September 2 gap-fill: AfterQuery’s $3.2 billion mark is Forbes-reported (amount unknown, company silent). Frontier Computing disclosed a $10 million YC S26 pre-seed led by General Catalyst — Frogger is the demo, 500 million neurons is a plan. Clipto’s $15 million at $250 million (Aug 31) was missed on the August 31 tape. YC Summer Demo Day remains September 10.
Y Combinator Summer 2026 company Frontier Computing disclosed a $10 million pre-seed led by General Catalyst. The live evidence is a Frogger demo (92% peak cross rate after one hour). The 500-million-neuron cluster is a January 2027 target, not a product. YC lists London and a team of one.
On August 31, 2026 Clipto told TechCrunch it raised $15 million all-equity at a $250 million post-money valuation. Founder Henry Kang said $15 million ARR at the start of 2026 and net-income profitability, with just over 20 employees. No lead was named. HSG (formerly Sequoia China) is not Sequoia Capital.
Forbes, citing two people with knowledge, said AfterQuery reached a $3.2 billion valuation on September 1, 2026 — more than 10× the $300 million Series A five months earlier. Round size, lead, and close were not disclosed. The company did not comment. YC partner Gustaf Alströmer called it the accelerator’s fastest launch-to-unicorn.
Confirmed deals include Empirik’s $21M seed, Aslan’s $20.8M financing, INLEAP’s €20M seed, Norbert’s $14M Series A, Yuma’s $35M round and Cherubic’s $68.88M Fund VI.
Odyssey Energy Solutions raised $27M of equity and $47M of debt; the $74M package finances both its software platform and distributed-energy projects.
