FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Mercury raises $300M Series C at $3.5B valuation, led by Sequoia, as startup banking heats up
• Underdog Fantasy raises Series C at $1.225B valuation as it challenges legacy sportsbooks with consumer-first product

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• WAP founder Steven Schwartz on building a stealth 'future of work' platform for Gen Z entrepreneurs
• Rob Mohr on building Huberman Lab: the business of science-based health content at scale
• Sequoia's Andrew Reed on sourcing generational investments: ElevenLabs, Vanta, Figma, and the craft of board work

NEWS

• Anthropic wins court ruling blocking record labels' injunction over AI training on lyrics

COMMENTARY

• OpenAI's Studio Ghibli image generation goes viral, dominating the timeline