FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Omen AI raises $31M Series A to monitor liquid cooling fluid in AI data centers
• Monogram launches voice-first AI app with visual UI output, raises $40M from DST and Lux Capital
• Harpoon Ventures closes $155M fund targeting defense and national security technology
• TaxWire raises $25M to automate global sales tax and VAT compliance for enterprises
• Framework Ventures raises Fund IV to invest in crypto infrastructure embedded in hard tech industries
• Cantos Ventures closes $70M Fund V with decade-long thesis on hard tech and defense startups

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Etched raises landmark round from Jane Street, Jump, Two Sigma and Peter Thiel to build transformer-specific AI inference chips
• Oasis Devices launches smart ring for private voice dictation and computer navigation
• NBA champion Tristan Thompson on investing in Prometheus, running SPVs, and the future of AI in sports

NEWS

• Rocket Lab acquires Iridium for $8B to take on SpaceX's Starlink
• Comcast splits into two companies, ending its decade-long content + distribution bet
• Ramp study finds AI-adopting firms are hiring more, not cutting jobs
• FDA recommends against seven peptides including BPC-157 and TB-500, dealing major blow to gray market