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4 Andreessen Horowitz partners share their 2026 AI predictions
Another year, another slate of potential AI breakthroughs. Four partners at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz debated what 2026 might bring to the AI world on an episode of the company's podcast that aired December 29, 2025. They focused…
Prompt Shift: Top Consumer AI Trends for 2026 Reshaping Search, Shopping, and Creativity
AI no longer sits quietly in the background. In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton explains why 2026 will become a turning point for consumers, not just companies. He breaks down the top consumer AI…
23 women investors who made partner or higher at VC firms in 2025
Women are still climbing the venture ladder, though the ladder has gotten harder to climb. The share of women decision-makers at big venture capital firms stayed flat at 17% in 2024, according to a PitchBook analysis of firms managing $50 million…
Four Semiconductor Plants in India To Begin Commercial Production in 2026
Semiconductor Plants in India: Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Friday that four companies will commence commercial manufacturing of semiconductor chips in 2026, marking a significant milestone in India's push for…
Nvidia's AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over three years ago — and the many competitive generative AI…
Gate Ventures Shows Crypto Venture Funding Rebounds Through 2025, With Capital Shifting Toward Late-Stage And Core Infra
Gate Ventures' report shows that cryptocurrency venture funding rebounded sharply from 2023 lows through 2025, with capital increasingly concentrated in late-stage deals and core sectors such as infrastructure, DeFi, stablecoins, and regulated…
Trump's socialist nemesis Ilhan Omar has questions to answer...
With her motto – ‘I am America's hope and the president's nightmare' – framed on the wall of her office, firebrand Left-wing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar displays plenty of ambition, though perhaps not modesty. And with her…
India's deep-tech reset: From funding euphoria to manufacturing-first bets
India's deep-tech investment ecosystem is undergoing a reset, with venture capital firms moving away from broad, hype-driven bets towards manufacturing-first startups that can demonstrate early commercial traction, said Ankit Kedia, Founder and…
Why Women-Led Businesses Are Growing In Number - But Shrinking In Scale
Women are entering entrepreneurship in record numbers, but new analysis from Prowess shows a sharp decline in women-led employer firms since the pandemic. The problem isn't ambition — it's access to finance, policy misalignment and a system…
La Comida looks for raise its profile as it prepares for downtown move
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The senior nutrition program La Comida is Palo Alto's best-kept secret, but Executive Director Deborah Grant is working to change that. The nonprofit serves around 300 hot lunches to seniors every weekday…
Reshaping the Power Grid: Driving Resilience Through DERs
Distributed energy resources are advancing the cause of a more resilient and reliable power supply for utilities, homes and businesses, and more. Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a major part of the power generation landscape…
Tectonic Advisors LLC Raises Stake in Hercules Capital, Inc. $HTGC
Tectonic Advisors LLC increased its position in Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC - Free Report) by 10.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional…
Maharashtra expands ₹300-Cr fund to 7 sectors includes Space, Defence
The Maharashtra government has expanded the scope of its ₹300-crore Emerging Technology Investment Fund by adding seven new high-impact technology sub-sectors, including space technology, aerospace and defence, drones, and genomics. The…
Agentic AI Didn't Break Automation. We Did. Here's the Fix
Today's automation landscape for new soultions is dominated by LLMs and AI agents, yet critical gaps remain. Despite significant investment in AI-driven automation, a fundamental issue persists: trust. In enterprise environments, even a small…
The rise of family offices and changing investment landscape
While institutional investors, both foreign and domestic, continue to dominate market headlines, a powerful new player has emerged in recent years from India's surging wealth creation industry: the Family Office. A family office is a private entity…
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