The Mandate

capital raising

• COMPRESSION MAGNETS. FUSION ENERGY STARTUP HELION ENERGY RAISES $465 MILLION FOR SERIES G. Sam Altman Smiles. www.helionenergy.com
• Governor Abbott Announces Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant To Soulbrain gov.texas.gov
• GPT WARS - OpenAI Files for IPO, just behind Anthropic www.cnn.com
• MUSK DREAMS: SpaceX is Targeting a $75 billion raise www.marketwatch.com

Global Events

• Another Crypto Winter, 3.0? From 120K to 61K BTC price. www.marketbeat.com
• FINALLY, JPMORGAN CHASE TO START DEPLOYING LONGER-TERM AI AGENTS www.cnbc.com
• Apple Shareholders Don't Look too Excited for Siri AI lite.cnn.com
• Breaking PENTAGON REVEALS CHINESE MILITARY FIRMS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT ACROSS AMERICA media.defense.gov
• LA Socialist Takes Lead over Reality Star Pratt www.nbcnews.com
• Driverless Trucks are Delivering DORITOS www.wsj.com
• White House Considers Buying Chagos Islands www.telegraph.co.uk
• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Requests a Pardon from Trump beincrypto.com
• AMERICANS MOST FINANCIALLY STRESSED SINCE 2022, NYFED WARNS www.cnbc.com
• FCA takes legal action against Woodford 4.0 citywire.com

Industry and Deals

• ANOTHER "FINANCING" COMMITMENT FOR GLOBAL AI DEPLOYMENT, Apollo and Blackstone $AVGO www.blackstone.com
• IREI Founder Dohrmann Shares His Story irei.com
• BLACKSTONE AND J.P. MORGAN BET $281 MILLION ON URBAN PARKING LOTS www.businesswire.com
• Aggregation continues, gobble, gobble. www.businesswire.com

SWFs and Pensions

• Section 892 could deeply impact future SWF investment, impacting valuations www.swfinstitute.org
• GIC, ONTARIO TEACHERS BACK RAMP'S $750 MILLION SERIES F www.gic.com.sg
• $100 Million INTL EQUITIES Mandate TERMINATED www.imrf.org
• Victor Mojica Caballero will serve as secretariat of the Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá, succeeding Abdiel Santiago. www.ai-cio.com