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Venture capital has its fair day, and AI turns up to show who's boss
Have you heard the one about the new local boss of Anthropic turning up to a venture capital conference? The emergence of artificial intelligence would have been no joke to the software start-up founders littering the Blackbird Ventures annual…
XO Market bets on user-generated prediction markets to rival Polymarket and Kalshi
*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION - EMBARGOED TILL 5AM ET APRIL 30 **** XO Market is betting that the future of prediction markets won't be dictated by centralized teams deciding what people can trade on, but by users themselves. The startup, which just…
The startup that wants to give surgeons X-ray vision
“Have you ever seen a spine surgery before?” Over Zoom, James Hu asks me this sincerely, standing in the middle of a large white room that reads between clinical and stylized. I consider the question, not because I have, but because…
View: UAE exits OPEC to chase the future economy
For more than five decades, Abu Dhabi sat at the table that shaped global energy markets. It helped build OPEC into the most consequential commodity cartel in history, endured its internal tensions, and absorbed its quota constraints. On May 1…
Milken Institute Report Says AI and Manufacturing Innovation Are Key to Africa's Industrial Transformation
A new report from the Milken Institute argues that artificial intelligence and targeted manufacturing innovation are essential to unlocking Africa's industrial transformation, with the continent on track to represent a quarter of the world's…
SEBI Fast-Tracks AIF Launches: New 30-Day Rule for Fund Managers
Republic Business 2 min read Follow: SEBI Fast-Tracks AIF Launches | Image: Reuters India's capital markets regulator has moved to cut the red tape for private equity and venture capital funds, operationalizing a 'Fast-Track' mechanism for the…
True Global Ventures Doubles Down on Prezent as It Introduces Prezent Vivo, a New AI + Services Model for Enterprise Communication in Life Sciences
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- True Global Ventures (TGV), an international venture capital firm, today announced it has significantly increased its investment in Prezent, nearly doubling its position through a secondary transaction.
Rachel Reeves's plan to mandate how pension funds invest was always a mistake | Nils Pratley
A simple principle lies at the heart of pension investment: the pension manager must invest in the best interest of the client. UK ministers have often wished UK funds would show more home bias by channelling more pensioners' cash towards domestic…
Exclusive: PsiQuantum adds Intel's Lip-Bu Tan to board
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has been tapped for another job. The executive is joining the board of directors for $7 billion quantum computing company PsiQuantum, the company exclusively told Semafor. It follows several investments in such businesses…
MegaETH Token Launches as Ethereum Layer-2 Network's Novel Rewards System Is Tested
MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network promising speedy and cheap transactions for consumer-facing, on-chain projects, launched its native token Thursday after months of anticipation. At writing, MEGA is trading for $0.156, giving the token a…
Startup Moldova Summit 2026 spotlights Moldova's rise as a startup gateway to European markets
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova, April 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- Startup Moldova Summit 2026 showcased Moldova's growing position as a startup destination for capital, talent and EU market access, bringing over 2,000 participants, 150 startups, 60 speakers…
Rogo's $160M raise, Hightouch's $2.75B valuation and Teva's Tourette syndrome biotech buy
• Rogo, an NYC-based AI platform for finance, raised a $160m Series D. Kleiner Perkins led, joined by Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, JPMorgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive…
Centrifuge Expands Institutional Assets to Monad
Centrifuge is bringing tokenized Treasurys, AAA-rated CLOs and private credit to the Monad blockchain, making for the first availability of institutional-grade assets on the network. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the…
JuliaHub raises $65M Series B and launches Dyad 3.0, bringing Agentic AI to Industrial Digital Twins
Dyad, the world's first-to-market agentic AI platform for hardware engineering, brings physical AI to complex systems design and testing, compressing R&D time from months to mere days. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- Today, JuliaHub…
Who is Lorna Hajdini? JPMorgan executive accused of sexually abusing junior 'Indian' colleague, threatening his career
A lawsuit filed in the New York County Supreme Court has made serious allegations against Lorna Hajdini, an executive director at JPMorgan Chase, accusing her of sexual misconduct, racial harassment, and workplace coercion involving a junior male…
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