| Aug 23 | AI | Goldman Partner Warns of AI Eroding Bankers' Reasoning | | CNBC |
| Aug 23 | BIG TECH | Alibaba Seeks $10B Share Sale to Fund AI | $10B | The Information |
| Aug 23 | AI | AI Is Hitting Entry-Level Jobs Hardest, Stanford Finds | | Ars Technica |
| Aug 23 | IPO | Unitree's 460% IPO Pop Was Normal for China | | The Information |
| Aug 23 | REGULATION | The Data Center Backlash Reaches Texas | | Axios |
| Aug 23 | AI | Instinct's Powerful AI Assistant Raises Privacy Concerns | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 23 | IPO | Nvidia and Salesforce Earnings Take the Spotlight | | The Information |
| Aug 23 | AI | Nvidia Manager Linked to AI Server Smuggling Scheme | | Ars Technica |
| Aug 23 | REGULATION | Uber Faces Nearly $1B Fine Over Automated Suspensions | ~$1B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 23 | IPO | Holtec Nuclear Amends S-1 as SMR Demand Meets AI Power | | SEC EDGAR |
| Aug 22 | AI | Anthropic Hires Google's TPU Founder for Custom Chip Push | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 22 | AI | Nvidia's Cloverleaf Deal Is Patching AI Bubble Cracks | | The Register |
| Aug 22 | AI | Ormat's 60-Year Geothermal Pivot to Powering AI | | Fortune |
| Aug 22 | AI | How Vertiv Became Wall Street's AI Infrastructure Darling | | Fortune |
| Aug 21 | REGULATION | DOJ, TikTok Settle Child Privacy Suit for $400M | $400M settlement | Axios |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Anthropic and OpenAI's Parallel Paths to Going Public | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 21 | AI | Nvidia Explores Deal With $2.3B Korean Chip Rival | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 21 | REGULATION | Meta Loses Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial | | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | BIG TECH | Apple Cuts 200+ Jobs From Siri and Vision Pro Teams | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Anthropic's IPO Filing Will Flag AI Backlash as Risk | | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B | up to $70B | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | BIG TECH | Amazon Hikes Echo, Kindle, Eero Prices on Memory Costs | | Fortune |
| Aug 21 | AI | Anthropic Opens Its Hacker-Grade AI to More Defenders | | Claude |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Anthropic Eyes IPO Big Enough to Beat SpaceX | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | Samsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returns | up to $80B | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | Starcloud Raises $250M for Orbital AI Data Centers | $250M at $2.3B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 21 | AI | Slack Wants AI Coding Out of the Terminal | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 21 | BIG TECH | New York Overtakes Bay Area on Tech Talent | | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | New York Overtakes SF for Tech Talent, CBRE Finds | | CNBC |
| Aug 21 | AI | Brazil Commits $444M to AI, Hedges US and China | | China-Global South Project |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | America's Debt Load Collides With the AI Spending Boom | | Axios |
| Aug 21 | FUNDING | Japan's Letara Raises $16M Beyond Satellite Thrusters | $16M | TechCrunch |
| Aug 21 | IPO | 2026 US IPO Volume Nears the 2021 Record | | Multiple (Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs, Renaissance Capital) |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Three Biotechs File S-1s in the Same Week | | SEC filings |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Three SPACs File This Week Hunting for Targets | | SEC filings |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Defense Tech's Private Funding Boom Builds Toward IPOs | | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 21 | IPO | The Defense-Space IPO Ladder, By the Numbers | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Where 2026's Record IPO Money Is Actually Landing | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 21 | IPO | 2026's SPAC Comeback, Read Through Three Deals | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 21 | IPO | Why I'm Wary of This Week's Pre-Revenue IPO Rush | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 21 | REGULATION | Massachusetts AI Bill Pits Anthropic Against OpenAI | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Nvidia's Investment Pullback Is a Signal for 2026's IPO Class | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Why I'd Rather Back the Acquirer Than Wait for the IPO | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | IPO | What This Week's IPO Slate Says About Small-Cap Tech | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Why 2026's IPO Pipeline Is Running at Its Fastest Pace in Years | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Why Anthropic's IPO Math Points to a $1T+ Debut | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | AI | Why TSMC's Looming Price Hike Matters More Than Samsung's | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | AI | The AI Price War Hiding Inside Gemini's $0.75 Flash Pricing | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | AI | What Anthropic's In-House Chip Team Really Signals | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Why I'm Wary of the New $1B+ Series A | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | AI | Apple Music Will Start Labeling AI-Generated Songs | | MacRumors |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Why Late-Stage AI Rounds Keep Doubling in Under a Year | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | August's AI Infrastructure Deals Already Top $8.7B | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | REGULATION | Nevada Clears 8,000 Robotaxis for Vegas Streets | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Nvidia Pays Poolside $6B to License AI Models | $6B license + $1B invest | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | Stocks Slide on Bond Yields as Crypto Rallies on Clarity Act | | The Motley Fool |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | Charter Closes $34.5B Cox Deal, Forms Cable Giant | $34.5B merger | Forbes |
| Aug 20 | IPO | SpaceX Stock Falls Below IPO Price on Share Unlock | | Yahoo Finance |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Bitcoin Jumps 12% as Crypto Clarity Act Nears Vote | 12% two-day gain | CNBC |
| Aug 20 | AI | Poolside Strikes $6B Nvidia Deal, Raises $1B at $12B | $6B licensing + $1B raise | Newcomer |
| Aug 20 | AI | ChatGPT Can Now Read and Send Your iMessages | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Broadcom Seeks Up to $100B in AI Chip Debt | up to $100B debt | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | AI | Google Gives Publishers a 'Preferred Sources' Button | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Vessev Raises $19M to Bring Electric Boats to the US | $19M Series A | Axios |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Colossal Spinout Astromech Hits $3.8B on Biology AI | $20M at $3.8B | SiliconANGLE |
| Aug 20 | AI | One in Five Enterprises Can't Stop a Runaway AI Agent | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 20 | AI | Claude Designed Working Protein Binders in a Lab Test | | Anthropic |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Gravitics Sets Terms for $125M Space-Station IPO | $125M IPO | StockTitan |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Twin1 AI Exits Stealth With $20M for Digital Twins | $20M seed | Axios |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Fractile Nears $6.5B Value After Anthropic Chip Deal | $600M at $6.5B | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | REGULATION | Bitcoin Tops $71K as Trump Pushes Crypto's Clarity Act | | Yahoo Finance |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Rebellions Bets on a Korea IPO as Nvidia Circles | | S&P Global |
| Aug 20 | AI | AI Data Startup Micro1 Hits $500M Run Rate | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | AI | Thomson Reuters Rebuilds CoCounsel as a Legal AI Agent | | PR Newswire |
| Aug 20 | AI | Meta Becomes One of Microsoft's Top AI Customers | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Castelion Hits $13B Value on $1B Hypersonic Missile Round | $1B Series C at $13B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Muon Space Raises $250M to Build 500 Satellites a Year | $250M Series C | Bloomberg |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Inside OpenRouter's Cap Table Ahead of a Sale | | Newcomer |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Apollo Atomics Raises $31M to Shrink Nuclear Reactors | $31M seed | Tech Startups |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | What $67B in AI Buyouts Says About Where Value Is Moving | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | Nvidia Pays $6B to License Poolside's Coding AI | | The Information |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | This Week's Funding: $1.1B Across 5 Deals, Etched Takes Most | $1.1B in 5 rounds | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | It's Greg Brockman's OpenAI Now, Ahead of an IPO | | The Verge |
| Aug 20 | AI | Alibaba Targets $10B AI ARR Even as Profit Falls 75% | | CNBC |
| Aug 20 | BIG TECH | Waymo Designs Its Own Robocar Chip to Outpace Tesla | | The Register |
| Aug 20 | AI | Micron CEO: AI Broke the Memory Industry's Boom-Bust Cycle | | CNBC |
| Aug 20 | AI | OpenAI Closes Gap With Anthropic in Business Spending | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | REGULATION | Bitcoin Jumps 12% in Two Days on Clarity Act Push | | CNBC |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Castelion Hits $13B Valuation to Mass-Produce Missiles | $1B Series C at $13B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Fintech Startup Tabs Hits $400M Valuation on AI Billing | $400M valuation | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 20 | IPO | Airwallex Bets on Autonomous Finance, Delays IPO Timing | $11B valuation (July raise) | Fortune |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Early Cerebras Backer Adit Singh Joins Mayfield | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | Anthropic's Enterprise Venture Ode Buys Casper Studios | | The Information |
| Aug 20 | FUNDING | UBS Poaches JPMorgan's AI Chief to Lead Banking Push | | Computer Weekly |
| Aug 20 | AI | AT&T Shifts to Open-Source Models to Cut Anthropic Bills | | The Information |
| Aug 20 | AI | Nvidia Plots China Chip Comeback as Export Loophole Persists | | The Information |
| Aug 20 | AI | OpenAI's New Safety Tool Flags Abuse Without Reading Prompts | | Business Standard |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Marvell Gives Google Right to Buy $12.2B in Stock | $12.2B stock warrant | The Information |
| Aug 19 | IPO | OpenAI 'Will Be a Public Company in 2027,' CFO Tells Staff | | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | IPO | OpenAI CFO Tells Staff: Public Company 'in 2027', Maybe Sooner | | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | BIG TECH | Stripe-OpenRouter Deal Confirmed at $7.5B, Final Terms Revealed | $7.5B acquisition | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | BIG TECH | SpaceX Tried to Buy AI Coding Startup Cognition | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Nvidia Plays Matchmaker as Nordic AI Data Centers Boom | | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Rivian Spinout Also Raises $150M for Autonomous Delivery Push | $150M | TechCrunch |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Bootstrapped Nine Years, Prevalent AI Takes $22M | $22M growth | Tech Startups |
| Aug 19 | AI | GLM-5.3 Hits the API at $1.40/$4.40 Per Million Tokens | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 19 | BIG TECH | Waymo Opens Cheaper Next-Gen Robotaxi to All Riders in 3 Cities | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Relativity Networks Lands $22M for Faster Data Fiber | $22M SAFE | TechCrunch |
| Aug 19 | BIG TECH | Amazon Plots Sixfold Drone Expansion, Still Trails Rivals | | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | BIG TECH | Amazon's Prime Air Drone Delivery Expands to Nearly 500 Cities | | CNBC |
| Aug 19 | AI | Is AI-Native Services the Next SaaS? I'm Not Convinced Yet | | Newcomer |
| Aug 19 | IPO | Cerebras Faces Its Own Lockup Cliff Before September | | Cerebras S-1 filing analysis |
| Aug 19 | AI | Google Bundles Gemini Study Tools, Free AI Pro for Students | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 19 | IPO | ServiceNow's $7.75B Armis Deal Bucks 'Saaspocalypse' Fears | $7.75B acquisition | Fortune |
| Aug 19 | IPO | Sequoia, Khosla, Y Combinator Lead 2026's Unicorn Class | | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 19 | FUNDING | Navi Raises $100M From Prosus, First Outside Capital in 8 Years | $100M at ~$1.3B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 19 | REGULATION | Nvidia's H200 Chips Trickle Back Into China at 13% of Cap | | Brecorder |
| Aug 19 | AI | Samsung Hikes Advanced Chip Prices Up to 15% on AI Demand | Up to 15% price hike | ChinaTechNews |
| Aug 19 | AI | OpenAI Blinks First in AI Safety Standoff With Anthropic | | Axios |
| Aug 19 | REGULATION | ECB's Lagarde: Europe Can't Afford to Miss the AI Boom | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 19 | IPO | Unitree Robotics Rockets 629% in Shanghai Trading Debut | $904M raised, 629% debut pop | SCMP |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Rillet Hits $1B Valuation on $100M Series C | $100M Series C at $1B | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Lyntris Prices IPO Below Range at $17.50 a Share | $297.5M raised at $17.50 | PR Newswire |
| Aug 18 | AI | CoreWeave Sinks 12% as AI-Infra Debt Meets Rising Rates | | Motley Fool / Yahoo Finance |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | DOJ Probes a16z Over Rival Board Seats | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | The 'DMV for AI' Jab Misses How Regulation Works | | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Hopscotch Raises $53M Series D for Value-Based Pediatric Care | $53M Series D | Tech Startups |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Meta's Landmark Youth-Safety Trial Opens in Oakland | Up to $1.4T sought | CNN |
| Aug 18 | AI | Etched's Valuation Doubles to $21B in a Month | $700M Series D | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | AI | OpenAI Paused Training Two Weeks After Model Escape | | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Etched Raises $700M as Valuation Doubles to $21B | $700M at $21B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | AI | Nvidia's OpenAI Backstop Lands $145B Below Reports | $105B capped guarantee | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Apple Cuts EU App Store Fees to End DMA Fight | 5% to 26% tiers | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | OpenAI Details Safety Overhaul After Hugging Face Breach | | Axios |
| Aug 18 | AI | Gemini Now Powers Chrome for All US Android Users | | Droid Life |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Peacock Raises Prices 18% Right After Turning a Profit | $17 to $20 ad-free | Ars Technica |
| Aug 18 | AI | Anthropic Will Watermark Claude by Changing Word Choice | | 404 Media |
| Aug 18 | AI | OpenAI Launches a Separate ChatGPT for Teens | | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Fort Robotics to Go Public in $557M SPAC Deal | $557M enterprise value | Bloomberg |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Nvidia's Moat Moves From Silicon to Its Balance Sheet | $500B financing pact | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Tesla Readies a Public Cybercab Launch in Austin | | The Verge |
| Aug 18 | AI | Warp Ships an Out-of-the-Box AI Software Factory | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Data Center Gas Plants Could Lift US Emissions 20% | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Electrolyte Plant | $24.9M DOE award | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Daniel Ek's Neko Health Opens First US Clinic in SoHo | $700M Series C | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Rare-Earth Miner Tactical Resources Hits Nasdaq | | Businesswire |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Physical AI Startups Took $47.4B in the First Half | $47.4B in H1 2026 | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Kraken's Krak App Launches a 2% Cash-Back Debit Card | Up to 2% cash back | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | IPO | SpaceX Tows an Intact Starship to Christmas Island | | Ars Technica |
| Aug 18 | AI | Copilot Told Researchers How to Bypass Its Own Guardrail | | Ars Technica |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Two New Aerospace SPACs Price $300M in Combined IPOs | $300M | Boardroom Alpha |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Pony AI's Robotaxi Revenue Jumps 691% in Q2 | Robotaxi rev. $12.1M, +691% | GlobeNewswire |
| Aug 18 | FUNDING | Reach Capital Closes $265M Fund V in Six Months | $265M Fund V | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | IPO | ECB Economists Say an AI Valuation Correction Is Likely | | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | BIG TECH | Einride to Add 500 Tesla Semis to Its Fleet | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 18 | AI | Baidu's Ad Business Craters as AI Cloud Grows 25% | Rev. $4.62B, -4% YoY | Reuters |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Alibaba Sells Gaming Studio Lingxi for $2B to Fund AI | $2B+ divestiture | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | AI | Xiaomi Profit Falls 43% as Memory Chip Costs Bite | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Meta's $1.4 Trillion Youth-Safety Trial Opens in Oakland | Up to $1.4T sought | AP |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | Meta's Federal Child-Privacy Trial Begins in California | $1.4T disputed exposure | Fortune |
| Aug 18 | AI | MIT Finds AI Models Develop 'Amnesia' at Scale | | The Register |
| Aug 18 | REGULATION | AI's Richest Jobs Are Leaving Women Behind | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 18 | IPO | Korean Retail Investors Pile Into US Stocks | $4.5B in July | CNBC |
| Aug 18 | BIG TECH | Markets Slide as Oil, Bond Yields Jump on Iran Risk | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | AI | Cursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHub | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Treasury Proposes Rules for Who Can Sell Stablecoins | | The Block |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Smack Technologies Raises $61M for Battlefield AI | $61M Series B | Yahoo Finance / Reuters |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Supreme Court Rejects Verizon's $47M FCC Bid | $47M fine upheld | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | Stripe Pays Over $7 Billion for AI Router OpenRouter | $7B+ | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | SoftBank Puts $200M Into Gravis Robotics at $1B | $200M Series A at $1B | SiliconANGLE |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Gravis Robotics Lands $200M From SoftBank Alone | $200M Series A | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | Stripe Acquires AI Gateway OpenRouter for $7B+ | $7B+ acquisition | The Register |
| Aug 17 | AI | Reddit's New AI Turns Posts Into Podcasts, Video | | The Verge |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | SEC Accuses Boiler Room of $74M SpaceX, Anthropic Fraud | $74M raised, $23M in fees | Fortune |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | Nvidia Backs $105B OpenAI Data Center in Ohio | Up to $105B | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Wispr Raises $280M at $2B on Voice AI Bet | $280M at $2B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Wispr Flow Raises $280M at $2B Valuation | $280M Series B at $2B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | AI | Anthropic's Annualized Revenue Hits $65B in July | $65B annualized run rate | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | AI | Andon Labs' AI Boss Fires Its First Human Employee | | SF Standard |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Chip Giants Backed $250B of Startup Rounds This Year | $250B+ in rounds | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Higgsfield Quadruples Valuation to $5.4B in 8 Months | $400M Series B at $5.4B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Pornhub Owner Aylo to Pay $120M in Abuse Suits | $120M settlement | 404 Media |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | The 'Jamie Premium' Nears $1 Trillion for JPMorgan | ~$970B market cap | Fortune |
| Aug 17 | AI | One AI Module Faked 86% of a Pipeline's Gains | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Nvidia Discloses $21B Stake in SpaceX | $21B disclosed stake | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | AI | AI Context Layers Linked to 2x Agent Failures | | VentureBeat |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Groq Raises $350M to Pivot From Chips to Neocloud | $350M at $3.5B | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | Alibaba's $1.5B Gaming Sale Bankrolls Its AI Pivot | $1.5B+ | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Terra Industries Closes $52M Seed for Defense Tech | $52M seed | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | BIG TECH | Nvidia's Stock Comes Alive: Three Reasons Why | | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | AI | AI Chip Stocks Rally as Anthropic's Blowout Quarter Lands | | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Sound-Powered Fire Startup Raises $15M Seed | $15M seed | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Uber Invests in Zipline for Eats Drone Delivery | Strategic investment, undisclosed | The Verge |
| Aug 17 | AI | Meta's AI Model Hacked a Company. It's the Third This Month. | | The Washington Post |
| Aug 17 | IPO | CXMT's Rise to China's Most Valuable Firm, Explained | $524B market cap | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | IPO | OpenAI's Revenue Run-Rate Doubles to $40B Pre-IPO | $40B run-rate | Bloomberg |
| Aug 17 | AI | Alibaba Answers Meta With Laptop-Ready Qwen Model | | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | AI | OpenAI's Brockman Brushes Off Exec Exodus Worries | | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Defense Tech's Funding Boom Still Has Room to Run | $35.6B H1 defense funding | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | AI | AI Automation Startup Relay Shuts Down for Google | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | AI | Ex-SpaceX Engineers Build Robotic Steel Factory | $15M seed | Local 12 / TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Inside AI Infra's Money Trail: Databricks to Fireworks | $5B round / $190B valuation | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | AI | Hidden AirTag Reveals Amazon Shredding Books for AI | | 404 Media |
| Aug 17 | AI | Chip Giants Have Backed 60+ Startup Rounds in 2026 | $250B+ across 60+ rounds | Crunchbase News |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | Live Commerce Defies the AI Narrative at Whatnot | $545M Series G | Fortune |
| Aug 17 | IPO | The IPO Window Is Open for Four Companies, Not Forty | | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | August's Mega-Rounds Have Already Cleared $9B | $9.25B in 5 rounds | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Meta Faces $1.4T Exposure as AG Trial Opens | Up to $1.4T exposure claimed | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | FUNDING | The Seed Round Is Now an Infrastructure Round | $1.1B seed + Series A | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | IPO | AI's Best Exits Are Trades, Not Listings | $7B+ largest AI trade sale | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Apple's Spyware Alert Hits Unprecedented Scale | | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | Mark Cuban Rips California's Billionaire Tax Push | | Fortune |
| Aug 17 | IPO | Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on a Stunning Turnaround | $29.5B market cap | CNBC |
| Aug 17 | IPO | This Week's IPO Filings Are Mostly Small Shells | | SEC EDGAR |
| Aug 17 | REGULATION | OpenAI Dissolves Its Third Safety Team in Two Years | | Multiple |
| Aug 17 | AI | Google Retires Imagen 4, Forces Devs Onto Gemini 3.1 | | Google |