In Brief Posted: 10:20 AM PDT · May 6, 2026 Julie Bort DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round DeepSeek is in talks to raise its first round of venture capital, and in just a few weeks, its potential valuation has soared from $20 billion to $45 billion, the Financial Times… …
… As of its fundraise last week, Anthropic is being called the world’s most valuable startup, with a post-money valuation of $965 billion. That tops the $852 billion post-money valuation of OpenAI, which is its biggest rival. …
… That deployment helped Vapi raise a $50 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a valuation of around $500 million after investment, according to a person familiar with the matter. …
… In September of last year, Replit hit the $3 billion valuation mark. Six months later, in March, the company raised $400 million in a Series D led by Georgian Partners at a $9 billion valuation — tripling its valuation in under six months. …
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra is raising a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday , pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion. …
… It is now targeting a June 12 stock market debut and seeking a $1.75 trillion valuation, Reuters has reported. …
… Listen to the full episode to hear about: OpenAI’s $122 billion fundraise and what its near-trillion-dollar valuation says about expectations for AI. …
… Meanwhile, Google’s own AI model goals are caught up in a race to keep up with Claude. …
… Bundling all of the different business arms into SpaceX's valuation, and if these estimates are correct, SpaceX could have one of the biggest IPOs in history. …
… The timing of OpenAI's public offering marks a sprint to tap into public capital and set Wall Street's valuation rules for the entire AI sector. A major bottleneck in the AI race is compute power -- physical servers, chips, and data centers required to train and power AI models and systems.