## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Where Funded Founders Went To School: 2026 Edition** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-universities-funded-founders-2026-stanford/)

- **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/)

- **Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/applied-intuition-raises-600-million-as-it-pushes-further-into-defense/)

- **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/)

- **Digital Banking Startup Mercury Lands $200M At $5.2B Valuation Amid Fintech Funding Uptick** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/fintech-funding-digital-banking-startup-mercury-lands-200m/)

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