FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Metropolis Technologies raises $1.6B to expand AI-powered frictionless payments beyond parking
• Fomo raises $17M from Benchmark to become the largest crypto-native financial platform

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Bret Taylor on Sierra's 400-customer surge and publishing AI agents directly to ChatGPT
• Roblox CEO David Baszucki on 150M daily users, a $1B creator economy, and the path to 10% of gaming
• Vlad Tenev: Robinhood hits 11 nine-figure revenue lines, prediction markets double every quarter
• Overwolf CEO: $800M paid to in-game creators, $300M in the last year alone
• Ex-Instacart president launches Beacon Software: an AI-first holding company for niche vertical software

NEWS

• Snap surges 18% after announcing $400M Perplexity AI search partnership
• Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's $1 trillion compensation package with 75% of the vote

COMMENTARY

• OpenAI CFO floats federal 'backstop' for AI infrastructure, sparking immediate controversy