Weekly startups: MERCURY is more than twice its evaluation, and other news

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We mentioned this week that creative accounting does not only occur in Hollywood. Some hopes have been resolved, but startups offer all types of promises, from nuclear reactors to small EVS.

The most interesting startup stories of the week

The start of the start of this week was a largely mixed bag, as another public outlet and another wave of developments were completed, both promising and disappointed.

Inflammation fearsTECHCRUNCH learned that many companies that have slogans on the 11x site were Not actual customers From the start starting up the subsidized Benchmark. The sources also used 11x used creative methods to calculate repeated annual revenues.

Delay more delayBrain systems witnessed public subscription Again again. The artificial intelligence maker presented to the public brand in 2024, but the National Security Review was continuing.

nuclear: Earth energy, start American nuclear rowing, developing small standard reactors, Spac has been announced Safi is expected 280 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth -backed regimens from Bill Gates Beating To build the demonstration reactor.

Not enoughA lot of vertical agriculture company It was submitted to bankruptcy After collecting nearly a billion dollars of financing from investors, including Softbank Investment Advisers, Walmart, Bezos Expeeds and Jeff Bezos as an angel investor.

Demobilization: Block, start Fintech. Jack Dorsi’s founding, 931 people are demobilizedAccording to the leaked email. The company, which owns the Cash App and Square application, conducted a discharge in 2024.

RumorsIt is said that nvidia It is about to get a deal to acquire Lepton AIIt is a startup that rents servers backed by artificial intelligence chips. Furiosaai, a South Korea startup, is said to make chips for artificial intelligence applications, Refusing the acquisition of 800 million dollars From dead.

The most interesting VC news and funding news this week

From the pre -seed to the E series, here are some tours that caught our attention this week. In addition, some new VCS financing to invest in new deals.

Hot heat scale: Emerging, mercury, mercury banking services 300 million dollars collected In primary and secondary financing, including Series C led by Sequoia. This is also more than twice its evaluation to $ 3.5 billion after money.

Evaluation: Al -Jazeera, a company that makes browsers of institutions, Insurance of $ 250 million In the e series, led by Coature, which estimates the starting starting operation in Dallas, at $ 4.85 billion-a large evaluation stumbling block than one year of its previous tour.

also: Revyan is going on New emerging micromobility is also calledWhich has already received $ 105 million from Eclipse Ventures. Its goal is to build the small EVS, with a major product entering next year for consumers in the United States and Europe.

to: Starting the rapid workflow automation in Berlin N8N A collection of 60 million dollars In a round of financing led by Highland Eurobe, with HV Capital and former investors Sequoia, Felicis and Harpoon are also participating. The sources said that the evaluation was close to $ 270 million.

Latam slope: YC alum Mendel, headquartered in Mexico City I collected a chain for 35 million dollars Its work is expected to reach profitability by late 2025.

Carpet for wealth: Arcade, AI Toulidi Souk Jewelery Design, announced simultaneously A financing round of the chain of $ 25 million And expand them on home commodities, starting with carpets.

No free work: The former executive director of Outreach Manny Medina, a new startup that has already raised $ 11 million of financing before the seed of the Make sure to pay artificial intelligence agents.

More artificial intelligence: San Matteo, the capital of the emergence of its California headquarters Close a seventh fund worth $ 1 billion To support the B2B companies, with extreme interest in artificial intelligence.

Blue checks: The French company VC DAPHNI announced the first closure of its third box, Daphni Blue, with it 215 million dollars guaranteed Of its total goal of $ 270 million.

Beyond: Amazon’s Alexa box expanded its range beyond voice startups, with a The broadest focus on artificial intelligence investments.

Last but not least

A new report presented 20 open source starters in the world. You can find Full list and more details here. As you may have been guessed, more than half of them have Amnesty International in essence.