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The week in Startups and VC
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Across the week, AI startups drew multibillion-dollar valuations and proposed raises, while a new hardware fund showed investors are expanding their commitments beyond software. The pattern points to sustained appetite for AI infrastructure and applications despite rising demands for revenue, reliability, and deployment.
Gatik's repeated $200 million financing story shifted from funding a focused autonomous freight route to expanding a driverless fleet of more than 100 trucks. The company now faces the operational, regulatory, and economic test of running autonomous trucking at scale.
Coverage returned to BoxGroup's early Cursor investment and its reported $1 billion return, turning one successful bet into a recurring example of outsized venture outcomes.
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