... strategy, and competitive environment. The company and its management provide necessary data (financial reports, plans, contracts) in the form of a confidential information memorandum. At this stage, the main risks and potential returns are identified. Negotiations and agreements. Interested investors discuss the terms of the round: the amount of investment, company valuation, rights of future shareholders, and other parameters. Term sheets and key documents outlining agreements between the parties ...

... expectations. If the population and businesses are confident in further price increases, they tend to spend money faster or negotiate higher wages. This, in turn, accelerates demand and creates additional pressure on prices. Most often, several factors ... ... inflation affects competitiveness: prices for export goods are rising faster than in other countries, negatively impacting the trade balance. Inflation undermines trust in the national currency: citizens and businesses look to convert their savings into ...

... $150-170 billion—almost three times its previous value, indicating a rapid rise in investor appetites. Investments in AI infrastructure are also noteworthy. American-Israeli startup Vast Data, specializing in data storage systems for AI tasks, is negotiating a multi-billion dollar round at a very high valuation. Investors are willing to put money into the "shovels and picks" of the AI ecosystem, anticipating long-term returns. As a result, these mega deals are spawning a wave of new ...

... ambitious player—startup Safe Superintelligence (co-founded by Ilya Sutskover)—secured about $2 billion at a valuation of over $30 billion for developing “safe” AI systems. Moreover, industry reports indicate that company Anthropic is in final negotiations for a new round of funding between $3–5 billion, which could lift its valuation to an astronomical ~$170 billion. Such mega-deals are generating a new wave of unicorns and even “decacorns” (valuations exceeding $10 billion), particularly ...

... experts warn of the risk of overheating. Concurrently, investors are actively funding other rapidly growing segments, leading to the emergence of new unicorns beyond AI. Recent examples of large deals from the last few days include: OpenAI (USA, AI) is negotiating a sale of some employee shares at a valuation of around $500 billion (current valuation ~$300 billion). Ramp (USA, fintech) has raised $500 million in investments (valuation has increased to ~$22.5 billion). These and other recent mega deals ...