Corgi Reaches $2.6B Valuation With $106M Series B1 Three Weeks After $160M Unicorn Round

The latest financing follows Corgi’s previously announced $160 million raise on May 6 and continued expansion across AI-Driven commercial insurance infrastructure.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2026 — Today, Corgi announced a $106 million Series B1 round, led by TCV with participation from Prime Capital, Zone 2 Ventures, Oliver Jung, Leblon Capital, Kindred Ventures, Quadri Ventures, First Order Fund, Vocal Ventures, Nordstar, GSBackers, Repeat Ventures, 8188 Capital, and other strategic investors. This fresh round of funding brings the company’s valuation to $2.6 billion. The financing will support continued expansion of Corgi’s full-stack insurance platform and launch into new lines of commercial insurance.

This follows only three weeks after Corgi’s Series B announcement on May 6, in which the company disclosed $160 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. Combined with the company’s previously announced $108 million Series A, this brings Corgi’s total funding amount to $378 million to accelerate the modernization of commercial insurance infrastructure. The company’s revenue has grown at a pace rarely seen in fintech or insurance.

“Commercial insurance infrastructure has historically been slow, manual, and difficult for operators to navigate,” said Nico Laqua, founder and CEO of Corgi. 

Laqua says the company was profitable last month, and that this new round would allow Corgi to expand quicker into new verticals such as trucking, small business, sports, and more. At this time, Corgi is on track to become one of the fastest growing companies by revenue.

From the start, Corgi has built for modern companies that have been underserved by legacy insurance: startups, founder-led businesses, and operators who expect speed and transparency from every vendor they work with. That focus has shaped the product, the distribution model, and the community Corgi continues to invest in as it scales.

About Corgi

Corgi is a full-stack insurance platform focused on rebuilding insurance and financial infrastructure. The company provides full-stack underwriting, claims handling, and embedded insurance solutions designed to make commercial coverage faster, more flexible, and operationally efficient.

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NURSE CAPITAL PILOTS NEW INITIATIVE FOR NURSE FOUNDERS TO DEVELOP THEIR INNOVATIONS INTO SCALABLE, INVESTOR-READY BUSINESSES

CHICAGO, May 28, 2026As Nurses Month comes to a close, Nurse Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to investing in nurse-led enterprises, is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the University City Science Center in Philadelphia to identify nurse-founded startups as candidates for the Science Center’s Capital Readiness Program (CRP).

The CRP is a five-day, in-person due diligence bootcamp for healthcare startups specializing in devices, diagnostics, and digital health. This highly selective, no-cost program prepares founders for their first significant round of venture capital funding ($1M+).

“Many nurse founders are bootstrapping, securing grant funding, raising small angel investments, piloting products, and winning pitch competitions to fund their startups,” said Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHE, Co-founder and General Partner of Nurse Capital. “Yet for many of these founders, there exists a significant gap between early innovation and readiness for institutional venture capital.”

Nurse founders often bring deep clinical expertise and firsthand understanding of healthcare delivery, Brooks noted. Many also possess meaningful operational leadership experience inside complex healthcare systems. Their challenges, she pointed out, are gaining access to the commercialization strategy, investor readiness, fundraising structure, scaling support, and go-to-market infrastructure needed to transition from promising healthcare innovation into a venture-scalable business.

Nurse Capital’s collaboration with the University Science Center is designed to identify potential candidates for its Capital Readiness Program. The program is offered three times a year with 10 startups in each cohort. Participants receive one-on-one mentoring with Science Center Investors-in-Residence and other subject matter experts on the essentials of fundraising, from building a cap table to IP protections to board management. Participants also learn from case studies and “stress-test” scenarios that simulate real-world startup challenges; and gain a “360° perspective” on industry expectations from payors and providers.

“We strongly believe that healthcare innovation — and especially nurse-led healthcare innovation — benefits from more specialized founder-development infrastructure than what is often available through generalized startup incubators and accelerators,” said Nurse Capital General Partner Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN. “This collaboration with the Science Center is another step forward in our efforts to build a stronger network of support around nurse-specific innovation and entrepreneurship.”

The next CRP cohort session will take place December 7-11, 2026. The application deadline is August 21. Click here to learn more about the Capital Readiness Program and to apply.

About Nurse Capital
Nurse Capital is a venture capital fund based in Chicago that makes early-stage investments in nurse-led, high-growth-potential businesses that are transforming the future of healthcare. Learn more at https://nursecapital.net/.

About the University City Science Center
The Science Center is a premier catalyst of entrepreneurial activity, healthcare innovation, and economic growth. Recognized by The Brookings Institution as a top-tier investor, mentor, and economic development partner, the Science Center has supported hundreds of early- and growth-stage companies, driving a combined $7.8B in annual economic impact in Greater Philadelphia alone. Today, the organization works across the globe to accelerate the translation of health innovations into real-world solutions, while delivering nationally recognized STEM education to Philadelphia youth. For more information, visitsciencecenter.org.

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TRUE GLOBAL VENTURES APPOINTS TAL ELYASHIV AS GENERAL PARTNER

Appointment Strengthens U.S. Presence with TGV’s Deepening Focus in the Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO and SINGAPORE, May 28, 2026 — True Global Ventures (TGV), global venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building category-defining AI-first technology companies, today announced the appointment of Tal Elyashiv as General Partner.

A seasoned entrepreneur, venture capitalist and technology executive with a distinguished career spanning Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Tel Aviv, Elyashiv brings a rare combination of deep-tech investing expertise, experience as an operator and institutional finance leadership to the firm. He will be relocating to the U.S. later this year, further reinforcing TGV’s growing presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.

An American Israeli with roots across two of the world’s foremost innovation ecosystems, Elyashiv has spent decades at the intersection of technology, financial services and venture capital.

Elyashiv is co-founder and Managing Partner of SPiCE VC, the first fully tokenized venture capital fund globally. SPiCE VC is also recognized as a top performing VC fund, with strong distributions vs paid in capital (DPI) and total value vs paid in capital (TVPI), significantly outperforming industry benchmarks. Elyashiv will continue his leadership at SPiCE VC (currently in its late harvesting stage) in parallel to his contribution at TGV.  The funds’ mandates are substantially different and there is no conflict of interest between the two roles.

In addition to his pioneering leadership at SPiCE VC, Elyashiv is also a co-founder of Securitize, now the leading platform for the tokenisation of real-world assets globally and a defining company in the digital securities space. He is also the author of two best-selling books, Blockchain Prophecies and the recently published Investing in Revolutions: Creating Wealth from Transformational Technology Waves, establishing him as one of the foremost thought leaders on the convergence of AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.

His prior roles in institutional finance include serving as a senior executive at Capital One, and Bank of America, COO at BondDesk Group, where he led the major turnaround of technology and service delivery, and as CTO and Head of New Businesses at 888.

Elyashiv’s appointment comes as TGV continues to accelerate its focus on AI-first business applications through TGV Fund 6, which leads investments at the late seed and Series A stages with a strong emphasis on California-based startups.

“Tal brings the fund management experience from a well-preforming VC that we seek at TGV — on top of that someone who has built companies, led institutions, and invested with conviction across multiple technology cycles. His American and Israeli roots give him a truly global lens, and his return to the U.S. aligns perfectly with TGV’s deepening focus on the Bay Area. We are thrilled to welcome him to the partnership.”
— Dušan Stojanović, Managing Partner, True Global Ventures

“TGV has built something rare — a genuinely global fund with the network, the portfolio, and the conviction to back category-defining founders at the most critical stages of their growth. After decades building at the frontier of fintech and blockchain, I am excited to join a team that shares my belief that AI and blockchain are the defining investment themes of our era. I look forward to bringing my experience bear in support of True Global Ventures and its next chapter.”
— Tal Elyashiv, General Partner, True Global Ventures, Managing Partner, SPiCE VC

“Tal’s combination as a seasoned venture investor, a successful operator, enterprise leadership and turnaround experience is exceptional. He has not only invested at the frontier — he has built there. Tal’s depth and breadth of expertise and hands-on execution will be an asset to TGV and our portfolio companies as they scale.”
— Beatrice Lion, General Partner, True Global Ventures

ABOUT TRUE GLOBAL VENTURES
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global venture capital firm investing in post-revenues AI-first companies at the early stage. TGV’s current portfolio includes Prezent, Cynch, COVU, Obligo, Ledger, Animoca Brands, Jus Mundi, Coding Giants and many others. Almost all portfolio companies are in the U.S. or entering the U.S. With presence in San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, Stockholm, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong, TGV backs visionary founders building the next generation of transformative technology ventures. www.trueglobalventures.com

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Reactor construirá la plataforma de mundos de IA en tiempo real

– Reactor sale del anonimato con una inversión de 59 millones de dólares para construir la plataforma de mundos de IA en tiempo real

Con financiación liderada por Lightspeed y la participación de WndrCo, Amplify Partners y otros, Reactor proporciona la capa de infraestructura para vídeo generativo en tiempo real

SAN FRANCISCO, 28 de mayo de 2026Reactor, la plataforma de desarrollo de vídeo generativo en tiempo real, salió hoy del anonimato con una financiación de 59 millones de dólares liderada por Lightspeed Venture Partners, con la participación de WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures y otros inversores.

Reactor está construyendo la capa de infraestructura que hace que los modelos del mundo en tiempo real sean accesibles para los desarrolladores, lo que permite una nueva generación de aplicaciones de IA interactivas en los ámbitos de los medios de comunicación y el entretenimiento, la IA física y la robótica.

Los modelos del mundo representan un cambio fundamental en la IA, pasando de ser una herramienta que se controla mediante comandos a una experiencia interactiva en tiempo real. Este cambio abre un nuevo camino a los medios de comunicación: experiencias que ya no están pre-renderizadas, sino que se generan dinámicamente y se adaptan a la interacción del usuario.

Sin embargo, a pesar de los rápidos avances de los principales laboratorios, no existe ninguna plataforma que permita ejecutar estos modelos en producción ni que posibilite a los desarrolladores crear aplicaciones a escala global. Reactor está dando respuesta a esta necesidad.

La plataforma Reactor proporciona un SDK y una API unificados que permiten a los desarrolladores crear aplicaciones interactivas en tiempo real con tan solo unas pocas líneas de código, sin necesidad de gestionar la complejidad de implementar y ejecutar estos sistemas a gran escala.

«Los modelos del mundo real están redefiniendo las capacidades de la IA, pasando de sistemas que generan contenido de forma aislada a sistemas que perciben y responden en tiempo real», afirmó Alberto Taiuti, cofundador y consejero delegado de Reactor. «Estamos construyendo la capa fundamental que conecta los laboratorios de modelos con los desarrolladores que desean crear con ellos. Se trata de impulsar una nueva forma de comunicación; una en la que se generan en directo experiencias que antes eran imposibles, y que cualquiera puede crear y distribuir».

Reactor fue cofundada por Alberto Taiuti, consejero delegado, y Bryce Schmidtchen, director de tecnología, ambos antiguos líderes técnicos de Apple Vision Pro. Taiuti fue cofundador de Luma AI, donde se desempeñó como director de tecnología y desarrolló la infraestructura de una de las plataformas de generación de video y 3D más utilizadas del mundo.

El equipo, más amplio, incluye ingenieros e investigadores de Apple, Netflix, Meta, Google, Adobe, Replicate y Microsoft, con amplia experiencia en gráficos, sistemas en tiempo real, medios interactivos y escalabilidad de infraestructuras de IA.

«Actualmente, los desarrolladores no pueden acceder a los modelos de vídeo en tiempo real debido a la falta de una infraestructura que pueda ofrecerles un soporte fiable», comentó Bucky Moore, socio de Lightspeed. «Alberto, Bryce y su equipo aportan una combinación excepcional de experiencia en sistemas en tiempo real y visión de producto para abordar este problema, y creemos que Reactor está bien posicionado para convertirse en la plataforma fundamental de esta nueva categoría».

Reactor ya está trabajando con socios de los sectores de medios de comunicación y entretenimiento, así como de inteligencia artificial física, y cuenta con una demanda activa por parte de estudios de cine y televisión, y empresas de robótica.

«Cada gran transformación en los medios de comunicación ha sido impulsada por nuevas herramientas que amplían las posibilidades de los creadores», declaró Jeffrey Katzenberg, socio fundador de WndrCo, quien se unirá a Reactor como observador del consejo. «La IA representa un momento transformador, pero la verdadera oportunidad reside en lograr que estas tecnologías sean utilizables a gran escala. Reactor está construyendo la plataforma que permitirá una nueva generación de narración y experiencias interactivas».

Los principales desarrolladores de modelos de mundos están empezando a utilizar Reactor como capa de infraestructura para sistemas en tiempo real. Overworld está aprovechando la plataforma para impulsar el desarrollo de sus modelos de mundos interactivos, demostrando cómo estos sistemas pueden evolucionar desde la investigación hasta convertirse en experiencias interactivas totalmente funcionales.

«Crear modelos del mundo es solo una parte del desafío; lograr que sean utilizables y respondan en tiempo real es igualmente crucial», explicó Louis Castricato, consejero delegado de Overworld. «Reactor proporciona la infraestructura necesaria para que podamos ofrecer estos sistemas a desarrolladores y usuarios, mientras trabajamos para crear un nuevo medio de entretenimiento interactivo en el que realmente se pueda sumergir».

Entre los socios estratégicos de Reactor se encuentra Amazon Web Services (AWS), que será el proveedor de servicios en la nube preferido de la empresa, impulsando la infraestructura informática y el alcance de distribución necesarios para gestionar cargas de trabajo de vídeo generativo en tiempo real a escala global.

«La plataforma de vídeo en tiempo real de Reactor exige una infraestructura de inferencia capaz de funcionar a la velocidad de la interacción, no solo a la de la generación, y AWS es inigualable a la hora de resolver los problemas de latencia, escalabilidad y fiabilidad que requieren estas cargas de trabajo», afirmó Jason Bennett, vicepresidente y director global de Startups y Capital de Riesgo en AWS. «La IA rentable comienza con una inferencia de menor coste. Desde chips diseñados específicamente para este fin hasta servicios de IA flexibles, AWS se encuentra en una posición privilegiada para ayudar a plataformas como Reactor a escalar el vídeo generativo en tiempo real de forma económica para desarrolladores de todo el mundo».

La plataforma está disponible actualmente a través de SDK y API. El precio se basa en el uso y se factura según el tipo de modelo. Los desarrolladores pueden comenzar en reactor.inc.

Acerca de Reactor 

Reactor es la plataforma de desarrollo para vídeo generativo en tiempo real. Su misión es hacer que los modelos del mundo real sean accesibles para desarrolladores de todo el mundo. Reactor cuenta con el respaldo de Lightspeed Venture Partners, WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, Abstract Ventures, FPV Ventures y otros inversores, y tiene su sede en San Francisco, California. Para más información, visite reactor.inc.

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Reactor Emerges from Stealth with $59M to Build the Platform for Real-Time AI Worlds

Funding led by Lightspeed with participation from WndrCo, Amplify Partners and others, Reactor provides the infrastructure layer for real-time generative video

SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2026Reactor, the developer platform for real-time generative video, today emerged from stealth with $59 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures, and additional investors.

Reactor is building the infrastructure layer that makes real-time world models accessible to developers, enabling a new generation of interactive AI applications across media and entertainment, physical AI, and robotics.

World models represent a fundamental shift in AI, from a tool you prompt, into an experience you can step inside and interact with in real time. This shift unlocks a new form of media: experiences that are no longer pre-rendered, but generated dynamically and shaped by user interaction.

Yet despite rapid advances from leading labs, no platform exists to run these models in production or allow developers to build applications on top of them at global scale. Reactor is addressing that need.

The Reactor platform provides a unified SDK and API that allows developers to build real-time interactive applications in just a few lines of code, without needing to manage the complexity of deploying and running these systems at scale.

“World models are redefining what AI can do, moving from systems that generate content in isolation, to ones that perceive and respond in real time,” said Alberto Taiuti, co-founder and CEO of Reactor. “We are building the critical layer between the model labs and the developers who want to create with them. This is about enabling a new form of media; one where experiences that weren’t previously possible, are generated live, and anyone can build and distribute them.”

Reactor was co-founded by Alberto Taiuti, CEO, and Bryce Schmidtchen, CTO, both former technical leads on the Apple Vision Pro. Taiuti previously co-founded Luma AI, where he served as CTO and built the infrastructure behind one of the world’s most widely used 3D and video generation platforms.

The broader team includes engineers and researchers from Apple, Netflix, Meta, Google, Adobe, Replicate, and Microsoft, with deep experience in graphics, real-time systems, interactive media, and scaling AI infrastructure.

“Real-time video models are currently inaccessible to developers due to a lack of infrastructure that can reliably serve them,” said Bucky Moore, Partner at Lightspeed. “Alberto, Bryce, and the team bring a rare combination of real-time systems expertise and product vision to this problem, and we believe Reactor is well positioned to become the foundational platform in this new category.”

Reactor is already working with partners across media and entertainment, and physical AI, with active customer demand from film and television studios, and robotics companies.

“Every major shift in media has been driven by new tools that expand what creators can do,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, Founding Partner at WndrCo, who will join Reactor as a board observer. “AI is a transformative moment, but the real opportunity lies in making these technologies usable at scale. Reactor is building the platform that can enable a new generation of storytelling and interactive experiences.”

Leading world model developers are beginning to build on Reactor as an infrastructure layer for real-time systems. Overworld is leveraging the platform to support development around its interactive world models, demonstrating how these systems can evolve from research into fully usable, interactive experiences.

“Building world models is only part of the challenge, making them usable and responsive in real time is equally critical,” said Louis Castricato, CEO at Overworld. “Reactor provides infrastructure support that helps us bring these systems to developers and users, as we work toward building a new medium of interactive entertainment you can truly inhabit.”

Reactor’s strategic partners include Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will serve as the company’s preferred cloud provider, powering the compute infrastructure and distribution reach required to serve real-time generative video workloads at global scale.

“Reactor’s real-time video platform demands inference infrastructure that can deliver at the speed of interaction, not just the speed of generation, and AWS is unmatched in solving for the latency, scale, and reliability that these workloads require,” said Jason Bennett, VP and Global Head of Startups and Venture Capital at AWS. “Profitable AI starts with lower-cost inference. From purpose-built chips to flexible AI services, AWS is uniquely positioned to help platforms like Reactor scale real-time generative video economically to developers everywhere.”

The platform is available today via SDK and API. Pricing is usage-based, billed by model type. Developers can get started at reactor.inc

About Reactor

Reactor is the developer platform for real-time generative video. Its mission is to make real-time world models accessible to developers everywhere. Reactor is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, Abstract Ventures, FPV Ventures, and additional investors, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit reactor.inc

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Reactor taucht mit 59 Millionen Dollar aus dem Stealth-Modus auf, um eine Plattform für Echtzeit-KI-Welten zu schaffen

Reactor wird von Lightspeed unter Beteiligung von WndrCo, Amplify Partners und anderen finanziert und bietet die Infrastruktur für generative Echtzeit-Videos.

SAN FRANCISCO, 28. Mai 2026Reactor, die Entwicklerplattform für generative Echtzeit-Videos, ist heute mit einer Finanzierung in Höhe von 59 Millionen US-Dollar unter der Leitung von Lightspeed Venture Partners und mit Beteiligung von WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures und weiteren Investoren aus dem Verborgenen getreten.

Reactor baut die Infrastrukturebene auf, die Entwicklern den Zugang zu Echtzeit-Weltmodellen ermöglicht und damit eine neue Generation interaktiver KI-Anwendungen in den Bereichen Medien und Unterhaltung, physische KI und Robotik schafft.

Weltmodelle stellen einen grundlegenden Wandel in der KI dar, von einem Werkzeug, das man anfordert, hin zu einer Erfahrung, in die man eintreten und mit der man in Echtzeit interagieren kann. Dieser Wandel eröffnet eine neue Form von Medien: Erlebnisse, die nicht mehr vorgerendert sind, sondern dynamisch generiert und durch die Interaktion der Nutzer geformt werden.

Doch trotz der rasanten Fortschritte führender Labors gibt es noch keine Plattform, die diese Modelle in der Produktion einsetzt oder es Entwicklern ermöglicht, darauf aufbauende Anwendungen in globalem Maßstab zu entwickeln. Reactor geht auf diesen Bedarf ein.

Die Reactor-Plattform bietet ein einheitliches SDK und eine API, die es Entwicklern ermöglicht, interaktive Echtzeitanwendungen mit nur wenigen Zeilen Code zu erstellen, ohne die Komplexität der Bereitstellung und des Betriebs dieser Systeme in großem Maßstab bewältigen zu müssen.

„Weltmodelle definieren neu, was KI leisten kann. Wir bewegen uns von Systemen, die isoliert Inhalte generieren, zu solchen, die in Echtzeit wahrnehmen und reagieren”, sagt Alberto Taiuti, Mitbegründer und CEO von Reactor. „Wir bilden die kritische Schicht zwischen den Modelllabors und den Entwicklern, die mit ihnen arbeiten wollen. Es geht darum, eine neue Form von Medien zu ermöglichen, bei der Erlebnisse, die vorher nicht möglich waren, live erzeugt werden, und jeder kann sie erstellen und verbreiten.”

Reactor wurde von Alberto Taiuti, CEO, und Bryce Schmidtchen, CTO, mitbegründet, die beide früher technische Leiter des Apple Vision Pro waren. Zuvor war Taiuti Mitbegründer von Luma AI, wo er als CTO tätig war und die Infrastruktur für eine der weltweit am häufigsten genutzten Plattformen zur 3D- und Videoerstellung aufbaute.

Zum Team gehören Ingenieure und Forscher von Apple, Netflix, Meta, Google, Adobe, Replicate und Microsoft mit umfassender Erfahrung in den Bereichen Grafik, Echtzeitsysteme, interaktive Medien und Skalierung der KI-Infrastruktur.

„Echtzeit-Videomodelle sind derzeit für Entwickler unzugänglich, da es an einer Infrastruktur fehlt, die sie zuverlässig bedienen kann”, sagt Bucky Moore, Partner bei Lightspeed. „Alberto, Bryce und das Team bringen eine seltene Kombination von Echtzeitsystem-Know-how und Produktvision für dieses Problem mit, und wir glauben, dass Reactor gut positioniert ist, um die grundlegende Plattform in dieser neuen Kategorie zu werden.”

Reactor arbeitet bereits mit Partnern aus den Bereichen Medien und Unterhaltung sowie physische KI zusammen und verzeichnet eine rege Kundennachfrage von Film- und Fernsehstudios sowie Robotikunternehmen.

„Jede größere Veränderung in den Medien wurde von neuen Werkzeugen vorangetrieben, die die Möglichkeiten von Kreativen erweitern”, sagte Jeffrey Katzenberg, Gründungspartner von WndrCo, der sich Reactor als Beobachter im Vorstand anschließen wird. „KI ist ein transformativer Moment, aber die wahre Chance liegt darin, diese Technologien in großem Maßstab nutzbar zu machen. Reactor baut die Plattform, die eine neue Generation von Geschichten und interaktiven Erlebnissen ermöglichen kann.”

Führende Entwickler von Weltmodellen beginnen, auf Reactor als Infrastrukturschicht für Echtzeitsysteme zu bauen. Overworld nutzt die Plattform, um die Entwicklung seiner interaktiven Weltmodelle zu unterstützen und zu zeigen, wie sich diese Systeme von der Forschung zu vollständig nutzbaren, interaktiven Erfahrungen entwickeln können.

„Die Erstellung von Weltmodellen ist nur ein Teil der Herausforderung. Ebenso wichtig ist es, sie in Echtzeit nutzbar und reaktionsfähig zu machen”, sagt Louis Castricato, CEO von Overworld. „Reactor bietet Infrastruktur-Support, der uns hilft, diese Systeme für Entwickler und Nutzer bereitzustellen, während wir daran arbeiten, ein neues Medium der interaktiven Unterhaltung zu schaffen, das man wirklich bewohnen kann.”

Zu den strategischen Partnern von Reactor gehört Amazon Web Services (AWS), der bevorzugte Cloud-Anbieter des Unternehmens, der die Recheninfrastruktur und die Verteilungsreichweite bereitstellt, die für die Bereitstellung von generativen Echtzeit-Videoworkloads in globalem Maßstab erforderlich sind.

„Die Echtzeit-Videoplattform von Reactor erfordert eine Inferenzinfrastruktur, die mit der Geschwindigkeit der Interaktion und nicht nur mit der Geschwindigkeit der Generierung arbeiten kann, und AWS ist unübertroffen bei der Lösung für die Latenz, Skalierung und Zuverlässigkeit, die diese Arbeitslasten erfordern”, sagte Jason Bennett, VP und Global Head of Startups and Venture Capital bei AWS. „Gewinnbringende KI beginnt mit kostengünstigerer Inferenz. Von speziell angefertigten Chips bis hin zu flexiblen KI-Services ist AWS einzigartig positioniert, um Plattformen wie Reactor dabei zu helfen, generative Echtzeit-Videos für Entwickler überall wirtschaftlich zu skalieren.”

Die Plattform ist ab heute über SDK und API verfügbar. Die Preise sind nutzungsabhängig und werden nach Modelltyp abgerechnet. Entwickler können sich unter reactor.inc anmelden.

Informationen zu Reactor

Reactor ist die Entwicklerplattform für generative Echtzeit-Videos. Ziel des Unternehmens ist es, Echtzeit-Weltmodelle für Entwickler überall zugänglich zu machen. Reactor wird von Lightspeed Venture Partners, WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, Abstract Ventures, FPV Ventures und weiteren Investoren unterstützt und hat seinen Hauptsitz in San Francisco, Kalifornien. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter reactor.inc

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Reactor sort de sa phase furtive avec un financement de 59 millions de dollars pour construire la plateforme des modèles mondiaux d’IA en temps réel

Financé par Lightspeed avec la participation de WndrCo, Amplify Partners et d’autres, Reactor fournit une couche d’infrastructure pour la vidéo générative en temps réel

SAN FRANCISCO, 28 mai 2026Reactor, la plateforme de développement pour la vidéo générative en temps réel, est sortie aujourd’hui de sa dormance avec un financement de 59 millions de dollars mené par Lightspeed Venture Partners, avec la participation de WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures et d’autres investisseurs.

Reactor construit la couche d’infrastructure qui rend les modèles mondiaux en temps réel accessibles aux développeurs, permettant ainsi une nouvelle génération d’applications d’IA interactives dans les domaines des médias et du divertissement, de l’IA physique et de la robotique.

Les modèles mondiaux représentent un changement fondamental dans l’IA : d’un outil auquel vous envoyiez une invite, ils deviennent une expérience dans laquelle vous pouvez entrer et avec laquelle vous pouvez interagir en temps réel. Cette évolution ouvre la voie à une nouvelle forme de média : des expériences qui ne sont plus pré-rendues, mais générées dynamiquement et façonnées par l’interaction de l’utilisateur.

Pourtant, malgré les progrès rapides réalisés par les principaux laboratoires, il n’existe aucune plateforme permettant de faire fonctionner ces modèles en production ou de permettre aux développeurs de créer des applications à partir de ces modèles à l’échelle mondiale. Reactor répond à ce besoin.

La plateforme Reactor fournit un SDK et une API unifiés qui permettent aux développeurs de créer des applications interactives en temps réel en quelques lignes de code seulement, sans avoir à gérer la complexité du déploiement et de l’exploitation de ces systèmes à l’échelle.

« Les modèles mondiaux redéfinissent ce que l’IA peut faire, en passant de systèmes qui génèrent du contenu de manière isolée à des systèmes qui perçoivent et réagissent en temps réel », déclare Alberto Taiuti, cofondateur et CEO de Reactor. « Nous construisons la couche critique entre les laboratoires de modélisation et les développeurs qui veulent créer avec eux. Il s’agit de permettre une nouvelle forme de média, où des expériences qui n’étaient pas possibles auparavant sont générées en direct, et où tout le monde peut les créer et les distribuer. »

Reactor a été cofondé par Alberto Taiuti, CEO, et Bryce Schmidtchen, CTO, tous deux anciens responsables techniques de l’Apple Vision Pro. Taiuti a précédemment cofondé Luma AI, où il a occupé le poste de directeur technique et mis en place l’infrastructure à la base de l’une des plateformes de génération de vidéos et de 3D les plus utilisées au monde.

L’équipe élargie comprend des ingénieurs et des chercheurs d’Apple, de Netflix, de Meta, de Google, d’Adobe, de Replicate et de Microsoft, qui possèdent une grande expérience en matière de graphisme, de systèmes en temps réel, de médias interactifs et de mise à l’échelle de l’infrastructure de l’IA.

« Les modèles vidéo en temps réel sont actuellement inaccessibles aux développeurs en raison du manque d’infrastructure capable de les servir de manière fiable », déclare Bucky Moore, partner, Lightspeed. « Alberto, Bryce et l’équipe apportent une combinaison rare d’expertise en systèmes temps réel et de vision du produit à ce problème, et nous pensons que Reactor est bien placé pour devenir la plateforme de base de cette nouvelle catégorie. »

Reactor travaille déjà avec des partenaires dans les domaines des médias et du divertissement, et de l’IA physique, avec une demande active de la part de studios de cinéma et de télévision, et d’entreprises de robotique.

« Chaque changement majeur dans les médias a été motivé par de nouveaux outils qui élargissent le champ des possibles pour les créateurs », déclare Jeffrey Katzenberg, partner fondateur de WndrCo, qui rejoindra Reactor en tant qu’observateur au sein du conseil d’administration. « L’IA est un moment de transformation, mais la véritable opportunité consiste à rendre ces technologies utilisables à grande échelle. Reactor construit la plateforme qui peut permettre une nouvelle génération de récits et d’expériences interactives. »

Les principaux développeurs de modèles mondiaux commencent à utiliser Reactor comme couche d’infrastructure pour les systèmes en temps réel. Overworld exploite la plateforme pour soutenir le développement de ses modèles mondiaux interactifs, démontrant ainsi comment ces systèmes peuvent évoluer de la recherche vers des expériences interactives pleinement utilisables.

« Construire des modèles mondiaux n’est qu’une partie du défi, les rendre utilisables et réactifs en temps réel est tout aussi critique », déclare Louis Castricato, CEO d’Overworld. « Reactor fournit une infrastructure qui nous aide à mettre ces systèmes à la disposition des développeurs et des utilisateurs, alors que nous travaillons à la construction d’un nouveau média de divertissement interactif que vous pouvez vraiment habiter. »

Parmi les partenaires stratégiques de Reactor figure Amazon Web Services (AWS), qui sera le fournisseur privilégié de l’entreprise en matière d’informatique en nuage, alimentant l’infrastructure de calcul et la portée de distribution nécessaires pour servir les charges de travail de vidéo générative en temps réel à l’échelle mondiale.

« La plateforme vidéo en temps réel de Reactor exige une infrastructure d’inférence capable de fonctionner à la vitesse de l’interaction, et pas seulement à la vitesse de la génération, et AWS n’a pas son pareil pour résoudre les problèmes de latence, d’échelle et de fiabilité que ces charges de travail requièrent », déclare Jason Bennett, vice-président et responsable mondial des startups et du capital-risque chez AWS. « L’IA rentable commence par une inférence à moindre coût. Des puces spécialement conçues aux services d’IA flexibles, AWS a toutes les cartes en main pour aider les plateformes comme Reactor à mettre à l’échelle la vidéo générative en temps réel de manière économique pour les développeurs du monde entier. »

La plateforme est disponible dès aujourd’hui via SDK et API. La tarification est basée sur l’utilisation, facturée par type de modèle. Les développeurs peuvent s’inscrire sur reactor.inc.

À propos de Reactor

Reactor est la plateforme des développeurs pour la vidéo générative en temps réel. Sa mission est de rendre les modèles mondiaux en temps réel accessibles aux développeurs du monde entier. Basé à San Francisco, en Californie, Reactor est soutenu par Lightspeed Venture Partners, WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, Abstract Ventures, FPV Ventures et d’autres investisseurs. Pour plus d’informations, visitez reactor.inc

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Bella Hadid’s ‘Ôrəbella Closes Growth Equity Investment Led by Silas Capital

Anish Agarwal Joins as CEO to Fuel Brand’s Continued Growth and Expansion

LOS ANGELES, May 28, 2026 — ‘Ôrəbella, the founder-led fragrance brand founded by Bella Hadid, today announces the closing of its Series A financing led by Silas Capital, with participation from existing investor Celebrands, which incubated the brand in partnership with Hadid. The round marks a significant capital raise to support the brand’s accelerated growth.

The financing marks a defining moment in ‘Ôrəbella’s evolution as the brand enters its next phase of global expansion, building on strong momentum across product innovation, international retail growth, and sustained consumer demand.

At the same time, ‘Ôrəbella announces the appointment of Anish Agarwal as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 13, 2026, as the brand prepares to scale its operational footprint across key international markets while maintaining its creative foundation under Hadid’s leadership.

‘Ôrəbella has grown from a deeply personal creative vision into a distinctive presence within modern fragrance, defined by Hadid’s instinct-led approach to scent creation and the brand’s proprietary bi-phase skin parfum system. Under her direction, the brand has expanded steadily across key markets and retail partners, reflecting both creative consistency and commercial momentum.

‘Ôrəbella was built from a US-based foundation, a full-chain launch across Ulta Beauty doors that remains the brand’s largest account and its commercial center of gravity. From that base, the brand has expanded quickly. It launched Ulta Beauty Middle East where it now holds the #1 fragrance position, entered 500 Douglas doors across 20 countries this past March, and is set to expand further in the second half of the year, with a strategic presence at Selfridges rounding out its UK footprint. Consumer pull has kept pace: JASMINE BLUES, the sixth skin parfum and the brand’s first limited edition, is selling at twice forecast in the US, a clear signal that Hadid’s evolving scent language is creating deeper connection and loyalty with consumers. Soon Jasmine Blues will be available globally. That same momentum now carries ‘Ôrəbella beyond fragrance for the first time, into a Body & Hair Perfume Mist built on the proprietary ‘Orelixir™ bi-phase system and designed for layering and personalization.

Appointing Leadership to Scale Global Growth

Anish Agarwal joins ‘Ôrəbella with 20 years of experience across global beauty and consumer companies, including senior roles at Colgate-Palmolive and L’Oréal, and most recently serving as Chief Executive Officer of T3 Micro. At T3, he led step-change growth, reinvigorated the 20 year old brand and expanded the brand’s presence across specialty retail channels including Ulta Beauty and Sephora. Agarwal will lead ‘Ôrəbella’s next chapter, partnering with General

Manager Alison Romash to drive the brand’s growth.His appointment reflects the next phase of ‘Ôrəbella’s development, combining elevated brand building, creative direction, bringing human-centric innovation with experienced operational leadership to support international scale.

“I was looking for a CEO who truly understands both sides, the discipline it takes to build a global business, and the magic behind creating a world-class experience for our community. Anish embodies both so naturally, and to me, that means everything,” said Bella Hadid, Founder of ‘Ôrəbella.

“I’m honored to join Orebella at such an exciting moment. What Bella has created is truly distinctive, a brand that goes beyond fragrance to capture emotion, individuality, and a genuine connection with its community. From the moment I experienced it, I saw both the strength of that foundation and the significant opportunity ahead. I look forward to partnering with Bella and the team to build on this momentum, building a distinctive brand, scaling strategically, strengthening execution, and bringing Orebella to more people around the world while staying true to what makes it so special.” – Anish Agarwal, CEO of ‘Ôrəbella.

Partnership and Platform for Growth

The Series A was led by Silas Capital, an emerging growth equity and venture capital firm focused on scaling next-generation consumer brands across beauty, wellness, and lifestyle.

“‘Ôrəbella has built a clear and differentiated position in fragrance, supported by strong early performance and a highly engaged consumer base,” said Brian Thorne, Partner at Silas Capital. “Bella’s creative direction, combined with Anish’s experienced marketing and operational leadership, positions the brand strongly for global expansion.”

Celebrands, which partnered with Hadid to incubate the brand from its earliest stage, participated in the round and continues to support the brand’s long-term development strategy.

Founder Vision Remains Central

Hadid remains deeply involved in all aspects of ‘Ôrəbella’s creative and strategic direction, including scent development, formulation philosophy, and brand storytelling. Her approach, rooted in instinct, nature, and emotional memory, continues to define the brand as it scales.

“Nothing about the way I create ever really changes, that part always stays deeply personal to me,” said Bella Hadid. “Ôrəbella has always been a true labor of love, something I’ve nurtured slowly, intentionally, and with so much heart. And now, with the right team and partners around me, I feel like I can continue to grow her into everything she was always meant to be.”

About Orebella

Founded by Bella Khair Hadid, ‘Ôrəbella is redefining fragrance as a skin-loving ritual. Alcohol-free, vegan, and cruelty-free, the brand’s bi-phase skin parfums are powered by the proprietary ‘Ôrəlixir™ base, combining nourishing botanicals, hydrating snow mushroom, and high-grade essential oils. Each shake-and-spray experience invites you to “reveal your alchemy,” merging scent, skin, and self-expression into one transformative ritual.

About Silas Capital

Since 2012, Silas Capital has been an active emerging growth equity and venture capital investor, partnering with next-generation consumer brands to drive revenue growth, profitability, and brand value creation. The firm combines startup, growth equity, and operating experience to provide hands-on strategic support beyond capital deployment. Investments include ILIA Beauty, Makeup By Mario, Violette_FR, Bellroy, DÔEN, Vacation, Business & Pleasure, Malbon, and YSE Beauty.

About Celebrands

Celebrands is a Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on building high-growth consumer brands in partnership with celebrity talent. The firm brings deep operational and investment experience across consumer and media sectors, offering flexible capital, resources, and access to curated talent partnerships to accelerate brand growth and profitability.

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Daloopa Raises $47 Million Series C to Power the Data Layer Behind AI-Driven Finance

Funding will accelerate the company’s expansion as the core data infrastructure for enabling accurate, auditable AI workflows across financial services

NEW YORK, May 28, 2026Daloopa, the essential data infrastructure for AI and agentic workflows in finance, today announced it has raised $47 million in Series C funding led by Brighton Park Capital, with participation from Squarepoint Capital, Touring Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners. This funding will accelerate Daloopa’s platform growth as investment firms increasingly move AI systems from experimentation into production workflows, where accuracy and reliability are non-negotiable and expand the company’s team across engineering, product, and go-to-market.

As AI agents power financial workflows, the limiting factor is whether the systems are grounded in reliable data. In high-stakes use cases like valuation, earnings analysis, and portfolio modeling, even small inconsistencies such as misaligned fiscal calendars or inconsistent metric definitions can significantly impact outcomes.

Before structured data infrastructure, analysts were forced to spend hours manually collecting and entering data from company filings, and validating whether each datapoint was correct. AI tools also face a data accuracy problem as most rely on web-sourced inputs that are not standardized or source-linked, inheriting those inconsistencies and producing outputs that are often unreliable.

Daloopa addresses this by providing structured, source-linked financial data that investors can reliably use. The platform now covers over 5,500 public companies globally, delivers up to 10 times more data points per company than other providers, and each datapoint is linked to its original source for auditability. Investment firms trust Daloopa to power workflows ranging from quarterly analysis and scenario modeling to AI-assisted research and reporting.

“We’re seeing firms move from early experimentation toward deploying AI in real investment workflows, and that changes the requirements entirely,” said Thomas Li, CEO of Daloopa. “It’s no longer enough for models to simply generate answers; they must be accurate and fully traceable. Our focus is on building the data infrastructure that makes that possible, so firms can trust what AI is producing.”

The funding follows a series of recent product and partnership milestones that position Daloopa at the center of the emerging AI investment research stack. The company recently:

  • Expanded access to its data through MCP connectors with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity, and Rogo – bringing structured financial data directly into the tools analysts already use
  • Published a benchmark study showing AI agent accuracy improved up to 71 percentage points, when grounded in structured, auditable financial data versus web-based retrieval
  • Added new platform capabilities, including programmatic access via API, as well as cloud-native delivery via Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS S3.

Daloopa is also introducing a Partner API, unlocking third party product use cases. The new offering enables select partners and startup developers to leverage best-in-class financial data to build AI workflows and to reference within their product suite.

Together, these developments underscore a broader shift in the market: the bottleneck in AI-driven finance is not model intelligence, but data infrastructure.

“Daloopa is solving one of the most consequential data challenges in financial services,” said Tim Drager, Partner at Brighton Park Capital. “As AI becomes embedded in financial decision-making and core investment workflows, the firms that succeed will be those with the strongest data foundations. Daloopa has built exactly that and is already trusted by over 160 financial institutions, which speaks to both the quality of the platform and the urgency of this problem. We are thrilled to partner with Thomas and the team as they continue to define this category.”

Brighton Park Capital was supported by Special Advisor, Phil Hadley, former CEO and Chairman of Factset in their evaluation of Daloopa.  

That momentum is also reflected in how investment firms are engaging with Daloopa. A growing number of customers are already using the platform to operationalize AI in production workflows, and in some cases, firsthand experience with the technology has also led to investment conviction.

The company has also continued to scale rapidly, doubling revenue over the past year while expanding coverage and deepening integrations across the AI ecosystem. As firms push toward greater automation, Daloopa is becoming a core part of the infrastructure that enables AI and agentic workflows in financial services.

About Daloopa
Daloopa is the financial data layer powering the finance ecosystem with the most accurate and comprehensive data. Its proprietary platform sources, structures, and distributes this historical financial dataset covering 5,500+ public companies globally. Analysts at the world’s top investment firms trust Daloopa’s workflow solutions to save valuable time and accelerate their decision making. Daloopa also provides the critical AI data infrastructure that underpins the best financial agents and is trusted by the world’s most preeminent AI companies.

For more information or to request a demo, visit daloopa.com.

About Brighton Park Capital
Brighton Park Capital is a New York-based investment firm focused on entrepreneur-led, growth-stage software, healthcare and tech-enabled services companies. The firm invests in companies that provide highly innovative solutions in partnership with great management teams. Brighton Park brings purpose-built, value-add capabilities that match the unique requirements of each of its companies. For more information about Brighton Park Capital, please visit www.bpc.com.

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