Serve Robotics learns of Uber exit through a filing

The ride-hailing giant quietly sold its entire Serve stake, ending a sidewalk…

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Team8 stacks $365M to back AI-native startups at seed stage

The Israel-based firm's third fund plus follow-on capital arrives as 97% of…

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OpenAI hands employees $7B in share buyback at $852B mark

OpenAI has bought back $7 billion of staff shares at an $852…

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River AI banks $1.1B from General Catalyst for personal AI push

River AI, founded by ex-xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has banked $1.1 billion…

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Pentagon lends battery startup Sila $1.4B to cut China reliance

The Pentagon is lending battery maker Sila $1.4 billion to expand silicon…

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Wisk Aero lands under Archer as Boeing swaps units for stock

Archer Aviation is absorbing rival Wisk Aero plus two Boeing drone units…

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Features & Spotlights

Robinhood Ventures Fund II backs the plumbing for an agent economy

Robinhood Ventures Fund II, the retail brokerage’s second venture vehicle, is set to list on the NYSE under the ticker RVII on August 13 with a portfolio that reads like…

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Eden Robotics sells multi-use autonomous robots as a service

Eden Robotics sells autonomous robots as a service, letting facilities rent multi-use machines instead of buying them, and it sits…

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Voxel Energy pairs solar with repurposed batteries for AI data centers

Voxel Energy is building data centers powered by solar generation paired with repurposed battery storage, and it sits in Robinhood…

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Apollo Atomics joins Robinhood Fund II to shrink nuclear reactors

Apollo Atomics, which is developing ultra-compact nuclear reactors, sits in Robinhood Ventures Fund II's hardware and energy cohort. The company's bet is that AI data centers need power that fits…

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Shortwave leads Robinhood Fund II with agents that finish work

Shortwave is the largest single position in Robinhood Ventures Fund II, roughly 4.5% of the portfolio, with the fund putting…

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Robinhood Ventures Fund II’s hardware, energy and defense bets

Robinhood Ventures Fund II spread its second fund across roughly 80 startups funded through $250K SAFE notes, and beyond the…

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