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Every weekday we send you summaries of the latest fundraises, interviews and tech news in Silicon Valley from TBPN — technology's daily show.

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FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Kevin Weil raises $215M to build robotic drug discovery labs in America and reshore pharma R&D from China
  • PlantSwitch raises $8M Series B to bring plastic-free, compostable coffee cups to market and eliminate microplastics from packaging
  • Stelius raises $5M pre-seed to build megawatt-class high-power microwave systems for drone swarm defense and directed energy
  • Xona Space Systems raises $250M and launches 6 satellites to deploy the world's first commercial GPS alternative

GUEST INTERVIEWS

  • Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince: AI found a critical PHP vulnerability hitting 70% of the web — and millions of attacks are happening per minute

NEWS

  • Meta plans Class C stock split to let Zuckerberg liquidate economic stake without losing voting control

COMMENTARY

  • Cognition launches industry vertical program with 14 enterprise pods, hiring former founders to drive AI adoption sector by sector
  • iPhone Duo launch is an unforced error: black bars, buggy software, and Apple holding itself to a lower standard