Private market news feed.

Questions are being raised about ByteDance's $600 billion valuation and what investors are truly acquiring in the company. The analysis highlights uncertainty around the structure and value of ByteDance investments.

Source: Benzinga

AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B. Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

Source: TechCrunch

Together AI is in talks to raise approximately $1 billion in fresh funding at a reported valuation of $7.5 billion, leveraging its position as an NVIDIA-powered GPU cloud provider.

Source: MSN

Monzo officially went live in Ireland, marking its first European market expansion outside the UK, with over 100,000 customers having signed up on the waitlist ahead of launch. The Irish launch follows closely on the heels of Monzo's US market exit.

Source: Finextra Research

Mercor, valued at $10 billion, confirmed a major security incident that exposed sensitive data, prompting Meta to pause its work with the startup and resulting in at least five contractor lawsuits filed within a week. The breach has raised concerns about AI industry secrets being put at risk.

Source: SC Media

Lovable partnered with Alice to evaluate AI-generated code for security vulnerabilities, addressing a key concern around the safety of vibe-coded applications.

Source: ynetnews

WHOOP gained significant media attention as data from golfer Rory McIlroy's device revealed his physiological response during and after his Masters victory, showcasing the wearable's real-time health tracking capabilities.

Source: Reuters

Anthropic is facing a wave of user backlash over reports that its Claude AI chatbot has been experiencing performance issues and degradation, with speculation that a quiet internal change may be responsible.

Source: Fortune

Applied Intuition has laid out a broad strategy to bring Physical AI and self-driving technology beyond automotive to industrial and defense applications, positioning its platform as infrastructure for anything that moves.

Source: AOL.com

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch has indicated the company is prepared for an IPO, citing a dramatic revenue surge—reportedly 240% growth and tripled ARR—fueled by rising demand from AI agents and AI-driven applications.

Source: TechCrunch

Databricks introduced Agent Bricks, a governed enterprise agent platform designed to help organizations build and manage AI agents at scale. The launch is accompanied by technical content on agentic reasoning and memory scaling for AI agents.

Source: Databricks

Bolt has unveiled a new AI-equipped e-scooter designed to improve rider compliance and safety on its mobility platform.

Source: Zag Daily