How Did AI Unicorns Add **$1.1B** Overnight? 💸🧠🚀

TL;DR

• Fresh AI rounds topped $400M across energy, infra
• New AI tools hit insurance, companionship, education
• Mega valuations signal Databricks, Neara, OpenAI momentum
• States and sovereigns line up $2B-plus AI capital

HEADLINES

Botgauge AI raised $2M for autonomous testing 🧪🔗

Databricks hit $5.4B AI revenue run-rate 📈🔗

ByteDance video model sparked China AI stock rally 🎬🔗

OpenAI saw ChatGPT growth reaccelerate past 10% 🤖🔗

Axera Semiconductor listed Hong Kong IPO for edge AI chips 📊🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Accel invested $8.55M seed in Fluency 📓🔗

Lightspeed invested $75M in Tem ⚡🔗

Alphabet eyed bond sale to fund AI investments 🏦🔗

G42 joined up to $1B Vietnam AI project 🌏🔗

RAISES

Neara raised $90M in Series D from global investors 🌉🔗

Positron AI raised $230M in Series B from growth investors 🔌🔗

Operata raised $11M in Series A led by Y Combinator Continuity 📞🔗

InfiniMind raised undisclosed seed to unlock AI video insights 🎥🔗

RAISING

Anthropic raising up to $20B at $350B valuation 🧮🔗

Harvey seeking $200M at $11B valuation led by Sequoia, GIC ⚖️🔗

OpenAI reportedly preparing $100B mega-round for infrastructure 🚀🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Dream Companion launched advanced AI companion platform 💑🔗

Playlab unveiled AI Lab Schools incubator program 🏫🔗

Tencent Cloud launched AI-powered Blooming Talk fan messaging 🎤🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

ai.com Assistants create personal AI agents with virtual computers 🧑‍💻🔗

Insurify AI Tool automates insurance shopping and risk comparison 🛡️🔗

InfiniMind turns video archives into searchable business insights 📊🔗

METRICS

Databricks grew 65% YoY, hit $5.4B run-rate 📈🔗

OpenAI reported ChatGPT usage reaccelerating above 10% monthly 📊🔗

Hyperscale Data AI data center arm holds $44.3M in Bitcoin 💾🔗

African startups saw deal counts revert to post‑2020 lows 🌍🔗

Assemble AI (ASM) traded around $11.4M market cap 🪙🔗

BENCHMARKS

Zacks highlighted best‑value AI equities for February 📘🔗

Africa funding analysis showed startup deals falling toward 2020 levels 📉🔗

AI infrastructure arms race framed hyperscaler capex surge as new baseline 🧱🔗

Financial Express pegged big‑tech AI war at ₹58 lakh crore 📌🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Alphabet weighed century bond to bankroll AI build‑out 🏗️🔗

YourStory reported AI infrastructure arms race intensifying globally 🖥️🔗

G42 Vietnam project targeted $1B for AI data centers 🏭🔗

Hyperscale Data doubled down on BTC‑funded AI colocation ⚙️🔗

VALUATIONS

Neara reached $1.1B valuation after Series D 🦄🔗

Databricks valued at $134B, over 2x Snowflake 🏷️🔗

Anthropic targeted implied $350B valuation in pending raise 🧠🔗

Axera Semiconductor priced Hong Kong IPO at HK$28.20 💹🔗

POLICY

QA‑Financial detailed regulators using sandboxes for AI governance ⚖️🔗

Korea’s LegalTech Promotion Act debate spotlighted tension between AI rules, innovation 📜🔗

Asia‑Pacific analysis warned AI era reshapes data‑control geopolitics 🌐🔗

US activists launched $8M ad blitz urging AI rules 📺🔗

SOVEREIGN

Pakistan PM pledged $1B AI investment by 2030 🏛️🔗

Korea Venture Investment built Saudi bridge for deep‑tech AI capital 🤝🔗

Singapore analysts urged targeted bets for S$1B AI plan 🧭🔗

G42‑Vietnam initiative aligned Abu Dhabi, Vietnam on AI infra 📡🔗

SECTORS

Energy deployed AI grid digital twins ⚡🔗

Power markets adopted AI transaction engines for trading 🔋🔗

Manufacturing unified 50 systems into AI‑ready backbone 🏭🔗

Education deployed AI‑integrated school models via Lab Schools 📚🔗

Insurance faced disruption from direct‑to‑consumer AI brokers 🧾🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Ali Ghodsi argued AI will birth stronger SaaS rivals 🧑‍💼🔗