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entrepreneur.com - Kalon Gutierrez - The Smartest Founders Aren't Chasing Venture Capital - They're Doing These 5 Things First
The Smartest Founders Aren't Chasing Venture Capital - They're Doing These 5 Things First
Homepage | Entrepreneur

The smartest founders aren't following the traditional fundraising playbook—what they do first could change everything. Before raising a dime, successful founders focus on a step most entrepreneurs overlook entirely. Today's entrepreneurial…

wsj.com - Mauro Orru - Nvidia-Backed Startup Nscale Raises Funds At $14.6 Billion Valuation
Nvidia-Backed Startup Nscale Raises Funds At $14.6 Billion Valuation
Wall Street Journal

Nscale Global Holdings said it raised $2 billion at a $14.6 billion valuation, a sign that investors continue to see promise in the artificial-intelligence infrastructure startup as it seeks to roll out data centers. The U.K.-based company said…

howstuffworks.com - Jasper Merrenor - 10 Biggest AI Companies Determining the Future of, Well, Everything
10 Biggest AI Companies Determining the Future of, Well, Everything
HowStuffWorks

The race to dominate the list of the biggest AI companies list is reshaping the global tech landscape. Artificial intelligence companies now power many features in areas such as search engines and finance platforms, fueling an AI revolution that…

fool.com - Trevor Jennewine - 2 AI Stocks Shaping the Future of Technology to Buy Now, According to Wall Street
2 AI Stocks Shaping the Future of Technology to Buy Now, According to Wall Street
The Motley Fool

Amazon (AMZN +0.20%) and Robinhood Markets (HOOD +3.03%) are leaning on artificial intelligence (AI) to shape the future of technology within their industries. And most Wall Street analysts think the stocks are undervalued: Among 72 analysts…

vox.com - Kenny Torrella - Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the insect farming industry is collapsing.
Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the insect farming industry is collapsing.
Vox

“We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher. Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as critical to sustainably feeding a…

businessinsider.com - Shubhangi Goel - An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code
An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code
Business Insider

The great vibe coding war of 2026 isn't the bloodbath it appears, says a venture capitalist whose firm backed Cursor. On an episode of the '20VC' podcast released on Monday, Miles Clements, a partner at VC firm Accel, said that the AI-assisted…

afr.com - Emma Rapaport - Australia's next tech unicorn is a cryptocurrency player
Australia's next tech unicorn is a cryptocurrency player
Australian Financial Review

An Australian founder who splits his time between the Gold Coast and Singapore has quietly built one of Australia's largest fintech companies, securing a handful of big-name overseas venture capital backers as he seeks to take on the US…

koreatimes.co.kr - Lee Gyu-lee - LG CNS invests in US robotics firm to accelerate physical AI push
LG CNS invests in US robotics firm to accelerate physical AI push
The Korea Times

LG CNS has made a strategic investment in U.S. robotics company Dexmate to strengthen its hardware capabilities for industrial humanoid robots. The company announced on Tuesday that it became the first Korean firm to invest in the U.S. company…

fastcompany.com - Sam Becker - Why Bluesky's CEO is stepping down at a critical moment for the platform
Why Bluesky's CEO is stepping down at a critical moment for the platform
Fast Company

Jay Graber, the CEO of social media network Bluesky, announced that she's stepping down on Monday. Graber is “transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky's chief innovation officer,” she wrote in a Bluesky post, and will be…

afr.com - Tess Bennett - Big name investors back 'SaaSpocalypse' busting AI software start-up
Big name investors back 'SaaSpocalypse' busting AI software start-up
Australian Financial Review

High-profile start-up founders, as well as local venture capital firms Airtree Ventures and Kim Jackson and Scott Farquhar's Skip Capital, have joined US investors in backing TestBox, a company run by Australian Silicon Valley expat Sam Senior…

cnbc.com - Jonathan Vanian - OpenAI to buy cybersecurity startup Promptfoo to better safeguard AI agents
OpenAI to buy cybersecurity startup Promptfoo to better safeguard AI agents
CNBC

OpenAI is acquiring cybersecurity startup Promptfoo. Promptfoo's team will join Sam Altman-led OpenAI, and its technology will be integrated into the Frontier platform for AI agents. Promptfoo announced a Series A financing round in July that was…

axios.com - Chelsea Naso - Kast collects $80M, Advent looks to sell Ultra Marine, and Irenic makes a PE hire
Kast collects $80M, Advent looks to sell Ultra Marine, and Irenic makes a PE hire
Axios

• Kast, a Singapore-based stablecoin payments platform, raised $80m in a Series A co-led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV Partners, HSG and DST Global Partners participating. Go deeper • Dify, a Menlo Park…

newswire.ca - Rubamin and Distil announce exclusive strategic partnership to scale high-performance Zinc derivatives for North American personal care markets
Rubamin and Distil announce exclusive strategic partnership to scale high-performance Zinc derivatives for North American personal care markets
CNW

MUMBAI, India and VADODARA, India, March 9, 2026 /CNW/ -- Distil, an R&D-led specialty chemicals platform and Rubamin Private Limited, a versatile producer of Zinc compounds globally with manufacturing legacy of almost four decades and over 50,000…

sfchronicle.com - Roland Li - 101-year-old S.F. office tower nearly full as tech fuels leasing demand
101-year-old S.F. office tower nearly full as tech fuels leasing demand
San Francisco Chronicle

The historic office tower at 140 New Montgomery St. in San Francisco was built in 1925 for the age of telephones. It's remained an appealing destination in the age of artificial intelligence. The South of Market art deco building, originally the…

entrepreneur.com - Ben Angel - 5 AI Tools to Run a 1-Person Business While You Sleep (While Millions of ChatGPT Users Flee to Claude)
5 AI Tools to Run a 1-Person Business While You Sleep (While Millions of ChatGPT Users Flee to Claude)
Homepage | Entrepreneur

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Last week, one AI company told the U.S. government it would not allow its technology to be used for autonomous weapons. Hours later, its biggest competitor signed the exact same deal.

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