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India's venture capital landscape to shift towards tech-first and infrastructure-led themes: Report
India's venture capital (VC)/growth equity market continued its upward trajectory in 2025, reaching approximately $16 billion and logging its second consecutive year of growth. Looking ahead, 'investor conviction is expected to concentrate around…
Ignore the knockers, London is still a fabulous hub for founders
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. In recent years, the story told about London has been one…
POSCO invests $4.6 mil. in Brils to accelerate AI-driven factory push
POSCO Group has invested 7 billion won ($4.64 million) in Brils, an advanced robot solutions provider, marking a strategic step to accelerate its group-wide transition toward automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven manufacturing, the…
'Darwinian' battle looms for the West's arms industry, top NATO commander warns
Last month, American defense tech firm Anduril signed a 10-year contract with the U.S. Army for hardware, software and infrastructure that could be worth up to $20 billion. In Germany, the government locked in a multibillion-euro drone deal with…
LG chairman taps Silicon Valley partners to fast-track AI, robotics strategy
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo is ramping up the conglomerate's push into artificial intelligence (AI), using a high-profile Silicon Valley tour to secure strategic partners, refine its commercialization strategy and accelerate execution. Koo met…
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks. The fund is called Zero Shot (a play on the AI training term)…
Kinisis Ventures backs EQQU in booming wearable market
Venture capital firm Kinisis Ventures this week pointed to strong market momentum in the screen-less wearable technology sector, as major players raised billions while its portfolio company EQQU advances towards launch. The development follows…
What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Entrepreneurs displaying narcissistic behavior are better able to convince investors to give them money when their…
Iran Conflict Spotlights Nuclear Energy As Key To Global Energy Security
The ongoing disruptions tied to Iran's energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz, have once again exposed the fragility of global oil supplies. As oil prices swing on geopolitical headlines, the founder and executive chairman of Nano Nuclear…
$100 Oil Won't Sink The U.S. Economy
The S&P 500 faces short-term volatility from geopolitical tensions and the 'Trump risk premium,' yet I remain long-term bullish. Despite $100+ oil, the US economy is unlikely to enter recession due to declining energy intensity, resilient consumer…
What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
Entrepreneurs displaying narcissistic behavior are better able to convince investors to give them money when their grandiosity comes across as confidence as opposed to defensiveness or arrogance. That's what we learned from watching 12 seasons of…
Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That's Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags?
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech On Thursday, the New York Times published a glowing profile of a company called Medvi. The basic premise of the piece is that a single guy named Matthew Gallagher had used AI to…
The robots are the next darlings of San Francisco's AI boom
By Kevin V. Nguyen Business Reporter Much of the attention surrounding the AI boom has fixated on foundational model companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. Starting with the eureka moment of ChatGPT's public launch in 2022, the…
North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level
The first quarter was one for the North American venture capital record books. U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding rounds per Crunchbase data. That's more than 3x the total raised in…
Sidley Lures Cravath VC Group's Co-Head To Lead Tech Team
Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday that the former co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's venture capital and growth equity practice has joined the firm as head of technology capital markets.... To view the full article, register now. Already a…
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