Ara Energy Fund I Closes With $1.8B in Commitments
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Boring Company’s $3B Series D: UAE Lead Marks $23B Tunnel Bet
Musk’s tunneling company closed $3B Series D at $23B on Sep 10, 2026 — UAE-led, with a16z and Sequoia in — tied to >150 km of planned Emirates tunnels while Las Vegas Loop remains the live proof.
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iPronics $125M Series B: Nvidia In, No Valuation
Valencia-based iPronics announced a $125 million Series B on September 2, 2026, co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with Nvidia joining. Total funding is now $177 million. Valuation was not disclosed. The product is a silicon-photonics optical circuit switch for AI clusters, not a GPU.
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August 28–29 VC News: a16z $1.1B, Owner $2.3B, OpenAI–Cursor
Aug 28–29, 2026: a16z posted a $1.1B Machine Age Fund, Owner closed $240M at $2.3B, and OpenAI proposed a November 12 wind-down of Cursor models after the SpaceX close. Lambda’s $1B chip debt is Bloomberg-reported. Retro’s $21M filing is a December close.
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How Much Is a16z’s Machine Age Fund? $1.1B for AI Hardware
Andreessen Horowitz posted a $1.1 billion Machine Age Fund on August 28, 2026. The mandate is chips, memory, networking, data centers, robotics, and home AI appliances — hardware as an official a16z motion, not a software sidecar.
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How Much Did CivilGrid Raise? $26M Series A, No Valuation
CivilGrid closed a $26M Series A on August 27, 2026, led by Spark Capital. Energy Impact Partners participated. PG&E is a named customer. Valuation and revenue were not disclosed. The $60M paving figure is a PG&E/company case study.