Midas Market Pulse, AI Investing & Trends for 4th of August 2025

📈 Aidoc Secures $150 Million Investment to Scale Medical Imaging AI
Aidoc, the medical imaging startup backed by Nvidia’s NVentures, raised one hundred and fifty million dollars in a round led by General Catalyst and Square Peg. This brings total capital to three hundred and seventy million dollars and reflects rising demand for AI tools in radiology workflows and healthcare diagnostics.

💸 Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at Mega Valuation
Founded by ex OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, Thinking Machines Lab closed a sixteen digit early stage round valuing the company at twelve billion dollars. Led by Andreessen Horowitz with Nvidia, AMD, Cisco and Jane Street among backers, the firm aims to redefine multimodal AI platforms as enterprise grade infrastructure.

🪙 Hong Kong Fintech Unicorns Drive $1.5 Billion Crypto Expansion
A wave of Hong Kong fintech companies including OSL Group and SenseTime raised over one point five billion dollars in investments tied to licensed stablecoins and blockchain payment systems. This surge follows Hong Kong’s new crypto issuer regime and positions the city as a regulated hub for tokenized finance.

🌐 EU AI Act Comes into Force with Legal Compliance Implications
On August 2, the European Union enacted the world’s first General Purpose AI Act. This global precedent mandates transparency reports, risk assessments for high impact systems and model documentation. Companies operating in the EU now face new regulatory obligations aligned to safety, ethics and auditability.

⚙️ Mistral AI Targets $10 Billion Valuation in Fundraise Drive
Europe’s leading open source startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise one billion dollars at a ten billion dollar valuation. With strategic partners like MGX and investors including Andreessen Horowitz, the round aims to scale Le Chat and Mixtral models globally and invest in sovereign compute infrastructure.