Top 25 Robot VC investors, the F-147 and killer drones, the X/xAI global content juggernaut, the electric BMW M3 for '28, and more scary stuff...
Masa is last in
It appears that SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son didn't get our memo on the new DeepSeek trickle-down valuation reality. A few posts back, we challenged Masa on his bid to invest $40 billion into an ill-structured OpenAI for a whopping $300 billion+ valuation.😳
Reuters tells us that Masa kind of got the ill-structured part because Softbank's deal withholds $20 billion of the $40 billion they committed until OpenAI completes its transition from a non-profit to a for-profit. This requirement also must be completed by year-end, which is an 'accelerated deadline for OpenAI to pull off its complicated transition.'
Otherwise, it looks like Masa is buying in at the full $300 billion post-money valuation, a gigantic bump-up from the $157 billion OpenAI fetched during its $6.6 billion raise last October. CNBC reports: ‘The round was initially expected to award OpenAI a valuation of $340 billion😳😳, but a source familiar with the matter later told CNBC that the amount would be closer to $300 billion.’
Our challenge was whether Masa would become known as the last guy to put money in the AI Bubble or the first major player to bring the valuations back to reality. Well, we got our answer. In the meantime, our high AI valuation thesis was given a nod by the CoreWeave IPO last week (see below), whereby a very solid AI chip and systems startup, whose last VC round was valued at $23 billion, is now sitting at a $17.3 billion public market cap.
We had also urged Masa to dodge the OpenAI deal completely and throw his money in with the much more promising and entrepreneurial xAI at a third of the price. Since then, xAI bought X for a combined value of $88 billion.🤔
We think Masa should have listened to us, but he and Sam could prove us wrong. We like OpenAI’s plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model, and the AI horse race remains very dynamic. We shall see how the free market sorts all these AI startups out and remain gracious of how the fruits of their labor make our edit jobs much easier and more entertaining.😎🤙🏼
If you didn't think private AI companies were overvalued….
The AI industry had its first IPO for 2025 last week. We believe in CoreWeave and list the company as a Cryptonite 300 company. CoreWeave provides GPU-based cloud computing infrastructure tailored for AI workloads, graphics rendering, life sciences, and real-time streaming. It's the future.
CoreWeave, Roseland, NJ, USA, Founded in 2017 — ($17.3 billion)
Top Investors: Fidelity Investments, Deutsche Bank, The Carlyle Group, JP Morgan Chase, and Blackstone Group
But, our position remains that the average private AI company's valuation is high, and we predicted CoreWeave's IPO value would land closer to $26 billion on a fully diluted basis. Well, the company is trading at a $17.3 billion market cap today. 🤷🏻♀️ Late VC investor alert! CoreWeave raised its last round in November 2024 at a valuation of $23 billion.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs once said that the difference between him and Bill Gates was that he dropped LSD, and his nemesis didn't. Steve was suggesting it might have improved Bill G's creativity and taste in product design. The other running tease in Silicon Valley was Bill G's incessant mention, starting with his keynote speech at COMDEX 2000, about how the 'Tablet PC' will become 'the most popular form of PC within five years.' Well, it didn't happen, and ten years later, in 2010, Mr. Jobs introduced the iPad, and while it doesn't dominate PC sales, it remains the top-selling tablet PC globally.
Silicon Valley insiders have never looked to Bill G to predict the future of anything. He is more of a Grandmaster chess player who controlled the PC chess board through his wits and OS, not by creating 'insanely great products.'
'Within ten years, AI and virtual assistants will provide great medical advice and diagnosis and teach and tutor for free. We are entering an area of free intelligence. It's very profound and even a little bit scary — because it's happening very quickly, and there is no upper bound.'
—Bill G on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
'In a benign scenario, probably none of us will have a job. There will be no shortage of goods or services. AI and robots will provide anything we want. There will be a need for 'universal high income' as opposed to 'universal basic income.' I do think there's perhaps still a role for humans in this – in that we may give AI meaning.'
—Elon @ VivaTech 2024
Currently, Bill G is on a roadshow for his new Netflix docuseries called What's Next? The future with Bill Gates, and it feels like he might have finally taken a hit of acid. The typical headline he is generating says, 'Bill Gates: In 10 years, AI will replace humans.' In this way, Bill G, the long-time richest person in the world (1995 to 2007; 2014 to 2017—now #11), agrees with the Cowardly Lion, the current richest person in the world (since 2021), who has definitely dropped acid.
Supported by our own experience, where we use AI all day to do research and create illustrations, we continue to see AI as a tool that helps humans work more efficiently. Silicon Valley's innovation history shows that while our inventions disrupt existing industries and eliminate certain jobs, they ultimately create more new job opportunities and economic growth than they destroy. We are betting history will repeat itself, and when the dust clears, all will be even better.🤓👍🏼
Take a hit of this…🤒
Top VCs investing in the robotics, autonomous, and electric vehicles space for 2025
The following list presents the top 20 venture capital funds that have invested in the greatest number of the 55 top private companies in the robotics, autonomous, and electric vehicles, as well as drone space chosen for this year's Cryptonite 300 (C300). The average top VC fund on this list was founded 23 years ago and has over $20 billion under management.
Top AI company investor Andreessen Horowitz shared the top honors with Toyota Ventures for investing in eight of the top 55 companies on the Cryptonite 300 (C300) list that operate in robotics, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and drones.
Based on our history of picking great private companies, the bottom line is that the 20 funds on this list are going to do very well—and the action has just begun. According to our historical calculations, most of the great companies in these categories that will define the era have yet to be founded.
Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Founded 2009, ($35 billion)
Top companies: Anduril, Applied Intuition, Astranis, Saronic Technologies, Shield AI, Skydio, Waymo, Zipline
Toyota Ventures: Los Altos, CA, USA, 2017 (Undscl.)
Top companies: Foretellix, May Mobility, Momenta, Pickle Robot, Preferred Networks, Realtime Robotics, Recogni, Third Wave Automation
Lux Capital, New York, NY, USA, Founded 2000, ($4 billion)
Top companies: Anduril, Applied Intuition, Bright Machines, Collaborative Robotics, Covariant, Mendaera, Physical Intelligence
NVentures (Nvidia), Santa Clara, CA, USA, Founded 2022 (Undiscl.)
Top companies: Outrider, Figure AI, Foretellix, Momenta, Plus AI, Skydio
Tiger Global Management, New York, NY, USA, Founded 2001, ($60 billion)
Top companies: 1X, Built Robotics, Locus Robotics, Nuro, Path Robotics, Waymo
General Catalyst, Cambridge, MA, USA, Founded 2000, ($28 billion)
Top companies: Anduril, Applied Intuition, Collaborative Robotics, Helsing, Saronic Technologies, Skild AI, Standard Bots
Sequoia Capital, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Founded 1972, ($85 billion)
Top companies: AMP Robotics, Collaborative Robotics, Skild AI Zipline, Momenta, PlusAI, Physical Intelligence
8VC founder Joe Lonsdale cofounded Palantir Technologies with Peter Thiel and is also a cofounder of Addapar. See Joe's interview with Shawn Ryan about modern war below. 8VC, Austin, TX, USA Founded 2010, ($1 billion)
Top companies: Anduril, Outrider, Saronic Technologies, Waabi
Amazon, Seattle, WA, USA, Founded 1994 (Undiscl.)
Top companies: Agility Robotics, Plus AI, Skild AI, Standard Bots
Fidelity Management, Boston, MA, USA, Founded 1946, (~$4.5 trillion)
Top companies: Anduril, Astranis, Nuro, Waymo, Built Robotics
The electric BMW M3 2027-28 will use the Neue Klasse platform with a quad-motor setup—one for each wheel—potentially cranking out over 1,000 horsepower. Art courtesy of xAI. BMW i Ventures, Mountain View, CA/Munich, Founded 2011 (Undiscl.)
Top companies: Bright Machines, May Mobility, Recogni
Accel Partners, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Founded 1983, ($18 billion)
Top companies: Helsing, Nimble Robotics, Skydio
Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Founded 2004, ($15 billion)
Top companies: Collaborative Robotics, Physical Intelligence, Waabi
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Park, CA, Founded 2000, ($18 billion)
Catapult Ventures, Leicester, United Kingdom, Founded 2002 ($5 billion)
Top companies: Neura Robotics, Path Robotics, Pickle Robot
Temasek Holdings, Orchard Road, Singapore, Founded 1974, ($382 billion)
Eclipse Ventures, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Founded 2015, ($4 billion)
Top companies: Bright Machines, Simbe Robotics, Wayve
Black Rock, New York City, USA, Founded 1988, ($10 trillion)
Top companies: Anduril, Astranis, Bright Machines
ARK Invest, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, Founded 2014, ($6.7 billion)
SV Angel, San Francisco, CA, USA, Founded 2009, ($500 million)
Congratulations to all the VCs funding the exciting and fast-growing robotics, autonomous and electric vehicles, and drone sectors!
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This robot could kick your ass.㌌ Unitree Robotics specializes in high-performance quadruped and humanoid robots for consumer and industrial applications. The Hangzhou-based robot maker is funded by Sequoia Capital China (HongShan), Meituan Longzhu, Beijing Robotics Industry Investment Fund, and Amber Capital.
Sixth generation warfare
It appears that the US Air Force's multi-faceted Next-Generation Air Dominance program (NGAD) is leaning on 'spectral warfare' and 'spectral dominance' technologies to achieve its goals. These concepts are central to the first sixth-generation fighter jet—the F-47—and distinguish it from fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 and F-35. The F-47 has many advantages over the fifth-generation jets, including the following.
Stealth capabilities. The F-47 employs broadband stealth, reducing its detectability across multiple parts of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), such as infrared (IR) and potentially visual wavelengths.
Quarterback to an army of drones. The manned F-47 will serve as quarterback to a fleet of drones designed to act as 'loyal wingmen' to extend the jet's reach and firepower and penetrate the air defenses of China and any other potential foes.
Sensor Fusion and AI: AI fuses data from multiple sensors (e.g., radar and IR) in real time, enhancing situational awareness and enabling rapid responses to threats. It helps the F-47 dominate the spectrum by outpacing adversaries' detection and reaction times.
Directed energy Weapons (DEWs): These include lasers, which use EMS to disable or destroy enemy systems without traditional munitions. This would amplify its spectral warfare toolkit.
Cyber Warfare: The F-47's offensive and defensive cyber capabilities allow it to hack enemy networks or shield its systems, adding another layer of spectral control.
NGAD is a broad effort that includes work on 'mutant' missiles with noses that twist in mid-air to hit their targets, next-generation modular sensor capabilities, advanced networking architectures that integrate with ground and space assets, and a fleet of sixth-generation drones. While the F-47 production formally began with the Boogeyman's announcement last week, the F-47 project has been underway for years, with prototypes in the air since 2020.
Why the TechBros like Greenland
JD Vance and our glam and brilliant second lady, Usha Vance (who elevates her husband), are leading a one-day visit to Greenland. You can bet the TechBros are standing by, hoping for a big purchase deal or the establishment of an autonomous colony on the island. Even as Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede slammed the trip as being 'highly aggressive.’ Elon is all over the idea of purchasing Greenland. Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates have advocated cutting a deal to mine its natural resources, like rare earth minerals, which are critical for high-tech manufacturing and data center development.
Greenland does indeed offer abundant potential energy, strategic metals and minerals, and proximity to key US population centers—all in a highly controllable environment. The island's isolation also reduces physical security risks faced by mainland US data plants. Defense-wise, the Arctic location could also be strategic for military defense and surveillance—this is why the Chinese also seek a foothold in the region.
Space-heads like Bezos and the Cowardly Lion also see the Arctic Circle as an ideal trajectory for polar orbits and a clear path for space launches—unlike Florida or Texas, where safety and airspace restrictions complicate operations. The island's vast uninhabited expanses and stable climate would also minimize weather delays.
Nevertheless, Americans will expand their presence in Greenland further this summer when United Airlines launches direct flights between New York and Nuuk.
One could pitch the Greenlanders that they can get access to all the resources of the United States or remain a small, isolated island. Either way, the US Constitution requires that Congress pass legislation admitting the new state by a simple majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate and requires the support of a majority of the population of the territory in question.🤔 Sorry, Bros, it's all pipe dreams.
The Cowardly Lion's DOGE update with team
Great leaders are transparent, communicate goals regularly and clearly, and report results with straight-up math and measured against commitments. The Cowardly Lion, along with seven DOGE team members, sat down with Fox News executive editor Bret Baier to provide the American people with an update. Below are summary quotes by Elon and others we strung together from the interview.
"We want to reduce spending by 15 percent by eliminating waste and fraud, which seems really quite achievable. The government is not efficient. There is a lot of money sloshing around, so a 15 percent reduction can be made without affecting any of the critical government services. The law does say that money needs to be spent correctly.
As of March 31, DOGE claims on its site it has saved Americans $140 Billion, or $869.57 per taxpayer.
The federal government has issued 4.6 million credit cards for 2.4 million employees. This doesn't make sense, so we have asked, 'Do you need all of these credit cards? Are they being used? Can you tell us physically where they are? Clearly, there should not be more credit cards than there are people. We also pay $800 million for the National Parks Service survey system that turns out to have no feedback loop, meaning the answers fly into the abyss. Why does the IRS employ 1,400 people to hand out laptops and cell phones?
Our critics may characterize what we do as shooting from the hip, but it is anything but that. Before we recommend a cut, we measure twice, if not thrice, and cut once. This is not to say that we don't make mistakes. But when we do, we correct them quickly and move on.
‘The government spends $100 billion each year funding outmoded systems, some of which have been around for 50 years. Forty percent of calls made to the Social Security Administration regarding banking changes for payments are fraudulent. Over 15 million people over the age of 120 are marked as alive in the system. Because systems can't speak to each other, fraudsters use Social Security numbers—including those of toddlers—to take out things like small business loans and saddle them with debt.'
—Aram Moghaddassi, a computer engineer at DOGE, has worked for Neuralink, X, and Tesla.
We certainly would like a lot of what we're doing to be permanently enshrined via Congressional action. A lot of the changes we're making are very basic things that are likely to remain in place. We helped the Treasury Department implement a mandatory code system for government payments that allows congressional appropriations to be tracked and requires agencies to explain what they're spending taxpayer money on. I think those changes will remain.
‘The Treasury Department uses only one bank account to make trillions in federal payments. If the government were a Corporation, it would not only be impossible for it to pass an audit, but the leadership would likely be in jail."
—DOGE's Tom Krause, who was formerly Broadcom's CFO and later President of its Software Group, managing six divisions and driving innovation.
This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest one in our government since the original revolution. It's not contrary to Congress to avoid waste and fraud. It is consistent with the law and consistent with Congress. But at the end of the day, America's going to be in much better shape. It's going to be a fantastic future.
'I loved the challenge, so I jumped on board. We're taking the best of Silicon Valley and the business world and bringing it into the government. I'm here because it's an interesting problem. We can use design and good engineering to solve it and really create a better experience for everybody."
—Joe Gebbia, previously cofounder of Airbnb, is offering his 'designer brain and startup spirit.'
The xAI/X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink founder explains why he shouldn't be in the government
'It's actually disadvantageous for me to be in the government, not advantageous. If I wasn't in the government, I could lobby, and I could push for things that are advantageous to my companies and probably get them – probably receive them. My companies are suffering because I'm in the government. Do you think it helps sales if, you know, dealerships are being firebombed? Of course not.'
Elon’s greatest fear
'The birth rate is very low in almost every country, and unless that changes, civilization will disappear. America had the lowest birth rate, I believe, ever—last year—and nothing seems to be turning that around. Humanity is dying— it's just not something we've evolved to react to. America is the central column that holds up all of Western civilization. If that column fails, it's all over.'
Next in DOGE’s crosshairs—Wealthy Politicians
Now we know why the Cowardly Lion and the DOGE team’s sniffing around is making some politicians sweat through their sleep. At a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday night, Elon Musk revealed that DOGE is investigating how certain members of Congress have achieved generational wealth while in office.
'How do they get $20 million if they're earning $200,000 a year?' Elon posed to the attendees. 'We're going to try to figure it out and certainly stop it from happening.'
Elon suggested DOGE would investigate if the money our government sends overseas to NGOs [non-governmental organizations] and other agencies ends up coming back into the pockets of politicians and their family members. ‘It is a circuitous route. It doesn't go directly to them, but let's say that there are a lot of strangely wealthy members of Congress, and we are going to try to connect the dots on how they become rich.’
Global DOGE adoption
The Cowardly Lion's goal of reducing the federal deficit by a trillion dollars, dropping annual expenses from $7 trillion to $6 trillion—a 14% cut—would be the biggest government spending cut in history. If DOGE fulfills its goal within 130 days without affecting any of the critical government services as promised, that will be a miracle. There will be fear and loathing along the way and many, many lost government jobs, yes, but we bet we all get through it and begin to see how much it all makes sense.
The bottom line is that governments must operate like modern, innovation-savvy enterprises, which translates to increasing productivity at lower costs. This is what governments owe their taxpayers.
After 130 days, with our case point in hand, you can be confident the Boogeyman will turn his sites on the United Nations ($3.7B '25 budget) and NATO (€483B '25 budget), of which the US is the most considerable financial supporter (22% of each respective budget). In parallel, which serious politician in the world will want to be seen playing ball like it was in the 1990s? No one across the political spectrum will win a campaign by promoting inefficient, centralized power in a happily decentralizing world.
Welcome to our new world of the killing drones
We have always felt very creepy about the idea of wearing virtual reality goggles to guide drones to seek out and destroy people. The first US drone killing occurred on November 3, 2002, in Yemen, when targeting an al-Qaeda operative. Since the global killing drone trend is deadlier and deadlier, and worse, more and more 'indispensable.' 😳
While the US has pulled back on its drone strikes, we still fund all the Ukrainian drones, which is completely changing the game of war. Quadcopters can easily stalk and kill Russian soldiers and blow up tanks. Drones are now responsible for the majority of battle deaths on both sides.
Silicon Valley-based Cryptonite 300 top drone company, Skydio, is a manufacturer of such quadcopters—including their new X10D model (also see video below). The Ukrainians deploy Skydio-style drones to hover above the battlefields as aerial scouts to drop bombs on supply facilities and lay land mines along supply routes.
Skydio, San Mateo, CA, USA, Founded in 2014 — ($2.2B valuation)
Manufacturer of quadcopter drones. Investors: Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, NVentures (NVIDIA), IVP, Linse Capital, Next47, and Playground
Another Cryptonite 300 top company, Anduril, an AI-focused defense contractor, produces autonomous drones and surveillance systems. One of its long-range, subsonic stealth drones, Fury, has a 17-foot wingspan and acts as a ‘loyal wingman’ to enhance pilot capabilities and survivability in high-threat scenarios.
Anduril, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, Founded in 2017 — ($28B valuation)
Manufacturer of autonomous drones and surveillance systems. Top Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Black Rock, DFJ Growth, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Lux Capital, and Spark Capital
Drone trade wars
Taken together, however, US drone makers account for only a sliver of global supply. The vast majority of the drones in the air today—in the US and everywhere else—are Chinese. Ukraine's military is very dependent on acquiring Chinese drones and components, which is tricky because the Chinese Communist Party is a Russian ally and restricts drone sales to Ukraine.
The dominant military drone maker is Cryptonite300's top company, Shenzhen-based DJI, which is backed by US VC funds Accel and Kleiner Perkins. Why we are allowing the Chinese to own the deadly drone market is something someone in the Boogeyman world is hopefully looking into correcting.🤔
As drones become more important, Chinese dominance of the industry has heightened concerns about who controls the flows of data they collect and who ultimately controls the craft themselves. In response, US state and federal legislators have outlawed Chinese drones for government use.
DJI, Shenzhen, China, Founded in 2006 — ($10B valuation)
Manufacturer of autonomous drones and surveillance systems. Top Investors: Sequoia Capital China, Accel Partners, and Kleiner Perkins
This whole business opens a whole hornet's nest of ethical questions. Cryptonite 300 drone companies have lots of places to sell their drones other than to people who use them to kill people. One would think that we would have gotten to the point in life where we would see the absurdity of playing video games with drones and stalking humans on battlefields as prey. 🤯
The US is currently exercising its substantial non-violent arsenal of economic and trade penalties to help end the Ukraine/Russian war and set a new standard of engagement that no longer involves advanced missiles and killing drones. For this, we pray.
Joe Lonsdale with Shawn Ryan
We highly recommend the Shawn Ryan Show segment below, in which Palantir cofounder and top VC Joe Lonsdale (see above list) dives deep into how technology is reshaping the future of warfare. He introduces Epirus and its revolutionary microwave weapon system, Leonidas, designed to neutralize drone swarms with unparalleled efficiency.
X and xXI combine
Perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise, but xAI bought X for an all-stock transaction for $45 billion. 'The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion,' explained Elon in a statement. 'xAI and X's futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine data, models, computing, distribution, and talent. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI's advanced AI capability and expertise with X's massive reach.'
From our vantage point, this deal makes sense from a variety of angles. First, both companies are essentially automated content companies targeting the same global audience. Two, xAI gives X a huge technological advantage by offering its customers more powerful paid services. Conversely, X's 'global town hall' content is a massive advantage as a dataset source. xAI's Grok competes directly with its nemesis company, OpenAI.
xAI, San Francisco, CA, USA, Founded in 2023— ($88B valuation).
Top Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, Valor Equity Partners, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
X, San Francisco, CA, USA, Founded in 2023 — ($45B valuation)
Top Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia Capital, 8VC, Darsana Capital Partners, Fidelity Investments, and Goanna Capital
Launched xAI in 2023, leading Elon to use his star power to recruit AI researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI, and built out the massive AI data centers in record time. Nvidia's Jensen Huang called Elon's setting up his xAI supercomputer (a cluster of 100,000 x NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs) in just 19 days a 'superhuman' feat, an effort 'that would take regular humans 4 years to accomplish.'
X CEO Linda Yaccarino is equally enthused about the deal, posting, 'The future could not be brighter.' The new entity is expected to form a new holding company for X and xAI in Texas.
As we often point out, today, 48 percent of X members lean Democratic, and 47 percent lean Republican, versus the old Twitter, where 69 percent of the members lean Democrat. Further, according to a new Pew survey, 89% of members who lean Republican and 86% of those who lean Democrat feel free to express their political views. X is now the most bipartisan, trusted social network on the planet. The new power couple, X and xAI, will become the most powerful content juggernaut the world has ever seen, and if you are not a Cowardly Lion fan, it's a really scary 😳 moment.
Our view is that if X remains an unfettered free speech and free market platform and maintains member numbers that reflect the real world, we will be good. Let's keep our 👀's on those numbers.
Emails to the Editor
In our last post, we moaned that the Biden administration ‘racked up another $7 trillion in new debt,’ and one of our US budget-minded readers said, ‘So did Trump!’ Let’s look at the FACTS.
Boogeyman’s First Term stacked up $8.34 trillion in new debt with ~$3 trillion (~36%) coming to cover COVID relief. Net: $5.34 trillion
Biden racked up ~$7.67 trillion in new debt with ~$1.9 trillion (~25%) to cover COVID relief. Net: $5.77 trillion
The bottom line: The Boogeyman and Great-Great Grandpa Joe were BIG SPENDERS, and those sloppy days have thankfully come and gone for the betterment of all US citizens.
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