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FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Stickerbox founder Arun Gupta on building AI-powered screen-free kids toy that sold out in days
  • Josh Wolfe on Lux Capital's $1.5B fund, the bifurcation of venture, and defense tech IPOs coming in 2026

GUEST INTERVIEWS

  • Delian Asparouhov on venture's K-shaped funding curve, SPVs replacing traditional VC, and the upcoming IPO wave
  • Julie Bush on Valinor's Berkshire-for-defense model tackling the unsexy 80% of the defense market
  • Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg on expanding beyond big law as 41% of revenue now comes from corporates

NEWS

  • Apple Card moves from Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan at a $1B discount on $20B portfolio
  • US VC fundraising fell 35% in 2025 as capital concentrates in top 30 funds
  • Trump proposes $5M salary cap for defense executives and calls for $1.5T military budget
  • Warner Brothers Discovery rejects Paramount's $108.4B hostile bid, stays with Netflix deal
  • Anthropic raises $10B at $350B valuation led by GIC
  • Gemini's generative AI market share surges from 5.7% to 21.5% in 12 months
  • Tailwind CSS lays off team after AI coding agents cause 80% revenue decline

COMMENTARY

  • Trump floats $10K–$100K payments to Greenlanders, proposes COFA arrangement