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𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. $700𝐌+ 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡. 🔬 Nearfield Instruments – $𝟯𝟴𝟬𝗠 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗗 (𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 $𝟭.𝟲𝗕) The largest deeptech funding round ever in the Netherlands. Led by Fidelity, with Temasek, QIA, and Invest-NL among the investors. Nearfield's advanced semiconductor metrology is enabling the next generation of AI chips - from High-NA EUV to 3D integration. CEO Hamed Sadeghian: "Nearfield is no longer an emerging player - we're building a global technology company that's here to stay, scale, and lead." 🧬 Leyden Labs – $𝟰6𝗠 Backed by the @EIC Fund, Invest-NL, and the Gates Foundation, Leyden Labs is developing broadly protective nasal sprays against influenza and other respiratory viruses - protection right at the point of entry. CEO Koenraad Wiedhaup: "This signals confidence in our scientific approach, our team, and our mission to fundamentally improve how the world protects itself against respiratory viruses.” 🤖 General Intuition – $𝟯𝟮𝟬𝗠 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 (𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 $𝟮.𝟯𝗕) Led by Khosla Ventures, with General Catalyst, Jeff Bezos, and Eric Schmidt among the backers, General Intuition is building large action models - trained not on text, but on billions of human decisions captured through gameplay. CEO Pim de Witte: "From our dataset of one billion action-labelled gamer videos, we distill that capability into AI models that can do the same - in games and in the real world." Congratulations to these teams - and to everyone building alongside them. 🚀 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.