FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Amjad Masad raises $250M at $3B valuation as Replit agent runs autonomously for hours
• Alex Mashrabov raises $50M for Higgsfield AI as content generated with the platform crosses 1.3B views

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Josh Machiz joins Lightspeed as CMO to build the next era of VC brand-building
• Nico Rosberg on F1's American conquest, EV disruption, and building Rosberg Ventures
• Nir Zicherman and Mike Mignano launch Oboe, an AI-powered multimodal learning platform
• Stefan Cohen on Bain Capital Crypto's investment thesis: hyperstition, Worldcoin, and stablecoin regulation
• Rohan Kodialam on Sphinx AI and building copilots for enterprise workflows
• Timothy Luchini on Intramotev's autonomous railcars and the untapped potential of rail freight
• Marc Boroditsky on Nebius closing a $2B+ deal with Microsoft for AI cloud infrastructure
• Figure IPOs on NASDAQ, up 35%, as CFO Michael Tannenbaum unveils blockchain credit strategy

NEWS

• Apple unveils iPhone 17 lineup: more compute, thinner Air, and India manufacturing shift
• OpenAI signs $300B cloud computing deal with Oracle, triggering 36% stock surge
• Timeline reactions: Robinhood launches social trading app, Dalton Caldwell's Standard Capital, and AI doomer discourse