How Did AI Deals Lock In **$30B** Overnight? 🤖💰📉

TL;DR

• Anthropic closed a $30B round, redefining late-stage AI
• Mid-market AI raises target EVs and men’s health
• Agentic platforms launch, from travel booking to video models
• Markets wobble as AI angst hits tech valuations

HEADLINES

Anthropic raised $30B Series G at $380B 🧠🔗

Ever funded to scale AI-powered used EV marketplace 🚗🔗

Numan completed £44.3M AI-enabled men’s health financing 🧬🔗

Sabre, PayPal, Mindtrip teamed up on agentic AI travel platform ✈️🔗

ByteDance unveiled viral Seedance 2.0 AI video model 🎥🔗

RAISES

Anthropic raised $30B in Series G co-led by GIC, Coatue 📊🔗

Ever raised $31M in Series A led by Eclipse 🚙🔗

Numan added £14.7M debt to complete Series B healthtech round 💊🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Sabre, PayPal, Mindtrip launched agentic AI travel-booking platform for consumers 🧳🔗

TECNO unveiled POVA Curve 2 5G with AI camera features 📱🔗

ByteDance announced Seedance 2.0 professional-grade AI video generator 🎬🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Coinbase Agentic Wallets enable AI agents to autonomously manage crypto 🪙🔗

Genie AI offers contract review with explainable AI insights 📑🔗

CodeFlicker ships agentic coding assistant for human–AI collaboration 💻🔗

METRICS

US markets saw S&P -1.57%, Nasdaq over -2% on AI panic 📉🔗

Indian IT lost ₹4.5 lakh crore market cap in 7 days ⚠️🔗

Global tech layoffs topped 30,000 in 2026 amid automation, AI shifts 📊🔗

Asia equities saw MSCI Asia Pacific up 12% YTD on AI hardware demand 🌏🔗

BENCHMARKS

AIMultiple detailed shift from general models to specialized vertical AI benchmarks 📘🔗

Discovery Alert reported AI mineral exploration cutting discovery timelines, drilling costs ⛏️🔗

AIMediaHouse showed most enterprise AI still narrow, pilot-stage deployments 📊🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Oracle India expanded cloud regions as AI inference demand surges ☁️🔗

Oracle plans $45–50B 2026 fundraise for AI cloud infrastructure 🖥️🔗

AgniKul, NeevCloud announced orbital AI data centre platform in low-earth orbit 🛰️🔗

Asian chipmakers benefited from tighter AI memory supply, higher prices 💾🔗

VALUATIONS

Palantir fell 6.18% after AI-cycle bubble criticism 🏷️🔗

US vs Asia saw capital rotate from AI software to chipmakers 💹🔗

Siemens raised outlook as AI-driven orders boosted guidance 🏭🔗

POLICY

UN General Assembly approved 40-member panel on AI impacts, risks ⚖️🔗

Dharmendra Pradhan outlined India’s “inclusive, sovereign” AI strategy and education roadmap 📜🔗

Korea commentary stressed “national absorptive capacity” as core AI policy lever 🧭🔗

SOVEREIGN

Singapore earmarked record $154.7B budget with major AI allocations 🏛️🔗

Saudi PIF prepared 2026–2030 strategy emphasizing industry, minerals, artificial intelligence 🕌🔗

Saudi Arabia highlighted national “AI moment” and drive to become global hub 🛢️🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Anoop Singh joined Train In Your Lane to scale franchise-wide AI adoption 🤝🔗