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  High-Yield Bonds

  PolarDC Nordic bond brings AI data center debt boom to Europe

  May 21, 2026

  The deal is expected to attract international demand due to a substantial yield premium.

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  AI & ML

  ‘Financials look reckless': Lifting the xAI hood in the SpaceX IPO

  May 20, 2026

  The Grok-maker’s losses are accelerating as SpaceX’s IPO pulls back the curtain for the first time on the financials of a large AI model company.

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  VC Exits

  SpaceX files for its historic IPO

  May 20, 2026

  Investors are closely watching its Starlink revenue, as well as the xAI integration.

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  AI

  Blackstone and Google’s joint venture funds computing power, not just data centers

  May 19, 2026

  The investment manager committed $5 billion to a venture that tests whether chips, power, and customer contracts can be financed in the same way as physical infrastructure.

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  AI

  Europe’s VC market is splitting in two and AI is driving the gap

  May 19, 2026

  Later-stage valuations surged year over year in Q1 as AI companies dominated the largest raises.

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  SaaS

  Software companies need more than strong revenue to secure private credit loans

  May 18, 2026

  Lenders are growing more selective about the deals they back, which means stricter underwriting and requirements to demonstrate real earnings.

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  Analyst Note

  PitchBook Analyst Note: Where Capital Is Flowing in China’s AI Market

  May 14, 2026

  This analyst note examines how China’s AI venture market is consolidating around strategic sectors like enterprise software, compute hardware, and semiconductors amid a broader VC slowdown.

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  VC Exits

  Fervo rides data center energy boom with 35% IPO pop

  May 13, 2026

  The energy startup, which develops next-generation geothermal technology, raised $1.89 billion in its upsized IPO.

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  Politics

  Private markets watch Trump-Xi summit in Beijing

  May 12, 2026

  The US and Chinese presidents are meeting for the first time since October.

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  AI Quarterly

  AI VC Trends

  May 12, 2026

  The Q1 2026 AI VC Trends report provides an analysis of recent VC activity and includes a market map of leading VC-backed companies in the space.

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  Software

  OpenAI unveils PE-backed joint venture to accelerate AI adoption

  May 11, 2026

  The move comes as the evolution of AI is rewriting the playbook for PE firms across industries.

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  Limited Partners

  AI is shrinking startup teams. New hires are cashing in.

  May 8, 2026

  Median equity grants for AI engineers are up 31% in two years, nearly triple the gain for non-technical workers, according to new Carta research.

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  Analyst Note

  PitchBook Analyst Note: The SaaS-Pocalypse Opportunity

  May 8, 2026

  This analyst note introduces PitchBook’s 209-node AI taxonomy, designed to help investors and strategy officers navigate the shift from traditional software to AI-driven digital labor.

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  Weekend Analysis

  Meet VC firms’ new rising stars

  May 8, 2026

  They have stellar resumes, diverse backgrounds and can-do attitudes.

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  Private Market Horizons

  VC’s future is anyone’s guess

  May 7, 2026

  PitchBook’s 2030 forecast spans $2.7 trillion depending on a single variable: whether AI delivers real exits.

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  Limited Partners

  Crossover firms doubled down on pre-IPO bets in Q1, with deal value hitting a record $220.9B

  April 30, 2026

  While dollars invested were 11x the levels of Q4, deal count remained about the same as investors concentrated their bets.

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  AI

  PitchBook Analyst Note: AI Will Deliver Care to Billions and Break the System That Built It

  April 29, 2026

  81% of US physicians now use AI. We map a five-layer AI care delivery stack, profile dozens of companies, and project healthcare cost scenarios.

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  China

  China’s block on Manus AI deal won’t kill ‘Singapore washing’

  April 29, 2026

  Beijing has ordered the unwinding of Meta’s $2B acquisition. Yet the playbook that enabled it remains very much alive.

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