FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Pylon raises $31M Series B to own the B2B customer support system of record
• Basic Capital raises $25M Series A to let everyday Americans use credit to invest in financial assets
• Medallion raises $43M to automate back-office healthcare credentialing and network management
• Convoke raises $8.6M seed from Kleiner Perkins to automate drug development planning with AI

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Pete DeJoy on Astronomer: 292% revenue growth, a viral PR moment, and the hunt for a new CEO
• Eight Sleep raises $100M, targets FDA approval for sleep apnea and menopause, and eyes China expansion

NEWS

• China likely to beat the US back to the moon before 2030, analyst concludes
• GPT-5 is facing a 'reverse DeepSeek moment' — botched launch creating false impression of stalled AI progress

COMMENTARY

• Chamath files $250M 'American Exceptionalism' SPAC — is the market top finally here?
• TBPN Substack: Tech heavyweights debate fast unemployment AI scenario
• Grok vs. Meta: who wins the AI companion market?