IJR News — today's news from every sideSaaSCity's virtual city tops 1,400 listings as available plots shrink — 3dSaaSCity, a Warsaw-based software-discovery platform that renders each listed product as a building on a 60-by-60 isometric city map, has surpassed 1,400 listed software products with 1,292 of 3,600 plots claimed, and releases new products in weekly batches. The project combines a gamified directory, a weekly launch calendar for startups and AI tools, and a public research database, drawing a contemporary parallel to the Million Dollar Homepage’s pixel-selling concept but tied to active product listings.
Dana Whitfield Feels like the Million Dollar Homepage got a functional upgrade instead of just being a novelty ad grid.Jared Kim billion is a huge bet on a market that doesn't even have 30 million people yet, Adobe must see this as a launchpad for the wider region. 
On X · @elonmuskElon Musk on Sun Comprising Nearly All Solar System MassMusk's post highlighting the Sun's ~99.86% share of solar system mass drew mostly positive, awe-filled reactions with jokes and affirmations, as it is an established scientific fact with little opposition.1,016 likes · 16mEtched raises $300M Series C at $10.3B valuation — Jul 23, 2026Etched, a San Jose-based AI chip startup building GPU-free inference processors, raised $300 million in a Series C at a $10.3 billion post-money valuation led by Sequoia with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, SK Hynix, Jane Street, and Diffusion, doubling its previous valuation and signaling rapid scale. The company plans to expand production, deploy facilities near its headquarters, and commercialize its inference hardware to challenge Nvidia in transformer-based AI workloads, with over $1 billion in orders already booked.
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30 Sundays reports $6.7 million Series A to fund AI travel expansionBusiness — Jul 21, 2026Gurugram-based travel tech startup 30 Sundays has raised about ₹61 crore ($6.7 million) in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Info Edge Ventures and Eximius Ventures, boosting its total funding to around $7.5 million. The funds will accelerate AI-driven itinerary planning, product development, and brand-building while expanding into new international markets such as Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines, following recent launches in New Zealand and Mauritius, and a reported annualised gross booking value of roughly ₹200 crore across Bali, Vietnam, the Maldives, and Thailand.
Transition VC launches ₹1,500 crore Fund IIBusiness — Jul 21, 2026Transition VC has launched Fund II with a target corpus of ₹1,500 crore to back around 20 engineering-led startups in the energy transition, advanced manufacturing and related deeptech, with investments of about $2-5 million over four years starting in Q3 FY27. The fund follows a successful Fund I (₹723 crore) that delivered roughly 57% IRR, over 3x MOIC, and zero write-offs, and expands the thesis to include energy networks, storage, and niche areas like nuclear and geothermal energy infrastructure for a more integrated portfolio. 
