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nytimes.com - Lora Kelley - Will 2026 Be the Year of the 'Soonicorn'?
Will 2026 Be the Year of the 'Soonicorn'?
The New York Times

|Will 2026 Be the Year of the ‘Soonicorn'? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/business/soonicorn-billion-dollar-startups.html Once upon a time, becoming a “unicorn” — a private start-up worth more than a billion dollars…

cnbc.com - Arjun Kharpal - Huang and Pichai among tech CEOs heading to India for major AI summit in a key market
Huang and Pichai among tech CEOs heading to India for major AI summit in a key market
CNBC

India will host the AI Impact Summit this week in New Delhi. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai are all expected to attend. India presents a lucrative market of young, tech-forward consumers and a huge…

afr.com - Tess Bennett - Venture capitalist turns tech founder with AI company buyout plans
Venture capitalist turns tech founder with AI company buyout plans
Australian Financial Review

Investor Misha Saul has emerged from last year's highest-profile venture capital controversy to team up with a former Silicon Valley chief executive to launch a company that will buy out services businesses and try to transform their fortunes with…

dailymail.co.uk - Marianne Garvey U.S. Real Estate - Battle brews among beach elite as locals brace for tasteless neighbors
Battle brews among beach elite as locals brace for tasteless neighbors
Mail Online

There's a battle brewing in one of America's most exclusive zip codes, and locals are bracing for the worst. After seeing off a steady stream of intolerable influencers and nuisance day trippers last summer, the tony old-money crowds of the…

business-standard.com - Udisha Srivastav - Small & smart: The Indian way in AI balances local needs, global ambition
Small & smart: The Indian way in AI balances local needs, global ambition
Business Standard

AI firms in India last year raised $0.3 billion in 98 rounds, compared to $122.5 billion raised by US companies in 849 rounds. A total of 969 AI startups were founded in India in the past five years and 4,092 were in the US. While funding for…

theguardian.com - Dara Kerr - California's billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies
California's billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies
The Guardian

Tech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars to influence California politics in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol. Behemoths such as Google and Meta are getting involved in campaigns…

nypost.com - Joel Kotkin - Why China wants Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom to be US president
Why China wants Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom to be US president
New York Post

Progressives have long branded President Trump as a stooge for Russia. Yet the more important story may be who President Xi Jinping of China wants in office. Unlike Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Xi has the financial muscle, ties to business…

siliconangle.com - Duncan Riley - OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger in push toward autonomous agents
OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger in push toward autonomous agents
SiliconANGLE

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the fast-growing open-source agent framework OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI Group PBC after weeks of being courted by multiple major artificial intelligence players, marking a notable coup for the company as the…

business-standard.com - Bloomberg - 3 senior bankers depart Raine Group India to launch new investment firm
3 senior bankers depart Raine Group India to launch new investment firm
Business Standard

By Baiju Kalesh and Manuel Baigorri Three senior bankers at Raine Group in India, including the country head, are set to leave the boutique adviser to set up a new investment banking firm, according to people familiar with the matter. Gaurav Mehta…

arkansasonline.com - Laura Dhillon Kane Bloomberg (WPNS) - Canada increases security spending | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Canada increases security spending | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

Canada's Arctic is one of the most exposed places on the planet, where communications routinely fail -- satellites fade, cellular networks vanish, hardware freezes. Those problems led Ottawa-based Dominion Dynamics to build AuraNet, a software…

marketbeat.com - Growth Stocks To Follow Now - February 15th
Growth Stocks To Follow Now - February 15th
MarketBeat

Prologis Stock Surges: Why the Rally May Continue Prologis, Teledyne Technologies, Ascendis Pharma A/S, Hercules Capital, Hamilton Lane, Acadia Realty Trust, and Trinity Capital are the seven Growth stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's…

techcrunch.com - Kirsten Korosec - TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian's savior
TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian's savior
TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! We are in the midst of one of my four…

fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com - Jason Mikula - Partner Banking League Tables & Analysis: 2025
Partner Banking League Tables & Analysis: 2025
Fintech Business Weekly

Happy Valentine's Day! I'll spare you my dad jokes/banking Valentine's puns (Kiah did an admirable job in this department here.) By the time this lands in your inbox, I'll be deep into my jet lag, as my flight arrived here in México around…

dev.to - KazKN - App Store Scraper: Find Untranslated iOS Apps to Clone for Your Market (2026)
App Store Scraper: Find Untranslated iOS Apps to Clone for Your Market (2026)
DEV Community

Last updated: February 2026 | Reading time: 15 min 51 people begging for a French version. That's what I found in Co-Star's App Store reviews — an astrology app making $15M/year in the US, with zero French translation. Not one word. And…

straitstimes.com - Sheila Chiang - STI dips, DBS shares lose gains after Budget 2026
STI dips, DBS shares lose gains after Budget 2026
The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – The Straits Times Index (STI) surged past the 5,000-point mark for the first time on Feb 12, after the Government unveiled new measures in Budget 2026 aimed at reviving the local stock market, supporting start-ups and attracting…

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