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2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list: How we chose this year's companies
Generative AI is transforming the annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list rankings. Forty-three of the 50 companies on the 2026 list say the technology is critical to their business. The combined valuation of the companies has tripled in the last year, to an…
The AI Era Is Reordering The 4 Paths Of Business Education
Artificial intelligence is challenging one of the core assumptions behind modern business education: that business schools are the primary gateway to business knowledge and managerial capability. For decades, business schools created value by…
Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here's what he found.
Most members of Stanford's class of 2026 are smart, ambitious, and poised for remarkable careers. Theo Baker already has one. In his first semester of college, Baker broke the story that forced Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne to resign…
Sound Wave, an Alzheimer's-Therapy Startup, Raises $17 Million
Sound Wave said Monday it raised 2.65 billion yen, equivalent to $16.7 million, to fund a clinical trial that is due to be completed by year-end. Besides iGlobe, other investors in the financing round included existing backers such as Tokyo-based…
19. Vaulted Deep
Founders: Julia Reichelstein (CEO), Omar Abou-Sayed Previous appearances on Disruptor 50 list: 0 Igor Gnedo, Antonina Lepore & Adrianne Paerels Vaulted Deep is a tiny startup with a tidy idea: It uses technology originally developed for the oil and…
Pocock urges CGT changes as Albanese laughs off AI meme campaign
Anthony Albanese has laughed off an AI-generated meme campaign against capital gains tax changes from startup founders, thanking them for “very flattering” doctored photos of him working in their businesses. But independent…
Why AI Investors Need Data - Not Instinct - To Pick Winning States
An Amazon Web Services data center is shown in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Virginia has aggressively courted AI investment. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images) In 2025, artificial intelligence captured 61 percent of all global venture capital…
AI Turns Solo Workers Into Departments And VCs Are Paying Attention
TOPSHOT - People stand next to a humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference, organised by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR…
'Go live in Trumpistan': Investor blasts rich peers over CGT complaints
Australia's changes to capital gains tax are gaining the attention of Silicon Valley's biggest investors, who warn that the country risks making its tech sector less competitive, but Airtree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre has blasted his rich…
Japanese Alzheimer's Startup Sound Wave Raises About $17 Million
Japanese medical startup Sound Wave Innovation, which aims to cure Alzheimer's disease with ultrasound therapy, has raised about $17 million from investors, including Singapore-based venture capital firm iGlobe Partners. Sound Wave said Monday it…
41. Glean
Founders: Arvind Jain (CEO), T.R. Vishwanath, Tony Gentilcore, Piyush Prahladka Headquarters: Palo Alto, California Funding: $765.3 million (PitchBook) Valuation: $7.2 billion (PitchBook) Key Technologies: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing…
AI is eating the market and Wall Street strategists have bubble brain as they debate: are we in 1997 or 1999?
The numbers are hard to ignore. The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 now account for 34% of all index profits—a share that's doubled since 1996—and 41% of its market cap. AI companies represent nearly 87% of all venture capital funding…
Tomorrow.io adds $35 million to DeepSky funding round
TAMPA, Fla. — Weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io has added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringing the total to $210 million to accelerate development of a next-generation constellation for gathering atmospheric data. The…
EQT wins €5b deeptech mandate, Decart nears $4b, and Uber's Delivery Hero increase
• Decart, a real-time GenAI research lab, raised $300m at nearly a $4b valuation. Radical Ventures led, joined by insiders Benchmark, Sequoia Capital, Zeev Ventures, and Aleph VC. Go deeper • Destinus, a Dutch drone and missile…
Brazil's innovative Link School of Business to launch in Miami, drawn by the area's rising tech scene
After six years of success, Brazil's top college for entrepreneurship is opening its first U.S. campus, preparing to welcome students in Miami this August. Link School of Business offers an award-winning, customized program that gives each student…
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