iPronics’ $125M Series B: Optical Circuit Switching for AI Clusters
Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital co-led iPronics’ $125M Series B — with NVIDIA participating — to scale programmable silicon-photonics switches for AI data-center networks.
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Huskeys’ $27M Series A: Blackstone’s First Early Cyber Lead
Blackstone Innovations Investments led Huskeys’ $27M Series A at a $100M+ valuation — five months after stealth — for Network Edge Security Management with TikTok, LEGOLAND, and Hugging Face among logos.
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Guardio’s $40M at $1.1B: Consumer Cyber With $150M ARR
Guardio raised $40M at a $1.1B valuation — Wiz co-founder Assaf Rappaport joined returning Israeli growth investors — after hitting $150M ARR and 1M paying customers.
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Ultrahuman’s $70M at $365M: Smart Rings Become On-Finger Computers
Qualcomm Ventures joined Ultrahuman’s $70M round ($65M equity + $5M debt) at a $365M valuation — betting rings can run software, AI, and games on-device, not only sleep metrics.
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Upwind’s $300M at $3.8B: Cloud Security After the Wiz Vacuum
Bessemer and TCV reportedly led Upwind’s ~$300M Series C at ~$3.8B — more than doubling January’s ~$1.5B mark — as buyers seek non-Wiz/Google cloud security alternatives.
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Gimlet Labs’ $300M at $3B: Multi-Chip Inference Gets a16z Scale
Andreessen Horowitz led Gimlet Labs’ $300M round at a $3B valuation — six months after an $80M Series A — with Arm and Microsoft’s M12 joining the inference-routing bet.