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Startup funding over the past day is being pulled toward a surprisingly consistent set of bottlenecks: AI compute, sovereign chips, power systems, optical interconnects, robotics data, quantum infrastructure, security, and regulated payments. The largest transaction is in a class of its own. Denver-based Crusoe closed the initial $3.9 billion Series F at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, turning the AI infrastructure boom into what increasingly looks like industrial-scale project finance. But Crusoe is only half the story. In China, EVAS Intelligence raised nearly RMB2 billion for RISC-V-based cloud AI chips at a reported post-money valuation approaching RMB15 billion. Qingdao-based Zhongke…
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