Recapitulation: a great pac ai, technological gains and Taylor Swift

Watch halfway … The Wall Street Journal have reported that Andssen Horowitz and Greg Brockman of Openai are among those who helped launch a new Super Pac network, called Leading The Future. The goal, of course, is AI.

In the end, it is not a surprise – with one hand, the $ 100 million already mobilized to shape the policy and regulation of AI feel a lot, but this number absolutely eclipses the billions that16z manages and that Optai has raised. The intertwining of startups, the AI ​​boom and the federal government seem to continue to continue, even to accelerate in the years to come. The real question, for me, is who, halfway through, will emerge as the new wave of the greatest defenders of Washington of the AI.

Technological gains … There were many this week this week, from HP which beaten a strong demand for PC in Crowstrike, but seeing its stocks drop on soft advice for the year. The big ticket event, of course, was Nvidia. The flea giant beat expectations at the top and bottom, but the advice was careful and there were no flea sales in China to speak. (Recently, NVIDIA and AMD have entered into an agreement with the US government to sell fleas in China, giving the government 15% of these income in return. Nvidia says that the agreement has not been finalized.)

My assumption? We will soon see sales of china fleas in Nvidia, which could result in billions of income. I just wonder how long it will stick and how much the demand will be resilient of China, a categorical country on the control of its own technological destiny.

The marriage of the century … In fact, I think it is still too early to call the marriage of the century. After all, who knows where we will be in 50 years? The LLM could be celebrities by then, for all that I know. But so far, at least in the United States, it is difficult to imagine a larger marriage than that of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

And yes, I know, they have just become engaged – but the commitment was really a mastodon of social media without before: according to Meta, their Instagram post announcing the commitment, with SWIFT brilliant in a Ralph Lauren dress, saw a million republican in six hours, a new record. (This Ralph Lauren dress also sold almost immediately.) I joked that I think Taylor Swift get married is an indicator of the bull market – but perhaps like any decent joke, it’s quite serious.

So, if you had a long week, shake it and I will see you on Tuesday.

Allie Garfinkle
X: @Agarfinks
E-mail: Alexandra.garfinkle@fortune.com
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Business affairs

– CramponA Amsterdam website design platform, based in the Netherlands, has raised $ 100 million in series financing D. Merit And Atomic led the Tour.

– RainA Stablecoin infrastructure platform based in New York for businesses, has raised $ 58 million in series B financing. Sapphire Adventures led the Tour and was joined by Dragonfly,, Galaxy Adventures,, Effort Catalyst,, Samsung Following,, SpeedAnd Hook.

– Shelter.An execution layer based in San Francisco for the channel markets, raised $ 30 million in funding from Chopping Capital,, Plant Capital,, Primitive Adventures,, BMI Trade,, GEM,, Grid Laboratories,, Ambush Capital,, Big Brain Collectiveand others.

– BagA developer of AI agents, based in Valence, Spain and San Francisco, designed to be resistant to hallucinations, collected $ 25 million in seed financing. Create And Forgepoint Capital led the tour and were joined by Nfx And Village Global.

– FriendAn AI inference platform based in Redwood City, California, has collected $ 20 million in an extension of seeds. Calculation of cornerstone Partners led the Tour and was joined by Sierra Adventures,, Ancient Adventures,, KdbAnd Kb Securities.

– Alignmt aiAn AI compliance platform based in New York for health care, has collected $ 6.5 million in seed financing. Aix Adventures led the Tour and was joined by Sancus Ventures,, Ventures of the AncientsAnd Capital tooth.

– OrdinalAn AI platform based in Bentonville, in the ark, designed for government work, raised $ 1 million in seed financing. Plains Adventures led the tour and was joined by Winrock International and The Arkansas Venture Fund.

Investment capital

– Nexus Capital Management And Aranda Main Strategies agreed to acquire minority stakes in Post consultative groupAn active manager based in Los Angeles, California. The financial conditions have not been disclosed.

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