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🔥 DeepSeek Asked for $7 Billion. The Checks Came Back at $12 Billion.

DeepSeek went out for about $7 billion and investors came back with at least $12 billion, in a Tencent- and CATL-led round ahead of a planned 2027 IPO.

Climate Tech

🔥 Rainmaker Raised $100 Million to Fly Drones Into Clouds and Squeeze Out Rain

Rainmaker raised a $100M Series B to scale drone-based cloud seeding across the American West — and pitch data centers on offsetting their water use.

Space

🔥 Impulse Space's 2028 Flights Are Already Sold Out. So It Grabbed Another $308 Million.

Impulse Space reopened its Series D with a $308M extension, pushing the round to $808M at a ~$5.4B valuation as its 2028 rideshare flights sell out.

AI Search

🔥 Profound Raised $180 Million to Get Your Brand Into the AI's Answer

Profound just raised $180M at a $1.8B valuation to get brands named inside AI answers - the new SEO for a world where people ask a chatbot instead of clicking blue links.

🔥 Open Cosmos Raised €300 Million to Give Europe Its Own Eyes in Orbit

Open Cosmos raised a €300M Series C — about $348M — to reach unicorn status and give Europe its own sovereign satellite infrastructure, one satellite a day.

Defense Tech

🔥 Castelion Raised $1 Billion to Mass-Produce Hypersonic Missiles. It's Three Years Old.

Castelion, founded by ex-SpaceX engineers in 2022, raised a $1B Series C at a $13B valuation to mass-produce its Blackbeard hypersonic missile.

Space

🔥 Muon Space Wants to Build 500 Satellites a Year. So Far It's Launched 11.

Muon Space closed a $250M Series C at a reported $1.5B valuation to industrialize satellite production — targeting 500 spacecraft a year by 2027, up from the 11 it has flown so far.

Robotics

🔥 Neros Raised $250 Million at a $2.5 Billion Valuation — and Wants to Build a Million Drones a Year

Neros, a three-year-old drone startup, raised a $250M Series C at a $2.5B valuation to mass-produce a million American-made combat drones a year by 2028.

🔥 Higgsfield Quadrupled to $5.4 Billion on $700 Million of Revenue — and Just Raised $400 Million More

Higgsfield raised a $400M Series B at a $5.4B valuation on $700M of annualized revenue — the fastest-growing proof that AI video finally has a real business model.

🔥 Databricks Asked Investors for $1 Billion. It Took $5 Billion at a $190 Billion Price Tag

Databricks planned to raise $1 billion. Investors offered $15 billion. It took $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation — on a $7 billion run-rate growing 80% a year.

Space

🔥 Astra Went From $2 Billion to $11 Million. Now It Wants $250 Million to Fly Again

Astra Space cratered from a $2 billion SPAC to an $11.25M take-private. Now it's raising $250 million at a $1 billion valuation to fund Rocket 4.

🔥 Thrive Just Raised $2 Billion to Buy Boring Companies — Then Rewire Them With AI

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raised $2B at a $12B valuation to buy accounting and IT firms and rewire them with AI.