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Waymo Turns Old Robotaxi Batteries Into Solar Energy Storage
Waymo is giving old robotaxi batteries a second life on the electric grid. The self-driving car company is partnering with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose thousands of retired EV batteries into large-scale energy storage systems for solar power. Waymo’s autonomous ride-hail vehicles wear through batteries faster than personal electric vehicles because they spend far more time on the road...
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Mercury Raises $200M Series D at $5.2B Valuation as Startup Applications...
Mercury has raised $200 million in Series D funding at a $5.2 billion valuation as it pursues a national bank charter and expands its AI-powered financial tools for entrepreneurs. The digital banking platform has been profitable for four consecutive years and now serves more than 300,000 customers across startups, e-commerce, professional services, and other digitally native businesses...
Strategy
Beacon Raises $225 Million Series C to Fund Weekly Acquisitions
Beacon has secured a $225 million Series C round to accelerate its strategy of buying essential physical-economy businesses and overhauling them with artificial intelligence. Led by General Catalyst and HarbourVest, the round brings the platform's total capital raised over the past year to more than half a billion dollars. Beacon utilizes a tech-driven rollup model, acquiring mission-critical companies at a pace of roughly one per week and integrating them into a shared, AI-native operating system...
Capital & Transactions
Figure Technology Solutions Acquires AI Lender Kiavi in $717 Million Transaction
Figure Technology Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI-powered real estate lending platform Kiavi for $717 million to move a $200 billion annual mortgage origination market onto blockchain infrastructure. The transaction, arriving nine months after Figure's initial public offering, includes a joint venture with global investment firm Sixth Street to purchase existing loans directly off Kiavi's balance sheet...
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Abridge and Nvidia Build AI Model for Clinical Conversations
Abridge is trying to turn AI medical notes into something much bigger. The health AI startup has launched a clinician intelligence platform that supports care teams before, during, and after patient encounters, while also partnering with Nvidia to build a foundation model designed specifically for clinical conversations...


































