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cyprus-mail.com - Cyprus Business Now: CBC, venture capital, technology, AI, tourism, euro notes
Cyprus Business Now: CBC, venture capital, technology, AI, tourism, euro notes
Cyprus Mail

FinSight Ventures, which operates internationally while being anchored in Cyprus, has built a portfolio spanning generative AI unicorns such as Databricks and Scale AI, alongside fintech investments in markets including Uzbekistan and India. The…

scmp.com - Wency Chen - How Beijing became China's biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips
How Beijing became China's biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips
South China Morning Post

On the surface, China's cutting-edge tech sector – from the algorithmic breakthroughs of DeepSeek and Zhipu AI to the hardware of Unitree Robotics and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) – mirrors Silicon Valley's venture…

fortune.com - Preston Fore - Defense tech investors thought the war in Iran could make them millionaires. Instead, some of the industry's biggest names have faced a bloodbath
Defense tech investors thought the war in Iran could make them millionaires. Instead, some of the industry's biggest names have faced a bloodbath
Fortune

The U.S. has racked up a $37.5 billion tab on the war in Iran following President Donald Trump's launch of Operation Epic Fury in late February. Yet despite continued conflict and historic levels of defense spending requested by the Pentagon…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - South Korea President Lee looking to open new era of AI in with global tech companies
South Korea President Lee looking to open new era of AI in with global tech companies
The Standard

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday, bringing together the heads of leading AI developers with top South Korean business figures to accelerate efforts by Seoul to make the country a global AI…

axios.com - Alan Neuhauser - The week in energy and climate deals: Atoms, Sila, Aypa Power
The week in energy and climate deals: Atoms, Sila, Aypa Power
Axios

• Atoms, an LA-based robotics company led by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, raised a $1.7b round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Bain Capital, Fifth Wall and Uber joined. Go deeper • Sila, an Alameda, Calif.-based battery tech…

techcrunch.com - Lucas Ropek - Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5 million via crypto sale
Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5 million via crypto sale
TechCrunch

World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token sale to strategic investors. Participating investors joined a 12-month lockup sale of World's token, WLD. Lockup periods…

techradar.com - Keumars Afifi-Sabet - Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: 'Software is eating the world' - a pithy assessment of the modern tech landscape
Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: 'Software is eating the world' - a pithy assessment of the modern tech landscape
TechRadar

Marc Andreessen was a prominent figure in the early internet era, creating some of the earliest web browsers, including Netscape and Mosaic, which he authored. In recent years, he's weighed in on subjects including AI — but it was his…

thehindu.com - Mini Tejaswi - Policy in next 100 days to incentivise industries willing to go beyond Bengaluru, says Karnataka Chief Minister
Policy in next 100 days to incentivise industries willing to go beyond Bengaluru, says Karnataka Chief Minister
The Hindu

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said in the next 100 days, the government would introduce a policy to encourage industries to establish operations beyond Bengaluru by offering world-class office infrastructure at highly affordable costs…

thehindu.com - Lalatendu Mishra - US-based online banking platform Bluevine eyes Indian businesses
US-based online banking platform Bluevine eyes Indian businesses
The Hindu

Bluevine, a US-based digital business banking platform focused on small businesses, is increasingly eyeing at a growing number of Indian firms seeking to set up establishments in the US as pat of their expansion strategy. “The owners…

jpost.com - SARAH HERSHENSON - How Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
How Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
The Jerusalem Post

The Druze nation in Israel is known for its firm ties to the state, its resilience, and its ability to adapt. After years of preparation and effort, the Druze are widening their focus on the future and moving from inspiration to creating an…

marketbeat.com - 75,636 Shares in Venture Global, Inc. $VG Bought by Beaconlight Capital LLC
75,636 Shares in Venture Global, Inc. $VG Bought by Beaconlight Capital LLC
MarketBeat

Beaconlight Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 75,636…

washingtontechnology.com - Ross Wilkers - Tech, finance and growth leadership moves across the market
Tech, finance and growth leadership moves across the market
Washington Technology

Jake Mills has joined this maker of rocket engines and other in-space propulsion systems as chief technology officer, a role he brings two decades of space industry experience to. Mills will lead Agile Space's engineering activities and efforts to…

pbs.org - Simon Ostrovsky - How volunteers with 3D printers make weapons for Ukraine
How volunteers with 3D printers make weapons for Ukraine
PBS

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed his tech-savvy defense minister. That sparked protests among supporters who credit him with helping to transform Ukraine's defense capabilities over the past six months. Special…

channelnewsasia.com - Samsung, SK Group seal US$950 billion deals with US AI firms to lock in South Korean chip supply
Samsung, SK Group seal US$950 billion deals with US AI firms to lock in South Korean chip supply
CNA

SAN FRANCISCO: South Korea announced US$950 billion in new AI initiatives involving Samsung Electronics, SK Group and the United States tech firms as global AI leaders rush to fill a shortage of faster chips to power and develop more advanced…

thehindubusinessline.com - First cohort of RDI Fund managers to be unveiled within a week, says official
First cohort of RDI Fund managers to be unveiled within a week, says official
BusinessLine

The Union Government's Research Development and Innovation Fund (RDIF) is set to announce and disburse money to the first cohort of around 20 Second Level Fund Managers (SLFM's) in as early as a week's time, a senior official said here on Friday.

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