Issue #46 • October 24, 2025
Hi Seedradar Squad! This week delivered a powerful combination of deep tech breakthroughs and massive infrastructure commitments. Google achieved a landmark in quantum computing. This scientific leap coincided with a dramatic escalation of the AI infrastructure war, highlighted by Meta’s multi-billion-dollar joint venture to build a massive data center campus. Meanwhile, the future of mobility accelerated as Avride secured a major strategic investment to launch its robotaxi fleet on the Uber platform.
🚗 Avride Secures Up to $375M from Uber and Nebius to Scale Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous driving developer Avride landed a strategic investment and commercial commitment of up to $375 million from key partners Uber and Nebius Group.
The funding will accelerate the growth of its autonomous car and delivery robot fleet, supporting a planned robotaxi launch on the Uber platform in Dallas by the end of 2025.
💰 Snapshots: What Else Is Happening?
• Google announced a landmark achievement in quantum computing, revealing that its "Willow" quantum processor has demonstrated the world's first verifiable quantum advantage. The breakthrough involved a new algorithm named "Quantum Echoes," which ran 13,000 times faster on the Willow chip than the best classical algorithm on one of the world's fastest supercomputers. - Read More
• Uniphore secured a $260 million Series F round led by a consortium of the world's top AI and data companies, including Nvidia and Databricks. The investment, valuing the company at $2.5 billion, will fuel the expansion of its Business AI Cloud platform for large organizations. - Read More
• Meta revealed a $27 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital to develop the Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana. The facility will power Meta's next-generation AI infrastructure. - Read More
• Fal.ai raised $250 million in a round with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, catapulting its valuation to over $4 billion. The platform provides the essential GPU cloud infrastructure for developers building next-generation creative tools for images, video, and audio. - Read More
💰 Sharks of the Week!
️🔥 Sequoia Capital - Co-led a $250 million Series B for Sesame, a conversational AI and smart glasses maker. - Read More
️🔥 EQT Life Sciences - Co-led a $183 million Series C financing for Electra Therapeutics, a late-stage biotech company developing treatments for immunological diseases and cancer. - Read More
️🔥 Avenir - Co-led a $65 million Series B for ShopMy, an AI-powered accounting and ERP startup, marking its second lead investment in the company in under four months. - Read More
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