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Develop:Brighton showed the UK games industry is done with hand-wringing and is determined to save itself | Opinion
I got a feeling of déjà vu at Develop:Brighton this year, where once again it was meltingly hot, and once again the conference was coming hard on the heels of sweeping cuts at Microsoft. Although this time around the weather was even…
Anthropic CEO gave $1M to AI safety super PAC
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gave $1 million to Public First, a super PAC backing candidates who support stronger guardrails on AI, according to a campaign finance filing Wednesday. He was joined by several other Anthropic employees, who gave a…
OpenAI employees pour nearly $250K into AI safety PAC, pushing back on firm's president
A group of current and former OpenAI employees poured more than $245,000 into a super PAC focused on countering Leading the Future (LTF), a committee funded in part by the AI firm's co-founder and President Greg Brockman. The AI safety super PAC…
World Of Forbes: From Latin America's Biggest YouTuber To A Bitcoin Effort In South Africa
Across the planet, Forbes' 47 licensed editions span six continents, 80 countries and 30 languages. They all share the same mission: celebrating entrepreneurial capitalism in all its forms. Alejandro Baccarat for Forbes Argentina Latin America's…
Trump asks contractors to 'do magnets' after his son invested in rare earth company
President Donald Trump called on more defense contractors to partner with the U.S. and “do magnets ” – a request that comes after a venture capital firm linked to his son, Donald Trump Jr., took a stake in a rare-earth magnet…
Singapore nurtures global business champions
SINGAPORE – Looking beyond its longstanding strategy of attracting multinational corporations, Singapore is ramping up efforts to nurture more companies into global industry leaders. Speaking at a business conference organised by NUS…
Wonder's $650m raise, Crypto.com's $20b valuation, Angelini Pharma seals rare disease buy
• Wonder, an NYC-based cloud kitchen company, raised $650m in Series D funding at a $9b valuation. Investors include Accel, GV, New Enterprise Associates, AllianceBernstein, ARK Invest and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. Go…
Arbitrum Price Nears Breakout After $1.37M Whale Accumulation
Arbitrum (ARB) could be entering a decisive phase after fresh whale accumulation coincided with its breakout setup. On-chain data revealed that a whale withdrew 15.56 million ARB, worth nearly $1.37 million, from Coinbase, adding to growing…
No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
It's not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We've covered the trend in detail, and at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt…
The 4 Layers Of Brain Behind One Of Europe's Leading Humanoid Robots
HMND comes in wheeled and bipedal forms, but the wheeled humanoid robot is the preferred model for now. HMND 01's four-layer brain starts at layer zero, just like European elevators. That's oddly fitting, given that its maker, Humanoid AI, is based…
MegaETH Shuts Down Mega Mafia Accelerator After Two Years
MegaETH is shutting down its flagship Mega Mafia startup accelerator after two years and two successful cohorts. Co-founder Shuyao Kong confirmed there will be no Mega Mafia 3.0. However, the network will continue supporting projects that already…
One of China's top investors says finance, not AI, is the country's biggest bottleneck
'Blackstone can do without China,' but China's private equity funds still rely deeply on the U.S. capital pool, said Fred Hu, founder and chairman of Primavera Capital. Finance would be China's weak plank, if the two superpowers engage in a deeper…
Can India finally get its own Elon Musk, SpaceX? Skyroot's Vikram-1 launch could change space ecosystem
Is India getting ready for its own SpaceX or Elon Musk? The question may appear to be preposterous, but the recent development has paved the path for daring private sector entrepreneurship in the space sector. After the Union government launched…
How three Ivorian firms are competing with global brands
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – For decades, many of Ivory Coast's biggest consumer markets were built around international companies with established brands, global supply chains and deep financial resources. But a number of Ivorian businesses are…
Hyperliquid Tumbles 12% as a16z-Linked Wallet Dumps $28M HYPE Tokens
/ Crypto News / Hyperliquid Tumbles 12% as a16z-Linked Wallet Dumps $28M HYPE Tokens Expertise: Bitcoin, Crypto, Global Macro, DeFi, Blockchain, Web3, US Stocks, AI, Regulations and Lawsuits, & More CoinGape has covered the cryptocurrency industry…
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