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DeFi protocol Splyce Finance has completed a strategic funding round, with investors including the Sui Foundation, Stellar Foundation, Solana Foundation, Lucid Drakes, Sarson Funds, and Kin Capital. The specific funding amount has not yet been disclosed.
According to Cointelegraph, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar confirmed that the company will reserve a portion of shares for retail investors in its IPO, citing “very strong demand” from individual investors in its latest funding round. OpenAI is currently valued at approximately $300 billion, yet it remains unprofitable. There is significant market debate over the risks associated with retail investor participation in this IPO.
According to Bloomberg, Anthropic recently completed a secondary stock sale, in which some employees sold small stakes to investors. Due to limited employee willingness to sell, several investors failed to acquire their targeted number of shares. The offer price aligns with the valuation from the company’s most recent funding round in February this year; Anthropic’s current valuation stands at $350 billion (excluding the $30 billion raised in this round).