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Cognition buys Poke; World Labs acquires SceniX; Midjourney purchased Co‑Star as AI startups expand by acquisition
Several early AI startups are making acquisitions: Cognition bought conversational assistant Poke to add personality to its coding agent Devin, World Labs acquired robotics firm SceniX to test simulations on real robots, and Midjourney acquired astrology app Co‑Star as it expands into standalone apps and other projects.
Khosla Ventures, first outside backer of OpenAI, seeks up to $5.5bn for new funds
Khosla Ventures, early backer of OpenAI, is in talks to raise up to $5.5 billion across new funds — its largest raise in two decades — with allocations for seed, growth, and an opportunity fund focused on AI startups.
Arizona Startups Secure $434.7M in Q2 2026 Venture Funding Amid SpaceX's Record $75B IPO Boost
Arizona startups raised $434.7 million in venture funding during Q2 2026, driven by renewed IPO market optimism after SpaceX's $75 billion IPO, signaling increased investor interest in AI, space, and medical startups.
Anti Fund Closes Oversubscribed $100M Growth I Fund, Expanding Assets to Over $180M
Anti Fund, led by Geoffrey Woo and Jake Paul, closed its oversubscribed $100 million Growth I fund, increasing assets under management to over $180 million. The Miami-based fund invests in AI, frontier infrastructure, and technology companies, complementing its earlier $30 million Venture I fund focused on early-stage startups.
Madrona Announces 2026 Intelligent Applications 40 as AI Market Shifts to Enterprise ROI; Cites Cursor $60B, Wiz $32B, OpenRouter ~$7B, Hugging Face $12.9B
Madrona released its 6th annual Intelligent Applications 40 list highlighting a shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-ready products that deliver measurable ROI, noting recent big acquisitions (SpaceX–Cursor $60B, Google–Wiz $32B, OpenRouter ~$7B, Nvidia–HuggingFace $12.9B). The list emphasizes value creation in harnesses and aggregation layers—agentic systems, routing, hosting, and inference services—rather than models alone.
