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Should Your AI Business Raise VC? For Most Founders, the Honest Answer Is No. Here's Why.
If your AI agent performs a simple, easily replicated task — especially at a low price — customers can churn quickly when larger platforms offer the same capability for free. AI products that are built around a specific…
Life360 co-founder's satellite start-up hits $2.3b valuation
An Australian venture capital-backed satellite network start-up that communicates data from Bluetooth-enabled devices anywhere in the world has become a unicorn in its latest funding round. The Seattle-based Hubble Network has raised $US200 million…
Exclusive: Solcoa Industries raises $75M for rare earth metal plant
Solcoa Industries raised $75 million in seed equity and debt as it develops a new rare earth metal making plant, CEO Hooman Reza Nezhad tells Axios Pro exclusively. Why it matters: Startups, investors and the U.S. government are trying to disrupt…
TinyBuild revenue rises 18% to $20m during H1 2026, with 85% coming from first and second-party owned IP
TinyBuild reported an 18% revenue increase to $20 million for the six months ending June 30, 2026, driven by 'strong catalogue performance and new launches.' In its unaudited results for the period, the company said 85% of gaming revenue came from…
A VC hired his kids' nanny to run the back office. The SEC says she took $1.3 million
Hi, it's Amanda Gerut, pinch hitting for Allie. In late 2014, Ellen Polcari was nannying for a VC's two young children. A decade later, she had branded herself the firm's “controller,” and, according to the SEC, the person who…
New York sues Polymarket over allegations of illegal gambling operations
New York State has filed a lawsuit against prediction market company Polymarket amid allegations that it violated state laws against illegal gambling. The suit, filed on Thursday by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, comes two months…
Ro Khanna's Economic Plan Just Got a Brutal Reality Check on CNBC
Democrats are losing the plot, and you know it is especially bad when other Democrats are calling them out. California Rep. Ro Khanna proudly calls his economic agenda a “ Next, New Deal, ” a name that ought to set off alarm bells on…
Private Markets Boost TDF Returns CFA Institute Finds
If DC plans make small allocations to private markets in their target-date funds, they are likely to see improved net risk-adjusted returns, according to new research by the CFA Institute's Research & Policy Center. In a September report titled…
'WWE Main Event' Moves From YouTube to Rumble, a Conservative Streaming Platform Backed by JD Vance
Starting Oct. 14, WWE Main Event is tagging out of the YouTube ecosystem and strutting down the entrance ramp to Rumble — a video-sharing platform and cloud provider that is a favorite of conservative commentators like Dan Bongino, Steven…
NUS Enterprise launches new AI platform to speed up research commercialisation, rebrands as NUSX
SINGAPORE – NUS Enterprise has launched a new artificial intelligence platform that it says can cut weeks of work in assessing and commercialising university research to minutes, as it seeks to get more intellectual property out of the…
Silicon Valley AI Academy Seeks 'Main Character' Students
Not every young person with a big idea will become the next college-dropout-turned multi-billionaire like Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, but many still have potential to thrive as leaders in the tech sector and beyond. Given the increasing…
The Deals: GRAI Acquires Social Music Platform Hangout; DICE Owner Fever Raises $250M
Live entertainment tech company Fever, the owner of U.K. ticketing platform DICE, announced a $250 million primary equity financing round led by EQT, with Point72 Private Investments and Baillie Gifford also participating. Co-founded by Francisco…
AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week
Everyone seems to agree that AI is important. The big question for those in the climate world, and the conversation I'm constantly having and hearing this week, involves how you see its influence unfolding. UN Secretary-General António…
AI Across America: What's Next for Boston
On Sept. 29 at 8:30am ET, tune in to conversations from Boston exploring how Massachusetts is navigating AI innovation, cybersecurity and safety as adoption grows across industries, research institutions and government. Axios business editor Dan…
Why biotech has a lot riding on Trump's FDA pick
President Trump's pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Heidi Overton, on Thursday will have to convince a handful of skeptical Republican senators to back her nomination. But the larger biotech world is watching for hints about how she'd…
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