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Vanta Blasts to $4.15B, Amazon Goes Full Big Brother, & a16z Bets Big on Therapy Chatbot
Microsoft is raiding DeepMind, and xAI’s hoarding 550K GPUs like it's 1999. The future’s arriving—and it’s sentient. Delve's compliance bots, and the return of early-stage M&A. Plus, 60+ deals and mega funds raised.
Uber Invests $300M & Closes Deal With Lucid, Lovable Raises $200M At 🦄 Status ($1.8B), Substack Raises $100M From A16Z and Skims CEO
Founders are back in their fundraising bag. Uber x Lucid, Substack's $100M boost, Lovable hits unicorn status—and yes, the Pentagon is rolling with Elon’s chatbot. Big raises, big energy, one unmissable scroll.
Mantis VC Raises $100M Fund III, AI-Turbocharged VC: $162.8B, New Funds & Tax Perks Rev Up the Market
AI startups hauled in $162.8 B in H1, Velveteen Ventures debuts, Apple backs rare-earth production, Trump’s tax law sweetens secondaries, GPx eyes $500M fund, and VC dealflow shifts coast to coast.
Boldstart’s $250M Bet on Enterprise Infra, Billion-Dollar EV Battery Bets, EarthGPT and Synfini’s AI Drug Push Goes Global
Oh, and also — Headway is building a lifelong learning empire for 150M+ users, ALTR is removing alcohol without killing the buzz, and AI is powering eye screenings, fintech compliance, and Belgium’s next-gen invoicing tools.
Ferrero (Nutella) Nears Deal to Acquire Kellogg, XPANCEO’s Night Vision Contact-Lenses, Slate Auto’s Bezos-Backed EV Trucks, and $6.8B Coller Credit Fund Goes Big
Oh, and also — Also Inc. spun out of Rivian with $200M, Centivax is testing a universal flu vax, and AI-powered lenses, carbon-negative data centers, and EV trucks are dominating the July VC charts.
Arago Sparks the AI Chip Race, Fantasy Life Scores with Celeb-Backed Seed, and $4.5B Energy Fund Enters Chat
Oh, and also — Gradient Labs just banked $13M to automate regulated markets, Quantum’s raising billions for oil & gas, and AI-driven compliance, carbon, and childcare are all trending up in global venture.
Eastend Ventures Launches Australia’s First Regional VC, Arāya Completes Debut Super‐Angel, and AI-Driven Fashion Funds Surge
Oh, and also — xAI just secured $10B in new capital (split evenly across debt and equity) to ramp up AI infra and Grok's data dominance, Savvy Wealth banked $72M to roll up financial advisors with AI back-office muscle, and VCs are turning M&A into a strategy, not an exit, fueling new roll-up plays in wealth, legal, and real estate tech.
