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AI sparks new wave of venture capital deals in SA
AI-native businesses are expected to attract more funding and create new acquisition opportunities for established companies. (Image source: iStock) South Africa's venture capital (VC) ecosystem is entering a new phase of maturity, fuelled by a…
Crypto VC Funding Report : Why Are Crypto Investors Betting Big on Prediction Markets?
CryptoRank Research compared average and median funding round sizes, revealing how unevenly venture capital is distributed across different crypto sectors. Some segments are growing thanks to a few mega-deals, while others consistently attract…
Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5 million via crypto sale
World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token sale to strategic investors. Participating investors joined a 12-month lockup sale of World's token, WLD. Lockup periods…
The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
Trump's ‘Golden Age' of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. Trump's ‘Golden Age' of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. Robert Hart…
This Silicon Valley city is quietly becoming Robot Row. Here's who's clanking around.
On a Thursday afternoon, about 70 people gathered around a nearly six-foot-tall humanoid robot outside an unassuming office building. Employees, executives, and board members of Agility Robotics, along with local officials, had come to christen the…
Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: 'Software is eating the world' - a pithy assessment of the modern tech landscape
Marc Andreessen was a prominent figure in the early internet era, creating some of the earliest web browsers, including Netscape and Mosaic, which he authored. In recent years, he's weighed in on subjects including AI — but it was his…
Why Continuous Hormone Monitoring Could Transform Women's Health Monitoring
Ida Tin is the founder of Clue and the Femtech Assembly, and directs the SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge. Clue is a science-based reproductive health app founded in Berlin in 2012. With more than 100 million downloads across 190…
Policy in next 100 days to incentivise industries willing to go beyond Bengaluru, says Karnataka Chief Minister
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said in the next 100 days, the government would introduce a policy to encourage industries to establish operations beyond Bengaluru by offering world-class office infrastructure at highly affordable costs…
How Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
The Druze nation in Israel is known for its firm ties to the state, its resilience, and its ability to adapt. After years of preparation and effort, the Druze are widening their focus on the future and moving from inspiration to creating an…
Exclusive: Polymarket parent company got Paycheck Protection Program loan
Blockratize, the firm that launched Polymarket, received a government loan from the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program less than two years before federal regulators fined it $1.4 million for operating an unregistered prediction market. The…
Tech, finance and growth leadership moves across the market
Jake Mills has joined this maker of rocket engines and other in-space propulsion systems as chief technology officer, a role he brings two decades of space industry experience to. Mills will lead Agile Space's engineering activities and efforts to…
How volunteers with 3D printers make weapons for Ukraine
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed his tech-savvy defense minister. That sparked protests among supporters who credit him with helping to transform Ukraine's defense capabilities over the past six months. Special…
World Foundation raises $52.5 million in new funding round lead by Pantera Capital
World, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity project, raised $52.5 million in a locked token sale led by Pantera Capital to expand its AI-era digital verification infrastructure. The nonprofit steward plans to use the new capital to integrate its…
First cohort of RDI Fund managers to be unveiled within a week, says official
The Union Government's Research Development and Innovation Fund (RDIF) is set to announce and disburse money to the first cohort of around 20 Second Level Fund Managers (SLFM's) in as early as a week's time, a senior official said here on Friday.
How Anthropic IPO could reset private market valuations
The anticipated IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI could be among the most consequential market events of a generation by setting a benchmark valuation for AI-native firms. Alexey Garyunov, general partner at FinSight Ventures, has been positioning ahead…
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