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Treasury yields climbed again Monday, with the 10-year at 5.34% and the 30-year near 5.7%, as German, French, Italian and UK government bonds fell in step.

Germany's RobCo (Munich robotics) hit a $1B+ valuation in a roughly $40M secondary share sale, mostly employee shares, with Cherry Ventures and European Tech joining.

Over 2 billion people drink coffee every day - and the entire supply chain rests on a handful of frost-prone growing regions and 20 million small farmers receiving 5–10% of the retail price. A short walkthrough of Arabica vs Robusta, why a single Brazilian frost can cut the following year's supply by 20–30%, how the 3–4 year tree maturity cycle creates boom-bust pricing, and what climate change means for Colombia, Kenya, and Ethiopia.

Israeli AI marketing/sales startup enso raised a $15M Series A led by MoreTech Ventures, with NFX participating. Total funding is now $23M.

Commodity index funds let you own a diversified slice of raw materials - oil, metals, agriculture - without ever touching a futures contract yourself. A short walkthrough of how funds like the S&P GSCI and Bloomberg Commodity Index work, why roll drag silently erodes 2–5% of returns annually in contango markets, the difference between ETFs and mutual fund structures, and what energy-heavy weightings mean for what you're actually buying.

The shape of a commodity's futures curve tells you almost everything about the current state of the market. A short walkthrough of contango and backwardation, the convenience yield that explains why physical holders accept lower returns than futures imply, how the curve responds within hours to supply disruptions and inventory data, and why persistent contango quietly drains 2–5% annually from buy-and-hold investors.

Haifa-based HydroSight came out of stealth with a $5M Seed led by StageOne Ventures. It builds an AI platform for mapping the seabed.

Iran-linked strikes have hit at least six ships near the Strait of Hormuz since Sept. 28, even as Gulf crude exports climbed back above pre-war levels.

US AI agent startup Instinct raised a $1B Series C at a $10B valuation. Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue led it, and the invite-only service launched only in August.

Commodity ETFs can track an index perfectly and still deliver returns far below the underlying commodity price. The culprit is contango - the normal market structure where future prices exceed spot prices. A short walkthrough of why storage, insurance, and financing costs create an upward-sloping curve, how rolling expiring contracts into pricier ones drains 5–15% annually, what super-contango is, and how professional traders exploit the spread.

US AI infrastructure startup PaleBlueDot AI raised a $200M Series C at a $3.2B valuation. It was founded in 2026 and raised a $150M Series B in January.

Copper has a PhD in economics - prices rise with global growth and fall sharply in recessions, making it the commodity market's most reliable macro barometer. A short walkthrough of why Chile and Peru supply 40% of global output, how China's 50% share of demand turns every construction slowdown into a price shock, why EVs need four times more copper than petrol cars, and what the energy transition means for long-term supply and demand.