Issue #75 • January 30, 2026
Hi Seedradar Squad! This week, the capital wars reached an unprecedented scale as reports broke of Amazon negotiating a record-breaking investment in OpenAI, a move that could potentially fund the industry's first proprietary AI chip foundries.
Simultaneously, the developer landscape shifted as Modelence arrived to build the missing infrastructure for "vibe coding," creating the unified stack needed for autonomous agents to deploy production-ready apps. Plus, we track Redwood Materials’ strategic push to secure the battery infrastructure needed to feed the voracious power demands of this new era.
🤖 Amazon Reportedly in Talks to Invest $50 Billion in OpenAI
News broke that Amazon is negotiating a massive $50 billion investment in OpenAI, a strategic move designed to secure long-term access to frontier models.
If completed, the deal would be the largest single investment in AI history, potentially providing OpenAI with the unprecedented capital required to build its own proprietary chip foundries.
🛠️ Modelence1 Raises $3 Million to Fix "Vibe Coding" Infrastructure
Modelence secured $3 million to build the missing infrastructure layer for the "vibe coding" revolution. The platform offers a unified, AI-native stack—bundling auth, databases, and hosting—that is specifically designed so AI agents can deploy production-ready apps without getting tangled in complex integration code.
As the industry shifts from human-written code to AI-generated "vibes," Modelence aims to become the standard operating system that prevents autonomous agents from failing on complex backend integrations.
💰 Snapshots: What Else Is Happening?
• Redwood Materials locked down $425 million to fortify American battery sovereignty. The funding places a massive strategic bet on the critical infrastructure needed to feed the voracious power demands of the AI. - Read More
• Tesla isn't just a carmaker anymore. Its energy storage division exploded by 48%, leaving the auto business in the dust. With margins doubling that of its EVs, the Megapack has officially taken the wheel as the company's new, high-octane profit powerhouse. - Read More
• Ricursive Intelligence exploded out of stealth with a massive $300 million Series A to achieve the ultimate goal: AI that designs superior AI chips. They are engineering a "self-reinforcing loop." - Read More
• OpenAI has unleashed "Prism", a deep-reasoning workspace that doesn't just assist—it solves. This isn't just a tool; it's an intelligent co-author built to accelerate the next Nobel Prize. - Read More
• Genspark just secured $300 million after rocketing to $100M ARR at record-breaking speed. Their "agentic search" effectively kills the blue links, instantly generating custom, ad-free pages to solve the web's hardest questions. - Read More
• Moonshot AI just dropped Kimi k2.5, a heavyweight open-source model built to stare down GPT-4. Armed with a lethal new coding agent, this release proves the global battle for open-model supremacy is hotter than ever. - Read More
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Disclosure: Seedradar Ventures and/or its general partner may hold investments in some of the companies mentioned in this newsletter. This content is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice.
1 The general partner of Seedradar Ventures is an investor in Modelence.
