The top two checks went to AI. Robotics took the next $200M.
Monday's stack is concentrated at the top: Higgsfield raised a $400M Series B at a $5.4B valuation; Wispr raised a $280M Series B at a $2B valuation; and Gravis Robotics raised a $200M Series A from SoftBank. Those three closed company financings total $880M in disclosed USD capital. 123
The rest of the window is smaller or differently structured. Gallos disclosed a $50M round led by Ventura Capital and Aberdeen Investments, with the round still open and valuation undisclosed. Astute raised a $1.2M pre-seed backed by Flyer One Ventures, Silicon Gardens, Marathon Fund, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, and strategic angels. Gallos is excluded from the closed-round total. 456
The read is narrow but useful: the largest checks split between AI media, AI voice, and physical autonomy. The next diligence question is whether those large marks convert into durable usage and repeatable deployment. This is a five-disclosure sample, not a market total.
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