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axios.com - Dan Primack - Open-source AI push could create troubles for venture capital
Open-source AI push could create troubles for venture capital
Axios

Venture capital might have a concentration problem. The big picture: VC funds have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into a small group of frontier AI labs. OpenAI and Anthropic alone received over 60% of all VC dollars committed to U.S.

crunchbase.com - Gené Teare - Schneider Electric's VC Arm: The AI Buildout Is Creating A New Industrial Investment Cycle
Schneider Electric's VC Arm: The AI Buildout Is Creating A New Industrial Investment Cycle
Crunchbase

This is an ongoing series on investors focused on rebuilding the physical layer. Previous interviews in the series were with ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer, founder of Gigascale Capital, and Peter Barrett, a decade-long investor at Playground Global.

scmp.com - Daisy Wu - Quant funds blamed for China's market decline. Data suggests they softened fall
Quant funds blamed for China's market decline. Data suggests they softened fall
South China Morning Post

As Chinese equities suffered a fresh downturn in July, quantitative funds came under renewed scrutiny, accused by some investors of accelerating the sell-off through aggressive share dumping, margin lending or short positions in index futures.

axios.com - Katie Fehrenbacher - Nuclear test reactor startups raise funding
Nuclear test reactor startups raise funding
Axios

The three nuclear startups that hit milestones for the DOE's test reactor program are raising or have recently closed big venture capital rounds. Why it matters: VCs are looking for proof points as they rush to back a new wave of nuclear startups.

techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military
Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military
TechCrunch

Nuclear power startup Antares Nuclear said Monday that it has raised $470 million to build small reactors for U.S. military bases. The Series C round, which was led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital with participation from Industrious Ventures…

kbs.co.kr - Lee Arrives in Brazil for Summit after Unveiling AI Vision in US
Lee Arrives in Brazil for Summit after Unveiling AI Vision in US
KBS

Anchor: President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Brazil on Sunday for a summit with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, following a visit to the United States for an AI summit and a meeting with Silicon Valley venture capital firms.

heraldscotland.com - Scott Wright - New bid launched to awaken Scotland's 'sleeping giant
New bid launched to awaken Scotland's 'sleeping giant
The Herald

The duo, who between them have more than 25 years of experience supporting early-stage founders, believe it is not a lack of ambition that prevents companies making it through the earliest stages of venture creation but access to capital, support…

coinpedia.org - Yash Jain - Prediction Markets Could Reach $1 Trillion by 2030: Here's Why Analysts Are Bullish
Prediction Markets Could Reach $1 Trillion by 2030: Here's Why Analysts Are Bullish
Coinpedia Fintech News

Prediction markets have entered a period of accelerated growth, transitioning from niche event-based trading platforms into an increasingly recognized financial market. Between July 2025 and mid-2026, virtually every major industry metric expanded…

www.gov.uk - Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade - UK pension giants join forces to unlock £1bn to back Britain's innovators
UK pension giants join forces to unlock £1bn to back Britain's innovators
GOV.UK

Major UK pension providers are exploring establishment of a new UK Scale-up Fund of over £1billion to back the next generation of high-growth British science and technology companies. The fund aims to increase UK growth capital and give…

afr.com - Aaron Kirchfeld, Sylvia Pfeifer - Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups
Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups
Australian Financial Review

Farnborough | The world's largest defence companies have invested a record amount into military start-ups this year as they try to adapt to the rapidly evolving face of modern warfare. So-called defence primes, with longstanding ties to western…

fastcompany.com - Cameron Van Der Berg - Our electric grid wasn't built for this kind of demand
Our electric grid wasn't built for this kind of demand
Fast Company

The U.S. electric grid is the largest and most expensive machine on the planet. Its interconnected pathways cover nearly 7 million miles, serve 400 million customers, and its value is placed at about $1.5 trillion. To build it today, the grid would…

washingtonexaminer.com - Sam Raus - China blows past America on AI. Congress may stop us from catching up
China blows past America on AI. Congress may stop us from catching up
Washington Examiner

Following the release of Kimi K3, the world's leading open-weight AI model, by Chinese company Moonshot AI, American tech companies are scrambling to catch up. While the Department of Commerce maintains that the United States still leads the AI…

seekingalpha.com - SA News - Data centers: The business structure that's reshaping AI infrastructure finance (DLR:NYSE)
Data centers: The business structure that's reshaping AI infrastructure finance (DLR:NYSE)
Seeking Alpha

Joint ventures and institutional capital partnerships are increasingly replacing self-funding for data center development, allowing operators to spread risk, speed deployment, and manage balance sheet exposure while retaining upside from long-term…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone's angling for a guest spot
Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone's angling for a guest spot
TechCrunch

The European answer to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27. Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers first launched the London-based European Technology Network (ETN) last October, breaking down tech trends and news during a…

semafor.com - Tom Chivers - Defense giants invest record $4.1B in startups
Defense giants invest record $4.1B in startups
Semafor

The world's largest defense companies are investing in military startups at record rates. Giants such as BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have piled $4.1 billion into venture capital rounds this year as they race to adapt to the rapid evolution of…

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