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AI workers' insight into prenups as their salaries surge
The artificial intelligence industry has ushered in a new era of jaw-dropping wages that are fit to create new millionaires, prompting young couples to discuss prenups before marriage. Akash Amant, 26, who co-founded AI startup Coverflow in 2024…
Dario Amodei says Anthropic struggles to balance 'incredible commercial pressure' with its 'safety stuff
A familiar tension has come for even the most safety-minded of the AI industry: principles or profit? OpenAI, the leading AI startup, was founded to build artificial intelligence that benefits all of humanity. Many AI watchers and former employees…
Huang and Pichai among tech CEOs heading to India for major AI summit in a key market
India will host the AI Impact Summit this week in New Delhi. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai are all expected to attend. India presents a lucrative market of young, tech-forward consumers and a huge…
AI Money Is Coming to a Midterm Near You
During the past two election cycles, the giants of cryptocurrency emerged as some of the biggest money players. Sam Bankman-Fried's PAC spent $70 million on donations in 2022, and Fairshake, a super-PAC formed to support pro-crypto politicians…
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid…
From Wall Street to web3: 2026 is crypto's integration year, Silicon Valley Bank says
Last year restored crypto's institutional footing. This year, according to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is when it becomes more integrated into the financial system. Regulatory clarity improved in 2025, institutional engagement accelerated and…
Snowflake's CEO says software giants risk becoming a 'dumb data pipe' to AI models
The biggest software companies might be reduced to mere data sources, says Snowflake's CEO. 'The big model makers want to create a world in which all of the data for all of the enterprises is easily available to them,' Sridhar Ramaswamy said on an…
Animoca Brands clears a major regulatory hurdle with new Dubai license
Digital asset venture capital company Animoca Brands has won regulatory approval in Dubai. Animoca has been granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from the Emirate's regulatory authority for the digital asset industry, the firm…
S&P 500 finds itself once again unable to surmount the 7,000 threshold
Another week when 'It could've been worse' passes for a declaration of victory on Wall Street, as traders navigate mini-crashes rolling through one sector after the next and investors try to draw nourishment from the relative outperformance of a…
The career rise of OpenAI's billionaire CEO, Sam Altman
OpenAI Sam Altman thinks he can see the future better than some people. 'I think I am unusually good at projecting multiple things— years or a couple of decades into the future—and understanding how those are going to interact…
Why Hiro are bullish on UK and EU game dev funding after helping The Chinese Room and Bulkhead go independent
VC firm Hiro Capital has unveiled a brand new advisory division. Hiro Advisory was established 18 months ago and is helmed by founding partners Spike Laurie, who is a partner at the VC, and industry veteran Mike McGarvey, who has worked at Eidos…
Top Crypto Investment Themes Capturing VC Attention In 2026
Crypto venture funding in 2026 is centered on mature, utility‑driven themes as investors shift toward scalable, institution‑ready technologies over speculative hype. As we move deeper into 2026, venture capital (VC) activity in the…
Prediction Markets Post Fast Growth To $30B, With A1 Research Citing Clear Path To Multi-Sector Expansion
Prediction markets' fast expansion has prompted A1 Research to project a potential long‑term market size approaching $1 trillion, driven by accelerating volumes, institutional adoption, and emerging cross‑sector use cases. A1…
Nvidia: A complete guide to the hardware company behind the AI boom
Nvidia has been around for over three decades, but the chipmaker became a household name only in the past few years. In October 2025, the AI chipmaker became the first company to hit a $5 trillion market cap. Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen…
Blackstone backs Neysa in up to $1.2B financing as India pushes to build domestic AI infrastructure
Neysa, an Indian AI infrastructure startup, has secured backing from U.S. private equity firm Blackstone as it scales domestic compute capacity amid India's push to build homegrown AI capabilities. Blackstone and co-investors, including Teachers'…
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