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Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech to cloud providers and AI companies, raised a $100M Series B at a $3.1B valuation (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/07/decart-raises-10…

Decart raises $100M on $3.1B valuation to grow real-time AI video platform - SiliconANGLE
Decart raises $100M on $3.1B valuation to grow real-time AI video platform - SiliconANGLE

👍 Gavin Newsom’s online trolling targets Stephen Miller with a photo of Lord Voldemort | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-stephen-miller-trolling-voldemort-b2821586.html

Odell Beckham Jr. to accept six-game suspension stemming from PED violation in 2024

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/odell-beckham-jr-to-accept-s…

EvenUp, which makes AI tools for personal injury law firms, raised a $150M Series E led by Bessemer at a $2B valuation, bringing its total funding to $385M (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/exclusi

Exclusive: EvenUp raises $150 million Series E at $2 billion valuation as AI reshapes personal injury law
After getting rejected at least 3 times by Y Combinator, the founders of EvenUp have become legal tech leaders.

VoltanaLLM: Feedback-Driven Frequency Control and State-Space Routing for Energy-Efficient LLM Serving
Jiahuan Yu (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Taneja (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Junfeng Lin (Tsinghua University), Minjia Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04827

VoltanaLLM: Feedback-Driven Frequency Control and State-Space Routing for Energy-Efficient LLM Serving
Modern Large Language Model (LLM) serving systems increasingly support interactive applications, like real-time chat assistants, code generation tools, and agentic workflows. However, the soaring energy cost of LLM inference presents a growing challenge for sustainable and cost-effective deployment. This paper introduces VoltanaLLM, a system for SLO-aware, energy-efficient LLM serving, built from a control theory perspective. VoltanaLLM co-designs frequency scaling and request routing in emergi…

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says the startup raised two undisclosed rounds: $55M at a $350M valuation in 2024 and $150M at a $1.2B valuation earlier in 2025 (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/373783/polyma

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435M at a $6.1B valuation, up from $4.2B after raising a $200M Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/armis-raises-435-million-at-6point1-bi…

Armis raises $435 million, valuing cybersecurity startup at $6.1 billion
The cybersecurity startup reaches a $6.1 billion valuation three months after topping $300 million in annual recurring revenues.

Baseten, which helps companies launch open-source or custom AI models, raised a $150M Series D led by Bond at a $2.15B valuation, up from $825M in February (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/09/05/exclusive-b…

Exclusive: Baseten, AI inference unicorn, raises $150 million at $2.15 billion valuation
Baseten has raised a $150 million Series D, led by Bond, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Neobank Mercury says it has hit $650M in annualized revenue, up from $500M by end of 2024, and has been GAAP profitable on net income and EBITDA for three years (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/07/exclusi

Exclusive: Mercury, valued at $3.5 billion, clocks $650 million in 2025 annualized revenue
Mercury reaches $650 million in annualized revenue, jumping from $500 million at the end of 2024, the company exclusively told Fortune.

Shares of Asian AI-linked companies fall, tracking declines in US peers, as investors worry about stretched valuations; SoftBank falls 9% , Advantest 7% (Lee Ying Shan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/softbank-ai-stocks-slide-on-valuation-jitters-.ht…

SoftBank shares plunge 10% as Asian AI-linked stocks slide on valuation jitters
The AI-led rally has pushed the S&P 500's forward P/E above 23—its highest since 2000, according to FactSet.