Rhoda AI, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based robot training startup, raised $450m at a $1.7b valuation. Other notable companies include Kai, a San Jose-based agentic AI cybersecurity platform, and Vitestro, a Dutch robotic blood draw company. Nitra raised $50 million in Series B funding from Actions Capital, AppWorks, Comma Capital, Dunamu & Partners, Era Funds, NEA, Pantera Capital, and Sazze Partners. Sandbar raised $23m in Series A funding led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. Rebar raised €14m in series A funding. Kled raised $5.5m in seed funding from Aglaé, K5 Global, Diplo, and Exponential. Meanwhile, Blackstone and Blue Owl are acquiring minority stakes in Atlas Holdings, a Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm focused on manufacturing and distribution.