Crypto VC firm Paradigm raised $1.2B, its third fund, to invest in areas outside of crypto, including AI and robotics; Paradigm had $11.9B in AUM in 2025 (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-08/crypto-focused-vc-firm-paradigm-raises-1-2-billion-for-ai-bets"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260708/i28.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260708/p28#a260708p28" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Rebecca Torrence / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-08/crypto-focused-vc-firm-paradigm-raises-1-2-billion-for-ai-bets">Crypto VC firm Paradigm raised $1.2B, its third fund, to invest in areas outside of crypto, including AI and robotics; Paradigm had $11.9B in AUM in 2025</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Paradigm, the venture firm founded to invest in cryptocurrency companies, has raised a new $1.2 billion fund to make more bets outside of the sector &hellip; </p>