Deal Club

CLOSED: OpenAI

Investment Tagline: Invest in the Leading Generative Artificial Intelligence Platform Industry Artificial Intelligence Total Raised $40bn (as of Mar 25) Headquarters San Francisco, USA Last Primary Valuation $300bn (as of Mar 25) Founded 2015 Caplight Valuation $500bn CLOSED

By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 1 min read

Deal Club

CLOSED: KRAKEN

Investment Tagline: Leading global cryptocurrency exchange with the largest European market share and second-largest US volume IndustryFintech/CryptoTotal Raised$5.1bn (as of Feb 22)HeadquartersSan Francisco, USALast Primary Valuation$10.8bn (as of Feb 22)Founded2011Caplight Valuation$10.7bn ABOUT KRAKEN Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is one of the

By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 6 min read

Deal Club

CLOSED: Perplexity AI

Investment Tagline: Invest in the Leading AI-Powered Answer Engine Revolutionizing Search Industry Artificial Intelligence / Search Total Raised $1.8bn+ (as of Sep 25) Headquarters San Francisco, California Last Primary Valuation $20bn (as of Sep 25) Founded 2022 Latest Valuation $18-20bn CLOSED

By Katarzyna Lomnicka • 1 min read

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OpenAI’s $1.2 Trillion Funding Talks and the New AI Valuation Ceiling

What OpenAI’s Reported $1.2T Valuation Talks Mean for Investors OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions with investors about a possible financing that could value the company at approximately $1.2 trillion. No transaction has been agreed, and the timing may depend on whether OpenAI proceeds toward a public

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 4 min read

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Anthropic’s Claude Enters Wealth Management Workflows

Anthropic Takes Claude Deeper into Wealth-Management Workflows Anthropic has introduced Claude for Financial Advisors, extending its enterprise-AI strategy into wealth management. The offering is designed to support tasks including client-meeting preparation, portfolio review, documentation and follow-up communications while connecting Claude with software already used by financial advisers. Invest in top

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 3 min read

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EUCLYD’s €200M Bet on AI Inference Infrastructure

Why AI Infrastructure Is Shifting Toward Inference AI infrastructure investment is expanding from model training toward the recurring cost of inference. Training advanced models remains highly capital-intensive, but inference determines how economically those models can serve customers at scale. Invest in top private AI companies before IPO, via a Swiss

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read

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Stripe’s OpenRouter Acquisition Signals AI Infrastructure as Financial Infrastructure

Why Stripe’s Agreement to Acquire OpenRouter Matters for the Economics of AI Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway that helps businesses route and optimize token usage across more than 400 models from over 80 providers. The transaction extends Stripe beyond payments and usage-based billing into

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 3 min read

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Checkout.com’s U.S. Payments Surge and Fintech Infrastructure Expansion

Checkout.com’s 126% US Growth Signals a New Phase in AI-Enabled Payments Checkout.com says its US payment volume increased 126% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. The company expects its US processing volume to exceed $100 billion by year-end, making the

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 3 min read

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Maven Robotics’ $100M Stealth Breakout and Warehouse AI Scale-Up

Maven Robotics’ $100M Launch Signals a New Phase for Industrial AI Big industrial shifts rarely arrive with flashing lights. That is where Maven Robotics stepped into view with force. Founded in 2024, this young company emerged from stealth with a striking signal: a $100 million Series A, live robots already

By Grzegorz Koscielniak • 5 min read