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Applied Intuition reported to be fielding offers at $30B valuation or more

  1. Applied Intuition had received offers valuing it at no less than $30 billion, The Information reported on October 13, 2026.
  2. The offers were likely to lead to a raise of $1 billion or more in the coming months.
  3. The valuation would double the $15 billion set at its Series F, a $600 million financing and tender offer.

3 sources:Seeking Alpha, TechStartups +1

Read the signal: Applied Intuition reported to be fielding offers at $30B valuation or more
Funding round

Hyundai Motor and Kia make a strategic investment in VAST Data; terms undisclosed

  1. Hyundai Motor Company and Kia made a strategic investment in VAST Data, announced October 13, 2026.
  2. The amount, stake, terms and any valuation for this investment were not disclosed.
  3. Their 42dot unit runs driver assistance and autonomous driving workloads on VAST in production, with a reported 2:1 data reduction rate.

2 sources:VAST Data, Seoul Economic Daily

Read the signal: Hyundai Motor and Kia make a strategic investment in VAST Data; terms undisclosed
Funding round

Ramp raises $1.85 billion in primary round at $60 billion valuation led by Dragoneer

  1. Ramp raised $1.85 billion at a $60 billion valuation.
  2. Dragoneer led; Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Sands Capital and Avenir Growth co-led.
  3. Bloomberg reported the raise on October 9, 2026; Ramp confirmed it on October 15.

3 sources:Bloomberg, PR Newswire (Ramp) +1

Read the signal: Ramp raises $1.85 billion in primary round at $60 billion valuation led by Dragoneer
Valuation mark

ARK Venture Fund values Lambda Series D and E-2 preferred at $38.00 a share

  1. The fund carried 277,631 Lambda Series D shares at $10,549,978, bought January 21, 2025 for $5,124,996.
  2. It carried 180,483 Series E-2 shares at $6,858,354, bought June 10, 2025 for $5,000,000.
  3. The MELD Valuation tracker listed an implied price of $38.00 per share as of July 31, 2026.

2 sources:SEC EDGAR, MELD Valuation

Read the signal: ARK Venture Fund values Lambda Series D and E-2 preferred at $38.00 a share
Valuation mark

ARK Venture Fund values its Kalshi Series E and F shares at $32,847,995 at July 31, 2026

  1. The fund holds 31,175 Series E and 24,799 Series F preferred shares of Kalshi.
  2. At July 31, 2026 the two stakes were valued at $32,847,995 against a cost of $24,999,819.
  3. The Series F stake was valued at $14,553,139 against a cost of $14,999,979.

2 sources:SEC EDGAR, ARK Investment Management

Read the signal: ARK Venture Fund values its Kalshi Series E and F shares at $32,847,995 at July 31, 2026
Funding round

The Information: Nvidia discussed investing another $1B in Figure at about $38B pre-money

  1. The Information reported on 7 October 2026 that Nvidia had discussed investing another $1 billion in Figure AI.
  2. Figure was reportedly seeking financing at a pre-money valuation of roughly $38 billion.
  3. Neither Figure nor Nvidia had publicly confirmed; no agreement, closing date or final terms were reported.

3 sources:The Information, Humanoids Daily +1

Read the signal: The Information: Nvidia discussed investing another $1B in Figure at about $38B pre-money
Valuation mark

RoboStrategy holds Apptronik Series Seed at about $36.70 a share ($18.83M) as of Sep 30

  1. Direct Series Seed Preferred position: 513,046 shares at a fair value of $18,829,033.
  2. That equals about $36.70 a share; our event data shows the same price at the previous mark.
  3. The direct position is 6.8% of net assets; the fund's NAV was $11.35 a share on September 30, 2026.

Source:SEC EDGAR

Read the signal: RoboStrategy holds Apptronik Series Seed at about $36.70 a share ($18.83M) as of Sep 30
Funding round

Moonshot AI closes its final private round at about $50B, Bloomberg reports

  1. Moonshot AI closed its final private round at a valuation of about $50 billion, per people familiar with the matter.
  2. The prior summer round was put at $31.5 billion in the Japan Times text and at $35 billion in July in earlier research notes.
  3. An IPO was targeted for early 2027; the Japan Times text cited Hong Kong, the first quarter and up to $5 billion.

2 sources:Bloomberg, The Japan Times

Read the signal: Moonshot AI closes its final private round at about $50B, Bloomberg reports