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OpenAI has seen a 'resurgence' of interest in secondary markets.
For most of this year, investors couldn't get enough of Anthropic while largely ignoring OpenAI. Now the tide is turning: although Anthropic remains the clear favorite, OpenAI is experiencing a significant surge in demand after it released highly…
Why More Millennials Are Buying Businesses Instead Of Starting Them
Why More Millennials Are Buying Businesses Instead Of Starting Them For decades, entrepreneurship has been synonymous with building a company from the ground up. The narrative has celebrated founders who launch startups from a garage, secure…
Ben-Gurion third in the world for graduates' odds of founding a unicorn
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was ranked first in Israel and third in the world outside the United States for its graduates' odds of founding unicorn companies, startup companies with a valuation exceeding $1 billion. This is according to a…
Amazon Web Services bets on 'one-person unicorns' with new accelerator for Chinese founders
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a flagship accelerator programme aimed at Chinese-speaking entrepreneurs, betting that artificial intelligence has ushered in an era…
Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence startup that is aiming to become the “search engine for rare materials” that accelerates the next wave of technological…
My state of Washington ignored warnings about tax hikes - and now we're paying the price
People said we were making it up — that corporate flight was a myth. Now we're a cautionary tale. Washington's largest companies knew higher taxes were coming. They warned Gov. Bob Ferguson that they would damage the state's business…
Does Florida's tech capital dream betray its commitment to conservation?
As artificial intelligence, aerospace, financial technology, and cloud computing companies increasingly look to Florida for expansion, the state is confronting a question that has divided other fast-growing states: Can the Sunshine State become a…
Why a modest US interest rate rise won't change much for most businesses
With the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chair, the latest concern is that interest rates will go up in the next few months. That decision will depend on many factors, including inflation, jobs and the economy's overall growth. But when that…
Are Index Funds Making the Market 'Irrational'?
In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Jon Quast, Matt Frankel, and Rachel Warren discuss: High bandwidth memory for AI. SK Hynix's U.S. IPO. What happens with ETFs when companies go public? How ETFs and…
Everyone is now an AI company. But here's the real challenge
The “AI” label no longer makes companies special. In today's world, that is a fact that needs to be accepted. Even just a year ago, if a business simply mentioned being “AI-powered” it was enough to immediately gather…
California Forever: Inside the controversial billionaire-backed city that just suffered a devastating blow
California Forever — a futuristic mega-project aimed at reviving American heavy industry — has tantalized its billionaire-backers while stirring questions over its ability to cut through the state's notorious bureaucracy to deliver on…
AI Chip Startup Etched Eyes $20 Billion Valuation
As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (July 17), sources familiar with the matter say the company is capitalizing on a soaring market for venture capital investments in AI startups, and is also raising capital at a $10 billion valuation…
Bezos backs CuspAI as startup teams up with Nvidia to hunt for chipmaking materials
Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions has invested in British startup CuspAI, which is using artificial intelligence to find new materials. CuspAI has also launched a new partnership with Nvidia and others to hunt for new materials in the chip sector and…
Cambridge's CuspAI launches AI Materials Foundry, confirms $450m raise
CuspAI says materials discovery is the ‘single challenge' holding back industrial progress – and it's built a foundry of global partners to help solve it. Cambridge-based start-up CuspAI has launched its ‘AI Materials Foundry'…
13 legal startups to watch in 2026, according to investors
Nominated by: Ann Crady Weiss, True Ventures (an investor) Total funding: more than $100 million, according to the company What it does: Atticus helps disabled and injured Americans figure out what kind of legal help they need, then connects them…
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