How Did Today’s AI Bets Top **$95B**? 💰🤖🚀
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TL;DR
- SpaceX eyes $60B Cursor option, pre-IPO signal
- Amazon-Anthropic pact ties up to $25B to AWS
- Project Prometheus targets $10B for physical AI buildout
- New AI rounds fund robots, agents, and biomarkers
HEADLINES
Deezer finds 44% new uploads are AI 🎵🔗
Adobe unveils Firefly Image Model 5 upgrades 🎨🔗
Forge Nano to list via $1.6B SPAC deal 💾🔗
OpenAI acquires Alex Xcode AI coding team 🧑💻🔗
FROM THE BIG PLAYERS
Amazon to invest up to $25B in Anthropic ☁️🔗
SpaceX secures option to buy Cursor for $60B 🛰️🔗
Project Prometheus nears $10B round at $38B valuation 🏗️[🔗](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)
RAISES
A&K Robotics raised CAD$8M in Series A led by BDC Capital 🤖🔗
NeoCognition raised $40M seed round for self-learning AI agents 🧠🔗
ViewsML raised $4.9M seed for AI virtual biomarker platform 🧬🔗
RAISING
Project Prometheus is looking to raise $10B in a Series-style mega round for physical AI buildout [🦾](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)[🔗](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)
Cursor is looking to raise $2B at $50B valuation alongside SpaceX option 📈🔗
AR Robotics is looking to deploy S$1M seed capital from ISDN partnership for drone and robotics AI growth 🛩️🔗
NEW LAUNCHES
Adobe launched Firefly Image Model 5 in public beta 🚀🔗
Adobe unveiled AI chat assistants across Creative Cloud apps ✏️🔗
AXG debuts AI financial infrastructure products at Web4.0 summit 🏦🔗
TRY THESE TOOLS
NeoCognition Agents self-learning enterprise AI agents for expert workflows 🧩🔗
AXG FinInfra Suite AI-native rails for tokenized financial products 💳🔗
ViewsML Platform AI virtual biomarkers for tissue-based drug discovery 🧪🔗
METRICS
Deezer reports 44% of new uploads are AI-generated 📊🔗
Deezer flags majority of AI-music streams as fraudulent 🚨🔗
Cursor targets roughly $50B valuation in new round 📈🔗
Project Prometheus hits $38B valuation pre-mega round [📐](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)[🔗](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)
BENCHMARKS
McKinsey projects AI agent economy near $20T by 2030 📘🔗
Crunchbase notes unicorn count at four-year high, led by AI 🦄🔗
Venture Analysis highlights shift from AI apps to infrastructure bets 📊🔗
INFRA & COSTS
Forge Nano plans $1.6B SPAC to scale AI chip tools ⚙️🔗
Fortinet hosts global AI Cybersecurity Summit on GenAI risk 🛡️🔗
NetApp deepens role in Google’s air-gapped AI cloud ☁️🔗
SpaceX warns orbital AI data center plans are commercially uncertain 🛰️🔗
Anthropic–Amazon pact ties $100B in AWS Trainium spending 💽🔗
VALUATIONS
Anthropic reportedly reaches about $380B private valuation 🏷️🔗
Project Prometheus valued at $38B in new financing [📌](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)[🔗](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)
Cursor circles $50B valuation in upcoming funding 💹🔗
POLICY
EU AI Act labeling rules expose streaming enforcement gray zones ⚖️🔗
Bavarian AI Forum reviews AI Act Omnibus simplifications for companies 📜🔗
Utah County Council agenda features new AI Transparency Act requirements 🏛️🔗
FCA expands AI sandbox as agentic finance grows 📑🔗
SOVEREIGN
US Government ramps surveillance using AI, data brokers, consumer apps 🕵️🔗
US DOE backs Forge Nano with $100M grant for chip tools 🏛️🔗
Kazakhstan hosts national youth forum on AI and digital transformation 🇰🇿🔗
Project Prometheus Fund courts Middle Eastern sovereign investors for AI holding company [💼](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)[🔗](https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-22/bezos-vuelve-a-atraer-a-los-grand es-inversores-a-sus-empresas-project-prometheus-aspira-a-captar-10000-millones.html)
SECTORS
Airports deployed AI mobility robots for assisted passenger transport ✈️🔗
Financial Services deployed GenAI coding agents to modernize core systems 🏦🔗
Enterprise IT adopted air-gapped Gemini AI clouds for compliance 🖥️🔗
Streaming Music deployed AI fraud detection against synthetic listening attacks 🎧🔗
Creative Industries deployed chat assistants inside creative toolchains 🎬🔗
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