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AI reshaping venture capital's economics, new models for valuation and liquidity: World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum has highlighted that Artificial Intelligence is not just another venture sector but a force rewriting how companies are built, scaled and financed. With AI-native firms reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue in…
Silicon Valley's latest binge-watch is a humanoid warehouse worker
Silicon Valley's hottest livestream this week is a humanoid robot clocking in for a warehouse shift. It began Wednesday, when Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock set out to prove to skeptics that his robots could complete an eight-hour stretch of autonomous…
Vella Bioscience's Ebbtide Targets The $8.4 Billion Menstrual Pain Market Nobody Owns
Vella Bioscience's Ebbtide vaginal insert targets menstrual and pelvic discomfort at the physiological source, offering a non-hormonal, clinically validated alternative to oral pain medications. Vella Bioscience is a women's intimate health company…
Forbes Daily: Nvidia's Stock Rally Fuels The S&P 500 To New Heights
After Meta acquired a $14 billion stake in Scale AI last year and former CEO and cofounder Alexandr Wang left, the future of the company was unclear. Scale had been a powerhouse in the market of human data, where armies of clickworkers generate…
Cerebras soars almost 70% by market close in a true blockbuster IPO
In 2024, Cerebras filed to go public. In 2025, the company withdrew its IPO. And yesterday, Cerebras hit the public markets, at long last. The chipmaker, which designs and manufactures AI inference chips, has long billed itself as an Nvidia…
Anthropic Raising $30 Billion More as AI Labs Absorb Majority of VC Funding
Anthropic is raising more than $30 billion at a $900 billion valuation as the AI giant seeks funding ahead of its widely expected initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, along with rival OpenAI, have…
2 Yale students raised $5 million for their social network that lives in iMessage. Read their pitch deck.
Once a day, I get a text message with 10 photos of random people looking for jobs, professional connections, or, on occasion, a new friend or date. It's not LinkedIn or Tinder texting me. It's Series, a social networking startup that sends…
RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12 billion across three startups and investors still want more
Investors can't seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian, has raised more than $12.3 billion from venture capital firms, as well as strategic and…
Bitwise Launches HYPE-linked Fund as Hyperliquid Interest Grows
Bitwise Asset Management has launched a US-listed investment product tied to Hyperliquid, offering investors spot exposure to the token and staking rewards linked to the decentralized derivatives platform. The fund, trading under the ticker BHYP on…
Atlassian: This Is Where I Will Put My Money Instead (NASDAQ:TEAM)
Atlassian (TEAM) delivered a strong Q3 FY26, with 31.7% revenue growth, accelerating Cloud adoption, and expanding margins, sparking a sector-wide software rerating. TEAM's AI-enabled Service Collection surpassed $1B ARR, with Rovo usage driving…
Cerebras IPO, Trump-Xi summit takeaways, automaker layoffs and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. It's Jerome Powell's last day as the chair of the Federal Reserve, marking the end of an era at the central bank. Stock futures are…
Bristol Myers Squibb turns to China to develop new drugs in newest cross-continent collaboration
Bristol Myers Squibb this week announced a partnership with Hengrui Pharma to develop drugs together. American and European biopharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking to China for their next blockbusters. Bristol's deal is unique because…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Law Firm Operating System, Building Defense Tech Near The Battlefield, And Cell-Based Milk
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. AI and software continue to draw the biggest share of startup investment, but most of the…
Biglaw's Los Angeles Talent Wars Just Got More Intense Thanks To Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell isn't wasting any time making itself at home in Los Angeles. Just weeks after announcing its long-awaited L.A. launch, the firm is already reportedly looking to build out a full-service office in Southern California, not…
Gemini Stock Jumps on Revenue Rise, $100M Bitcoin Investment From Winklevoss Capital
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, the platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss that trades on NASDAQ as GEMI, reported first-quarter revenue of $50.3 million while securing a $100 million Bitcoin investment from Winklevoss Capital Fund at $14…
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