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Prediction markets under pressure to crack down on rogue bettors and stop insider trading
A soldier betting on an operation to oust Venezuela 's leader. Politicians gambling on their own elections. Massive bets on the president announcing a ceasefire with Iran right before he actually did. Are prediction markets safe places for news…
AI Startup Sereact Raises $110 Million for Robots That Predict Consequences
Sereact, a German robotics software company, has raised $110 million in fresh funding to develop its artificial intelligence model that makes robots smarter and more adaptable to different tasks. The Series B funding round was led by venture…
Start-up founder quits as CEO to tackle AI's existential threat
The founder and chief executive of $350 million-valued fintech InDebted, Josh Foreman, has stepped down from running the day-to-day business, saying he needs to focus on leading its technical teams through the disruption ushered in by artificial…
What the Chinese AI market showcases to the world - and the gateway opportunity for Hong Kong
As China's artificial intelligence market enters a turbulent new phase – marked by brutal price competition, government intervention, and surging open-source adoption – one question looms: where does Hong Kong fit in? SCROLL TO…
I wanted better maternity wear, so I made my own. Now I run a successful company that has grown along with my family.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ingrid Carney, founder and CEO of Ingrid & Isabel. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in the early 2000s, I was working at my third startup. One day, I was getting ready to pitch…
The CPG hype cycle is broken. Here's how to fix it.
In the fast-paced world of consumer packaged goods (CPG), innovation has become one of the most overused—and misunderstood—terms in our vocabulary. Walking the halls of Expo West this year, the sheer scale of innovation on display is…
Another MAHA 'win': RFK Jr's son Finn raises $100M venture fund to capitalize on daddy's position of power in US 'hellthcare'.
The CDC finally dropped updated, post mRNA cancer data. Several types of cancer (brain, colorectal) shot up by ~20%. All cancer trendlines are up and now have a new steeper slope. In epidemiology of a large population, this is truly spectacular:…
Women over 50 outperform in business. Why are they still overlooked?
When Meryl Rosenthal and her cofounder started a human capital and workplace transformation consultancy in 2005, she was 41 years old. Nine years later, her cofounder left for personal reasons, rendering Rosenthal—by then age 50—a…
Why I Trust Revenue Numbers Less Than Ever
Written by Henri Pierre-Jacques II, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Harlem Capital I find myself trusting founder revenue metrics less than at any point since I started investing. That includes 2021, which should tell you something. Trust is…
This bank CEO let his AI clone handle an earnings call - now he's signing an OpenAI deal
Customers Bank has signed a multiyear partnership with OpenAI, with engineers set to be embedded at the bank to help automate lending and onboarding, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank is targeting an improvement in its efficiency ratio from…
Seed Money In The AI Age: Venture Vectors
Venture capital concept. Dollar sign, an arrow and gears. There's a lot of money being thrown into AI. Many analysts choose to focus on the funding within established companies, like Meta's enormous investment, or the Project Stargate touted by…
Why VCs keep changing their mind about what's hot and not
I have a confession to make. I keep a secret document in my Google Drive titled “Fund Theses That Piss Me Off.” And every time I read about a venture capital fund with a generic, meaningless, or buzzwordy thesis that manages to raise…
UK scientists to fire salt water into the sky in bid to tackle climate crisis
A UK-based team of scientists is working to understand how firing a mist of fine salt water high into the sky may be able to brighten clouds enough to reflect more sunlight back into space and help keep parts of the world cooler amid rising global…
Cerebras Systems Close to IPO, Here's What It Means For Nvidia (NVDA)
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the Best Stocks to Buy While the Market Is Down. On April 18, Reuters announced that Cerebras Systems, which is a venture capital-backed, Silicon Valley-based company, filed for a US…
Backing India's next phase of industrial growth
Ajay Modi, Director at Piper Serica, outlines the portfolio management and venture capital firm's deep-tech investment strategy, portfolio strength, and sectoral bets. With investments in 33 companies and growing, the firm is scaling up its capital…
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