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Netflix Paid $587 Million USD for Ben Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive
Craig T Fruchtman/Wireimage/Getty Images Netflix has officially closed a monumental deal to acquire InterPositive, the stealth artificial intelligence filmmaking startup founded by Hollywood veteran Ben Affleck. The streaming giant paid $587…
Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin's disruptive potential, suggesting that this might lead to more partnerships between traditional electronic…
Grenoble Startup ENGO Reveals €5.1M Round In 2026 - Why Athletes Stand To Gain
Excitement Over €5.1M Funding Hits July 2026. The Grenoble startup ENGO announced a new financing round on July 17, 2026, aiming to speed research into ultra-light AR sports glasses that weigh under 40 grams. That matters now because ENGO…
Daylight at the Push of a Button - U.S. Startup Gets the Green Light to Test Space Mirrors
A U.S. startup wants to deliver daylight on demand—in the middle of the night. Scott Kelly/NASA via AP/Keystone A U.S. company wants to turn night into day by using space-based mirrors to direct sunlight to Earth on demand. A permit for a…
Protein Ice Cream Is This Summer's Next Food Trend
David Protein made a splash with its frozen dessert, which packs 10 grams of protein per serving and only 210 calories for the entire pint. Summer's favorite guilty treat is getting a protein glow up. Since the beginning of the year, both…
The anti-aging industry promises to extend life. Here's the reality
The longevity industry is booming. Billionaire tech bros are pouring money into anti-aging startups, some of which have eye-watering valuations despite no product to sell. Extraordinary claims are being made about turning old mice into young ones…
China's Moonshot plans IPO in six months after AI breakthrough
Moonshot AI has told investors it's preparing to list in as early as six months, seizing the opportunity to tap capital markets after its latest model upended industry perceptions of China's burgeoning capabilities and sent global tech stocks…
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is exposing a hidden food risk. New fertilizer tech could help
When ships can't make it through the Strait of Hormuz, the fallout goes beyond the price of oil: Nearly a third of the world's fertilizer also passes through the corridor, coming from factories in countries like Qatar. Fertilizer prices have surged…
What happens when AI starts gambling on soccer?
How do you measure whether an AI is actually good at predicting the future? The CTO of startup Obside emailed me recently with a fascinating real-world benchmark. Instead of giving AI models another standardized test, Obside had ChatGPT, Gemini…
Korea's AI-heavy market now sets the tone for global stocks
For fund managers in London, New York and Tokyo, a new ritual has emerged before trading gets underway: checking South Korean stocks. Once a peripheral market for many global investors, Korea's $4 trillion equity market is offering an early read on…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Tells Founders to Solve 'Hard Problems,' Not Chase 'Base Hits
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Coinbase Global Inc. CEO Brian Armstrong shared advice for entrepreneurs, saying founders should pursue difficult problems instead of choosing…
Pocket-size AI: Powerful phones star at China show
Tech firms are racing to roll out advanced smartphones that use artificial intelligence to do everything from ordering food to composing messages upon a simple voice command. Wide adoption of phones running on so-called AI agents would be a…
India's Skyroot launches Vikram-1 in first private orbital rocket mission
Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace on Saturday launched the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, a key test of national efforts to compete for a bigger share of the global commercial launch market. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Why a modest US interest rate rise won't change much for most businesses
With the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chair, the latest concern is that interest rates will go up in the next few months. That decision will depend on many factors, including inflation, jobs and the economy's overall growth. But when that…
The '2 pizza' days are over. Here's what everyone in business and tech is saying about team size.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said his division has made 'a very big shift' to scaling down the size of its average teams. Before AI, Mosseri said the average team was roughly 'a baker's dozen.' Now, Instagram has pods, consisting of 'four to six…
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