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zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Ilhan Omar's Husband's Venture Capital Firm Removes Names From Website Under Scrutiny
Ilhan Omar's Husband's Venture Capital Firm Removes Names From Website Under Scrutiny
Zero Hedge

A venture capital firm run by Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) husband quietly scrubbed important names from its website, as the Minnesota congresswoman faces mounting questions on her sudden wealth amid a multi-billion Somali welfare fraud scheme in…

techcrunch.com - Rebecca Szkutak - VCs predict strong enterprise AI adoption next year - again
VCs predict strong enterprise AI adoption next year - again
TechCrunch

It's been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed that AI will become a critical part of the enterprise software industry, and so enterprise AI…

washingtonexaminer.com - Robert Schmad - Ilhan Omar's obscure financial disclosures under scrutiny
Ilhan Omar's obscure financial disclosures under scrutiny
Washington Examiner

Omar's most recent financial disclosure shows that her husband has an ownership stake in a winery worth between $1 million and $5 million, as well as a stake in a venture capital firm valued between $5 million and $25 million. Media organizations…

businessinsider.com - Ben Bergman - 2025 was the year of VC FOMO but a 'reckoning' might be coming in 2026.
2025 was the year of VC FOMO but a 'reckoning' might be coming in 2026.
Business Insider

It was a frenzied year in venture capital, with the hottest AI companies raising hundreds of millions in fresh capital every few months and founders with the slightest kernel of an idea able to command multibillion-dollar valuations. But some VCs…

nytimes.com - Natallie Rocha - The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom
The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom
The New York Times

The artificial intelligence boom has turned high-profile billionaires like Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip maker Nvidia, and Sam Altman, the chief executive of the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, into even richer billionaires. It has also…

businessinsider.com - Business Insider AI News Desk - Meta says it will fully sever Manus's China ties after acquiring the AI startup
Meta says it will fully sever Manus's China ties after acquiring the AI startup
Business Insider

Meta said it is acquiring Singapore-based AI startup Manus as part of a push to expand general-purpose AI agents across its products. 'Meta's acquisition of Manus AI will enable us to provide the most advanced technology to our users with…

nypost.com - Isabel Vincent - Exclusive | Ilhan Omar faces investigation after outrage over massive wealth gains and aid fraud in Minnesota
Exclusive | Ilhan Omar faces investigation after outrage over massive wealth gains and aid fraud in Minnesota
New York Post

A conservative watchdog is scrutinizing Rep. Ilhan Omar's finances as outrage mounts over the massive fraud scandal engulfing her home state of Minnesota and questions about her rapid wealth gains. Peter Flaherty, who chairs the National Legal and…

seekingalpha.com - Amrita Roy - Abercrombie & Fitch: This Is Just The Beginning (NYSE:ANF)
Abercrombie & Fitch: This Is Just The Beginning (NYSE:ANF)
Seeking Alpha

I am reiterating my “buy” rating on Abercrombie & Fitch with a raised price target of $168, implying a 33% upside, after it has climbed 45% since my previous rating. Management's consistent beat-and-raise on revenue and earnings…

theguardian.com - Graeme Virtue - 'Move fast, break stuff': how tech bros became Hollywood's go-to baddie in 2025
'Move fast, break stuff': how tech bros became Hollywood's go-to baddie in 2025
The Guardian

Between the slash-and-burn US government reboot led by a dank meme fan and the relentless pushing of AI by venture capital-backed blowhards, 2025 has felt like peak obnoxious tech bro. Fittingly, jargon-spouting, self-regarding digital visionaries…

thehindubusinessline.com - Late-stage funding holds up as VCs back fewer, bigger bets
Late-stage funding holds up as VCs back fewer, bigger bets
BusinessLine

Late-stage startup funding in India has shown relative resilience in 2025, even as overall deal activity softened and early-stage capital remained under pressure. Series C and beyond rounds accounted for nearly 60 per cent of total capital raised…

fortune.com - Matt O'Brien - Silicon Valley summit offers rare insight into humanoid robots-and China is the clear winner
Silicon Valley summit offers rare insight into humanoid robots-and China is the clear winner
Fortune

Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit…

businessinsider.com - Jack Newsham - Read Alex Spiro's letter to Gavin Newsom urging him to stop wealth tax
Read Alex Spiro's letter to Gavin Newsom urging him to stop wealth tax
Business Insider

A proposed billionaire tax in California has the wealthy threatening to flee, according to a letter written by power lawyer Alex Spiro to Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a December 11 letter that was obtained by Business Insider, Spiro lays out his…

coindesk.com - Omkar Godbole - Institutions are increasingly using the BTC options playbook in altcoins: STS Digital
Institutions are increasingly using the BTC options playbook in altcoins: STS Digital
CoinDesk

Institutions are increasingly using proven bitcoin BTC$87,744.17 options techniques on alternative cryptocurrencies to protect against price swings and earn extra returns, STS Digital, a principal trader specializing in digital assets derivatives…

bbc.co.uk - Ellie House and Mike Wendling - The fight over Christian nationalism in a small Tennessee town - BBC News
The fight over Christian nationalism in a small Tennessee town - BBC News
BBC

As Josh Abbotoy gazes out at lush green woods and pastureland nestled among Tennessee's Appalachian hills, he describes what he intends to build here: a neighbourhood with dozens of residential lots, centred around a working farm and, crucially, a…

cryptonewsz.com - Rajpalsinh Parmar - HYPE Soars 3.5% After 1.2M Token Distribution Announcement
HYPE Soars 3.5% After 1.2M Token Distribution Announcement
CryptoNewsZ

On December 29, the HYPE token witnessed a surge of over 3% on a daily chart, soaring its value to $25.89 This surge comes after the cryptocurrency exchange announced a major token distribution with 1.2 million unstaked HYPE tokens In 2025…

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