06.17.26

Databricks

Databricks bets the company on AI agents as the next compute layer

Series L · $4B

General Dynamics

General Dynamics bets on Europe's wingman-drone rush

IPO

Cognition AI

Cognition launches FrontierCode, pushes agentic coding into multi-file complexity

Series C · $400M

Cypress Creek Renewables

Cypress Creek locks $3.5B for gigawatt-scale solar-plus-storage build

Health-tech consolidation is now the playbook: acquire specialists, integrate data, own the workflow.

Additive manufacturing is solving for material consistency while robotics chases dexterity—each solving a different constraint.

Ripple

Ripple invests in Flutterwave, betting stablecoin rails work across emerging markets

Growth · $500M

Quandela

DARPA bets $70M on Quandela's photonic quantum pathway

Series B · $53.5M

The robotics sector is building massive data commons while fragmenting into proprietary training regimes that won't interoperate.

AMD

AMD tackles AI memory wall with simulation tool and MEXT acquisition

XREAL

Xreal Aura debuts with Qualcomm's Reality Elite—AR's performance inflection

Series D · $100M

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs turns synthetic voices into licensed IP infrastructure

Series D · $500M