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forbes.com - Wayne Cantwell - What AI's Grip On Venture Capital Means For Growth-Stage Companies
What AI's Grip On Venture Capital Means For Growth-Stage Companies
Forbes

Wayne Cantwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Decathlon Capital Partners, a leading variable repayment private debt firm. Something significant happened in early 2026. According to PitchBook and NVCA's 'Venture Monitor Q1' report, AI…

gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Kepler Interactive acquires stake in indie publisher Oro Interactive from venture capital firm
Kepler Interactive acquires stake in indie publisher Oro Interactive from venture capital firm
GamesIndustry.biz

Kepler Interactive has acquired a stake in Belgian indie publisher Oro Interactive for an undisclosed amount. Kepler acquired the stake from Belgian venture capital firm ForsVC. This is ForsVC's first exit, delivering more than a sevenfold return…

observer.ug - Alfred Ochwo - Uganda courts Italian investors as local firm plans venture capital fund for startups
Uganda courts Italian investors as local firm plans venture capital fund for startups
The Observer Media Ltd

Local investment firm, Legacy Hills Investments Ltd has held talks with Italian investors on financing opportunities for East African technology companies, as the country seeks new sources of capital to create jobs for its rapidly growing young…

benzinga.com - Caroline Ryan - Venture Capital Giant Andreessen Horowitz Leads Data Center Switch's $2 Billion Funding Round
Venture Capital Giant Andreessen Horowitz Leads Data Center Switch's $2 Billion Funding Round
Benzinga

Data center operator Switch Inc. is launching a private funding round led by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz to raise $2 billion. Details surrounding the process are still subject to change, although the company has hired JPMorgan Chase &…

forbes.com - Anis Uzzaman - Why The Future Of Corporate Innovation Is Collaboration
Why The Future Of Corporate Innovation Is Collaboration
Forbes

Anis Uzzaman (アニス・ウッザマン) is the General Partner and CEO at Pegasus Tech Ventures | Chairman of Startup World Cup. In my experience as a corporate executive, entrepreneur and investor, I…

cbsnews.com - Megan  Cerullo - Spotify removes streams of No. 1 song after suspicious Kalshi bets
Spotify removes streams of No. 1 song after suspicious Kalshi bets
CBS News

Spotify has removed streams of a song that shot to the top of the charts on Wednesday after it discovered that suspicious bets related to the music track had been placed on the prediction market Kalshi. The song 'Earrings' by musician Malcolm Todd…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Jersey Mike's IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become
Jersey Mike's IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become
TechCrunch

I can't tell the exact tipping point from realistic excitement over a new technology, to hype, to aww-come-on — but I'm pretty sure when a sandwich shop with Danny DeVito as its public face talks about AI in its IPO documents, we must be…

spacenews.com - Jarosław Adamowski - Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market
Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market
SpaceNews: The space industry's source

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish state-owned bank BGK and European venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners have unveiled an investment of around 35 million zloty ($10 million) in Poland's space tech company Sybilla Technologies. The business…

thehindu.com - A.D. Rangarajan - Lokesh launches industry-linked Sricity International University in Tirupati
Lokesh launches industry-linked Sricity International University in Tirupati
The Hindu

Minister for Education, IT & Electronics Nara Lokesh formally launched Sricity International University (SIU) at Sri City in Tirupati district on Thursday. The new institution set up in the midst of industries is hailed as a departure from the…

japantimes.co.jp - Min Jeong Lee - SoftBank plans to offer AI-tailored cloud services in U.S. from next fiscal year
SoftBank plans to offer AI-tailored cloud services in U.S. from next fiscal year
The Japan Times

SoftBank Group and its telecom unit will start renting artificial intelligence computing resources to U.S. companies next fiscal year in a bid to capitalize on the company's growing pipeline of data center projects. The two companies will set up SB…

asiatimes.com - John Feffer - Kazakh mine deal latest manifestation of Trump enrichment syndrome
Kazakh mine deal latest manifestation of Trump enrichment syndrome
Asia Times

The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only Trump's own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick. Trump's two eldest sons, part owners of Dominari…

psychologytoday.com - Susanne Paola Antonetta - The Soul of a New Eugenics
The Soul of a New Eugenics
Psychology Today

As far back as I can remember, my mother punctuated conversations by bringing up women's genetic inferiority to men. On cuisine, she'd say great chefs were always male, because women “didn't have the genes to be great.” When I majored…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - Defense tech could be entering its awkward teenage years. Is the boom a bubble?
Defense tech could be entering its awkward teenage years. Is the boom a bubble?
Fortune

Drones, missiles, and warships were, for a long time, deemed uninvestable in Silicon Valley—or, at minimum, contentious. Consider 2018: Googlers were storming out over their company's involvement in the AI military initiative Project Maven…

seekingalpha.com - Amrita Roy - Software Bounced Exactly Where I Wanted; What's Next? (BATS:IGV)
Software Bounced Exactly Where I Wanted; What's Next? (BATS:IGV)
Seeking Alpha

The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF has rebounded 11% since late June, holding key technical support and benefiting from capital rotation out of semiconductors. IGV's increased allocation to cybersecurity leaders—now…

slate.com - Nitish Pahwa - Your Electronics Are About to Get Way More Expensive
Your Electronics Are About to Get Way More Expensive
Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The never-ending inflation spiral has come for your favorite, most necessary everyday gadgets. Last Thursday, Apple…

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