across 32 funds and more than US$10 billion deployed. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/insight-partners-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/insight-partners-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT New York-based US venture capital and private equity firm managing US$90 billion exclusively in software companies; one of the largest software-focused investors in the world. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/jakarta-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/jakarta-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Indonesia's capital is Southeast Asia's largest consumer-tech market, home to GoTo, seven unicorns, and a US$90bn digital economy built on 283 million mobile-first consumers. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/khosla-ventures-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/khosla-ventures-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla; an early bet on OpenAI yielded one of history's highest venture returns. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lagos-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lagos-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nigeria's commercial capital is Africa's fastest-growing tech ecosystem, home to five unicorns and the continent's densest concentration of fintech startups. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lightspeed-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lightspeed-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US venture capital firm managing approximately US$25 billion from Menlo Park, California, whose early bets on Snap and Affirm made it one of Silicon Valley's most consequential early-stage investors. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/london-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/london-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The UK's dominant technology cluster, first in Europe by VC invested, home to 72 active unicorns spanning fintech, AI, and deep tech as of 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/los-angeles-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/los-angeles-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The third-largest US startup ecosystem, built on aerospace heritage and Silicon Beach venture capital, now the leading US hub for defense-tech and commercial space startups. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mega-rounds-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mega-rounds-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Venture capital financings of US$100m or more in a single close, now concentrated in US AI infrastructure and accounting for most global VC dollars on fewer than 3% of deals. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-city-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-city-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mexico's capital hosts roughly 60% of the country's startups and 10 unicorn companies, driven by fintech dominance, nearshoring demand, and growing venture capital interest. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nairobi-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nairobi-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kenya's capital, East Africa's leading startup hub known as Silicon Savannah, that topped Africa in tech funding for 2025 with US$1.04 billion raised, underpinned by M-Pesa's mobile-money infrastructure. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/new-york-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/new-york-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US's second-largest startup and venture capital market, home to 25,000-plus companies and 203,000 tech workers, and the dominant US city for fintech and AI investment outside the Bay Area. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/openai-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/openai-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI, a San Francisco-based US artificial intelligence company, operates ChatGPT and the GPT model family that ignited the global generative AI race, and is pursuing a public listing at a reported US$1 trillion valuation. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/paris-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/paris-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT France's capital is Europe's second-largest startup ecosystem, with 37 active unicorns, a US$169 billion ecosystem value, and AI accounting for 48% of all funding deals as of 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/riyadh-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/riyadh-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Riyadh is Saudi Arabia's capital and primary technology hub, anchoring the country's US$1.72-billion-a-year venture-capital market and Vision 2030 economic-diversification drive. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/robotics-startups-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/robotics-startups-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Robotics and hardware startups globally attracted US$18.8bn in venture funding through mid-2026, driven by embodied AI and humanoid robot makers in the US and China. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sao-paulo-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sao-paulo-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Brazil's financial capital hosts Latin America's largest startup ecosystem, anchored by fintech giants, deep engineering talent, and a 215-million-person domestic market. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/secondary-markets-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/secondary-markets-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Platforms where founders, employees, and early investors in private companies sell shares before IPO, unlocking liquidity in a US$4 trillion global private-equity universe. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/seed-stage-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/seed-stage-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The earliest institutionalized stage of startup financing, global seed rounds set deal and valuation records in 2025 as AI mega-seeds stretched the stage's definition. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/seoul-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/seoul-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT South Korea's capital region hosts a top-10 global startup ecosystem worth roughly US$237 billion, defined by AI, semiconductors, and state-backed venture funds targeting 50 unicorns by 2030. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sequoia-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sequoia-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US venture capital firm founded in 1972 in California, managing roughly US$85 billion and holding stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic as their IPOs approach. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/series-a-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/series-a-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The first two rounds of US-origin institutional venture capital, now the global standard for startup financing, channeling billions annually from VC firms into early-growth companies worldwide. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/shenzhen-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/shenzhen-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT China's premier hardware-and-deep-tech city, a 13-million-person Special Economic Zone north of Hong Kong hosting Huawei, Tencent, and DJI and anchoring a US$35bn robotics industry. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/silicon-valley-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/silicon-valley-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT California's San Francisco Bay Area technology cluster, capturing nearly half of all US venture capital in 2025 and anchoring the global race in AI and defence technology. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/singapore-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/singapore-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore is Southeast Asia's primary technology and venture-capital hub, ranked 4th globally for startup ecosystems in 2025, capturing roughly 60% of the region's venture deal volume. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/softbank-vision-fund-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/softbank-vision-fund-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Japan-based SoftBank Group's venture capital arm, the world's largest technology fund at US$100 billion, reshaped global startup funding and is now a dominant OpenAI backer. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/space-ventures-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/space-ventures-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Private investment in commercial space globally hit a record US$55.3 billion in 2025, driven by launch-cost collapse, defence demand, and US-China competition for orbital infrastructure. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spacs-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spacs-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US-originated blank-check shell companies that raise public capital before merging with a private target, offering a faster but sponsor-skewed alternative to a traditional IPO. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-fraud-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-fraud-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A recurring pattern of US venture-backed founders fabricating metrics to deceive investors and acquirers, now subject to active federal prosecution following a wave of convictions since 2022. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-ma-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-ma-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Acquisitions of venture-backed startups by US tech platforms and multinationals, the exit mechanism that sets prices for founders, investors, and the global flow of AI talent. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-shutdowns-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startup-shutdowns-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The dissolution of venture-backed companies, concentrated in the United States, has surged since 2022 as higher interest rates crushed valuations and zero-rate-era capital ran out. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-accelerators-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-accelerators-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Startup accelerators and venture studios supply founders' first institutional capital and mentorship, shaping the global venture pipeline from Silicon Valley to Singapore and Nairobi. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-ai-ventures-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-ai-ventures-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four linked sub-sectors absorbed the majority of global venture capital in 2025-2026, concentrating AI capability, compute, and sovereign wealth in a handful of US-led companies. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-distress-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-distress-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT When venture funding contracts, tech companies cut workers, startups close, and fraudsters face charges; this beat tracks the distress cycle across the global startup ecosystem. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-ecosystems-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-ecosystems-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The beat tracks which cities mint startups and attract venture funding, and how AI concentration and new hubs from Tokyo to Lagos are reshaping the global map. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-exits-ipos-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-exits-ipos-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five exit routes, IPOs, direct listings, M&A, secondaries and acquihires, through which private startups convert venture stakes into liquid capital, a global barometer for risk appetite. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-funding-stages-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-funding-stages-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The sequence of named investment rounds that sets valuations for private companies globally, from first seed check to billion-dollar unicorn and the corrections in between. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-vc-firms-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-vc-firms-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Seven US-based and Japan-based venture capital firms, managing more than US$350 billion combined, determine which technologies scale, which founders win, and where power concentrates. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-verticals-backgrounder https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/startups-vc-verticals-backgrounder Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fintech, climate tech, defense tech, biotech, crypto, robotics, and deep tech absorb the majority of thematic VC globally and determine which technologies reach scale. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/stockholm-nordic-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/stockholm-nordic-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sweden's startup ecosystem, centered on Stockholm, is Europe's most productive unicorn factory per capita, anchoring global fintech, gaming, and AI ventures. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sydney-melbourne-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sydney-melbourne-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Australia's two largest cities form the Southern Hemisphere's leading startup corridor, accounting for over 70% of Australia's nearly A$5.5 billion in venture capital raised in 2025. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tech-ipos-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tech-ipos-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The global market for technology companies going public, a cyclical barometer of risk appetite that drove US$47bn in US proceeds alone in 2025 and now awaits OpenAI and SpaceX. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tech-layoffs-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tech-layoffs-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mass job cuts at US-led technology companies since 2022 have affected more than 500,000 US tech workers, shifting from post-pandemic correction to AI-driven restructuring. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/techstars-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/techstars-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US startup accelerator that pioneered the global mentor-driven cohort model, backing over 10,000 founders across 150 countries since its 2006 founding in Boulder, Colorado. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tel-aviv-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tel-aviv-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Israel's Tel Aviv metropolitan corridor is the world's fourth-ranked startup ecosystem, concentrating cybersecurity, AI, and defense-technology ventures in the densest per-capita cluster outside the US. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/thrive-capital-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/thrive-capital-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The New York-based US venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner in 2010, now managing roughly US$50 billion, notable for anchoring OpenAI's largest fundraising rounds. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tiger-global-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tiger-global-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT New York-based US crossover investment firm founded in 2001, backing Facebook, Stripe, and OpenAI across public and private markets, now executing a deliberate reset after 2022 losses. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tokyo-tech-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tokyo-tech-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tokyo concentrates roughly 73% of Japan's startup funding and anchors the country's government-mandated drive to reach 100 unicorns and 10 trillion yen in startup investment by fiscal 2027. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/toronto-waterloo-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/toronto-waterloo-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Canada's largest technology cluster, a 105-kilometre Ontario corridor capturing 40 to 60 percent of Canada's venture capital and hosting the world's highest concentration of AI startups. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/valuations-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/valuations-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Private companies valued at US$1 billion or more; the US and China host three-quarters of the world's 1,600 unicorns as of 2026, making valuations a bellwether for global risk appetite. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venture-studios-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venture-studios-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A company-building model where studios generate ideas, assemble teams, and fund startups from scratch, taking 25-80% equity, with 600-plus studios now active across the US, Europe, and Asia. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/warsaw-cee-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/warsaw-cee-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Poland's capital anchors CEE's largest startup ecosystem by valuation, home to 18 unicorns and drawing €2.3 billion in venture capital in 2024. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xai-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xai-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT US AI lab founded by Elon Musk in 2023 to train frontier reasoning models; absorbed into SpaceX in 2026 as SpaceXAI, now operating the world's largest privately held GPU cluster. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/y-combinator-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/y-combinator-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US startup accelerator that pioneered the modern seed-funding model, backing 200 companies a year from San Francisco and producing more unicorns than any peer. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/daya-stablecoin-pre-seed-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/daya-stablecoin-pre-seed-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hivemind Capital leads with the Aptos Foundation, Lattice and Alliance; ex-Circle and Helicarrier founders offer virtual dollar accounts settling into the naira [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/general-intuition-series-a-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/general-intuition-series-a-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Khosla-led Series A at a $2.3B valuation bets that gameplay clips teach machines to act in the physical world [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/runpod-100m-series-a-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/runpod-100m-series-a-2026 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A New Jersey GPU-cloud doubles revenue to ~$240M ARR as the 'neocloud' layer between developers and hyperscalers keeps pulling capital [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/baseten-series-f-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/baseten-series-f-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Altimeter, Conviction and Spark lead the largest-ever pure-play inference infrastructure round; 20x revenue growth in a year and 87 clusters across 18 clouds position Baseten as the production layer beneath AI applications [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cred-meta-investment-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cred-meta-investment-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Series H of primary and secondary shares at ~US$4.5bn post-money; Miten Sampat becomes interim CEO; CRED says Meta gets no board seat and no customer data [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oracle-ai-layoffs-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oracle-ai-layoffs-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The tech giant's SEC 10-K, filed June 22, names AI adoption directly as the driver; AI now handles 94% of database administration tasks that were previously done by human employees [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spiro-newtrails-270m-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spiro-newtrails-270m-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT NewTrails, an affiliate of smartphone maker Transsion, tops up a round that also drew Afreximbank's FEDA; Spiro runs 100,000+ EVs and 2,500 swap stations across seven markets [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/groq-650m-neocloud-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/groq-650m-neocloud-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Six months after Nvidia's $20B licence-and-hire deal stripped out its founders, Groq bets its second act on cloud, not chips [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/e2d-europe-defence-fund-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/e2d-europe-defence-fund-2026 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT About US$585m for roughly 20 companies at ~€25m tickets across space, air, land, maritime and subsurface; first close June 30, pitched at keeping European defence startups off US cap tables [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spacex-acquires-cursor-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spacex-acquires-cursor-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An all-stock deal announced four days after SpaceX's Nasdaq debut; Cursor reached $4bn in annualised revenue in under four years and counts two-thirds of the Fortune 500 among its enterprise clients [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/yc-s26-demo-day https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/yc-s26-demo-day Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Y Combinator's S26 cohort is its largest and most watched batch yet, with hottest startups commanding $175m+ valuations and the accelerator sending its first fully on-chain seed investment [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/defense-tech-funding-record-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/defense-tech-funding-record-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anduril, Shield AI and Saronic account for $8.75bn of the total; the Pentagon is now actively encouraging VC participation and the sector is consolidating fast [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sarvam-ai-unicorn-hcltech-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sarvam-ai-unicorn-hcltech-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A $1.5B valuation built on a sovereign-AI pitch, sharpened by Anthropic cutting off foreign access to its top models [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/generalist-ai-series-a-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/generalist-ai-series-a-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Former DeepMind scientist Pete Florence's startup closes the year's largest Series A in robotics AI, backed by Radical Ventures, Nvidia and Fei-Fei Li; GEN-1 completes dexterous tasks 3x faster than prior models [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/quantinuum-ipo-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/quantinuum-ipo-2026 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Honeywell's 54%-owned quantum spinout priced at $60 a share on June 4, upsized from its original plan; stock rose 13% on debut to value the company at $17.6bn despite $192m net loss on $31m revenue [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ramp-series-f-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ramp-series-f-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iconiq, GIC and Ontario Teachers lead the spend-management platform's Series F; annualised revenue tops $1bn as companies lean on Ramp to control AI budgets [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/supabase-series-f-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/supabase-series-f-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT GIC leads a Series F that doubles the company's valuation in eight months; Claude Code is Supabase's largest growth driver since the start of 2026 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mach-industries-series-c-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mach-industries-series-c-2026 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 22-year-old MIT dropout Ethan Thornton's defense startup lands Series C led by Infinite Capital, Sequoia and Khosla; a 115,000 sq ft Huntington Beach factory and five weapons platforms underpin the jump from $470m [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gigascale-capital-fund-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gigascale-capital-fund-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Schroepfer raised the fund in 2023 but closed it oversubscribed on June 1 despite market skepticism; portfolio spans energy, critical minerals and physical AI, with Commonwealth Fusion and Form Energy as anchors [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anduril-series-h-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anduril-series-h-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Thrive Capital and a16z lead the largest-ever defense-tech private round; revenue doubled to $2.2bn in 2025 and the Army's $20bn Lattice counter-drone contract underpins the raise [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/parker-fintech-bankruptcy-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/parker-fintech-bankruptcy-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The corporate credit-card startup shut down without warning on May 7, stranding merchants and notifying Patriot Bank customers by letter; a $90m acquisition offer collapsed in the final stages [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/africa-startup-q1-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/africa-startup-q1-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fintech remains dominant but energy, logistics and agritech attract a larger share as the continent's ecosystem matures beyond payments [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kalshi-prediction-markets-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kalshi-prediction-markets-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The YC W19 company led by Tarek Mansour raised $1bn from Coatue, Sequoia and a16z; 90% of US prediction market volume flows through its exchange [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kalder-fintech-fraud-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kalder-fintech-fraud-2026 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Turkish-American fintech founder faked $1.2m in ARR (actual: $60k), forged brand partnership documents, and committed visa fraud using an extraordinary-ability application built on fabricated credentials; sentencing September 2026 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/a16z-fund-vii-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/a16z-fund-vii-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Andreessen Horowitz surpasses $60bn in assets under management as Fund VII bets on AI infrastructure, defense, bio and crypto, each in a separate vehicle [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/skild-ai-series-c-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/skild-ai-series-c-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT SoftBank leads a Series C for the Pittsburgh startup building the Skild Brain, a foundation model that can retrofit any robot without task-specific retraining [active]