Moonshot AI Bets on Long Context, Hits $35B
Founded in 2023, Moonshot AI bet on long context; Kimi went viral, K2 topped open-source, raising RMB 37.6B in 3 years.
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2,000 게시된 사례 · 정기 업데이트Automata bets pharma will run wet labs on one AI-ready automation platform
London-founded Automata sold a desktop robot arm, pivoted to whole-lab automation, and raised a $45M Series C led by Dimension with Danaher.
사례 읽기Ascend Elements' IRA-grant bet: $542M raised, DOE pulls funds, Chapter 11 in 2026
Ascend Elements bet federal grants plus 45X credits would pay for US cathode plants; DOE canceled its funding, Chapter 11 in April 2026.
사례 읽기Kurly's dawn-delivery bet: Korea's grocery unicorn turns first profit after ₩4T crash
Kim Seul-ah's premium grocery app pioneered Korea's dawn delivery, peaked near ₩4-5T, delayed its 2022 IPO, then posted first profit in 2025.
사례 읽기Lawhive's bet: stop selling law-firm software, become the AI-native law firm
Lawhive tried to sell legal software to small firms, failed, then became an AI-native consumer law firm — $35M revenue and a $60M Series B later.
사례 읽기myAIcademy bets 72-hour-refreshed AI lessons close the workforce skills gap
Dubai edtech from ex-Google 'GenAI Black Belt' Malika Malik tracked #2 on Product Hunt (2026-09-04, 286 votes).
사례 읽기TaxNote's swipe-to-file bet tops Japan's tax apps for 29 straight days
A nine-person Tokyo startup bet Japan's solo workers want to file taxes by swiping a phone; after a ¥1.3B Series A it held #1 among tax apps all filing season.
사례 읽기Nuro's delivery-robot bet pivots to Uber-Lucid robotaxis under California permits
Nuro bet driverless delivery would be autonomy's first market; when it stalled, it pivoted its stack to Uber-Lucid robotaxis under new California approvals.
사례 읽기Oxford Ionics' chip-scale quantum bet: NQCC delivery, then a $1.075B IonQ exit
Two Oxford physicists replaced laser control of trapped-ion qubits with electronics on standard silicon chips — then IonQ paid $1.075B for the company.
사례 읽기Medically Home bet CMS's home-hospital waiver would last; DispatchHealth absorbed it
A hospital-at-home platform that won $100M from Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente, then merged into DispatchHealth while CMS's waiver was still temporary.
사례 읽기Freshflow: fresh aisles need their own AI — a $10M bet from Reimann Investors
Two founders who met at Entrepreneur First built ordering AI for perishables from scratch, then raised a $10M Series A led by Reimann Investors.
사례 읽기TrustMRR's open-books bet: verified revenue hits PH #2 with 599 votes
TrustMRR makes founders prove MRR by connecting Stripe read-only; Marc Lou's bootstrapped database hit #2 Product of the Day on Nov 11, 2025 with 599 upvotes.
사례 읽기CodeFlying bets people run AI-made businesses; Yiwu AI Shop goes viral on Xiaohongshu
16-person Beijing startup CodeFlying turns one sentence into a working shop; its Yiwu AI Shop went viral on Xiaohongshu and reached ~¥10M+ ARR.
사례 읽기Insilico bets AI can design a working drug; rentosertib hits Phase IIa, then HKEX
Insilico's AI finds the target and designs the drug: rentosertib posts Phase IIa FVC gains, then HKEX raises HK$2.28B and Phase III starts.
사례 읽기KoBold's AI copper bet: Mingomba discovery becomes a $2.3B Zambian mine
KoBold Metals uses AI to map the Earth's crust for ore; its AI-found Mingomba deposit in Zambia broke ground in 2026 as a 300,000-tonnes-a-year copper mine.
사례 읽기LINE MAN Wongnai: Thailand's super-app bet posts first profit, targets 2027 IPO
Delivery app LINE MAN + review site Wongnai (2020) → US$265M Series B unicorn; THB 16.7B 2024 revenue; first profit 2025; 2027 IPO target.
사례 읽기SmartNews's profitability bet: from $2B peak and layoffs to a down-round Tokyo IPO
When its stay-home boom ended, SmartNews cut overseas staff, rebuilt around ad monetization, and now faces a Tokyo IPO priced below its 2021 peak.
사례 읽기Hotmart bets creators sell courses online; bootstrapped decade, then US$10B in sales
Bootstrapped from 2011, Hotmart grew a course-selling marketplace to unicorn status in 2021 and US$10B in cumulative partner sales by 2024
사례 읽기Belvo bets LatAm open-finance rules turn it into the region's Plaid; they did
Belvo built LatAm's open-finance API, betting Brazil's Open Finance and Pix Automático would open bank data and rails; 50M+ users connected by April 2025
사례 읽기Vertical Aerospace's eVTOL bet clears its hardest gate: two-way piloted transition
Stephen Fitzpatrick's UK eVTOL startup completed the world's first two-way piloted transition under CAA oversight, toward 2028 Valo certification.
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