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According to EU-Startups, German Aachen AI platform company amber announced the completion of a 7 million euro Series A financing round, jointly led by Ventech and NRW.Venture, the venture capital fund under NRW.BANK. Founded in 2021, amber focuses on helping SMEs integrate fragmented enterprise data and build autonomous business AI infrastructure that integrates traditional search, generative AI, assistant functions, and automation into one, with clients including well-known companies such as Ritter Sport and Zentis. The funds from this round will be used to accelerate European market expansion, starting with the Benelux region, and to continue deepening the R&D of its proprietary AI data layer.
据 Bloomberg 报道，中国机器人初创公司 Robotera（北京机器人时代科技有限公司）正筹备赴港 IPO，目前已与相关顾问展开合作。知情人士透露，此次 IPO 拟募资规模为 8 亿至 10 亿美元。该公司背后投资方包括 HSG 及 CDH Investments（鼎晖投资），此次上市计划正值机器人行业企业赴港上市热潮之际。
UK agricultural robotics startup Versatile RobotX announced it has completed over 1.17 million euros (approximately 1 million pounds) in financing, with funding sources including the British Design Fund (BDF), the Innovate UK Growth Catalyst Investor Partnership Programme Round 2, and Defra Farming Innovation Programme grants. The company was co-founded by University of Essex Professor Klaus McDonald-Maier and Dr. Vishwanathan Mohan in July 2024, and its two core products—automatic fruit and vegetable picking robots and hydroponic robotic harvesters—have completed field validation at well-known UK farms such as Wilkin & Sons.
According to Cointelegraph, Nasdaq-listed company Greenlane Holdings disclosed that its crypto asset treasury centered on BERA was valued at only $16.4 million as of June 30, shrinking 76.6% from a cost basis of $70 million. The company recorded a $19.1 million non-cash fair value loss for the quarter, with a net loss reaching $24.8 million; the digital assets segment generated $309,000 in revenue through staking and yields during the same period. After completing a $110.7 million private placement in October 2025, Greenlane designated BERA as its primary reserve asset and currently holds 81.3 million BERA and equivalent tokens, an increase compared to the end of the first quarter.
Odaily News: AI video generation platform Higgsfield has completed a $400 million funding round at a valuation of $5.4 billion. Investors include DST Global, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Global, Intel, Tribe Capital, Smash Capital, Fifth Wall, Valor Capital, Mirae Asset Capital, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures. The funding will primarily be used for enterprise-grade products, security, and computing power investment.Higgsfield was founded by former Snap executive Alex Mashrabov and currently has over 30 million users across 238 countries and regions. As of August this year, its annualized revenue had reached $700 million. Previously, Higgsfield raised $80 million at a valuation of $1.3 billion. (FT)
According to Cointelegraph, AI company Higgsfield has completed $400 million in funding at a valuation of $5.4 billion. This round was jointly supported by Goldman Sachs and Intel, with news sourced from the UK Financial Times (FT).
Odaily News: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend a combined $740 billion on AI computing infrastructure in 2026, potentially rising to $1 trillion by 2027. As capital expenditures grow rapidly, some tech giants are shifting from relying on their own cash flow to debt and equity financing, while persistently high U.S. long-term interest rates are becoming a key risk to AI stock valuations.Among them, Alphabet reported its first negative free cash flow since going public in the second quarter, while Amazon's free cash flow is projected to be -$23.5 billion and -$36.2 billion this year and next, respectively. However, earnings at AI-related companies remain strong, with S&P 500 information technology sector profits expected to grow 71% year-over-year in the second quarter. The market believes that if corporate earnings and the economy continue to show resilience, high interest rate pressures may still be absorbed, but if rates rise rapidly, high-valuation AI and tech stocks will be more vulnerable to shocks. (Bloomberg)
According to CryptoSlate, Nasdaq-listed company GD Culture Group disclosed in its first-half 2026 financial report that the fair value of its 7,500 BTC holdings (original cost $842 million) declined to $451.2 million as of June 30, resulting in a $211.8 million non-cash unrealized loss, accounting for 97.9% of the company's net loss of $216.2 million for the first half of the year. Notably, the company did not sell its core BTC reserves but maintained liquidity through large-scale equity financing—after adjusting for a 1:250 reverse stock split, the number of outstanding shares surged from 229,000 at the beginning of the year to 4.1625 million, an 18-fold increase, with 99.65% issued for cash. The company raised approximately $47.5 million through ATM offerings and private placements combined, with working capital of $36.6 million as of June 30. Management stated that existing liquidity is sufficient to cover operating obligations for at least the next 12 months.
Odaily News, according to people familiar with the matter, Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, though the final transaction price could still change. Notably, OpenRouter raised funds at a $1.3 billion valuation just a few months ago. People familiar with the matter said the final acquisition price could still change. A Stripe spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumors or speculation, while OpenRouter declined to comment.The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Stripe was in talks to acquire OpenRouter for approximately $10 billion. (Bloomberg)
Odaily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) abruptly canceled a meeting originally scheduled for last Friday. The meeting was intended to advance crypto regulatory rulemaking and unveil repeatedly delayed innovation exemption arrangements. The pause may be related to the Clarity Act. Earlier last week, the SEC announced it would hold a public meeting where commissioners would discuss the Reg Crypto proposal, covering how companies can raise funds through tokens and eventually exit SEC oversight after issuing their own digital assets. The SEC had also planned to unveil at least some innovation exemption arrangements regarding how securities-token issuers handle underlying securities. Neither of these initiatives moved forward as scheduled. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News, August 14 close: Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) closed at $140 per share, with a total market capitalization of $1.85 trillion, up 3.7% cumulatively from the offering price, successfully recovering nearly 50% of the post-listing pullback.According to recently disclosed 13F filings, as of the end of Q2 2026, Harvard University's Harvard Management Company (HMC) held total US equity positions of $4.26 billion, of which SpaceX accounted for the lion's share with 12.9351 million shares valued at $2.21 billion, representing a weight of 51.9%.The University of California system disclosed approximately $1 billion in SpaceX holdings; at the University of North Carolina system, SpaceX represents approximately 10% of the endowment fund (Odaily note: public information shows the fund is approximately $15 billion in size), primarily stemming from early joint investments with Founders Fund; Washington University in St. Louis has a holding ratio of 14%-16%, and its $13.4 billion endowment fund has benefited significantly from a direct capital injection in 2018 and indirect follow-on investments; Stanford University also holds substantial positions through top venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and a16z. Most of these universities entered when SpaceX was valued at only a few hundred million dollars in its early startup phase, fully capturing the valuation leap from the primary market to the secondary market, once again validating the core logic of ultra-long-term capital, exemplified by the Yale model, enhancing returns through venture capital. (Interface News)Previously reported: Harvard University holds a heavy position of $2.2 billion in SpaceX stock.
Odaily News "White-Haired Stock God" Serenity shared insights on the AI industry chain on the X platform, noting that AI infrastructure demand is driving multiple sectors—including storage, advanced packaging, computing power financing, optical communications, power supply, and electronic components—into a long-term expansion cycle. The AI supply chain remains in a phase of rapid growth.In the storage sector, Serenity cited UBS forecasts indicating that traditional DRAM manufacturers (such as Micron) could see gross margins reach an unprecedented 95% by 2027, potentially even surpassing the gross margin levels of HBM products. Additionally, SanDisk's long-term agreements already cover approximately two-thirds of its 2028 production capacity, with minimum contracted revenue reaching $93 billion. Given its current market cap of around $239 billion, this suggests its future revenue targets could persist for years, making it difficult to simply classify the company as a traditional cyclical stock.On the cloud computing infrastructure front, CoreWeave has signed agreements to use Nvidia A100 GPUs through 2029. This is a positive development for emerging cloud computing companies such as Nebius and Iren, and it also weakens some investors' bearish thesis centered on the rapid depreciation of older GPUs.AI model companies are also continuing to grow at a pace that exceeds expectations. Frontier AI labs are still maintaining extremely rapid growth rates, and a slowdown in growth would actually be a cause for concern. The market projects that Anthropic's 2028 revenue could reach $190 billion to $200 billion.However, advanced packaging and semiconductor infrastructure remain core bottlenecks. The head of advanced packaging at TSMC has stated that in the coming years, the industry may face not only memory shortages but also tight supply of ABF substrates.Serenity concluded that the AI infrastructure supply chain is continuously expanding. From GPUs, storage, and advanced packaging to power, optical communications, and electronic components, every segment is showing a long-term demand growth trend. The AI supply chain is still in a high-speed development stage.
中国机器人制造商 Unitree 即将科创板上市，Hyperliquid 预 IPO 永续合约隐含估值达 380 亿美元，较 9 亿美元 IPO 估值高出逾 4 倍，杠杆头寸面临清算风险。
Crypto startups completed USD 11.2 billion in funding in the first half of 2026, with all disclosed capital flowing to regulated, licensed enterprises. Payments and stablecoins, prediction markets, exchanges, and trading platforms received the most funding. Major backers include Wall Street and large global financial institutions, whose investment focus is on licensed and compliant companies. Investors and founders increasingly view regulatory licenses as scarce and defensive assets, while retail investors still primarily trade on unlicensed or alternative platforms. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News AI model evaluation company Vals AI announced it has completed a $40 million Series A funding round at a $400 million valuation, led by a16z, with participation from 8VC, Pear VC, Bloomberg Beta, as well as HRT Ventures and Next Ladder Ventures. The new funds will be used to expand evaluation infrastructure and launch testing tools that create programming benchmarks based on enterprise GitHub code repositories.Vals AI evaluates frontier models from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and xAI using its independent framework, rather than relying on traditional public benchmarks. Its team members primarily come from companies including Nvidia, Meta, and Palantir. (Techfundingnews)
Odaily News: According to Bitget's official announcement, the platform has officially launched the Stock+ US stock margin trading service. Users can access this feature by simply opening a Bitget Stock+ account. The initial offering supports margin trading for over 3,800 targets and short selling for over 2,300 targets (currently only supporting short selling of ETBs), with leverage of up to 3x. Among these, the annual interest rate for margin trading is 5%; during the promotional period, the annual interest rate for short selling is as low as 0%.The launch of this product further enriches the US stock trading scenarios available under Stock+. Users can engage in margin trading by using securities or assets in their accounts as collateral to borrow funds to purchase securities; they can also borrow securities to sell short, and later buy them back to return after the stock price declines, thereby meeting the needs of two-way trading (long and short) and improving capital efficiency.
Odaily News: Swiss online banking group Swissquote reported client assets of $118.4 billion in the first half of 2026, up 19.8% year-over-year and hitting an all-time high; net revenue rose 1.7% year-over-year to $447 million, with pre-tax profit of approximately $225 million. During the same period, net revenue from crypto assets fell 66.2% year-over-year to nearly $18 million, including a $6.5 million mark-to-market valuation loss on digital assets held to provide liquidity for its proprietary crypto trading platform SQX. Swissquote revised its full-year 2026 net revenue target down from $934 million to $897 million and lowered its pre-tax profit expectation from $473 million to approximately $449 million; its 2028 pre-tax profit target of roughly $615 million remains unchanged. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to TechTimes, AI model evaluation company Vals AI announced the completion of a $40 million Series A funding round at a $400 million valuation, led by a16z, with participation from new investors such as 8VC, Pear VC, and Bloomberg Beta, as well as HRT Ventures and Next Ladder Ventures. Vals AI evaluates frontier models launched by companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and xAI using an independent system rather than traditional public benchmarks, and the new funds will be used to expand evaluation infrastructure and launch testing tools that create programming benchmarks based on enterprise GitHub codebases.
据 Solana Company（NASDAQ: HSDT）官方公告，公司公布 2026 年第二季度财务业绩。本季度实现营收 250 万美元，同比大幅增长，主要由 SOL 质押收入驱动，上半年累计营收达 610 万美元。毛利率约 97%。 运营层面，公司完成东京首个机构验证器集群部署，推进 Pacific Backbone 亚太基础设施扩张计划；与 Jito 基金会达成战略合作；与哈萨克斯坦阿拉套市签署区块链基础设施合作备忘录；完成 PoNS 医疗设备遗留业务剥离，获得 310 万美元出售收益；并向全球机构投资者完成定向增发，净募资 790 万美元，由未来资产领投、HashKey Capital 参投。 财务方面，本季度净亏损 3030 万美元，每股亏损 0.38 美元，亏损扩大主要源于数字资产已实现亏损 2540 万美元及 PoNS 剥离相关遣散费 680 万美元。截至 2026 年 6 月 30 日，公司总资产为 1.761 亿美元，其中长期数字资产及质押仓位合计约 1.473 亿美元。
Odaily News According to Bloomberg, Anthropic's preliminary Q2 revenue exceeded $11.5 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of at least 14 times from $787 million in the same period last year, and also higher than the $4.73 billion reported in Q1 this year. The company achieved positive adjusted operating profit for the quarter. Anthropic was once in a catch-up position in the AI race, but its business growth has accelerated significantly thanks to a growing number of professionals using its software to streamline workflows such as coding. In May this year, Anthropic's annualized revenue had already surpassed $47 billion. By comparison, OpenAI previously disclosed annualized revenue of over $40 billion, though the calculation methodologies between the two may not be entirely consistent. As competition intensifies in the AI sector, IPO fundraising has reached $256.4 billion so far this year, the highest since 2021 (excluding financial instruments such as SPACs). (Jin Shi)