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Markets2026-09-05 · source-backed
Crusoe took $3B at $30B (Atreides, Valor Equity), Fluidstack $1.5B at over $18B led by Jane Street, Gimlet Labs $300M for inference, Lyte AI $165M for physical AI. Application-layer SaaS took the minority: Upwind Security $300M at $3.8B, HiBob $166M, Thyme Care $125M at $2B, HiddenLayer $100M for AI model security. Two of four application deals are security companies, which tells you where enterprise budget is currently unlocked (Crunchbase News).
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Co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners with Mubadala Capital participating, against the $10B valuation from its $1.38B round last October, and following a $13B five-year GPU cloud contract with Jane Street. Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI are all customers. TechCrunch
Reported September 3-4 at above $18B, up from an $830M Series A at $7.5B earlier this year. Fluidstack builds and operates data centers for Google and Anthropic rather than selling a model, and Forbes frames it as helping Google reduce dependence on Nvidia. Jane Street leading...
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