Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing
Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing

In hundreds of simulations modelled on Fortune 500 companies with dozens of security tools, Corma tested leading AI models including GPT and Claude. First, the models attacked the simulated organisations and planted persistent threats. Then the same mo…

Point2 raised $136M to solve AI’s wiring problem. Its RF cables beat copper on reach and optics on latency.
Point2 raised $136M to solve AI’s wiring problem. Its RF cables beat copper on reach and optics on latency.

Point2 Technology has raised $136 million in total Series B financing to commercialise a new type of cable that could replace both copper and optics inside AI data centres. The latest extension was led by LB Investment, with new strategic participation…

Shein’s IPO is being pitched at under $30 billion. Four years ago it was worth $100 billion.
Shein’s IPO is being pitched at under $30 billion. Four years ago it was worth $100 billion.

Shein’s advisers are pitching the fast-fashion giant to investors at a valuation below $30 billion for its Hong Kong IPO, a roughly 70% drop from the $100 billion-plus valuation it hit in a 2022 private fundraising. Internally, Shein set a target of $3…

Nvidia is pulling Wall Street into the AI buildout. Its shares fell on the news
Nvidia is pulling Wall Street into the AI buildout. Its shares fell on the news

A group of financial firms is working with Nvidia on a $500bn funding package for AI infrastructure. The group covers Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. …

Lambda is borrowing $917m to buy chips from the company that invests in it
Lambda is borrowing $917m to buy chips from the company that invests in it

Lambda is selling a $917 million leveraged loan to finance a chip purchase, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Jeannine Amodeo, Paula Seligson and Gowri Gurumurthy broke the story. The money pays for GPUs and other infrastructure as part of a contract with …

Bill Ackman agrees with Jeff Bezos: the best way to help the world is to build something that works
Bill Ackman agrees with Jeff Bezos: the best way to help the world is to build something that works

Bill Ackman has spent close to $1 billion on philanthropy over two decades and concluded that capitalism is better at solving problems. “I’ve spent a fair amount of time on philanthropy, and it’s vastly less efficient at solving problems than capitalis…

NavVis raised €73.7M to build the spatial data layer that factories need before they can deploy AI
NavVis raised €73.7M to build the spatial data layer that factories need before they can deploy AI

NavVis, a Munich-based spatial twin platform, raised €73.7 million ($85 million) in a Series D round led by US private equity firm The Jordan Company. Existing investors Yttrium, KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING, and Cipio Partners also participated. The compa…

Harvey is raising at $15.5bn, up 40% in five months
Harvey is raising at $15.5bn, up 40% in five months

The legal-AI startup is in talks to raise at least $500m at a $15.5bn valuation, including the new money, The Information reported. That is a 40% jump on the $11bn it set only five months ago, when it raised $200m. Lightspeed Venture Partners is keen t…

Gravity raised $30.5M to place ads inside AI chatbots. Its next product targets the bots themselves.
Gravity raised $30.5M to place ads inside AI chatbots. Its next product targets the bots themselves.

Gravity, an adtech startup that places ads inside AI chatbots, raised a $30.5 million Series A co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Committed Capital. The round brings total funding to $38.5 million. The company runs a full-stack ad platform: a de…

His AI fund lost 67% in a month. Thousands still copy his trades
His AI fund lost 67% in a month. Thousands still copy his trades

The AI trade blew up its own poster child last month, and thousands of people decided to keep betting on him. More than 5,000 retail investors are still mirroring Leopold Aschenbrenner’s stock portfolio, Business Insider reported, even after his hedge …