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US university SpaceX holdings overview: Harvard University holds a heavy position of $2.2 billion; the University of California holds $1 billion; Washington University in St. Louis holds approximately $2 billion; the University of North Carolina holds app
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.
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ElizaOS founder Shaw accuses daos.fun founder baoskee of insider trading, profiting approximately $6.6 million
Odaily News: Shaw posted on X platform, stating that daos.fun founder baoskee used insider information to trade during the ai16z project rename and migration process, profiting approximately $6.6 million by selling ai16z. Shaw claimed that in June 2025, the project team promised to launch a Snapshot vote for the community to decide whether to rename, after a16z had previously requested the project to change its name to avoid trademark disputes. When the voting mechanism was not launched on time as promised, baoskee, knowing about the rename pressure and subsequent migration plans, sold all ai16z from daos.fun's execution wallet and continued to dump tokens before the project migrated to elizaOS, causing the token price to drop. Shaw believes baoskee possessed information that other holders did not have at the time. Baoskee denied the allegations in response, stating that the Snapshot vote had actually been launched, and that daos.fun had additionally added and locked in over $1 million in ai16z liquidity at its own expense. Baoskee also counter-accused Shaw of serious issues in project operations, token migration, and development fund usage. There is a clear discrepancy between the two parties' statements. Shaw stated he would attach relevant on-chain records.
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Vals AI Raises $40 Million in Series A Funding at $400 Million Valuation, Led by a16z
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)
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AI model evaluation company Vals AI completes $40 million Series A financing, led by a16z
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.
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Erebor Bank expected to complete $1.5 billion funding round within weeks, with a16z and others planning to participate
Odaily News: Erebor Bank, co-founded by Palmer Luckey and Joe Lonsdale, is seeking a $1.5 billion funding round, expected to be completed within a few weeks, with a pre-money valuation target of $8 billion. a16z and other institutions are listed as potential investors. The project's main business is to provide crypto-friendly banking services. Erebor Bank completed a $350 million funding round in December 2025, when it was valued at $435 million.
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From Niche to Mainstream: Crypto Payment Card Spending Reaches $750 Million in July, a New All-Time High
a16z crypto officially stated on X platform that stablecoin card payments are gradually gaining traction, with crypto payment cards evolving from a novelty to surpassing $750 million in monthly spending. These payment cards allow people to use cryptocurrency for purchases at any location that accepts traditional card networks. The accompanying infographic shows that crypto payment cards such as ReddotPay, EtherFi, and KAST recorded $750 million in spending in July.
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Stablecoin Card Monthly Spending Surpasses $750 Million, Payment Applications Expand Further
According to Coin Bureau citing a16z data, the monthly spending volume of stablecoin cards has exceeded $750 million, indicating that cryptocurrency payment cards are further entering mainstream payment scenarios. Users can currently use stablecoins to pay at merchants covered by traditional bank card acceptance networks, with automatic conversion to local fiat currency at checkout to complete the transaction.
Live streaming e-commerce platform Whatnot completes $545 million Series G financing, valuation reaches $20 billion
According to Fortune, live streaming e-commerce platform Whatnot completed a $545 million Series G funding round, with its valuation nearly doubling from $11.5 billion in October 2025 to $20 billion. The round was led by ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and Avra, with new investors including Kleiner Perkins, Wellington Management, and others, while existing shareholders such as Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, and CapitalG continued to participate. Since its founding in 2019, Whatnot has raised approximately $1.5 billion in total funding, expanding its business from collectibles to hundreds of categories including designer bags and fresh food, covering multiple national markets, and surpassing 1 billion in order volume.
a16z-backed blockchain game developer Proof of Play to cease operations
Odaily News: a16z-backed blockchain game developer Proof of Play will cease operations, citing the failure to build a sustainable business around its vision for decentralized gaming. The studio stated that it was unable to develop a product that could prove blockchain games can drive the规模化 development of a decentralized internet. Proof of Play will open-source most of its code and art assets, including the Pirate Nation game, smart contracts, and internal software development tools. The independent Pirate Nation Foundation will continue to support the PIRATE token and maintain the website, but Proof of Play points will no longer be redeemable for anything. The studio will also release the Founder Pirates NFT and Pirate Nation-related art and intellectual property under a CC0 license. The Shiba Story Go! game has been acquired by an unnamed third party and will continue to operate independently.
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Enterprise AI Agent Company HappyRobot Completes $150 Million Series C Financing, with Participation from a16z and Others
According to TechfundingNews, enterprise-level AI agent company HappyRobot announced the completion of a $150 million Series C funding round, co-led by Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, with a16z, Base10, and Y Combinator continuing to invest. Other strategic investors include Koch Disruptive Technologies, Orange, and T.Capital under Deutsche Telekom, among others. HappyRobot focuses on utilizing AI agents to automatically handle complex, multi-step business coordination tasks, reducing manual coordination costs. Following this funding round, its total funding amount is approximately $200 million, and the company's valuation has reached $1.2 billion, officially joining the ranks of "unicorns".
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Blockchain game studio Proof of Play announces cessation of operations, open-sourcing all code and art assets
According to an official announcement, a16z-backed blockchain gaming studio Proof of Play announced it is officially ceasing operations, stating that it failed to create a sustainable business model to validate the core thesis that blockchain games drive the decentralized internet. The company decided to open-source all of its Pirate Nation game code, smart contracts, and art IP, and license them under the CC0 license for future developers to use. Additionally, internal AI-assisted development tools will also be open-sourced.
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AI cloud infrastructure company Volta Infra Holdings announced the completion of $300 million in venture financing, reaching a valuation of $2.4 billion.
According to Bloomberg, AI cloud infrastructure company Volta Infra Holdings announced the completion of $300 million in venture financing, achieving a valuation of $2.4 billion, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Altimeter Capital, with participation from NVIDIA and Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies. Additionally, Volta secured support from a $5 billion customer financing pool designed to help small and medium-sized AI enterprises lower the barrier to purchasing NVIDIA high-end chips. The company also disclosed it has signed a $10 billion, six-year cloud computing service contract with an unnamed leading AI developer. The contract will be fulfilled in partnership with Bitdeer, delivered via its 133 MW data center in Norway. Volta was co-founded earlier this year by former Brookfield Asset Management infrastructure executives Ricard Boada and Sofia Gumuzio. It has currently secured 1 GW of data center power resources and plans to develop new sites in Texas and Wyoming, aiming to deploy multi-gigawatt compute capacity before 2030.
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Bloomberg: AI Investment Boom Widens VC Market Divide, Small and Medium-Sized Funds Face Survival Crisis
According to Bloomberg, the current venture capital market is undergoing significant structural differentiation. As capital concentrates on top artificial intelligence startups, a large number of small and medium-sized venture capital funds are facing severe challenges including fundraising difficulties, declining performance, and narrowing exit channels. The report pointed out that the excessive hype for artificial intelligence has distorted the venture capital market. Data shows that just five companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Waymo, and Nscale—accounted for 78% of all venture capital transaction volume in the first quarter of this year. Capital has flowed heavily towards a few top investors who bet early on AI, such as Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, while small emerging fund managers find it difficult to compete with these top institutions. This differentiation is directly reflected in fundraising data. Last year, newly established management companies (managing three or fewer funds) raised only about $62 billion, a significant decrease of about 60% compared to $163.4 billion during the 2022 pandemic peak. Even for experienced management teams, last year's fundraising amount was only $84 billion, only one-third of that in 2022. Many LPs face liquidity pressure and are more inclined to demand returns on existing investments rather than commit new capital.
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Suspected a16z-associated address transfers and stakes 979,000 HYPE into Hyperliquid
According to Ember, two addresses suspected to be associated with a16z transferred 979,000 HYPE to Hyperliquid 8 hours ago and staked them, valued at approximately $53.53 million.
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Software-driven mining startup Mariana Minerals closes $310 million Series B funding round, led by Khosla Ventures
According to Fortune, software-driven mining startup Mariana Minerals has completed a $310 million Series B funding round, led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Greenoaks, BHP Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, and other institutions. This brings the company's total funding to $400 million, with a valuation of $1.5 billion. Mariana was co-founded in 2024 by Turner Caldwell, a former member of Tesla's factory design and construction team. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company is dedicated to reshaping the traditional mining industry with software technology. The company currently operates two mines: Copper One in Utah (a copper mine targeting an annual production of 50,000 tons of refined copper) and Lithium One in Texas (a lithium mine expected to enter commercial production in 2027).
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a16z-affiliated entity withdrew 132,100 HYPE worth $7.335 million in the past 8 hours
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a wallet (0xb5E...c24e) suspected to be affiliated with a16z has withdrawn a total of 132,056.65 HYPE, valued at $7.335 million, from various exchanges over the past 8 hours, at an average withdrawal price of $55.54. Since July 15, the same address has transferred a total of 398,000 HYPE, approximately $24.89 million, to exchanges.
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Nvidia Invests $5 Billion in Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Sutskever's AI Startup SSI
SSI secured $2 billion in funding from top venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital last year, at which time its valuation reached $32 billion.
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Six Major VCs Including Sequoia and a16z Sign MOU with South Korea's National Pension Fund to Boost Investment in AI and Other Strategic Industries
According to Korean media Asiae, six top Silicon Valley VC firms, including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and NEA, announced the signing of a strategic investment cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the South Korean National Pension Service (NPS), planning to jointly explore investment opportunities, share investment information, and strengthen their global venture capital layout. Additionally, with the South Korean government accelerating policies to attract overseas venture capital, coupled with the launch of the 200 trillion won "National Growth Fund," the market expects the Korean venture capital sector to see simultaneous inflows of policy funds, private capital, and overseas capital, with strategic industries such as AI and semiconductors expected to receive more investment. However, industry insiders warn that if a large amount of capital concentrates on a few popular enterprises, it may push up corporate valuations and create bubbles, potentially facing valuation correction pressure during future IPO and M&A exits, affecting fund return rates.
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Suspected institutional address staked 2.785 million HYPE, valued at approximately $164 million
On-chain monitoring shows that a suspected institutional address recently staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets, currently valued at approximately $164 million. Market speculation suggests the address may be related to a16z, but official confirmation has not yet been obtained.
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Jensen Huang's First X Post: Over 20 Institutions Including NVIDIA Sign Joint Letter Supporting Open-Weight AI Models
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has published his first post on X, sharing an open letter titled "Open Weight and American AI Leadership," jointly signed by more than 20 technology companies and institutions, including NVIDIA.The open letter argues that open-weight models can expand economic access to AI, enhance market competition, and grant users more control. Signatories include Meta, Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz, Hugging Face, IBM, Mistral AI, Palantir, Perplexity, Mozilla, Y Combinator, among others.The letter states that while open-weight models carry risks, they should not be restricted through bans. Instead, openness should be leveraged to advance AI safety and cybersecurity capabilities. Huang noted: "The world needs cutting-edge closed-source models, and it also needs cutting-edge open models."
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