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The week in Startups and VC
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Investors committed large sums to AI funds, infrastructure, agent tooling, customer support, and model development across the week. The capital moved beyond model makers into the systems and applications needed to deploy AI at scale.
Large private rounds pushed Polymarket, Whatnot, and Harvey toward sharply higher valuations, while Zepto postponed its IPO after investors sought a steep cut. The week showed that private markets still reward strong growth but punish weak public-market readiness.
Horizon3 more than tripled its valuation as demand for automated cyber defense rose, while Hadrian approached an $8 billion valuation as investors backed defense manufacturing. Together, the rounds show venture capital treating defense technology as strategic infrastructure.
Source Foundry's $400 million investment came under scrutiny after its backer appeared close to collapse. A later mention kept attention on whether the startup can access the promised capital and sustain its plans.
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