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Brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, which Sam Altman co-founded, raised a $252M seed from OpenAI, Bain Capital, Gabe Newell, and others

Brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, which Sam Altman co-founded, raised a $252M seed from OpenAI, Bain Capital, Gabe Newell, and others

Merge Labs, a company co-founded by AI billionaire Sam Altman that is building devices to connect human brains to computers, raised $252 million.

Defense Unicorns, which provides open-source air-gapped software to the US DOD, raised a $136M Series B led by Bain Capital, taking its total valuation to $1B+

Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia's stock falls 14%+ after a Bain Capital-backed entity sold $2.1B worth of shares at a discount, stoking AI valuation concerns

Bloomberg :

Govini, a Palantir competitor whose AI software Ark helps militaries manage product lifecycles, raised $150M from Bain Capital and says it hit $100M in ARR

Samantha Subin / CNBC :

Meanwhile, a Bermuda-regulated bitcoin life insurance provider, raised $82M from Apollo, Bain Capital, Haun Ventures, and others, after a $40M Series A in April

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg :

Bain Capital agrees to sell its data centers in China to a consortium led by Shanghai-listed Shenzhen Dongyangguang in a ~$4B deal

Bloomberg :

Source: Pylon, which uses AI to automate B2B customer service, raised $31M led by a16z and Bain Capital at a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : X: @steph_palazzolo X: Stephanie Palazzolo / @steph_palazzolo : Pylon, a self-described “Zendesk-killer,” has raised $31M from A16Z and BCV at a valuation in t...

Carlyle agrees to sell Amsterdam-based Microsoft cloud and solutions integrator HSO, which serves 1,400 clients worldwide, to Bain Capital, sources say for ~$1B

Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg :

Bain Capital agrees to buy Blackstone-backed HealthEdge, which offers SaaS for health insurers to modernize their systems, sources say for ~$2.6B including debt

Financial Times :