Midas Market Pulse, AI Investing & Trends for 24th of July 2025

Recent AI developments span hardware innovation integrity in national markets, venture interest in robotics and genAI video, consumer wearables revival, and renewed token market dynamics. These trends reflect how AI ecosystems are moving beyond theory into real world utility and infrastructure.

📈 Chips Gain Momentum with EUV Laser Funding

xLight, a Silicon Valley startup focused on extreme ultraviolet laser development for next generation chip fabrication, closed a forty million dollar Series A led by Playground Global. This investment signals renewed interest in US based semiconductor tools capable of breaking ASML’s longstanding market dominance.

For AI chip supply chains this may herald a shift toward onshore production and more resilient global infrastructure.

💸 Venture Watch in Robotics and GenAI Calling

Lyra, a dual coast AI video calling startup, raised six million dollars in seed funding from Y Combinator and 468 Capital. The company transforms meetings into interactive sessions with AI generated notes and collaboration tools. Since launch it has grown revenue from twenty thousand to seven hundred thousand dollars in six weeks and runs over two hundred hours of calls per week

Dash Bio, founded by ex Moderna staff, added eleven million dollars in seed funding to accelerate AI enabled clinical lab testing aimed at streamlining sample analysis for drug trials. Investors include Aligned Fund, Drive Capital and Cybernetix Ventures. This reflects growing appetite for AI automation in life sciences infrastructure.

🛠️ Wearable AI Makes a Comeback

Amazon acquired Bee, a San Francisco based AI startup behind an affordable fifty dollar wristband that records and transcribes conversations in real time. The device also offers task summarization and mute functions. This purchase signals Amazon’s renewed interest in wrist based AI experiences following the discontinuation of its Halo.

🪙 On Chain AI Token Surges

The SAHARA token rallied one hundred percent over a single day following the launch of its Data Services Platform. The new functionality supports open data labeling and AI asset marketplaces. Trading volume topped two point three billion dollars, lifting market cap to over three hundred million. The sharp rally highlights increasing momentum behind AI native blockchain infrastructure .

🌐 Structural Chip Support Speeds Up

Axelera AI, a Dutch semiconductor hardware startup, secured a sixty one point six million euro grant from the European High Performance Computing DARE initiative. The funds will support development of its Titania inference chip optimized for generative AI and image analysis.

This grant underscores Europe’s desire to build independent AI chip supply chains.

📊 Midas Perspective

1. The push for U.S. semiconductor tools is gaining steam through fresh capital for innovation in laser fabrication.

2. Developer tool startups that support genAI workflows and AI infrastructure automation remain attractive venture targets.

3. AI wearables may be making a quiet comeback with Amazon stepping back into consumer grade hardware.

4. On chain AI infrastructure is gaining legitimacy as token utility surges following platform launches.

5. Strategic grants in Europe reflect national commitments to hardware sovereignty for future AI workloads.

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