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How To Build A Billion-Dollar Company Without Venture Capital
Today's venture capital ecosystem looks markedly different from even just five years ago. Most significantly, a small number of AI companies are now attracting the vast majority of available venture capital. In Q1 2026, just four companies…
The Army is borrowing from venture capital's playbook to field promising tech faster
Guest: Dr. Matt Willis Title: Director of Army FUZE Summary: Not every technology succeeds, and the Army can't afford to pursue every promising idea indefinitely. Army FUZE is built around making difficult decisions about scaling winners and…
CPE Media & Data Company: Continuing headwinds facing Canadian VC in Q3, 2026
All dollar ($) figures in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Canadian venture capital (VC) investment totalled $4,714 million across 371 financings during the first nine months of 2026, representing declines of…
Exclusive: Daytona, a startup building the 'agentic cloud,' valued at $1 billion in latest funding round
AI agents need somewhere to work—and Ivan Burazin thinks the existing cloud providers aren't the right answer. Now Burazin, the cofounder and CEO of Daytona, a San Francisco-based startup, has turned the idea of a new kind of cloud just for…
What Brevan Howard's crypto CIO is betting on to bounce back
Last year was a struggle for Brevan Howard Digital, the crypto-investing unit of the $34 billion asset manager. The Brevan Howard Digital Asset fund, its flagship multi-strategy offering that invests in public and private companies, as well as…
Overcoming personal branding's biggest challenges: 148 ideas and insights to take control of how people think about you
“I was taught to be creative, to ask questions that make people think, to push forward into uncharted territory, but the reality is all of these things make some uncomfortable. Some are even threatened by any or all of those things in…
Could AI and robotics help fill Cambridge's empty offices?
Add Boston.com on Google (opens in a new tab) Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. Cambridge gained occupied office space this summer, while Boston lost ground, according to a new report. And as a Newmark…
Top venture capitalist Jenny Lee says Asian startups are speeding toward IPOs
The timeline for startups to do initial public offerings has accelerated, according to Granite Asia's Jenny Lee. 'At the very early stage... we do see a lot more funding activity,' Lee said. Granite Asia is concentrating on areas including…
'I love taking VC dollars and turning it into jobs': inside SendCutSend's $2.1 billion bet on American metal
It started with a steam-powered car. That's precisely what it sounds like, by the way. In 2017, Jim Belosic was building out what was once a Ford Model A—most famously produced in the late 1920s—to run on a steam engine. “It's…
Former Trump, Biden officials: America's security depends on startups. Weak patent policy is undermining them
AI pilots that can fly military aircraft when GPS and communications are jammed. Quantum sensors that can guide ships and aircraft without satellite signals. 3D-printed rocket engines that could make hypersonic weapons faster and less expensive to…
Elizabeth Holmes Exposé Book 'Bad Blood' Returns to Bestseller Lists Following Nathan Fielder Doc
Eight years after its publication, John Carreyrou's “Bad Blood” is getting another moment in the spotlight — this time courtesy of Nathan Fielder. The Wall Street Journal reporter's bestselling exposé of Elizabeth Holmes…
Exclusive: AI security company Gray Swan relaunches its red teaming contest for the era of AI agents
Gray Swan, an AI security startup that helps frontier AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind stress-test their models before release, is overhauling its public red-teaming platform to keep it relevant for the era of AI…
Former Google chief Eric Schmidt's 1% Anthropic stake set to pay huge windfall
WASHINGTON – Former Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt owns around 1% of Anthropic thanks to his early investment in the start-up, according to sources familiar with the matter, setting him up for one of the largest individual…
Investors cheer end of 'damaging' capital gains tax Budget speculation
Investment firms have welcomed reports that John Healey has ruled out a “damaging” capital gains tax raid at the Autumn Budget, after warnings the move could harm the domestic economy and weigh on Britain's appeal to investors. The…
Appwrite 1.6 migration and the BaaS competition - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
Appwrite 1.6 introduces the MCP server, which allows agents to subscribe to project events via an open stream or signed webhook calls. These agents react to six specific events: new users, failed function executions, finished function and site…
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