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koreatimes.co.kr - Jun Ji-hye - Alteogen's KOSPI move fuels concerns amid widening KOSPI-Kosdaq gap
Alteogen's KOSPI move fuels concerns amid widening KOSPI-Kosdaq gap
The Korea Times

Biotech giant Alteogen's move toward a KOSPI listing transfer is fueling concerns within the venture capital industry and the Kosdaq market that the secondary bourse could become even more marginalized, according to industry officials and analysts…

businessinsider.com - Alex Nicoll - Big investors are trading private credit gains for infrastructure bets. Here's where else they're putting money.
Big investors are trading private credit gains for infrastructure bets. Here's where else they're putting money.
Business Insider

Private credit, just recently one of the hottest asset classes for institutional investors to park their money, is losing ground to other strategies, according to a new report from Canoe Intelligence. Private credit accounted for 6.8% of…

engadget.com - Ian Carlos Campbell - Andreessen Horowitz is the midterm elections' biggest donor
Andreessen Horowitz is the midterm elections' biggest donor
Engadget

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is shaping up to be the biggest political donor of this year's midterm elections, according to an analysis of federal contributions by The New York Times. The investment firm has donated upwards of $115.5…

bbc.co.uk - Harry Low - AI office space leases in London rise tenfold in a year
AI office space leases in London rise tenfold in a year
BBC

The amount of office space leased by artificial intelligence (AI) firms in London has increased more than tenfold in the past year, figures show. Last month, more than 450,000 sq ft of office space was leased by companies whose core business is the…

bloomberg.com - Yazhou Sun - Airbus, Blackstone to Join €600 Million Quantum Systems Funding
Airbus, Blackstone to Join €600 Million Quantum Systems Funding
Bloomberg

Airbus SE and Blackstone Inc. are in talks to be among the leading investors in a roughly €600 million ($703 million) funding round for Quantum Systems, a German drone startup backed by Peter Thiel, people familiar with the matter said.

ajc.com - J. Scott Trubey - Cox Enterprises promotes two leaders to key C-suite positions
Cox Enterprises promotes two leaders to key C-suite positions
ajc

Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's largest privately held companies, with interests across many industries, including broadband and cable, automotive, media, clean energy, government technology services, outdoor adventure gear and indoor…

axios.com - Chelsea Naso - Drone startup plots €600M raise, Mind Robotics grabs $400M and Carta buys a law firm
Drone startup plots €600M raise, Mind Robotics grabs $400M and Carta buys a law firm
Axios

• Quantum Systems, a German drone startup, is in talks to raise around €600m from firms like Airbus and Blackstone, per Bloomberg. Go deeper • Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto-based industrial robotics spinout from Rivian, raised…

crunchbase.com - Marlize van Romburgh - Anduril Raises Another $5B As Defense Tech Startups Shatter Funding Records
Anduril Raises Another $5B As Defense Tech Startups Shatter Funding Records
Crunchbase

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries said Wednesday that it has raised another $5 billion in funding at a $61 billion valuation — double the valuation of $30.5 billion it received less than a year ago. The Series H round, led by…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Sector Snapshot: Agtech Startups Face A Drier Funding Climate
Sector Snapshot: Agtech Startups Face A Drier Funding Climate
Crunchbase

In the midst of a move towards increased automation, the agriculture and farming sectors face several massive challenges: increasing yields to feed a growing population while decreasing their environmental footprint, all while maintaining farm…

forbes.com - David Kirichenko - A Ukrainian Ground Robot Drove Into A Russian-Held Building And Blew It Up
A Ukrainian Ground Robot Drove Into A Russian-Held Building And Blew It Up
Forbes

A Ukrainian kamikaze ground robot struck a building occupied by Russian soldiers. Russian troops hiding inside an abandoned apartment building in Kostiantynivka may have expected Ukrainian drones to come from above. Instead, the assault came on…

fool.com - James McClenathen - I Just Saved $1,500 on Travel in 30 Minutes With My New Venture X Card. Here's How
I Just Saved $1,500 on Travel in 30 Minutes With My New Venture X Card. Here's How
The Motley Fool

I've been singing the praises of the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card (see rates and fees) for months. I tell every travel lover I know that they should apply for one. Until recently, though, I didn't have one myself. I'd been a Chase…

theatlantic.com - Lila Shroff - The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly
The Atlantic

Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders don't agree on much. But both think that AI is a disaster for the working class. The Vermont senator recently wrote that “AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs. They want to replace…

siliconangle.com - Duncan Riley - JupiterOne targets AI sprawl with new attack surface and vulnerability tools
JupiterOne targets AI sprawl with new attack surface and vulnerability tools
SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence risk management platform provider JupiterOne Inc. today announced the launch of two new offerings aimed at helping security teams get a handle on risk created by the sprawl of AI systems across enterprise environments. The…

mumbrella.com.au - Hal Crawford - Innovation crisis averted? Thank god for the Linkedin VC bros
Innovation crisis averted? Thank god for the Linkedin VC bros
Mumbrella

The media industry owes a debt of gratitude to the angry venture capital bros on Linkedin. If not for them, it seems likely Jim Chalmers would have hammered another nail in the coffin of Australia's media scene. First, let's be clear on the state…

jpost.com - ADAM MILSTEIN - We built them before. We must build them again - opinion
We built them before. We must build them again - opinion
The Jerusalem Post

In my recent piece, “ Diaspora Jewish Resilience Will Define Our Future ”, I outlined a short-term and a long-term roadmap for confronting the continued surge in antisemitism reshaping Jewish life in America today. Here, I want to go…

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