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Skyryse, which plans to integrate its flight automation OS, SkyOS, in Black Hawk helicopters and other aircraft, raised a $300M Series C at a $1.15B valuation (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/skyryse…

Skyryse lands another $300M to make flying, even helicopters, simple and safe | TechCrunch
Skyrsye, now valued at $1.15 billion, is pushing to get FAA certification for its universal operating system for flight.

Let me translate that: Musks boosts the value of xAI by integrating it into SpaceX and claiming that the future of AI is in space, in two years. That’s the same Musk who is flying to Mars „real soon now“.
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/musk-spacex-xai/

Disney says ESPN is valued at ~$30B and the NFL's 10% equity stake in ESPN valued at ~$3B; Disney has the right to buy back NFL's stake in 2034, per a filing (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

ESPN Valued at $30 Billion As Disney Reveals New Details on NFL Deal
Disney has the right to buy back the NFL's stake beginning in July 2034, with the league holding an option to acquire more of ESPN.

Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at a valuation of up to $13.4B in its US IPO, selling nearly 55M shares priced between $17 and $20 apiece (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/p…

The January wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles forced the state to spend billions in disaster aid
-- and delay tax filings for LA residents.
The cost of Medi-Cal,
the state-run health insurance program for low-income residents, ballooned to $6 billion more than anticipated.
Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariff policies rocked the stock market,
which California heavily relies on for tax revenue.
And the state lodged a flurry of lawsuits again…

Your one-minute guide to California’s budget outlook this year
Spoiler alert: California’s deficit grows, uncertainty looms, and state leaders may have fewer options than before to tackle it.

Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
https://economi…

Zepto makes confidential filing with Sebi for $1.3 billion IPO: sources
The listing is planned for the July-September quarter of 2026. In October, the quick commerce major had closed a $450 million round, valuing it at $7 billion. As of late November, Zepto had around Rs 7,000 crore in cash, while competitors Eternal and Swiggy each have around Rs 17,000-18,000 crore on their books currently.

Filing: China's top DRAM maker CXMT plans to raise $4.2B in a Shanghai IPO; CXMT held a 4% global share in Q2 2025 and targets HBM production by the end of 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ch…

Anthropic says its run-rate revenue hit $14B, growing over 10x annually in the past three years, and Claude Code's run-rate revenue hit $2.5B (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/anthropic-closes-30-billion-funding-r…

Anthropic closes $30 billion funding round as cash keeps flowing into top AI startups
After OpenAI raised the largest private tech financing round on record last year at over $40 billion, Anthropic is now second, with its $30 billion raise.

China's SMIC plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in its SMNC unit for ~$5.8B, making the unit wholly owned, per a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-smic-take-full-…

Microsoft shares fell ~10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, the stock's sharpest daily decline since March 2020 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-market-cap-earnings.html

Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020
As investors sold shares of Microsoft on Thursday, the $3.2 trillion company dragged down the software complex and the S&P 500 index.