Issue #53 • November 18, 2025
Hi Seedradar Squad! This week demonstrated that the highest-stakes battles in the AI economy are being fought over physical infrastructure, operational efficiency, and the most efficient computing resources. Jeff Bezos re-entered the operational field to co-lead Project Prometheus, a startup backed by enormous capital to build AI and robotics for manufacturing. Meanwhile, a significant funding round was announced for Ramp, cementing its position as a multi-billion-dollar leader.
Critically, the hardware bottleneck is under fierce attack, with Celero Communications and PowerLattice developing new chips for faster, more efficient computing. This drive for efficiency extends to the supply chain, where Bops is providing CPG brands and retailers with a single, real-time view to reduce risk and maximize growth.
📈 Important News of the Week!
• Ramp hit a $32 billion valuation just three months after its last fundraise, closing a new $300 million round led by Lightspeed that also included an employee tender offer. The deal caps a whirlwind 2025 in which the corporate-card and expense-automation startup has repeatedly raised at higher valuations, leaping from $13 billion to $32 billion in under a year as investors double down on its AI-driven finance stack. - Read More
• Jeff Bezos took a co-CEO role at Project Prometheus, an AI startup building software and advanced robotics for automated manufacturing. The company has reportedly raised about $6.2 billion in total capital, instantly making it one of the best-funded AI startups in the world. - Read More
• Celero Communications raised $140 million from investors including Alphabet’s CapitalG to build chips that speed up networking inside AI data centers. The company aims to reduce latency and power consumption in massive AI clusters as demand for inference and training workloads surges. - Read More
• PowerLattice came out of stealth with a new chiplet architecture designed to deliver power inside advanced AI processors more efficiently. The company claims it can more than halve power use and heat while boosting performance, addressing one of the biggest bottlenecks in scaling AI data centers. - Read More
🌱 The Next Big Thing: Our Startup Pick!
🎯 This Week's Emerging Star: Bops 1
Bops is a next-gen customer supply chain collaboration platform that gives CPG brands and retailers a shared, real-time view of inventory, on-shelf availability, and retail execution. By combining a multi-customer control tower with predictive alerts and smart CPFR workflows, teams can spot risks early, simulate fixes, and align around a single version of the truth.
Instead of stitching together ad-hoc reports, customer supply chain and sales teams can use Bops as their always-on operating layer for retailer collaboration—reducing stockouts, excess inventory, and markdowns while unlocking faster, more profitable growth across key retail partners.
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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 Bops.
