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Dems' midterm sweep could spur Wall Street crackdown as lefty leaders target AI data centers, prediction markets
The Democratic sweep of the midterms could bring a crackdown on Wall Street as lefty leaders set their sights on a range of targets – from crypto and prediction markets to private credit and AI data centers. Over the past two years, Trump…
The $1.4 Billion 'No-Brainer' Opportunity The Music Industry Is Missing
While music industry leaders discuss superfan monetization and craft economic models for AI music applications that don't yet exist, Ola Sars, founder and head of Soundtrack, says they are missing out on $1.4 billion in royalties that go…
Sequoia Capital Shutters London Office As Silicon Valley's VC Giants Pull Back
In a troubling sign for European capital markets, Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms, is shuttering its London-based office after roughly six years of operation. ' This is not about the team ; they are excellent. We…
What Culture Can Build
It may be a tech conference, but corporate culture played a supporting role at WSJ Tech: California yesterday. In a morning session, Pat Grady, co-head of the venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital, shared some of the thinking behind major changes…
Americans hate data centers. Tech needs them
Though the midterms have been dubbed “the AI election” and a resounding repudiation of tech, it's hard to tell what all this practically means. There's a whole lot that's clear, to be sure. The blue wave was massive, and in part that…
Brutal dawn email crushes Canva's cult of sunshine and joy
Canva is pitched as a place of joy, where staff eat lunch together, clink beers on the roof, turn out for the City2Surf together and bound up the hill for Messina Club. People work hard, with brutal deadlines to get products ready for its famed…
Abbvie's Nxera deal, Nooks $500m, and the birth of Onvaro
• Nooks, an SF-based revenue agent platform, raised $500m from General Catalyst 's Customer Value Fund. Go deeper 💊 Biograil, a Copenhagen-based therapeutic oral device developer, raised €20m from Verve Ventures and Megatrend…
AI start-up Heidi cuts jobs weeks after raising $475 million
Melbourne AI scribe Heidi will cut about 18 per cent of its staff – 108 roles – in the same week two of its three co-founders said they were leaving the business. The company, whose software records doctor-patient consultations and…
Andreessen Horowitz says tech buyouts face strain from debt
US buyout funds returned 14.5% annually over the past decade, trailing the Russell 3000 stock index over that period, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said in a newsletter published Nov. 4. US venture funds returned 17.6% annually over the…
Sequoia closes London office, sunsets Arc and Scouts initiatives
The venture capital firm closed $10bn in growth and expansion funding this year. Sequoia, one of the largest venture capital firms in the world, has announced that it is shutting down its London office. The closure comes as the company says it…
More kiddy train, carousel rides to come as rules relaxed for those that meet safety criteria
SINGAPORE – Kiddy train rides and carousels are among the low-risk amusement park rides that could be exempt from having to obtain operation and installation permits, potentially saving qualifying operators thousands of dollars in costs each…
Ridgepost (RPC) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Vice President, Investor Relations - Brian McKenna Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Luke Sarsfield EVP, Chief Financial Officer - Amanda Coussens Adjusted Net Income Per Share -- $0.25, reflecting the company's fee-related earnings growth.
Cork's ArrayPatch raises €3.2m for its dissolving GLP-1 patches
ArrayPatch was founded by Dr Waleed Faisal, a formulation scientist with a PhD from University College Cork. Cork biotech ArrayPatch, which has developed a new microneedle patch made entirely out of medicine, has raised an additional €1.6m…
The New Economics of Global Defense
The Pentagon's technology chief said in October that the United States was caught flat-footed by drone warfare. America now has a stockpile of roughly 500,000 drones, while Ukraine expects to manufacture 8 million to 10 million this year. Those…
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