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The batch of TechCrunch pieces highlights high-visibility funding rounds and explosive-capability development in space/defense startups, plus strategic policy changes around data APIs, IPO timing, and startup ecosystems.
Mach Industries raises a $300M Series C at a $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year, while expanding its five autonomous platforms and adding a DoD-backed sixth vehicle after acquiring Exquadrum for $50M.
SpaceX warns of significant future equity issuance around its IPO amid merger chatter, while WindBorne, Revolut, Strava, and DuckDuckGo illustrate data/licensing, regulatory, and AI-driven shifts in their respective spaces.
Oura acknowledges government data requests but does not disclose counts, amid a high-growth wearable business and scrutiny over data privacy.
Pentagon contracts Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks, signaling diversification of AI vendors after Anthropic dispute.
Pentagon expands classified-AI vendor deals to OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, xAI, and Reflection, excluding Anthropic over supply-chain risk.
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