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Ready, SETT, Go: SETT Execs Drill Down on the Spanish Sovereign Venture Capital Fund That Will Drive Industry Conversation at San Sebastián
One of the major industry narratives at this year's San Sebastián Festival, running Sept. 18-26, will be the presentation of SETT, the venture capital fund of Spain's Ministry for Digital Transformation. SETT director general Javier Ponce…
UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with 'hyper-realistic' digital avatars
The former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber's entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that hopes to recreate classic concerts by manifesting musicians as digital avatars. Unit1 was set up…
Mangaluru Technovanza 2026 to focus on global capability centres, data centres, startups, medtech
The sixth edition of Mangaluru Technovanza 2026, which begins here for two days on September 22, will focus its deliberations on four key growth engines: global capability centres (GCCs), data centres, start-ups and medtech, according to the…
How a bunch of swashbuckling tech bros upended the way America fights its wars
At 11:16 a.m. local time on Sept. 28, 2008, operating from the Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation — a privately-funded company, founded by a 37-year-old South African emigree named…
Where Is Spain Heading? María González Veracruz, Secretary of State for Digitization, Unpacks Roadmap
Since Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez launched the E.U.-backed Spain Audiovisual Hub in March 2021 with a first phase $1.7 billion budget, Spanish governmental figures have used San Sebastián to announce its details (2021), and…
San Francisco's AI growth shadows layoffs and tech workers struggles | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The coming IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI are set to rain down riches in San Francisco. Just across the Golden Gate bridge, a recent gathering captured the flip side of the AI boom. A group of more than four dozen laid-off workers gathered at 11 a.m.
Dragonfly's Qureshi Calls for End to Zcash Dev Fund After 2028
Crypto-focused venture capital firm Dragonfly's managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, proposed winding down the Zcash developer fund after it expires under current rules in 2028. “I'm of the opinion that this should be the final Dev…
Fairshake Has $193 Million for the Midterms. Which Coin Stands to Gain the Most on November 3?
In January 2026, Fairshake, the crypto industry's leading super PAC, announced holding $193 million for the upcoming midterms on November 3. Of this amount, three significant contributors provided $74 million in the latter half of 2025, with Ripple…
The 10 Best Books of the Decade So Far, Ranked
The 2020s have been an exhausting six years marked by a fracturing society and an increasingly surreal reality, with its literature reflecting exactly that. We've spent the last half decade living through a meat-grinder of rolling global…
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich - with few guardrails
Donald Trump 's sons, through a series of AI -linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in the past year. His longtime friend Michael Dell…
The Architecture of Community Capital: Analysis of Recent Closed Impact Crowdfunding Campaigns
You can advertise in Superpowers for Good. Click to learn more about our affordable options. The democratization of private capital markets under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) continues to alter how emerging enterprises access growth capital…
Fed Rate Hike September 2026: Why Bitcoin Held $76K
The Federal Reserve unanimously voted to raise interest rates by 25 basis points on September 16, lifting the target range to 3.75–4.00%. It's the first rate increase in over three years — a reversal of the cuts that started in late…
Paradigm Labels Zcash a 'Private Complement to Bitcoin.' What's the Implications for Both Coins
On September 16, 2026, Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang expressed on X that Zcash (CRYPTO:ZEC) is evolving “as a private complement to Bitcoin.” He revealed that his firm holds ZEC and has invested in the Zcash Open Development Lab…
New ICONIQ Benchmarks | AI-Native Metrics Are Insane...
Every board is asking how the company is leveraging AI. At first they just wanted to make sure the company was using AI, but now they want to know: What are you doing that actually adds value for customers? What are the best use cases for internal…
The Sequence Radar - Issue 936: Last Week in AI: Gemini Talks, Astra Practices Law, Figure Folds Laundry, and Crusoe Powers It All
We have the second installment of our series about recursive self improvement. Can't miss that one. We deep dive into the new Gemini models, Stanford's University Paper2Agent research and Astra for Law. In the opinion section, we debate the…
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