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Etched Raises $300M at $10.3B Valuation in Sequoia-Led Series C

The AI inference chip startup has doubled its valuation in roughly seven months, reaching $10.3 billion, with $1 billion in signed customer contracts before shipping at scale.

● Top storyBy The Technology Desk3 min readUpdated 14m ago
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S&P 500 Slips From Record as Oil's 5% Jump Tightens the Rate Path

Brent crude settled at $87.72 Monday as Strait of Hormuz uncertainty returned, pulling the S&P 500 4.53 points below Friday's all-time high.

“The S&P 500 closed at 7,753.11 Monday, down 4.53 points from the record it set the session before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 60.95 points to finish at 53,975.98, and the Nasdaq fell 85.26 ”

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