FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Together AI raises $800M Series B as open-source models hit enterprise-grade performance
• Radical Ventures leads $100M Series B in Twelve Labs, bets on Anthropic becoming a pharma company by 2030
• Baseten raises $1.5B Series F as open-source inference demand surges across every sector

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Flexjet CEO on F1 partnership, fleet expansion to 400 aircraft, and private aviation's tailwinds from commercial decline
• Valar Atomics becomes first nuclear startup to generate electricity, smashing its July 4 deadline
• Dean Ball joins OpenAI as AI nationalization debate intensifies and export controls signal government fear

NEWS

• OpenAI in talks to give Trump administration a 5% equity stake in the company
• Jersey Mike's files for IPO at $12B valuation after Blackstone acquisition
• DOGE team digitizes federal retirement system, ending months-long paper backlog
• SpaceX reportedly demoed an AI-powered phone prototype to IPO investors
• Google must pay nearly $2B to Klarna after Swedish court antitrust ruling
• Boston Dynamics IPO could value the robotics pioneer at up to $103B