E242: OpenAI raise at $830b; Anthropic raise at $350b; xAI raise at $230b; Databricks raise at $134b; + more episode artwork

EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 19 MIN

E242: OpenAI raise at $830b; Anthropic raise at $350b; xAI raise at $230b; Databricks raise at $134b; + more

from This Week in Pre-IPO Stocks · host AG Dillon & Co

Send us Fan MailInvest in pre-IPO stocks with AG Dillon & Co. Contact [email protected] to learn more. Financial advisors only. www.agdillon.com00:00 - Intro00:08 - xAI Lands a Massive $20B Round, $230B Valuation01:22 - xAI Financials Show Hypergrowth Economics With Losses Still Expanding02:51 - Grok for Business Targets Enterprise Wallet Share With Security and Admin Controls04:05 - Anthropic Signs Up a $10B Round, $350B Valuation05:07 - OpenAI Targets a $100B Raise, $830B Valuation05:51 - OpenAI Pushes Deeper Into Healthcare With ChatGPT Health06:45 - OpenAI’s New $50B Stock Compensation Program07:45 - Lambda Lines Up a Pre-IPO Raise, IPO in Next 12 Months08:43 - Databricks Raises Over $4B, $134B Valuation09:30 - Figure’s Adcock Launches New AI Lab, Hark, With $100M Personal Capital 10:05 - Lovable Raises $330M, $6.6B Valuation, 267% Step-Up in Five Months10:58 - OpenEvidence Targets a $12B Valuation on 150M Annualized Ad Revenue and 90 Percent Gross Margins12:04 - Waymo Explores a $15B Raise With Valuation Talks at $100B12:48 - Rain Raises $250M at a $1.95B Valuation to Expand Stablecoin Cards Across 150 Countries13:26 - ServiceNow Buys Armis for $7.75B Cash After a Fresh $6.1B Pre-IPO Mark14:05 - Cursor Acquires Graphite and Reinforces a $38.5B Secondary Mark14:56 - Plaud Expands Hardware Line With a $179 NotePin S Ahead of CES 202615:51 - Mobileye Buys Mentee Robotics for $900M and Expands the Physical AI Playbook16:42 - LMArena Reprices to $1.7B and Hits $30M Annualized Consumption in Under Four Months17:22 - Swap Commerce Raises $100M Six Months After Its $40M Series B17:51 - Discord Files Confidentially for IPO With Secondaries Pricing at $7B to $8B18:25 - Commonwealth Fusion Systems Builds a Digital Twin and Targets 19-Magnet Completion This Summer

Send us Fan Mail Invest in pre-IPO stocks with AG Dillon & Co. Contact [email protected] to learn more. Financial advisors only. www.agdillon.com 00:00 - Intro 00:08 - xAI Lands a Massive $20B Round, $230B Valuation 01:22 - xAI Financials Show Hypergrowth Economics With Losses Still Expanding 02:51 - Grok for Business Targets Enterprise Wallet Share With Security and Admin Controls 04:05 - Anthropic Signs Up a $10B Round, $350B Valuation 05:07 - OpenAI Targets a $100B Raise, $830...

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