This Week in Unicorn Companies | Key Deals and Moves

AI Leaders Eyeing Public Markets

• 🚀 Anthropic is reportedly preparing for an IPO, potentially valuing the company at over $300 billion, leveraging its Claude large language models and Constitutional AI framework for safer systems.
• 🌌 SpaceX is targeting a mid-to-late 2026 IPO with an ambitious $1.5 trillion valuation, planning to raise $30 billion to accelerate the development of space-based data centers for advanced AI and high-performance computing.

Fintech & Aviation Advancements

• 💰 Airwallex secured $330 million in its Series G round, boosting its valuation to $8 billion for its global payments and financial platform that facilitates cross-border transactions and multi-currency accounts.
• ✈️ Boom Supersonic raised $300 million, reaching a $1.5 billion valuation, as it develops Overture, a Mach 1.7 supersonic airliner powered by sustainable aviation fuel.

Next-Gen AI Platforms

• 💡 Serval, founded in 2024, raised $75 million in its Series B round, achieving a $1 billion valuation for its AI-powered IT support platform that automates ticketing and troubleshooting.
• 🎤 ElevenLabs reached a $6.6 billion valuation through a $100 million secondary share sale, known for its realistic AI voice technology and expanding into conversational agents and multimodal audio tools.

Robotics & Software Delivery

• 🤖 Skild AI is in talks to raise over $1 billion, potentially tripling its valuation to $14 billion, to advance its robot-agnostic foundation model, "Skild Brain," for AI perception and decision-making in robotics.
• 🛠️ Harness completed a $240 million Series E round, bringing its valuation to $5.5 billion, by using AI agents and a software delivery knowledge graph to automate testing, security, and deployment for engineering teams.