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axios.com - Dan Primack - Venture capital's role in a major Ponzi scheme
Venture capital's role in a major Ponzi scheme
Axios

Last week you might have seen headlines about how NFL star Travis Kelce got swindled by a Texas hedge fund manager who was running a Ponzi scheme. Deep in the details is how venture capital played a key role in the deception. Catch up quick: Sid…

sfchronicle.com - Anna Bauman - Major Silicon Valley venture capital firm launches 'elite institution' for high school grads
Major Silicon Valley venture capital firm launches 'elite institution' for high school grads
San Francisco Chronicle

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced Tuesday that it planned to open a new San Francisco school for recent high school graduates, saying it wants to train students for careers in the artificial intelligence era. The…

forbes.com - Murad Salikhov - Smaller Fintech Markets Should Stop Trying To Out-AI Silicon Valley
Smaller Fintech Markets Should Stop Trying To Out-AI Silicon Valley
Forbes

Murad Salikhov – serial investor and visionary | Partner at Schwarzwald Capital, empowering fintech and creator economy projects. ​Every fintech founder I talk to outside the U.S. eventually asks the same question: How do we compete…

globenewswire.com - Dialybrid - Dialybrid secures €15 million series A round and announces successful first-in-human implant of novel Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft for vascular access in hemodialysis
Dialybrid secures €15 million series A round and announces successful first-in-human implant of novel Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft for vascular access in hemodialysis
GlobeNewswire

Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft is a novel hybrid arteriovenous graft engineered to integrate into patients' vessels and provide a safe, easy-to-cannulate, durable, vascular access for hemodialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - a16z is challenging Silicon Valley's love for drop-outs by launching a school
a16z is challenging Silicon Valley's love for drop-outs by launching a school
TechCrunch

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy aimed at aspiring founders who have just graduated high school and have not yet attended college. The academy is aiming to train these high school…

seekingalpha.com - Sinchita Mitra - AI captures 77% of global VC dollars as exits remain concentrated (XT:NASDAQ)
AI captures 77% of global VC dollars as exits remain concentrated (XT:NASDAQ)
Seeking Alpha

Artificial intelligence has become the dominant force in global venture capital, capturing more than three-quarters of venture dollars, while the exit market remained concentrated among a small group of large IPOs, according to HSBC. AI and machine…

gizmodo.com - Bruce Gil - Andreessen Horowitz Wants Teens to Skip College for Its New Academy Instead
Andreessen Horowitz Wants Teens to Skip College for Its New Academy Instead
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

All of Silicon Valley seems to be coming together to launch a new alternative to college for teens dreaming of becoming the next big tech founder. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, announced Tuesday that applications are…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Mirendil's $5b valuation talks, Blackstone's student bet, and a16z's new school
Mirendil's $5b valuation talks, Blackstone's student bet, and a16z's new school
Axios

• Mirendil, an SF-based self-improving AI model developer launched by former Anthropic researchers, is reportedly in talks to raise at a $5b valuation led by Kleiner Perkins. Go deeper • Snorkel AI, an AI data development platform…

yahoo.com - Rinna Diamantakos - SICK conspiracy': Trump dismisses calls to rein in AI as his sons cash in on AI-linked defence and tech investments
SICK conspiracy': Trump dismisses calls to rein in AI as his sons cash in on AI-linked defence and tech investments
Yahoo!

As artificial intelligence continues to race ahead, President Trump has made it clear he doesn't intend to apply the brakes any time soon. Trump has embraced a hands-off approach to AI regulation, resisting calls to reign in the rapidly developing…

theverge.com - Emma Roth - Andreessen Horowitz is launching an 'academy' with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
Andreessen Horowitz is launching an 'academy' with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
The Verge

The Horowitz Andreessen Academy trades degrees and homework for stints at tech companies. The Horowitz Andreessen Academy trades degrees and homework for stints at tech companies. Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer…

newsweek.com - Sam Stevenson - Big Crypto Is Trying To Take Down Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Big Crypto Is Trying To Take Down Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Newsweek

Crypto -backed super PAC Fairshake plans to spend at least $30 million against Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio 's November 3 Senate special election, The New York Times first reported. Cryptocurrency groups are escalating their midterm spending…

nymag.com - Bess Levin - GOP Senator Demands Probe Into Don Jr.'s Shady Wedding Gift
GOP Senator Demands Probe Into Don Jr.'s Shady Wedding Gift
New York Magazine

If you were alive and lucid between 2019 and 2024, you know that Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party spent more than half a decade obsessed with the idea that Hunter Biden took advantage of his father's position as vice-president to…

thehindu.com - Sangeetha Kandavel - YNOS secures ₹2.12-crore investment from Gyan Circle Ventures
YNOS secures ₹2.12-crore investment from Gyan Circle Ventures
The Hindu

YNOS, a technology platform offering information and fundraising analytics for India's startup ecosystem, has got an investment of ₹2.12 crore from Gyan Circle Ventures, a Category-I Venture Capital Fund. The investment will enable YNOS to…

globaltimes.cn - Yao Ling - Playing up 'China shock 2.0' won't fix Europe's industrial woes
Playing up 'China shock 2.0' won't fix Europe's industrial woes
Global Times

Container cranes, shipping containers and wind turbines at the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort in Hamburg, Germany Photo: VCG European Union (EU) think tanks have been amplifying the “China shock 2.0” narrative this year, portraying…

jpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF - Israeli defense, finance ministries announce defense-tech capital fund tenders
Israeli defense, finance ministries announce defense-tech capital fund tenders
The Jerusalem Post

Adir Capital and Sling Capital were announced as tender winners on Tuesday for state-backed venture capital funds specializing in advanced defense technologies, the Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry announced jointly. The announcement, made by…

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