Issue #8 • June 13, 2025
Hi Seedradar Squad! This week was YC Demo Day for the Spring 2025 batch (X25), with AI making an especially powerful showing. We're also seeing significant advancements, from Nvidia's major AI infrastructure expansion across Europe, featuring Mistral AI's deployment, to significant funding rounds.
💡 Our Top AI Startups from the YC Demo Day X25!
The event showcased exactly 137 startups, all packed with ambition and creativity. After diving into the batch, we've handpicked a few standout companies that we're particularly excited about:
🤖 Nvidia's European AI Expansion Features Mistral AI in Major Deployment
Nvidia revealed plans to expand its AI infrastructure in Europe, with key nations deploying its Blackwell systems for sovereign AI.
As part of this, French AI startup Mistral AI will deploy 18,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell systems in France, highlighting Nvidia's role in the global AI build-out.
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💰 Snapshots: What Else Is Happening?
• Glean announced a $150 million Series F funding round, achieving a $7.2 billion valuation. - Read More • Coco Robotics announced an $80 million funding round, with investors including Sam Altman, Max Altman, Pelion Venture Partners, and Offline Ventures. This brings Coco's total funding to over $120 million. - Read More • Vast Data is reportedly seeking a new funding round that could value the company at approximately $25 billion, a significant increase from its $9 billion valuation in 2023. Recent news highlighted the company's 3.3x year-over-year growth and positive cash flow, underscoring strong investor interest. - Read More • Octaura announced a $46.5 million funding round with participation from founding investors like Bank of America and Citi, plus new backers including Barclays. - Read More
💰 Biggest Sharks of the Week!
️🔥 Thrive Capital -Led the monumental $900 million Series C funding for AI coding assistant Anysphere (valued at $9.9B). - Read More
️🔥 Wellington Management -Led the $150 million Series F funding round for enterprise AI startup Glean. - Read More
️🔥 Omers Ventures -Participated as a new backer in the $46.5 million funding round for Octaura. - Read More
️🔥 Greenoaks -Led a $75 million funding round for David, a protein bar company. - Read More
🚀 Startup Radar: Movers, Shakers & Future Makers
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🛠️ Trending AI Tools to Supercharge Your Workflow!
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🧠 Friday Quote!
"Ensuring the responsible adoption of AI is one of the greatest challenges—and opportunities—of our time. Trustible uniquely addresses this critical need, and I'm excited to support their vision for safer, scalable AI adoption.”
💼 Join the Revolution: Hot Startup Jobs!
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💼 Resource of the Week: Workshops, Mentorships and More!
🌟 Sequoia Capital Arc Program & Resources
Sequoia's Arc is a company-building program for their pre-seed and seed-stage founders, offering workshops, mentorship, and access to marketplace credits for tools like NVIDIA, AWS, and OpenAI.
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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.
