HiDream's world-model bet: 50M users, ¥2.1B raised, unicorn in three years
HiDream.ai (智象未来) bet visual generation leads to world models; open-sourced top-ranked models, hit 50M users, raised ¥2.1B, and crossed $1B valuation.
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2,000 公開済みの事例 · 随時更新Phagos bets AI-designed phages replace antibiotics in animals; €25M Series A
Paris biotech Phagos pairs AI with bacteriophages, bacteria-killing viruses, to fight antibiotic resistance in livestock first; €25M Series A.
事例を読むBia Energy's software-led power bet: 4,000+ clients, Kaszek-led $18.5M round
Bia Energy bet businesses would switch retailers for data-driven power savings: 4,000+ clients, $18.5M Kaszek round, utility-software spinoff.
事例を読むZepto's 10-minute grocery bet: $2B raised, still private, IPO pushed back
Two teen founders bet India would switch to 10-minute grocery delivery; Zepto raised $1.3B in 2024 and $450M at $7B, then slowed its IPO.
事例を読むFacepunch: a free 2004 mod became a no-publisher studio with nine-figure sales
A free Source-engine mod became Garry's Mod (20M+ sales) and Rust (12M+), all self-published, with no publisher and no outside investment.
事例を読むByju's acquisition spree ends in insolvency: founder says once-$22B edtech is 'worth zero'
Byju's bought two dozen companies on pandemic optimism, then lost investors; insolvency opened in July 2024 over a ₹158.9 crore sponsorship debt.
事例を読むKlar's credit-first banking bet: $190M Series C, 7M users, then Banorte's Bineo license
Mexico's credit-first neobank grew to 7M users and profitability, raised $190M, then bought Banorte's failed digital bank to get a banking license.
事例を読むIQM's on-premises bet lands: Euro-Q-Exa, its 54-qubit Radiance, goes live at LRZ
IQM bets Europe will own rather than rent quantum computers — its 54-qubit Radiance at LRZ becomes Germany's first EuroHPC quantum machine.
事例を読むSelex Motors bet delivery fleets would swap EV batteries, then Hanoi's ban stalled
Selex Motors built 'battery ATM' swap stations for Vietnam's delivery fleets — then Hanoi's petrol-bike ban, the sector's catalyst, unravelled.
事例を読むRenight (Munice) tops Japan App Store Health chart on sleep-debt pitch
Korean Munice's AI brainwave sleep app Renight hit #1 on Japan's App Store Health chart with ~$312K in 30-day revenue, 96% from Japan.
事例を読むNowports bets LatAm SMEs digitize China trade; $150M Series C makes a $1.1B unicorn
Two logistics-family founders digitized freight for LatAm SMEs trading with China, nearly died on cash flow, then hit a $1.1B valuation in ten months.
事例を読むMagiCrew bets open-source AI 'digital workers' beat the stack of AI subscriptions
Apache-2.0 platform from OSS veterans Yaqi Dong and Chen Caoqihao lands PH #3 (2026-09-03, 269 votes) selling AI workers that finish deliverables.
事例を読むNari Labs' open-source Dia TTS drew 100K downloads in two weeks
Two Korean undergrads trained Dia, a 1.6B-parameter open TTS with laugh and cough control, on free Google TPUs and hit 100K downloads in two weeks.
事例を読むAdaptyv Bio bets the wet lab is AI biology's bottleneck and automates it for $40M
A Lausanne startup turned protein testing into an API: AI designs thousands of candidates, Adaptyv's lab tells you which ones work.
事例を読むCandela's flying-ferry bet: electric hydrofoil commuter line spreads from Stockholm
Stockholm's Candela bet foils fix electric boats' drag; its P-12 ferry now runs Stockholm transit, with orders from Mumbai, Berlin and Saudi Arabia.
事例を読むEvermos bet chat-based resellers could move halal goods across small-town Indonesia
A Bandung social-commerce startup that grew a six-figure network of WhatsApp resellers selling curated halal products — still independent and operating in 2026.
事例を読むHabby's Dicero! tops Korea iOS free charts at launch; $2B maker pivots to IAP
Habby (Archero, Survivor.io) launched dice-roguelite Dicero! on Apr 22, 2026, betting IAP over rewarded ads; day one: Korea #1, US and Japan top-10.
事例を読むElevify bets AI-curated courses make a seven-person team a global rival to Coursera
Brazil's Elevify structures scattered online lessons into courses, hit 220,000 new students a month and breakeven, then raised $1.35M for 140 countries.
事例を読むInfinitePay's free-phone-terminal bet wins Brazil: 6.3M sellers, $1.3B run rate
InfinitePay turns any smartphone into a free card terminal for Brazilian micro-entrepreneurs; 6.3M sellers in 2025, $990M revenue, #1 finance app
事例を読むInnospace's hybrid-rocket bet survived a 30-second crash — every client stayed
Korean rocket startup Innospace's first commercial launch crashed at 30 seconds; every satellite client kept its contract and booked the 2026 reflight
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