☕ Jeff Bezos looking to raise $100 billion to acquire industrial companies & FBI is buying Americans’ location data.
OpenAI plans unified desktop “superapp” to combine ChatGPT, Codex, and browser.
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OpenAI is building a desktop “superapp” combining ChatGPT, Codex, and a browser, aiming to unify its entire product ecosystem into one interface. The move is designed to reduce fragmentation and strengthen its position against rivals like Anthropic and Google, signaling a shift toward owning the full AI workflow — not just the model.
Jeff Bezos is reportedly raising a $100 billion fund through Project Prometheus to acquire traditional industrial companies and upgrade them using AI. The strategy focuses on sectors like aerospace, automotive, and chipmaking — turning legacy businesses into AI-optimized operations and potentially reshaping how industrial value is created.
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STARTUPS RAISING MILLIONS
💰 Startup Funding Updates
PRE-SEED
xmemory, a London, UK-based developer of a memory layer for AI workflows, raised $4M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Fly Ventures, Begin Capital, AAL VC, 33East, and Inovia Capital, with participation from angel investors.
SEED
DeepLapse Technologies, a Delhi, India-based photonics solutions startup, raised ₹6 crore (approx. $640K) in Seed funding. The round was led by Mounttech Growth Fund – Kavachh and Yali Capital.
Claros, a Torrance, CA- and McLean, VA-based power management solutions company, raised $30M in Seed funding. The round was co-led by General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners with participation from Systemiq Capital, Aero X Ventures, Trenches Capital, and others.
PADO AI Orchestration, a Malibu, CA-based provider of an energy orchestration SaaS platform, raised $6M in Seed funding. The round was led by NovaWave Capital.
Autoscience, a San Mateo, CA-based machine learning research company, raised $14M in Seed funding. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Toyota Ventures, Perplexity Fund, MaC Ventures and S32.
GROWTH
Parallel, a Paris, France-based startup building AI agents for hospitals, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Frst, YC, Hexa, and angels including Arthur Mensch, Felix Blossier, and Quentin de Metz.
Health Lean Analytics, a Barcelona, Spain-based developer of an AI-driven hospital data automation platform, raised €2.1M in funding. The round included €1.4M in Seed funding from Inderhabs, Namarel, and Braincats, complemented by a loan from ENISA.
Edra, a NYC-based workflow automation startup, raised $30M in Series A funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, joined by A and 8VC*.
Deeptune, a New York City-based developer of high-fidelity simulation environments for AI agents, raised $43M in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from 776, Abstract Ventures, Inspired Capital, and angel investors.
Corridor, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a security platform for AI-native software development, raised $25M in Series A funding at a $200M valuation. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from Conviction, Timeless, Artisanal Ventures, Lux Capital, Sunflower Capital, Datadog, SV Angel, and others.
RunSybil, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a security platform, raised $40M in funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from S32, Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures, Conviction, Elad Gil, and others.
Kewazo, a Munich, Germany- and Houston, TX-based robotics company, raised $16M in Series A extension funding. The round was led by Schooner Capital, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, Asahi Kasei, Benson Capital, Mana Ventures, Gaingels, Atlas Ventures, and existing investors.
Cape, an Arlington, VA-based privacy-first mobile service provider, raised $100M in Series C funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and IVP, with participation from 01 Advisors, 137 Ventures, Definition, and Fifth Down Capital.
Chalkie, a Sheffield, UK-based AI-powered education technology platform, raised $4M in funding. The round was led by TriplePoint Ventures.
Latent Health, a San Francisco, CA-based clinical-AI company, raised $80M in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Spark Capital and Transformation Capital, with participation from Conviction, McKesson Ventures, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator.
Flexiv, a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of general-purpose robotics solutions, raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The round was led by Invus, with participation from existing investors.
WideField Security, a Sunnyvale, CA-based identity security platform provider, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding. Backers included Cisco Investment.
Avtal, an Austin, TX-based digital engagement platform provider, raised $24M in total funding. The round included Series A and Seed funding led by S3 Ventures, with participation from NJP Ventures.
GeoWealth, a Chicago, IL-based proprietary technology and asset management platform provider, raised $42.5M in Series C funding. The round included a minority investment from Goldman Sachs, with continued participation from Apollo, BlackRock, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.
Eclypsium, a Portland, OR-based IT infrastructure supply chain security company, raised $25M in funding. The round was led by PEAK6 Strategic Capital, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Pavilion Capital, Singtel Innov8, Sixty Degree Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Madrona.
Allure Security, a Boston, MA-based AI-native disinformation defense company, raised $17M in Series B funding. The round was led by Riverside Acceleration Capital, with participation from Curql, Glasswing Ventures, and Gutbrain Ventures.
Carecubes, an Arden Hills, MN-based healthcare solutions company, raised $6.5M in Series A funding. Backers included Mark Bertolini, Bill Hawkins, Henrietta Fore, Betsy Cohen, Schooner Capital, Lifeforce Capital, and CQuence Health.
Crossbow Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, raised $77M in Series B funding. The round was led by Taiho Ventures and Arkin Bio Capital, with participation from Sixty Degree Capital, Hamilton Square Partners, LifeLink Ventures, Libbs Ventures, and others.
Everdrone, an Askim, Sweden-based provider of autonomous drone systems, raised €3.34M in funding. The round was led by Sciety.
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NEW VCs IN THE MARKET
🏦 Venture Capital Updates.
Redbud VC, a Columbia, Missouri-based pre-seed venture capital firm, closed its Fund II, at $25m. Fund II LPs include the University of Missouri System Endowment and AngelList’s Systematic Fund of Funds, a former Boeing CEO and founders, early employees, and executives from Square, C2FO, Upgrade, Meta, and Veterans United.
Gradient, a San Francisco, CA-based early stage venture capital firm designed for founders in artificial intelligence, closed a new $220m flagship seed fund. Google is one of the limited partners in the fund. Founded in 2017 and led by Darian Shirazi, Managing Partner, the firm employs twelve professionals focused on pre-seed and seed stage investments in AI startups.
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📜 Latest In Tech
OpenAI acquires Astral to strengthen coding tools and compete with Anthropic
OpenAI is buying Python tooling company Astral to enhance its Codex platform, aiming to improve speed, reliability, and developer workflows.
The move comes as competition heats up with Anthropic’s Claude Code, with OpenAI reporting over 2 million weekly Codex users and rapid growth in usage.
Astral’s open-source tools will continue to be supported, while its capabilities are integrated into OpenAI’s broader AI coding ecosystem.
Google unveils new ‘vibe design’ tool
Google is redesigning its AI tool Stitch into what it calls a “vibe design” canvas, where anyone can type natural language descriptions and get high-fidelity UI designs without starting from wireframes.
The updated Stitch features an infinite canvas, a design agent that reasons across a project’s full history, and an Agent manager that tracks progress on multiple ideas in parallel.
Stitch now includes voice input for real-time design critiques and updates, plus an MCP server and SDK that let teams export designs to developer tools like AI Studio and Antigravity.
FBI is buying Americans’ location data
FBI director Kash Patel confirmed to lawmakers on Wednesday that the agency has resumed buying Americans’ location data from data brokers to support federal investigations, reversing a pause in place since 2023.
Senator Ron Wyden called the practice an “outrageous end-run around the Fourth Amendment,” since government agencies normally need a judge to authorize a search warrant before obtaining private information about people.
Wyden and other lawmakers recently introduced a bipartisan bill called the Government Surveillance Reform Act, which would require federal agencies to get a court-authorized warrant before purchasing Americans’ information from data brokers.
Apple is behind in AI and still making a fortune from it
Apple’s own AI products trail competitors, but the company is on track to pass $1 billion in generative AI revenue by 2026, mostly from App Store fees charged to chatbot apps like ChatGPT.
Generative AI apps paid Apple close to $900 million in 2025, with three-quarters coming from ChatGPT alone, and monthly revenue peaking at $101 million in August before dropping off.
Apple spends far less on chips and data centers than rivals, and Siri still runs on outdated technology — its new version will initially rely on Google’s Gemini after internal setbacks.
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☕ Other News
Uber invests $1.25 billion in Rivian for 50,000 robotaxis
Uber is investing up to $1.25 billion in Rivian to purchase as many as 50,000 autonomous R2 SUVs, starting with a $300 million commitment and an initial order of 10,000 robotaxis.
The companies plan to launch the fleet in San Francisco and Miami by 2028, expanding to 25 cities across the U.S., Canada, and Europe by the end of 2031.
Rivian faces big challenges: the R2 SUV isn’t in production yet, its Georgia factory is still under construction, and its self-driving system has not been tested for robotaxi use.
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