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Unitree priced a Shanghai STAR Market IPO at 150.80 yuan a share, implying about a $9 billion valuation while seeking roughly $900 million. Unlike most humanoid startups, it already reports profit.
Firmus locked a fully subscribed $2B strategic equity round above a $10.5B post-money. HappyRobot raised $150M at $1.2B. Eliyan took $145M at $1B. The checks are going to infra, agents for ops, and chip interconnects.
Terafab's Grimes County footprint, initial $16.8B, 3,000-plus jobs, talk of 100M sq ft someday, is a manufacturing story about water, tax abatements, and why robots and EVs drag companies into owning fabs.
Amsterdam's Terrafold raised EUR 140M led by Temasek to expand basalt heat batteries that turn cheap power into process steam for food, chemicals, paper, and textiles. Four systems are already running.
Tesla and SpaceX confirmed Terafab will break ground in Grimes County, Texas, with an initial $16.8 billion investment and 3,000-plus jobs planned. Chips target Optimus, Cybercab, and space compute. Intel's role shows up in coverage.
Nexus led a $28.5M Series A into Naïve, an API that lets coding agents spin up LLCs, cards, and ops behind one config. Early customers: automation agencies, faceless TikToks, a rental-car desk, and boxing AI cats.
On August 5, 2026 a Falcon 9 upper stage from the January 2025 Blue Ghost and HAKUTO-R launch hit the Moon near Einstein Crater after drifting for roughly eighteen months.
Uber is putting more than $10 billion behind a partner-built autonomous fleet aimed at 120,000 vehicles and 15-plus cities by the end of 2026, a timeline that looks aggressive next to the multi-year deals underneath it.
Nasdaq-listed Bending Spoons agreed to an all-cash purchase of Airtable at a $1.285B enterprise value. Airtable cites roughly $480M ARR, a steep markdown from its 2021 peak valuation.
