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Chinese launch startup Zenk Space has secured fresh funding as it prepares for the first orbital attempt of its Zhihang-1 kerolox rocket in June.

A compact biotech update from Endpoints captures two recurring pressures on the sector at once: the need to keep capital flowing and the need to produce clinical evidence that can justify it.

Anthropic is reportedly discussing a funding round of up to $50 billion at a valuation near $900 billion, a sign of how aggressively investors are rewarding AI revenue growth and compute access.

SquareMind says its Swan system uses robotics and AI to automate full-body dermoscopic imaging, aiming to reduce documentation burden and improve early skin-cancer detection workflows in dermatology practices.

Pudu Robotics says a new funding round worth nearly $150 million will be used to deepen embodied AI, broaden its product portfolio and push further into warehousing, manufacturing and global markets.

TechCrunch reports that Snabbit is in talks to raise about $50 million at a valuation near $400 million, underscoring how quickly investors are warming to instant house-help platforms in India.

After spending years concentrating on existing portfolios, biotech venture capital firms are beginning to fund new opportunities again, signaling a cautious return to risk in the sector.

Oricell Therapeutics has added another $40 million to what it describes as a pre-IPO financing, taking total funds raised past $110 million. The company is focused on CAR-T therapies for solid tumors.

Singapore-based Firmus has raised another $505 million at a $5.5 billion post-money valuation, underscoring investor appetite for AI infrastructure and for data center projects built around Nvidia’s next-generation plans

OpenAI says it has closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation and unveiled a ChatGPT Super App that combines ChatGPT, Codex, web search, and broader agentic features into one product.

OpenAI says it has closed a $122 billion funding round and will use the capital to expand compute, research, products, and global access as demand grows across ChatGPT, APIs, Codex, and enterprise AI.

Shield AI’s reported $2 billion raise and planned acquisition of Aechelon point to continued investor confidence in defense AI systems tied to simulation, training, and drone development.