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independent.co.uk - Steven Sloan - Wanna bet? Washington steps up scrutiny of prediction markets
Wanna bet? Washington steps up scrutiny of prediction markets
The Independent

As the United States was preparing a daring mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, there was money to be made. Users on Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market, could place bets on when the airman would be…

forbes.com - Bootstrapped To $1 Billion: How Arizona-Based Lectric eBikes Is Dominating The D2C Market
Bootstrapped To $1 Billion: How Arizona-Based Lectric eBikes Is Dominating The D2C Market
Forbes

How do you build a $1 billion direct-to-consumer business without relying on the traditional venture capital playbook? Forbes' Alex York sits down with Levi Conlow, co-founder and CEO of Lectric eBikes, to unpack how his company became North…

thehill.com - Julia Mueller - Democrats' fundraising dominates key midterm races: What we learned from the latest campaign filings
Democrats' fundraising dominates key midterm races: What we learned from the latest campaign filings
The Hill

First-quarter campaign fundraising reports released this week offer new insights on midterm dynamics with the fight for control of Congress in full swing. Democrats boasted massive hauls in high-stakes House and Senate races over the last three…

bloomberg.com - Natasha Mascarenhas - Sequoia's New Leaders Raise About $7 Billion for Firm's Biggest Bets
Sequoia's New Leaders Raise About $7 Billion for Firm's Biggest Bets
Bloomberg

Sequoia Capital, one of the largest and most prominent venture capital firms, has raised about $7 billion for a new fund according to people familiar with the discussions — the first fresh fundraising under Sequoia's new leadership. The…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - The startup Blackstone just backed to turn any exec's data question into instant answers
The startup Blackstone just backed to turn any exec's data question into instant answers
Fortune

Ethan Ding sees the last decade of SaaS as a historical glitch. “In 30 years, we're going to look back and say ‘oh, remember that period of time where those crazy software companies were selling seats for 90 to 95% margins?'”…

breitbart.com - Elizabeth Weibel - Exclusive - 'Leading the Future' Super PAC Releases List of 'House GOP Champions'
Exclusive - 'Leading the Future' Super PAC Releases List of 'House GOP Champions'
Breitbart

Leading the Future, a super PAC focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), released a list of Republican incumbents that they are supporting, Breitbart News has learned. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC), Rep. Brandon Gill…

rediff.com - Text Feed - IndiaAI Mission: Driving Global Expansion For AI Startups
IndiaAI Mission: Driving Global Expansion For AI Startups
Rediff.com

The IndiaAI Mission has chosen 10 promising Indian AI startups for its Global Acceleration Programme, providing them with the resources and connections needed to expand their reach on a global scale. IndiaAI Mission selects 10 AI startups for its…

afr.com - Tess Bennett - Investors tip millions into start-up inventing rare earths replacements
Investors tip millions into start-up inventing rare earths replacements
Australian Financial Review

Deep tech start-up Atomic Tessellator is worth $50 million after defence sector investors including In-Q-Tel, a venture capital investor with links to the CIA, backed the six-person company's mission to develop alternatives to rare earths. Atomic…

boston.com - New York Times Service - Sneaker company Allbirds plans to pivot to AI. Yes, AI.
Sneaker company Allbirds plans to pivot to AI. Yes, AI.
Boston.com

After agreeing to sell all its assets last month for less than 1% of its previous $4 billion valuation, the shoe company Allbirds announced Wednesday that it would “pivot its business” to artificial intelligence. The company, once the…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Plata eyes Nubank's territory, unmanned subs emerge, and a Saudi soccer deal
Plata eyes Nubank's territory, unmanned subs emerge, and a Saudi soccer deal
Axios

• Plata, a Mexican digital bank, raised a $405m Series C round at a $5b valuation. Bicycle Capital led, joined by QIA, BTG Pactual, Valor Capital Group, Kora, Hedosophia, Spice Expeditions, and Audeo Ventures. Go deeper • Zūm, a…

semafor.com - ChloƩ Farand - Cut red tape to meet climate tech needs, executives say
Cut red tape to meet climate tech needs, executives say
Semafor

The regulatory environment needs to expand and adapt to fast moving cleantech startups with radical propositions that could change the way we live and consume energy, executives said at Semafor World Economy. “The level of technology that we…

techcrunch.com - Tim Fernholz - This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
TechCrunch

The promise of physical AI is that engineers will be able to program physical agents the same way they do digital ones. We're not there yet. Robotics is still held back by a paucity of data from physical spaces. To train their machines, companies…

ipsnews.net - Claver Gatete - Africa's Future Depends on Innovation, Data, and Frontier Technologies
Africa's Future Depends on Innovation, Data, and Frontier Technologies
Inter Press Service

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Apr 17 2026 (IPS) - Across the continent, GDP has risen on the back of more workers, more capital and a commodity super-cycle, rather than through genuine gains in productivity and innovation. Too little labour has moved out…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Alex Cooper's Unwell Hires Joanne Bradford as President to Lead Expanded Executive Team
Alex Cooper's Unwell Hires Joanne Bradford as President to Lead Expanded Executive Team
Variety

Unwell, Alex Cooper ‘s Gen Z-targeted media company that is home to her hit podcast “Call Her Daddy,” has brought a new team of execs on board tasked with driving growth. The company has hired Joanne Bradford as president.

lesswrong.com - Church Planting: Lessons from the Comments - LessWrong
Church Planting: Lessons from the Comments - LessWrong
Transformative AI

Last summer I got nerdsniped by evangelical christianity, and in particular church planting, the domestic missionary system used by nondenominational churches to resolve the conflict between an abhorrence of hierarchy and a drive to spread the…

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