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Unitree IPO to test valuations as venture capital floods China robotics
Unitree Robotics has secured approval from China's securities regulator for a Shanghai initial public offering that is poised to set a valuation benchmark for China's sizzling embodied AI sector. The nod from the China Securities Regulatory…
What AI's Grip On Venture Capital Means For Growth-Stage Companies
Wayne Cantwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Decathlon Capital Partners, a leading variable repayment private debt firm. Something significant happened in early 2026. According to PitchBook and NVCA's 'Venture Monitor Q1' report, AI…
Venture Capital Giant Andreessen Horowitz Leads Data Center Switch's $2 Billion Funding Round
Data center operator Switch Inc. is launching a private funding round led by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz to raise $2 billion. Details surrounding the process are still subject to change, although the company has hired JPMorgan Chase &…
An investor who navigated multiple financial meltdowns sees trouble ahead for prediction markets
Thomas Braziel has had front row seats to a lot of the upheavals that have rocked markets over the years, and he says the good times in prediction markets today could change on a dime. The distressed asset investor's firms brokered many claims for…
Why The Future Of Corporate Innovation Is Collaboration
Anis Uzzaman (アニス・ウッザマン) is the General Partner and CEO at Pegasus Tech Ventures | Chairman of Startup World Cup. In my experience as a corporate executive, entrepreneur and investor, I…
Spotify removes streams of No. 1 song after suspicious Kalshi bets
Spotify has removed streams of a song that shot to the top of the charts on Wednesday after it discovered that suspicious bets related to the music track had been placed on the prediction market Kalshi. The song 'Earrings' by musician Malcolm Todd…
Jersey Mike's IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become
I can't tell the exact tipping point from realistic excitement over a new technology, to hype, to aww-come-on — but I'm pretty sure when a sandwich shop with Danny DeVito as its public face talks about AI in its IPO documents, we must be…
Maria Sharapova says she started preparing for retirement years before leaving tennis
Maria Sharapova, 39, says she used injuries and time off from tennis to prepare for life after retirement. In an interview with the WSJ Leadership Institute published Tuesday, Sharapova said she began planning her next chapter years before stepping…
Indian-Origin Founders Build Global Space Exchange
Nebex, founded by former Axiom Space executives, aims to build commercial infrastructure for the global space economy. Google Ventures has invested $30 million in seed funding, backing Nebex's marketplace and exchange vision. Indian-origin…
Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish state-owned bank BGK and European venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners have unveiled an investment of around 35 million zloty ($10 million) in Poland's space tech company Sybilla Technologies. The business…
NATO 3.0: Alliance or Military-Industrial Investment Fund?
These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World' against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention' and the ‘Global War on Terror,' to today's…
Lokesh launches industry-linked Sricity International University in Tirupati
Minister for Education, IT & Electronics Nara Lokesh formally launched Sricity International University (SIU) at Sri City in Tirupati district on Thursday. The new institution set up in the midst of industries is hailed as a departure from the…
South Africa emerges as Google's launchpad for Africa's AI revolution
Google's latest investment drive signals more than an expansion of its African footprint. It reflects a strategic shift in how global technology firms view the continent, with South Africa increasingly positioned as the gateway for Africa's next…
Kazakh mine deal latest manifestation of Trump enrichment syndrome
The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only Trump's own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick. Trump's two eldest sons, part owners of Dominari…
The Soul of a New Eugenics
As far back as I can remember, my mother punctuated conversations by bringing up women's genetic inferiority to men. On cuisine, she'd say great chefs were always male, because women “didn't have the genes to be great.” When I majored…
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