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AI companies claimed 80 percent of all startup investment in one quarter, and non-AI founders are dividing the smallest remaining share of venture capital on record
Picture a room where a thousand founders are competing for the same pool of money. Now imagine four of them sweeping 65 cents of every dollar off the table before anyone else reaches for it. The remaining 996 founders divide what is left. That is…
Azerbaijan seeks to nurture tech sector as it looks beyond oil
BAKU, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Long reliant on oil and gas exports, Azerbaijan is courting foreign investment in its small but growing technology sector with a series of reforms aimed at attracting tech companies and venture capital. The former…
3 Reasons Kiplinger Readers Prefer the Capital One Venture Rewards Card
When you shop for a car, paying full price is usually frowned upon. Should you use the same premise when booking your trips? This is where the best travel credit cards come into play. With generous miles or points back, you can score significant…
It's Official: No Man Can Outrun Our Robot Overlords
China's booming humanoid robot industry may have just produced a robot faster than the fastest human. Unitree unveiled a new humanoid robot on Monday that the company says can run faster and jump higher than a person. In a video posted to social…
Death of HK-born crypto tycoon Harry Yeh sparks suspicions of wrench attack
Hong Kong cryptocurrency tycoon Harry Yeh Chun-tak recently plunged to his death from his mansion in Paraguay, sparking suspicions amid a growing trend of extortions and murders of crypto asset holders. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT A well-known…
Autonomous AI Should Replace Human Doctors, Billionaire's Son Argues
Health researchers and entrepreneurs argue in a new research paper that the future of top-tier medical care won't come from doctors working in tandem with artificial intelligence, but will instead be administered purely from autonomous AI models…
Here's Why Mark Walter May Have Sold The Lakers
Federal investigators are reportedly probing whether insurers controlled by Mark Walter used four companies to improperly funnel billions of dollars in loans to other firms linked to Walter, whose recent unexpected sale of the Los Angeles Lakers…
Forged In Japan: How Jurin AI Is Building AI For The Real World
The hard part of enterprise AI isn't a clever demo. It's earning enough trust to let the system loose on real work—and that, a young Tokyo company argues, is an engineering problem before it is an intelligence one. Front row, from left: Rise…
One In 10 Staff At California Unicorns Works In India
India is rapidly becoming a pivotal talent hub for California-headquartered technology unicorns, with one in ten employees now based in the country, a trend driven by stringent US visa policies and substantial cost efficiencies. India accounts for…
Andreessen Horowitz focus of DOJ probe over board directors
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of a Justice Department antitrust probe over whether its investment partners are improperly serving on the boards of competing artificial intelligence companies, according to people familiar…
SpaceX's biggest investors are finally visible - just as millions more shares unlock: Chart of the Day
The curtain is finally lifting on who owns SpaceX (SPCX), and the stock is surging over 5% Monday. More than 1,500 investors disclosed stakes, but only 23 account for over 80% of the reported shares. The concentration is even more striking at the…
FxWirePro- Aug 10 - Aug 16 Fundraising
Ethereal Ventures, Finality Capital Partners Fiat-backed, Stablecoin Protocol Yield Farming, Synthetic Assets, Stablecoin Protocol…
African defense tech startup Terra Industries raises $52M
It turns out that it's not only U.S. and European companies pushing the concept of autonomous warfare. Nigeria-based Terra Industries is a defense technology startup that develops automated security systems for governments and infrastructure…
From engineering to elected office: How a generation of Indian Americans is reshaping civic life
Note: Former Microsoft and AWS exec Harini Gokul serves on the Medina (Wash.) City Council. Guest Opinion: Saturday, Aug. 15, was India's 80th Independence Day. I marked it at the Indian Consulate in Seattle, at a celebration hosted by Consul…
The Exec's Guide to Longevity Tech
Living longer is the new luxury. Once confined to biotech labs and the disposable income of Silicon Valley billionaires, longevity is no longer a tech bro hobby and has become a consumer aspiration in its own right. Preventative full-body MRI…
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