https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-starcloud-250-million-series-a-extension Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Starcloud raises $250M at $2.3B valuation, with Nvidia investing https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-nvidia-h200-china-bytedance-tencent Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 First real Nvidia H200 shipments reach China, still a fraction of quota https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-xai-grok-cryptographic-context-injection Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 xAI leaves Grok exposed to unpatched encrypted-prompt attack https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-rivian-also-150-million-series-d Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Rivian's Also spinout raises $150M for autonomous micromobility https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-cas-space-kinastra-1-propulsion-test Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 CAS Space clears propulsion test for Kinastra-1 orbital transfer vehicle https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-tesla-nevada-robotaxi-5000-permit Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Nevada grants Tesla full permit for up to 5,000 robotaxis https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-catl-zhongheng-electric-data-center-stake Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 CATL takes 49% stake in AI data center power supplier https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-xiaomi-ev-q2-2026-earnings Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Xiaomi EV deliveries jump 28% in Q2, but margin and price slip https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-byd-da-han-presale Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 BYD opens presales for Da Han flagship sedan at Chengdu show https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-rocketlab-space-force-sdn-nite-star Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Rocket Lab lands two US Space Force program wins https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-xpeng-trueev-case-dismissed Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 XPeng to pay TrueEV customers after Australian court case dismissed https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-openai-new-safeguards-hugging-face-response Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI expands safety monitoring after Hugging Face breach https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-boeing-qatar-kc-46a-tanker-sale Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Qatar cleared to buy $4.5 billion in Boeing KC-46A tankers https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-ula-1-5-billion-bond-raise Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 ULA triples private bond raise to $1.5 billion for expansion https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-21-ehang-global-fast-track-sri-lanka Venture Atlas en 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 EHang launches global fast-track program, starting in Sri Lanka https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-openai-q2-revenue-anthropic-overtaken Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI Q2 revenue hits $6.7B as Anthropic overtakes it in sales https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-einride-500-tesla-semi-deployment Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis, largest order yet https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-baidu-apollo-go-uber-dubai-driverless Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Apollo Go goes fully driverless on Uber in Dubai https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-terrapower-hyundai-ec-natrium-epc Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 TerraPower taps Hyundai E&C to build up to eight Natrium reactors https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-stoke-space-1-billion-nova-raise Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Stoke Space raising about $1B at roughly $9B valuation https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-spacex-100-launches-starlink-11000 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceX hits 100 launches in 2026 as Starlink tops 11,000 satellites https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-zhipu-glm-5-3-coding-cyber Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Zhipu releases GLM-5.3, positioned for coding and cyber defense https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-nvidia-mercor-20-billion-talks Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Nvidia in talks to back data-labeling startup Mercor at $20B https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-shield-ai-navy-x-bat-investment Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Navy invests $50 million in Shield AI's X-BAT drone https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-anduril-fury-second-eou-exercise Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Anduril's Fury drone completes second Air Force exercise https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-lg-energy-solution-lansing-plant-opens Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 LG Energy Solution starts production at Lansing battery plant https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-waymo-ojai-robotaxi-all-riders Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Waymo opens next-gen Ojai robotaxi to all riders https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-pony-ai-uber-zagreb-europe-launch Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Pony.ai and Uber launch Europe's first robotaxi rides https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-skyroot-hex20-first-commercial-launch-contract Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Skyroot signs first commercial launch deal, with HEX20 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-kairos-power-nucamp-manufacturing-workforce Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Kairos Power launches NuCAMP nuclear manufacturing initiative https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-20-ast-spacemobile-fcc-800mhz-test-authority Venture Atlas en 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 AST SpaceMobile wins FCC test authority for 800 MHz band https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-tsmc-arizona-subsidiary-profit-surge Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 TSMC's Arizona unit profit soars 663% in first half 2026 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-baidu-apollo-q2-2026-earnings-23-million-rides Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Baidu Apollo Go tops 23 million rides after Q2 2026 results https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-terrapower-second-natrium-plant-ai-data-center Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 TerraPower plans second Natrium plant for an AI data center https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-general-atomics-india-mq-9b-sea-guardian-lease Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 India leases two more MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones for Navy https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-casc-long-march-launches-after-7a-failure Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 CASC keeps launch cadence up with two missions in a day https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-moderna-merck-melanoma-vaccine-phase3-success Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Moderna-Merck melanoma vaccine hits Phase 3 goals, shares surge https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-qianfan-spacesail-1-billion-funding-round Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceSail raises ~$1B in state-backed round, bars foreign capital https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-pony-ai-q2-2026-earnings-robotaxi-growth Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Pony.ai robotaxi revenue jumps 691% in Q2, adds Singapore https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-tesla-cybercab-austin-public-launch-prep Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Tesla preps Cybercab public launch in Austin this month https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-firefly-zeno-power-lunar-lander-rhu Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Firefly to fly Zeno Power's nuclear heater on a lunar lander https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-anthropic-super-voting-shares-credit-facility Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic preps super-voting shares, credit facility past $10B https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-eve-air-mobility-rv-connex-thailand-mou Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Eve Air Mobility signs Thailand air mobility regulatory MOU https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-anthropic-65-billion-revenue-run-rate Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic's revenue run rate tops $65 billion ahead of IPO https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-landspace-zhuque3-booster-landing Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster, a first for private China https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-unitree-star-market-trading-debut Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Unitree shares surge 629% in Shanghai trading debut https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-rocketlab-viasat-pts-g-geo-satellite Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Viasat picks Rocket Lab to build a GEO satellite bus https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-19-catl-quinbrook-supernode-stage3-financed Venture Atlas en 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 CATL and Quinbrook advance Australia's largest BESS campus