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Sunday Reaches Unicorn Status With $165M Series B to Deploy Household Robots by Thanksgiving
Mountain View startup Sunday has raised $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation to bring its Memo household robot from demos to real-world deployment, with beta units heading to 50 homes by late 2026.
Tech IPO Pipeline Stalls in Q1 as Discord and Kraken Delays Test the 2026 Window
The 2026 tech IPO window that bankers predicted would be the busiest since 2021 has opened to near-silence, with Discord, Kraken, and Motive all stalled as a government shutdown hangover clogs the SEC pipeline and investors demand profitability over growth.
Hyperscaler AI Capex Surges Past 700 Billion Dollars in 2026 as Inference Overtakes Training in the Largest Single-Year Infrastructure Buildout in Tech History
The five largest US cloud providers have committed up to 690 billion dollars in 2026 capex, nearly doubling 2025 levels, as inference workloads surpass training to consume 60 to 70 percent of AI compute demand.
Global Venture Capital Hits $189 Billion Monthly Record as Three AI Companies Absorb 83 Percent of All Funding
February 2026 shattered all venture capital records with $189 billion deployed globally, but 83 percent of that capital flowed to just three AI companies, deepening a K-shaped market where mega-rounds surge while seed funding contracts.
US and Japan Forge Critical Minerals Alliance With Price Floors to Counter China's Rare Earth Dominance
The US and Japan enacted a critical minerals action plan on March 19 featuring price floors and four joint projects as neodymium prices doubled year-to-date and a $12 billion US strategic stockpile takes shape.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Steps Down as Decentralized Social Network Discloses $100 Million Series B
Founder Jay Graber becomes chief innovation officer as Bluesky discloses a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto, but daily active users have fallen 40 percent year-over-year.
Google Closes $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition, Its Largest Deal Ever, as Cloud Security Consolidation Accelerates
Google completed its all-cash acquisition of cloud security firm Wiz on March 11, clearing regulatory reviews in seven jurisdictions and reshaping the competitive landscape for independent cybersecurity vendors.
Meta Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal to Lease Google TPUs as Big Tech Races to Diversify Beyond Nvidia
Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar deal to lease Google Ironwood TPUs as it diversifies its AI chip procurement beyond Nvidia, while Google targets 10 percent of Nvidia's data center revenue.
XBOW Reaches Unicorn Status With $120 Million Series C to Scale Autonomous Offensive Security Platform
Seattle-based XBOW raised $120 million in Series C funding led by DFJ Growth and Northzone, crossing the $1 billion valuation mark as it scales an AI platform that autonomously discovers and validates software vulnerabilities.
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to Step Down After 18 Years as AI Pressure and Stock Decline Reshape the Creative Software Giant
Narayen will remain as board chair while Adobe searches for a successor amid a stock slide from $688 to under $250 and mounting AI competition.
Oracle Shatters Growth Records as AI Infrastructure Revenue Surges 243 Percent and Cloud Backlog Hits 553 Billion Dollars
Oracle's Q3 FY2026 earnings reveal its fastest organic revenue growth since 2009, driven by explosive AI infrastructure demand, a 531 percent jump in multicloud database revenue, and a remaining performance obligations backlog that has tripled year over year.
Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Largest European Series C as Nvidia, Citadel and Jane Street Back AI Infrastructure Expansion
UK-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale closes a $2 billion Series C at $14.6 billion valuation, adding Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board.