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How Instagram Became A Venture Capital Deal Engine
Closeup of woman's holding smartphones, connecting with social media, leaving comments, sending messages and sharing photos. Technology connecting people. For decades, venture capital depended on closed networks. Founders needed introductions.
I've spent 25 years in venture capital. Here's how it quietly shut ordinary Americans out of the AI wealth boom-and what could fix it
In tech circles, a lot of people are wringing their hands right now over how much venture capital is going to a small handful of companies. The same names come up every time: OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX, Anduril, Databricks. The usual complaint is…
China's AI start-up funding triples in first quarter amid bets on LLMs, robotics
Funding for China's artificial-intelligence-related start-ups jumped nearly threefold year on year in the first quarter, as investors poured capital into large language models (LLMs) and embodied AI amid growing optimism over the country's…
Venture winter in Canada: Q1 2026
All dollar ($) figures in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO, May 22, 2026 /CNW/ - Canadian venture capital (VC) investment totalled $1.12 billion across 110 financings in Q1 2026, down from $1.44 billion in Q1 2025. According to CPE…
Trump postpones AI executive order, cites need to compete with China
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had postponed signing an executive order on AI because he did not like certain aspects of it and did not want to take any steps that might undermine the U.S. position in its AI competition with China.
Trump Admin Takes Equity Stake in IBM and Other Quantum Computing Companies
After taking equity stakes in chipmakers and rare-earth element miners, the Trump administration has a new industry on its radar: quantum computing. On Thursday, the Department of Commerce announced that it was investing more than $2 billion in…
Five Pillars For Family Offices To Discuss With Clients
Chris Kelly is the founder of BBFO, a 25-year finance veteran and sportfishing writer. He provides bespoke wealth stewardship for families. In the world of generational wealth, the greatest risk isn't market volatility—it's the…
Small business owners reject tech start-up CGT special treatment
Australian business owners say technology start-ups should not be given special treatment when it comes to exemptions to capital gains tax and trust rules in the federal budget, as the government looks to make sure carve-outs avoid creating…
'A pressure cooker ready to explode': The wild secondaries scramble for Anthropic shares
A feeding frenzy in the animal kingdom is, at its core, vicious competition. The idiom “feeding frenzy” gained prominence in the mid-century, first primarily to describe the behavior of sharks frenetically ripping into large schools…
Bugcrowd launches reinforcement learning environments to train AI on real software vulnerabilities
Crowdsourced cybersecurity company Bugcrowd Inc. today launched Reinforcement Learning Environments, a new offering that lets frontier artificial intelligence labs train models on real vulnerable software rather than synthetic test data. The…
Carbon-cutting shipping executive wins Veuve Cliquot's Bold Future award
Sustainable shipping boss, Alisha Fredriksson, shared that she hasn't been without challenges when it comes to earning support in a ‘male dominated industry.' Despite launching a one of a kind, innovative business that garnered over…
Shein And Everlane Combination Tests The Limits Of Sustainable Consumers
Shein, which has been called the world's biggest fast fashion polluter is reportedly acquiring Everlane, a darling in sustainable circles. (Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / AFP) (Photo by JULIE SEBADELHA/AFP via Getty Images) A gut punch, is how Disney…
In Other News: Industrial Router Exploitation, CISA KEV Nomination Form, Gas Station Hacking
SecurityWeek's weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories…
WPI receives $5M to start climate technology incubator
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded $5 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to launch the Central Massachusetts Climatetech Hub Incubator. The funds will go toward developing incubator space with an emphasis on pilot-scale…
Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience
Fire season kicked off early in California this year, with flames already approaching a former nuclear test site outside of Los Angeles. The rising number of natural disasters in California, and around the world, demand our attention — and…
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