Globes:
Israeli startup Zafran, an AI-native threat exposure management service, raised a $60M Series C led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M  —  Zafran has also launched its agentic exposure management suite, positioning it to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory …

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Award-winner Hirokazu Kore-eda will direct a live-action film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga Look Back for release in 2026.

Krystal Hu / Reuters:
Cloud data management startup Eon raised $300M led by Gil Capital at a $4B valuation, almost 3X from $1.4B in November 2024, taking its total funding to $500M  —  Cloud data-management startup Eon said it has raised $300 million in a new funding round led by Gil Capital and that its valuation has almost tripled to $4 billion.

Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Anthropic acquires dev tool maker Bun, a source says for low hundreds of millions, its first acquisition; Claude Code hit $1B in annualized revenue in November  —  Anthropic is in advanced discussions to buy Bun, a maker of software used to run and manage code more efficiently, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.