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Rokt rules out 2026 IPO as AI uncertainty rattles markets
Rokt, one of Australia's most valuable venture capital-backed companies, has pulled plans for an expected sharemarket float in the next 12 months, telling its backers that it wants to sidestep volatility in a market that is trying to get to grips…
Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on industry heavweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is focused on deploying its roughly $1.4 billion worth of reserves to support 'mission driven' organizations, according to a new report. The nonprofit, also the parent of Firefox, is investing in artificial intelligence startups that are…
AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch
Ricursive Intelligence, a startup building an AI system to design and automatically improve AI chips, has raised $300 million at a $4 billion valuation. The company said Monday the round was led by Lightspeed. Ricursive says the system will be able…
Exclusive: Pace raises $10 million from Sequoia as enterprise AI collides with insurance
What do London, New York, and Bermuda all have in common? If you ask Jamie Cuffe, the answer is that each is a major insurance hub. Cuffe grew up across all three cities, as his father worked for Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest and most…
'Wait for it to pop': Orlando Bravo on the AI bubble and vibe-coding revolution
The venture capital industry and AI are “absolutely in a bubble,” according to one of the biggest technology investors in the world, and it won't easily be deflated by policymakers. “I think you just have to wait for it to…
Google Quietly Promoted a Top Exec to Reorganize Its Relationships With Hundreds of Agencies
Google has elevated longtime exec Jitendra Kumar to oversee the tech giant's relationship with critical mid-market agencies, ADWEEK has learned. Kumar was promoted to the role of director of U.S. agency, Google Customer Solutions. He previously…
Zero Hash seeks $1.5b valuation, Vention's $110m, and Bain Capital takes flight
• Zero Hash, a crypto and stablecoin infrastructure firm, is in talks to raise $250m at a $1.5b valuation after walking away from a potential acquisition by Mastercard, per CoinDesk. Go deeper • Vention, a Canadian software and…
OpenAI's Altman and More C.E.O.s Weigh In on Minnesota
Andrew here. On Monday, I wrote here about the need for C.E.O.s to speak up after this weekend's tragic shooting in Minneapolis. Credit to Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, who wrote in an internal Slack message to the company: “What's…
Money Motion 2026: CEE FinTech & AI Startup Competition
For three consecutive years, Zagreb has hosted the largest financial and technology conference in this part of Europe, along with the region's most valuable startup competition. At the upcoming edition of the conference, taking place on Mar. 11…
Tesla's robotaxis are cheaper than Waymo, but the wait times are longer
Elon Musk's company is giving us a preview of the price wars coming to the robotaxi industry. Elon Musk's company is giving us a preview of the price wars coming to the robotaxi industry. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andrew J.
Over 300 civil servants in public service studied at IIT Delhi: Report
Over 650 IIT Delhi alumni currently serve in public institutions, reveals the Alumi impact report 2026 from the Institute. Completing 65 years of its foundation, IIT Delhi highlighted that its graduates are shaping governance in India with more…
Trump Claims Ilhan Omar Is Worth $44M. Here's Why That's Highly Unlikely.
President Donald Trump (along with Elon Musk and others) has repeatedly suggested that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has obtained a suspicious-looking fortune—possibly up to $44 million—a claim that seems highly unlikely and caused by a…
MENA signals point to a global innovation powerhouse agrifoodtech is waiting for
What do you get when capital abundance, regulatory innovation, and high environmental stakes converge? While venture capital funding is struggling to recover in many global regions, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's VC industry…
Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Swedish Startup Brings A.I. to Dentists' Chairs
As A.I.'s capabilities grow, the technology is creeping into workplaces, schools, homes and possibly dentists' chairs soon. Dentio, a Swedish startup betting on dental clinics as a prime use case for A.I. assistants, has just secured $2.3 million…
At Davos, tech CEOs laid out their vision for AI's world domination
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week's edition is a team effort: my colleague Heather Stewart reports on the plans for AI's world domination at Davos; I examine how huge investments have followed AI companies with little to their names but…
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