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Venture capital
•Agile Robots, a German robotics startup, raised $500m in fourth-round funding at an $8.5b valuation. SoftBank led, joined by Nvidia, Hitachi Group and T Capital. Go deeper
• Torus, a Salt Lake City-based provider of distributed mesh energy and modular AI infrastructure, raised $500m. Magnetar led, joined by Iconiq, Origin Ventures, Ridgeline Partners, and Trinity Capital. Go deeper
