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Mexican fintech Aviva raised a US$18M Series A led by Valor Capital Group to scale a phygital credit network for the underbanked in Mexico, signaling how infrastructure plays will define the next wave of Latin American fintech.
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TerraFirma has raised US$115M to scale its autonomous construction platform for extreme environments, signaling that infrastructure robotics is becoming a core theme in both industrial and space investing.
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London‑based Valarian just raised US$50M to build a sovereign control layer on top of US hyperscaler clouds, reshaping how governments and enterprises think about AI, data governance, and geopolitical risk for their infrastructure.
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Uber’s effort to shape a law enabling robotaxis in Washington, D.C. puts it on a collision course with Waymo and previews how market power and regulatory capture will play out in the next wave of autonomous mobility.
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Chevron is building AI‑focused power assets and long‑term electricity contracts with Microsoft and GE Vernova, signaling that oil majors can become infrastructure suppliers to the data center boom and reshape their growth profile for the next decade.
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Paradigm has closed a new $1.2 billion frontier-technology fund that formally takes the firm beyond its original crypto-only mandate into artificial intelligence, robotics and adjacent “frontier” sectors. For founders and investors, this move is a clear signal: the line between crypto, AI agents and advanced automation is
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Super.com has raised $65 million in a Series D round led by TPG, reaching a $1.2 billion valuation and reinforcing investor confidence in consumer fintech models that prioritize accessibility and real, tangible savings. At its core, Super.com is tackling a long-standing imbalance: the best financial perks
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Where rates actually are Most major trackers show the 30‑year fixed sitting in the mid‑6% range, with national averages around 6.5%. Freddie Mac’s latest weekly survey pegs the 30‑year fixed at 6.43%, down slightly from 6.49% a week earlier, keeping it below last
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Prime Intellect’s $130 million Series A, led by Radical Ventures with backing from NVIDIA Ventures, Intel Capital, and Iconiq, signals a growing investor conviction: the next layer of AI value may not sit in frontier models, but in the infrastructure that lets companies build and control their own. The
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Stablecoins are rapidly cementing their role as core financial infrastructure. Visa’s latest onchain analytics show $1.79 trillion in adjusted stablecoin transaction volume in June 2026, up 63% month over month and 125% year over year. This is not just growth—it signals a structural shift in how money
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Norm AI is deepening its position in the emerging “AI-native law” category after raising $120 million in a Series C round, bringing its total funding to approximately $250–$262 million since its founding in 2022. The round, disclosed through an SEC filing, included participation from 19 investors, with returning
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The global AI-driven semiconductor rally is showing early signs of fatigue, even as headline results remain strong. Samsung Electronics reported an estimated 19-fold increase in operating profit for the April–June quarter, driven largely by robust demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI infrastructure. Despite