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$6.5B SoftBank Ampere Buyout • Databricks In Talks For Up To $5B At $134B Valuation • $300M Black Forest Labs Series B At $3.25B • $120M Harmonic Raise For Mathematical Superintelligence • Nvidia Puts $2B Into Synopsys • Black Friday Online Spend Hits Record $11.8B
AI infrastructure and visual intelligence pull in the biggest checks while strategic chip deals tighten the stack, as consumers quietly set a new Black Friday spending record and the Thanksgiving cold chain shows where real pricing power lives.
Amazon Wins ~$50B U.S. Gov AI-Infra Deal • Google & Meta Explore Alternatives to Nvidia Chips • xAI Targets $15B Raise • Anthropic Releases Opus 4.5 • X-energy Raises $700M
A massive government AI-infra win for Amazon, hyperscalers shifting their chip strategies, and major capital flowing into frontier models and next-generation energy systems.
Databricks Eyes $130B+ Raise • Sphere Lands $21M From a16z • nvp Capital Closes $80M Fund • Cloudflare Outage Shakes the Internet • Intuit Pays OpenAI $100M/Year
AI infra, compliance automation, and vertical-AI funds take center stage as Cloudflare’s outage exposes web fragility and Intuit doubles down on OpenAI inside TurboTax.
$2.3B Cursor Series D • $2B Thinking Machines Raise • Gopuff Secures $250M Growth Round • Kalshi Cuts Coinbase Custody Deal • Orion Lands $6M Seed To Scale AI Security
AI infra, agent tools, and prediction markets dominated the week with mega rounds, strategic partnerships, and high velocity commercial integrations across enterprise and consumer networks.
Anthropic Invests $50B In American AI Infrastructure • Skims Raises $225M at a $5B Valuation • Luxus Turns Hermès Bags Into an Asset Class • Shaun White’s Snow League Scores $15M
From $50B data centers to designer assets, the lines between tech, culture, and capital keep blurring.
SoftBank Exits Nvidia for $5.8B • Apollo Buys Atlético Madrid • Iambic Gets $100M for AI Drug Discovery • Gamma Hits $2.1B • Trip Raises $40M for CBD Drink Expansion • Amazon Bazaar Launches Globally
Capital rotation is accelerating across AI, consumer, and sports assets. SoftBank is reloading its AI war chest, Apollo is turning football clubs into financial franchises, and consumer tech is finding new edges in AI-native tools and global low-cost markets.
Google–Wiz Deal Clears U.S. Regulators ($32B) • Google Partners With Kalshi for Prediction Data • $400M Perplexity–Snap Partnership • $80M Reevo AI Round • $50M Inception Diffusion Bet • $16M Evotrex Hybrid RV Launch
Google expands its data and AI footprint as regulators clear its $32B Wiz deal. Venture capital keeps buzzing across AI, crypto, and sustainable mobility.
OpenAI & Amazon Seal $38B Cloud Deal • Kimberly-Clark Buys Tylenol Maker for $48.7B • UPS Adds $1.6B Healthcare Arm • Djokovic's Popcorn Startup Raises Capital
From AI megadeals to billion-dollar buyouts, capital is chasing control of the cloud, health, and money itself as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Kimberly-Clark lead a new wave of power plays.
OpenAI Eyes $1T IPO • Bending Spoons Buys AOL • Figma Adds AI • Google Hits $100B • Apollo x 8VC Team Up • The Prompting Company Raises Seed Funding
The AI race is heating up. OpenAI’s trillion-dollar IPO rumors, Figma’s AI expansion, Bending Spoons bringing AOL back, and Google’s record-breaking $100B quarter all signal a new phase in the tech cycle.
U.S., Japan, & South Korea Forge AI Alliance, Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman, 1X Unveils NEO, Fireworks AI Ignites $250M, & NVIDIA Tops $5T Market Cap
AI, automation, and alliance energy are colliding, from record raises and humanoid launches to global power plays shaping the next wave of venture opportunity.
OpenAI Recapitalizes, Whatnot Soars To An $11.5B Valuation, Grokipedia Launches, Apple & Microsoft Hit $4T+ Market Caps
From OpenAI’s for-profit overhaul and Microsoft’s deepening stake to Whatnot’s $225M at a $11.5 valuation, Bryan Johnson’s $60M blueprint, Microsoft and Apple’s $4T milestone, today’s movers define the next frontier of AI and ambition.