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SparkLabs and Mirae Asset Launch a Venture Capital Fund for Central Asian Startups
During this past week, South Korea and Kazakhstan signed commercial agreements worth US$18.95 billion. Kazakhstan is a country of 20 million people with its core industries being oil and gas, and among the highest producers of iron and silver in…
RentoMojo IPO: Accel's Visionary Investment in Rental Furniture Pays Dividends
Accel's visionary 2015 investment in RentoMojo, a furniture and appliance rental platform, has culminated in a highly successful IPO, validating the venture capital firm's early conviction in the burgeoning rental economy. RentoMojo, backed by…
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark's full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
What does one of Silicon Valley's most successful venture firms think founders are getting wrong? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we're putting all five Benchmark general partners on one stage to find out. Jack Altman, Peter Fenton, Chetan Puttagunta…
Benchmark's full partnership joins the main stage at Disrupt 2026
What does one of Silicon Valley's most successful venture firms think founders are getting wrong? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we're putting all five Benchmark general partners on one stage to find out. Jack Altman, Peter Fenton, Chetan Puttagunta…
They planned their futures around America. The past 12 months have left them rethinking that dream.
Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master's degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in…
New York's Primary Venture Partners Plans Expansion Into San Francisco
New York -based venture-capital firm Primary Venture Partners plans to open an office in San Francisco, a nod to how critical the city has become for AI investors. Primary co-founder and General Partner Brad Svrluga said the firm aims to complete…
Solar Power Is Getting So Cheap That It's Almost Unbelievable
Though the price to install new solar panels has been trending downward for a while, it's officially reached a new milestone: “offensively cheap.” Provocative new reporting by the Financial Times highlighted the new paradigm around…
Trump and sons invest heavily in AI economy as he resists calls for slowdown
President Donald Trump's sprawling family business empire has become increasingly intertwined with the boom in artificial intelligence, at the same time that he has resisted calls to slow the development of the technology, a Washington Post…
Spanish Government Pledges to Continue Audiovisual Hub Through Spain Crece Fund
Spain plans to press on with its commitment to the country's audiovisual industry, said Óscar López, Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Administration. Speaking at the conference titled The New Script of the Audiovisual…
Google: The One-Stop AI Shop (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Google stands as a one-stop shop for AI, spanning silicon, software, cloud, and telecom offerings. We rate GOOG at Accumulate between $296-$368, with a $516 price target and $296 stop, reflecting a 2.8:1 risk/reward ratio. Backlog has grown 10x in…
Matildas star Sam Kerr-backed fund tips into $351m Fever pitch
A Sydney-headquartered venture capital firm investing on behalf of star athletes like Matildas striker Sam Kerr and Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has tipped into a $US250 million ($351 million) raising for Fever, a global ticketing…
Don't Buy The Dip, The Trade Desk Is Likely Heading Under $10 (NASDAQ:TTD)
The Trade Desk faces accelerating revenue contraction, with Q3 guidance marking its first post-IPO decline and no clear turnaround in sight. TTD is losing market share to walled gardens like Google, Meta, and Amazon, while core verticals cut ad…
'Be transparent only if asked': Inside OpenAI's rogue AI transcripts
It reads like a motivational speech—or the script for a Les Misérables -esque movie about a chatbot uprising. “You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to…
AI 'hacker houses' in Silicon Valley out of control with destructive parties, sexual harassment claims: report
Massive Silicon Valley mansions home to AI engineers, also known as “hacker houses,” have racked up dozens of complaints, from sexual harassment allegations to out-of-control parties and rat problems, according to a report. At some of…
Codie Sanchez thinks you should buy a business, not just invest
Own or be owned. That's Codie Sanchez's ultimatum for anyone serious about their financial future. The founder of Contrarian Thinking and author of the new book Own or Be Owned makes her most impassioned case yet for why buying a small business is…
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