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techcrunch.com - Sean O'Kane - SkyFi raises $12.7M to turn satellite images into insights
SkyFi raises $12.7M to turn satellite images into insights
TechCrunch

There are thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth, and an increasing number of them are able to capture all types of images in near real time. It used to be a somewhat cumbersome process to access those images. But Austin-based startup SkyFi has…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - What 2026 holds for the future of work
What 2026 holds for the future of work
Fortune

As I was collecting Crystal Ball predictions for 2026 from readers, I found myself thinking a lot about the future of work. In part, of course, that's because you all were thinking about it—combing through email after email, I found waves of…

nytimes.com - Erin Griffith - 2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.
2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.
The New York Times

Call it the year of the mega initial public offering. Or the year of the I.P.O. supercycle. Or the monster listing mania, perhaps. At least three of the most valuable and highest-profile tech companies are preparing to list their shares on the…

nytimes.com - Bernhard Warner - The Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America's Full-Body-Scan Craze
The Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America's Full-Body-Scan Craze
The New York Times

Fifteen years ago, Daniel Ek broke into America's digital-content wars with his streaming music start-up, Spotify, which has turned into a publicly traded company with a $110 billion market value. Now he and his business partner, the Swedish…

marketwatch.com - William Gavin - The 'space economy' is booming. Here's where most of the money is going.
The 'space economy' is booming. Here's where most of the money is going.
MarketWatch

Enthusiasm for the so-called space economy is at an all-time high, and driving record levels of private investment. Around $55.3 billion was poured into 431 companies that operate in the space sector last year, a 65% increase compared with 2024…

nytimes.com - Bernhard Warner - The Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America's Full-Body-Scan Craze
The Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America's Full-Body-Scan Craze
The New York Times

|The Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America's Full-Body-Scan Craze https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/business/neko-health-expansion.html Fifteen years ago, Daniel Ek broke into America's digital-content wars with his streaming music start-up…

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money
Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money
Futurism

The AI industry continues to pour tens of billions of dollars into resource-intensive models and the infrastructure to run them. In the face of it all, their promises of kickstarting a technological revolution that could one day be immensely…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Alpaca's unicorn status and Neuberger Berman's Ryan bet
Alpaca's unicorn status and Neuberger Berman's Ryan bet
Axios

• Alpaca, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of a stock-trading API, raised a $150m Series D at a valuation of $1.15b. Drive Capital led, with participation from Citadel Securities, Opera Tech Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, Flat…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Robotics Startup Skild AI Lands $1.4B, Tripling Valuation To $14B In Just 7 Months
Robotics Startup Skild AI Lands $1.4B, Tripling Valuation To $14B In Just 7 Months
Crunchbase

Skild AI, a robotics company building an “omni-bodied” brain to operate any robot for any task, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion. The fundraise comes just over seven…

businessinsider.com - Shubhangi Goel - Ben Horowitz says that investing teams shouldn't be 'too much bigger than basketball teams
Ben Horowitz says that investing teams shouldn't be 'too much bigger than basketball teams
Business Insider

Ben Horowitz is a big fan of tiny teams. On an episode of the A16z podcast, the Andreessen Horowitz cofounder shared how his venture capital firm maintains a lean operation despite being one of the world's largest. 'An investing team shouldn't be…

entrepreneur.com - Jessica Fialkovich - Forget the Startup Grind - Millennials Are Taking a Shortcut to Business Ownership
Forget the Startup Grind - Millennials Are Taking a Shortcut to Business Ownership
Entrepreneur

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Millennials are shifting toward new paths in business ownership, exploring opportunities that offer independence and leadership. This trend highlights a growing interest in sustainable…

newsanyway.com - News Desk - Dataroid Secures $6.6M Investment to Drive International Growth - News Anyway
Dataroid Secures $6.6M Investment to Drive International Growth - News Anyway
Daily News Organization

AI-powered digital analytics and customer engagement platform Dataroid has successfully raised US $6.6 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by the FinAI Venture Capital Fund, managed by Tacirler Asset Management. The round also saw…

longislandpress.com - James Bernstein - AI, biotech and Long Island's economic future
AI, biotech and Long Island's economic future
LI Press

David Calone has been a mainstay in Long Island's tech, venture capital and civic life for more than 15 years now. He is head of Jove Equities, a Venture Capital firm in East Setauket, and is a board member of Accelerate Long Island, which promotes…

crunchbase.com - Crunchbase News - Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In 2024 And 2025
Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In 2024 And 2025
Crunchbase

It appears that 2026 is picking up where 2025 left off with more than 2,000 U.S. tech workers already either out of work or preparing for a job hunt in the new year. Leading this week's tally of layoffs by a long shot is Silicon Valley-based social…

nytimes.com - Andrew Ross Sorkin - Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses
Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses
The New York Times

Andrew here. We're taking a look at the battle over President Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent and Wall Street's effort to block it. A research study argues that the measure could make up to 80 percent of credit card…

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