FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Saris AI raises $28.8M to automate bank and credit union back-office workflows
• Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital raises $250M to back deep tech and physical world startups

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• NYT journalist Adam Iscoe on the hidden world of prediction market sharps — and why Wall Street keeps losing to them
• Default launches AI-native GTM data layer to replace the 'Frankenstack' plaguing B2B sales teams
• Brilliant launches Koji, an AI tutor that teaches through interaction rather than explanation
• Emmy-winning creator Bernie Su on why YouTube filmmakers succeed in Hollywood — and what AI will do to the movie industry next

NEWS

• Bernie Sanders proposes 50% stock tax on AI labs to fund American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund
• Anthropic confidentially files for IPO, joining SpaceX and OpenAI in race to public markets
• Salesforce posts record Q1 FY27 revenue of $11.1B and AgentForce crosses $1B ARR
• SpaceX IPO: index rule waivers force $30T in passive retirement money to buy in at IPO prices

COMMENTARY

• YouTubers conquer Hollywood: Backrooms, Obsession, and Iron Lung signal a new era for box office