CLOSED: SandboxAQ Katarzyna Lomnicka April 25, 2025 – 1 min read Share this post CLOSED Share this post Written by Katarzyna Lomnicka Deal Club Anduril Company overview. Founded in June 2017 by Palmer Luckey (creator of the Oculus Rift VR headset), Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joseph Chen and Brian Schimpf, Anduril Industries is a Costa Mesa, California-based defense technology company seeded by Founders Fund. Its core platform, Lattice, is an AI-driven software system that fuses By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 2 min read Deal Club CLOSED: OpenAI Investment Tagline: Invest in the Leading Generative Artificial Intelligence Platform Industry Artificial Intelligence Total Raised $40bn (as of Mar 25) Headquarters San Francisco, USA Last Primary Valuation $300bn (as of Mar 25) Founded 2015 Caplight Valuation $500bn CLOSED By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 1 min read Deal Club CLOSED: KRAKEN Investment Tagline: Leading global cryptocurrency exchange with the largest European market share and second-largest US volume IndustryFintech/CryptoTotal Raised$5.1bn (as of Feb 22)HeadquartersSan Francisco, USALast Primary Valuation$10.8bn (as of Feb 22)Founded2011Caplight Valuation$10.7bn ABOUT KRAKEN Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is one of the By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 6 min read papers FuriosaAI’s $620M Funding Surge and AI Inference Chip Scale-Up A valuation surge signals that AI infrastructure is entering a new phase A South Korean chip company jumped from a valuation of roughly $735 million to about $2.9 billion in just 15 months, powered by a $620 million Series D financing. That leap signals investors believe the company stands By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read papers Physical Intelligence’s Reported $20B Robot-AI Funding Push Physical Intelligence Reportedly Seeks at Least $1B at Approximately $20B Valuation Bloomberg reported on 27 October 2026 that Physical Intelligence was discussing a financing of at least $1 billion at approximately a $20 billion valuation, with Avenir and Lux Capital in talks to lead. The proposed valuation compares with a By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read papers General Compute’s AI Inference Valuation Surge General Compute Raises $100M Series A at Reported $800M Valuation for Inference Infrastructure General Compute announced a $100 million Series A on 27 October 2026, co-led by Blackbird and Abstract, with Fuse Venture Partners, Village Global and others participating. The company finances, deploys and operates GPUs and specialised inference chips, By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read papers Bedrock Robotics’ $4.1B Bet on Autonomous Construction Bedrock Robotics Raises $600M at $4.1B Valuation as Autonomous Excavators Perform Paid Work Bedrock Robotics announced a $600 million Series C on 26 October 2026 at a $4.1 billion post-money valuation. CapitalG and Emergence Capital co-led the round, bringing total funding to nearly $1 billion. The company says By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read papers Warhound: Gene-Engineered Military Dogs Meet Defense Tech A Billion-Dollar Bet on Working Dogs The Wall Street Journal reported that the first puppies are expected in the first quarter of 2027. Births would be an initial development milestone, rather than evidence of completed training or readiness for service. Invest in top private AI companies before IPO, via a By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 3 min read papers Warp Sciences: AI and Robotics for Drug Discovery Labs Warp Sciences Launches With $215M to Build AI-Enabled Chemistry Services Warp Sciences emerged from stealth on 22 October 2026 with $215 million in funding led by Lightspeed. Participants included Premji Invest, Mayfield, IVP, Lux and Menlo Ventures. The company is building a US-based chemistry contract research organisation combining chemists, AI By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read
Deal Club Anduril Company overview. Founded in June 2017 by Palmer Luckey (creator of the Oculus Rift VR headset), Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joseph Chen and Brian Schimpf, Anduril Industries is a Costa Mesa, California-based defense technology company seeded by Founders Fund. Its core platform, Lattice, is an AI-driven software system that fuses By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 2 min read
Deal Club CLOSED: OpenAI Investment Tagline: Invest in the Leading Generative Artificial Intelligence Platform Industry Artificial Intelligence Total Raised $40bn (as of Mar 25) Headquarters San Francisco, USA Last Primary Valuation $300bn (as of Mar 25) Founded 2015 Caplight Valuation $500bn CLOSED By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 1 min read
Deal Club CLOSED: KRAKEN Investment Tagline: Leading global cryptocurrency exchange with the largest European market share and second-largest US volume IndustryFintech/CryptoTotal Raised$5.1bn (as of Feb 22)HeadquartersSan Francisco, USALast Primary Valuation$10.8bn (as of Feb 22)Founded2011Caplight Valuation$10.7bn ABOUT KRAKEN Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is one of the By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 6 min read
papers FuriosaAI’s $620M Funding Surge and AI Inference Chip Scale-Up A valuation surge signals that AI infrastructure is entering a new phase A South Korean chip company jumped from a valuation of roughly $735 million to about $2.9 billion in just 15 months, powered by a $620 million Series D financing. That leap signals investors believe the company stands By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read
papers Physical Intelligence’s Reported $20B Robot-AI Funding Push Physical Intelligence Reportedly Seeks at Least $1B at Approximately $20B Valuation Bloomberg reported on 27 October 2026 that Physical Intelligence was discussing a financing of at least $1 billion at approximately a $20 billion valuation, with Avenir and Lux Capital in talks to lead. The proposed valuation compares with a By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read
papers General Compute’s AI Inference Valuation Surge General Compute Raises $100M Series A at Reported $800M Valuation for Inference Infrastructure General Compute announced a $100 million Series A on 27 October 2026, co-led by Blackbird and Abstract, with Fuse Venture Partners, Village Global and others participating. The company finances, deploys and operates GPUs and specialised inference chips, By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read
papers Bedrock Robotics’ $4.1B Bet on Autonomous Construction Bedrock Robotics Raises $600M at $4.1B Valuation as Autonomous Excavators Perform Paid Work Bedrock Robotics announced a $600 million Series C on 26 October 2026 at a $4.1 billion post-money valuation. CapitalG and Emergence Capital co-led the round, bringing total funding to nearly $1 billion. The company says By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read
papers Warhound: Gene-Engineered Military Dogs Meet Defense Tech A Billion-Dollar Bet on Working Dogs The Wall Street Journal reported that the first puppies are expected in the first quarter of 2027. Births would be an initial development milestone, rather than evidence of completed training or readiness for service. Invest in top private AI companies before IPO, via a By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 3 min read
papers Warp Sciences: AI and Robotics for Drug Discovery Labs Warp Sciences Launches With $215M to Build AI-Enabled Chemistry Services Warp Sciences emerged from stealth on 22 October 2026 with $215 million in funding led by Lightspeed. Participants included Premji Invest, Mayfield, IVP, Lux and Menlo Ventures. The company is building a US-based chemistry contract research organisation combining chemists, AI By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read
