Sources: AI chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise ~$600M at a $6.5B pre-money valuation, up from ~$1B in May, and has an initial ~$250M deal with Anthropic (Bloomberg)

Fractile is negotiating a $600 million financing round at a $6.5 billion pre-money valuation, up from about $1 billion in May, and has an initial $250 million deal with Anthropic. Stripe will buy OpenRouter for $7.5 billion, allocating $1.5 billion to founders and $6 billion to investors. China’s Unitree Robotics raised 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) in its Shanghai IPO, boosting its shares 460% and valuing the company at over $50 billion.