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Stripe nears $7B+ deal to buy AI gateway startup OpenRouter
Business

Stripe nears $7B+ deal to buy AI gateway startup OpenRouter

The payments giant is paying more than 5x OpenRouter's May valuation to own the routing layer between apps and 400+ AI models.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
EON raises $10.75M to link data centers with orbital laser network
Business

EON raises $10.75M to link data centers with orbital laser network

Endeavor Optical Networks wants to replace undersea fiber with a 20-satellite laser mesh targeting 2.4 Tbps between continents.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Etched raises $300M Series C at $10.3B, doubling valuation in seven months
Business

Etched raises $300M Series C at $10.3B, doubling valuation in seven months

Sequoia led the round; the AI inference chip startup says it has booked $1B in orders and is running silicon in its lab.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Travis Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z to build AI robotics
Business

Travis Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z to build AI robotics

Andreessen Horowitz leads a $1.7B round for the ex-Uber CEO's robotics play, with Uber itself joining nine years after pushing him out.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Netris raises $15M from a16z to cut neocloud setup time
Business

Netris raises $15M from a16z to cut neocloud setup time

The network automation startup is already live across 35 GPU clusters and about 1 million GPUs at customers including Foxconn and HPE.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Probably raises $9M from a16z to push LLM accuracy to 99.99%
Business

Probably raises $9M from a16z to push LLM accuracy to 99.99%

Founder Peter Elias says tighter harness engineering lets Probably run on models four classes weaker than the frontier, cutting token costs.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Sriram Krishnan exits White House AI advisor role after 18 months
News

Sriram Krishnan exits White House AI advisor role after 18 months

The former a16z partner who helped author the AI Action Plan plans to build an outside institution shaping Trump AI policy.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
OpenRouter raises $113M Series B at $1.3B valuation
Business

OpenRouter raises $113M Series B at $1.3B valuation

The AI gateway startup more than doubled its value in a year as token volume surged 5x.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Exa Labs raises $250M at $2.5B valuation as AI search startups surge
Business

Exa Labs raises $250M at $2.5B valuation as AI search startups surge

Andreessen-backed Exa joins Parallel Web Systems in the race to reinvent search as Google moves to AI-powered discovery.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Super PAC tied to OpenAI and Palantir execs pays influencers to frame China AI as a threat
Security

Super PAC tied to OpenAI and Palantir execs pays influencers to frame China AI as a threat

Build American AI is offering creators $5,000 per TikTok to amplify anti-China messaging, funded by a $100M dark-money operation.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Skye raises $3.58M pre-seed to build an AI home screen for the iPhone
Business

Skye raises $3.58M pre-seed to build an AI home screen for the iPhone

Signull Labs closed the round at a $19.5M post-money valuation in September 2025, with a16z and True Ventures backing the unlaunched app.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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