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I broke into venture capital at 20. I didn't use AI and didn't wait for a job posting to open.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ibrahim Noon, 20, a San Francisco-based associate at venture capital firm Forerunner. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was raised on a small farm in Pakistan. My father is…
Fal raises at $16B valuation, Crowdstrike strikes for two deals
Fal, an SF-based AI video, image, and audio models startup, raised $1.3b at a $16b valuation led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Nvidia, Sound Ventures, and T. Rowe Price joined. Nooks, an SF-based revenue agent platform, raised $500m from General…
Sequoia's London Exit Not a Sign US Investors Are Souring on Europe
Sequoia Capital's London exit is not a sign U.S. funds are losing confidence in European startups. On the contrary, U.S. investment has been flooding into European AI ventures this year at a much faster clip than anticipated, in what could end up a…
$240M for Harbinger, $51M for Humble Robotics, €30M for Vaeridion
• Harbinger, a Garden Grove, Calif.-based EV truck maker, raised a $240m Series D. Tiger Global, Capricorn, and Ridgeline led, joined by FedEx, Fidelity, Squarepoint Capital, Xantium, Maniv, Greycroft, Australian Gulf Capital, PanaceaVC…
What midterm election blue wave rebuke of Trump means for renewable energy
President Trump didn't just invoke 'green new scam' rhetoric. The Trump administration ravaged environmental regulations, eliminated clean energy subsidies and tax credits, blocked wind and solar projects, and promoted fossil fuels. While Trump can…
Pliant's $80M; $40B Global Payments take private; Kalepa's $470M valuation
• Pliant, a Berlin-based provider of modular B2B payment solutions, raised $80m in Series C funding. Seaya Nova and Speedinvest led, joined by Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners, and Molten Ventures. Go deeper • Kalepa, an…
Agility Robotics becomes first public pure-play humanoid robot maker
Agility Robotics began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday under the ticker symbol AGLT, becoming the first publicly listed company in the United States built entirely around humanoid robots. The Oregon company completed its merger with…
Kraft Heinz's trims coffee holding, Elemis' new backer, CrowdStrike's dual deals
• 1248 Holdings acquired Generate Capital's ownership interests in Ubiquity, a fiber network owner in Texas and Nebraska. Go deeper • Advent agreed to acquire Vermeg, a Dutch provider of tech for capital markets and life insurance…
Antora Energy Leases Milpitas Building Sought by Google
A Sunnyvale battery company has landed one of the most sought-after industrial buildings in the South Bay, beating out some of the biggest names in tech for a massive Milpitas warehouse. Antora Energy has leased the 294,000-square-foot building at…
Vietnam AI & LLM Daily Briefing (Nov 08, 2026)
A curated synthesis of breaking artificial intelligence developments, the surge in humanoid robotics 'AI brains', academic AI truth verification, frontier LLMs optimizing quantum circuits, and national high-tech infrastructure advancements directly…
What Horace Mann Educators (HMN) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
3 Overlooked Dividend Stocks for Choppy Markets in 2026 Horace Mann Educators NYSE: HMN reported its strongest quarterly earnings on record and raised its full-year 2026 outlook, as favorable insurance underwriting and investment results helped…
Webster Place Lincoln Park Sells After Healthcare Makeover
Woodfield Village — Retail Transaction Comparison Google Street View A shopping center near Foundry Park in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood has sold after years of retooling around a healthcare tenant. Webster Place, long known for its…
How AI broke cybersecurity
Today, I'm talking with Alex Stamos, chief security officer at Cognition and longtime cybersecurity expert, about what a mess cybersecurity is right now. This episode is part one of a special series looking at AI in real life. I've always enjoyed…
EU, Asia, or the US: Who Will Win the Regulatory Race for Crypto Business?
Europe has done what no other major market has yet dared to do. It was the first to bring fragmented rules together under a single regulatory framework — Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). Creating a unified legal architecture for 27 countries…
Everything You Need to Know About WTGL 2026
Golf is heading indoors, and this time, the women are getting their own stage. WTGL, the women's version of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy ‘s TGL, begins Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The league will feature 25 LPGA stars competing for a share of an…
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