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Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10 billion in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage more than 30,000 employees (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 10, 2026

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German fast grocery delivery startup Flink raised $100 million led by Prosus, source says at a valuation of $900 million; Flink reportedly valued at $5 billion in May 2022 (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

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A profile of Palmer Luckey and his startup Anduril, which has over $6 billion in global contracts, made ~$2 billion in revenue last year and is valued at ~$31 billion (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

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Sources: Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus project raises tens of billions to buy companies affected by AI; it was valued at ~$30 billion in November 2025 when it raised $6.2 billion (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 27, 2026

Financial Times: Sources: Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus project raises tens of billions to buy companies affected by AI; it was valued…

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Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5 billion; Saronic was last valued at $3.4 billion a year ago (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 26, 2026

The information: Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5…

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Many AI founders now find it necessary to increase valuations requiring absolute domination of the field; Brex, once valued at $12 billion, shows the downside (Jason Lemkin/SaaStr)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 25, 2026

Jason Lemkin / SaaStr: Many AI founders now find it necessary to increase valuations requiring absolute domination of the field;…

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Snowflake agrees to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases; the deal was previously valued at around $1 billion (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: Snowflake agrees to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases; the deal was previously…

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Last fall, OpenAI set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued at $500 billion in October; it has already granted around $80 billion in vested equity (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

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Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900 million; Mentee was founded in 2022 and raised $50 million (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900…

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Taiwanese memory chip maker Nanya raised $2.5 billion in private placement from Sandisk, SK Hynix’s Solidigm, Cisco and Kioxia to expand advanced chip production (Reuters)

Indonesia begins implementing regulations that ban those under 16 from accessing digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction (Edna Tarigan/Associated Press)

Sony Japan is temporarily suspending order fulfillment for almost all of its CFexpress and SD memory card product lines due to SSD memory shortage (Jaron Schneider/PetaPixel)

U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

Microsoft will lease Crusoe’s 900 MW data center in Abilene, Texas, after Oracle and OpenAI pull out, with the first building expected by mid-2027 (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

Browsing: valued

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10 billion in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage more than 30,000 employees (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)

German fast grocery delivery startup Flink raised $100 million led by Prosus, source says at a valuation of $900 million; Flink reportedly valued at $5 billion in May 2022 (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

A profile of Palmer Luckey and his startup Anduril, which has over $6 billion in global contracts, made ~$2 billion in revenue last year and is valued at ~$31 billion (New York Times)

Sources: Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus project raises tens of billions to buy companies affected by AI; it was valued at ~$30 billion in November 2025 when it raised $6.2 billion (Financial Times)

Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5 billion; Saronic was last valued at $3.4 billion a year ago (The Information)

Many AI founders now find it necessary to increase valuations requiring absolute domination of the field; Brex, once valued at $12 billion, shows the downside (Jason Lemkin/SaaStr)

Snowflake agrees to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases; the deal was previously valued at around $1 billion (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)

Last fall, OpenAI set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued at $500 billion in October; it has already granted around $80 billion in vested equity (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900 million; Mentee was founded in 2022 and raised $50 million (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)