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Tech for good isn't dead. Venture capital just forgot how to find it
Global venture capital is up over 150% year-on-year in Q1 2026. AI investment is at record highs. Yet impact startup investment fell 63% last year to $33bn — its lowest level since 2017. The money hasn't gone anywhere. Investors have simply…
AI, biotech and new energy likely targets of HKIC yuan fund
The Hong Kong government's planned offshore yuan-denominated venture capital fund is set to attract investors looking to invest in a wide range of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and new energy firms in the coming years, according to…
Cursor's AI Challenge Shows Why Strategic Fit Beats Product-Market Fit
Cursor appeared to do everything Silicon Valley tells founders to do. It moved early into AI-powered coding assistance, found rapid Product-Market Fit, attracted venture capital, and quickly became one of the breakout companies in AI-assisted…
Pitch Deck: Ex-Apple Marketer Raises $10M to Scale AI Agents That Decode Social Video
Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Plot, the Alexis Ohanian-backed startup that helps brands like PepsiCo and…
Sector Snapshot: Defense Startup Funding Hits An All-Time Record As VCs Begin To Eye Exits
A decade ago, defense tech was considered a niche, even controversial corner of venture capital, with few startup investors daring to place bets on companies working with the military. How times have changed. Already this year, more than $14.6…
The Illusion Of Fintech Innovation
Dr. Ozan Özerk is a fintech entrepreneur and the founder of leading BaaS & payment infrastructure platform OpenPayd, EMBank, Bitpace, MSB.us Fintech innovation should mean more than turning a bank branch into an app or replacing a…
OpenAI distances itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations
OpenAI distanced itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations in a Monday post. The OpenAI president and his wife said in late December that they started making political contributions that year. The couple funneled $25 million to…
Former DOGE duo launches AI company as a 'DOGE for the private sector'
Two former operatives of the controversial Department of Government Efficiency have launched a new artificial intelligence company called Special, backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk ally Steve Davis and others formerly…
Cyera's $12b valuation, Brian Armstrong's new, NewLimit, and H&F's $1.8b Hyve buy
• Cyera, a NYC-based data security company, raised a $300m round at a $12b valuation. Evolution Equity Partners led, joined by Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Redpoint Ventures…
Alphabet's Mega Fundraising Shows the Value of Being a Public Company
$80 billion stock-based fundraising should be taken as a rebuke to those salivating over the forthcoming IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. The search giant is showing its competitive advantage in an area that increasingly matters for artificial…
Become A Landlord In Silicon Valley With A +6% Yield, While AI Booms: Kilroy Realty (KRC)
The Picks and Axes Strategy: Avoid the speculation of picking AI tech winners; own the irreplaceable West Coast real estate held by Kilroy Realty Corporation where their teams live. Over 75% of all domestic venture capital funding for artificial…
Scott Farquhar says CGT changes 'doubled the effective tax rate'
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has warned Labor's changes to capital gains have doubled the effective tax rate on start-ups, saying the country needed to work harder than ever before to keep innovation onshore. Now the chairman of the Tech…
Anthropic's confidential S-1 signals summer AI IPO race could heat up fast
Anthropic was open about its confidential S-1 filing on Monday. The $965 billion AI juggernaut announced the filing—which we cannot yet see—on its blog. It's a contradiction, but then Anthropic is its own kind of contradiction, a…
Thrive Holdings To Bet $1 Billion On AI-Powered Accounting Roll-Up
Steve Stagner, CEO of Current, Thrive Holdings' AI accounting roll-up. Ted Larson started his accounting practice in Bellingham, Washington in 1949 the old-fashioned way: one proprietor, one office, one client at a time. In the ensuing years…
Anthony Edwards, Kyler Murray, Bryce Young And More Invest In Karma
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… A new wave of athlete investors is showing that the stars of today are thinking far beyond endorsements. On Monday, luxury electric vehicle manufacturer Karma Automotive announced the launch of Karma…
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