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AI is speeding up PE deals, pre-IPO trading is booming, and OpenAI is flirting with Wall Street to pay for its very real GPU bills. Robotaxis, wellness bundles, and billion-euro valuations promise the future—while a few companies quietly test whether tech values still matter when growth gets this loud.

Video pick: Why Unprofitable Startups Are Popular (Again)

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Six bullets of updates

  1.  🤖 Private equity firms using AI can boost deal screening speed by 50%, creating advantages that latecomers may never catch.

  2. 🚀 Pre-IPO demand is surging and secondary trading hit $64B in 2023 as SpaceX IPO rumors swirl.

  3. 🗣️ Valley leaders are urged to use their influence, not just statements, as border issues put 23k jobs and tech values in the spotlight.

  4. 🚕 Robotaxis could hit the road by 2026 as Nvidia, Mercedes-Benz, and Uber team up for advanced self-driving tech.

  5. 💼 Strategic investment values Europe's top fund manager at €1.4B as Permira backs Carne Group’s next growth phase.

  6. Medium lets staff join a national protest, offering a paid day off to stand against ICE’s tech use this Friday.

Biometrics, benefits, and a $1.1M bet

Polish–American Mos Health closed a raised $1.1M pre-seed co-led by SMOK Ventures and Movens Capital to scale an AI health partner app that fuses wearable, nutrition, and lab data—plus a proprietary supplement line. It’s launching in the US via an employer benefits model; funds go to MVP and first deployments.

Why it matters: Employer distribution can trim CAC and boost adherence—the perennial weak spot in wellness. The software-plus-supplements bundle edges into FDA/FTC territory, and deeper integrations raise HIPAA considerations. Comp set spans biomarker platforms and corporate wellness vendors; differentiation will hinge on measurable outcomes and retention in a GLP‑1-shaped market.

Why Unprofitable Startups Are Popular (Again)

Investors want startups to lose money again. After 2023 punished unprofitable companies, the script has flipped. In this episode, Caya breaks down why profitability suddenly matters less — and how AI has reshaped fundraising so that more money is flowing to fewer startups.

We explain the current funding cycle, why milestones matter more than burn right now, how seed and pre-seed rounds quietly ballooned into old-school Series A sizes, and what founders actually need to optimize for if they plan to raise again.

If you’re fundraising this year, this video is about knowing which currency investors care about — and when that inevitably changes.

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From Nonprofit to Nasdaq: OpenAI Tests Wall Street’s Patience

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OpenAI is considering going public in late 2026. It has already had early, quiet talks with investment banks, as Wall Street gears up for what could be a big year for IPOs. Other possible IPOs that year include Anthropic and SpaceX.

Why this matters: Training and running AI models is extremely expensive. Going public would give OpenAI access to more capital to pay for GPUs and reduce its reliance on Microsoft. However, before an IPO, OpenAI would likely need to change its unusual capped-profit structure and nonprofit governance. Control of the company through special voting shares will also be a key issue.

What to watch: Investors will focus on how OpenAI is valued, how dependent it is on a small number of customers, access to chips, and whether its economics actually make sense after cloud credits. They’ll also look at how much revenue comes from enterprise subscriptions versus API usage, and what OpenAI reveals in its IPO filing about how often it releases new models. If the economy stays strong and chip supply improves, an IPO is likely; if not, OpenAI may raise another massive private round. Fun detail: expect the IPO filing to mention “compute” a lot.

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