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Anthropic Files for IPO with Ticker ANT

Oct 26, 2026

TechCrunch

Anthropic filed for an initial public offering on Monday and plans to list under the ticker ANT, with revenue of $16.3 billion in the first half of 2026 against an operating loss of $693 million. The seven co-founders will control 50.1% of shareholder voting power through a Founder LLC, a structure Anthropic says preserves its AI safety mission. The filing did not disclose the raise amount or share price.

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Meta Plans $95 Billion Stock Offering to Fund AI Infrastructure

Oct 26, 2026

CNBC

Meta plans to raise $95 billion to fund AI infrastructure and superintelligence work, starting with $35 billion in public equity offerings and $60 billion more through an at-the-market program. Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom expressed interest in buying up to $5 billion in shares, Meta said. Meta's stock fell 1.6% in morning trading.

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Bedrock Robotics Raises $600M at $4.1B Valuation for Self-Driving Excavators

Oct 26, 2026

TechCrunch

Bedrock Robotics raises $600 million in a Series C co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, valuing the two-year-old company at $4.1 billion. Excavators retrofitted with its self-driving kit now work commercially at a Nevada water treatment facility and at Texas and Zachry Construction sites. CEO Boris Sofman says the funding will expand deployments.

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SpaceX Closes $40 Billion GPU Debt Financing, Musk Says

Oct 26, 2026

CNBC

SpaceX closes $40 billion in debt financing to buy GPUs for AI, CEO Elon Musk says. Musk says the financing is mostly callable debt, with the chips arriving in the first half of 2027. A regulatory filing says SpaceX signed a binding commitment with an Apollo-managed entity for the GPU financing.

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People Familiar Say OpenAI Nears $30B Round at $1.25T Valuation

Oct 23, 2026

CNBC

OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round of up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, led by investors from the United Arab Emirates and Coatue, according to people familiar with the deal. The company is positioning the financing as a bridge ahead of a potential IPO and is negotiating a commercial deal for more computing capacity from the UAE. OpenAI told investors it aims to secure signatures by the end of next week, though the final size is still being determined.

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Kevin Weil's Warp Sciences Raises $215 Million at $865 Million Valuation

Oct 22, 2026

TechCrunch

Kevin Weil, formerly OpenAI's science lead, launches Warp Sciences, an AI startup training robots to synthesize and test drug compounds. Weil says the company raised $215 million at an $865 million valuation, led by Lightspeed. He aims to reshore lab work now outsourced to Chinese contractors such as WuXi AppTec.

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Sequoia Leads $66 Million Series C Valuing Blacksmith at $1 Billion

Oct 21, 2026

TechCrunch

Blacksmith raises a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation. CEO Aditya Jayaprakash said the platform makes continuous integration less painful as AI agents write more code. Blacksmith reports 17x annual recurring revenue growth and 90 million CI jobs run; customers include Mercury and Granola.

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Blackwall Raises $100 Million Led by AVP at $2.2 Billion Valuation

Oct 20, 2026

TechCrunch

Blackwall raises $100 million in a Series C led by AVP at a $2.2 billion valuation, quadrupling its 2025 figure, executive chairman Roi Carthy says. The Estonia-based company sells bot and AI agent traffic tools through hosting providers, offering a free tier for traffic visibility and charging for protection.

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Anthropic and Nscale Said to Near Second $45 Billion Compute Deal

Oct 20, 2026

TechCrunch

Nscale and Anthropic are negotiating a second $45 billion compute deal, Bloomberg reports, roughly a month after announcing the first. Sources say talks continue and terms could change. Both companies are pursuing IPOs, and Nscale faces investor pushback over its proposed $30 billion valuation.

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Dream Labs Says Dream-1 Controls Unseen Robots at $3 per Hour

Oct 19, 2026

Dream Labs

Dream Labs releases Dream-1, a World Action Model the company says controls bimanual parallel-gripper robots it has never seen, with no fine-tuning. It is offered through a public API at $3 per hour, or $2 per hour for Dream-1-flash. Dream Labs also says it has raised $90M in seed funding.

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