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Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles
With just two weeks to go, StrictlyVC Los Angeles is quickly approaching. On Thursday, June 18, at The Aerospace Corporation Campus in El Segundo, investors, founders, and tech leaders will gather for an evening of conversations exploring some of…
Kalshi is building a prediction markets 'Bloomberg Terminal' for high-end traders, source says
Kalshi is building a new product for its highly-engaged traders, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. The interface, which CNBC was shown, allows users to manage multiple positions in varying event contracts and a choice to…
Grants Fund Programs. Ownership Funds The Future.
Business team building bridge over cliff gap, Business teamwork and mutual assistance in business concept I was 45 minutes into a meeting with a program officer at a large private foundation with the ability to deploy unrestricted grants when I…
Investors can 'buy' SpaceX early with Coinbase perpetual futures on pre-IPOs
Pre-IPO perpetual futures contracts give traders the ability to speculate on the value of a private company without owning shares. Coinbase said SpaceX is the first in a planned pipeline of pre-IPO contracts covering hot sectors like AI, energy and…
Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites
Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you are in luck. Silicon Valley's leaders are rushing to embrace the power of media for the purposes of marketing and…
Who wins in a game of 'Mafia' between Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, Bryan Johnson, and other 'tech legends'?
Twelve 'tech legends' walk into a bar and start getting picked off one by one — who would you trust to suss out the killer? You can get a glimpse into that scenario thanks to a new show that gathered a group of Silicon Valley elite —…
Buyout and Debt Funds Struggle to Spend $632 Billion Stockpile
Private markets firms have been slow to spend hoards of capital raised earlier this decade, sparking tough talks with investors about whether they should get more time to find investments. As of September, buyout firms and managers of private…
Can I buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX?
From next week you can buy shares in Musk's Texas-based SpaceX, a company that is planning to colonise Mars and put artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in space. It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make SpaceX one…
Token Billing Exposes AI's Missing ROI And Puts Billion-Dollar Bets At Risk
TOPSHOT - He Xiaopeng, cofounder and chairman of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, launches Xpeng's next-gen Iron humanoid robot during AI Day press conference at its headquarter in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on November…
Musk's SpaceX share sale: Four things you need to know
Next week shares go on sale in Musk's Texas-based SpaceX, a company that is planning to colonise Mars and put artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in space. It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make SpaceX one of the…
Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Markets With SpaceX Access
Coinbase has launched pre-intial public offering (IPO) markets, starting with SpaceX, offering users outside the United States exposure to private companies before they list publicly via a perpetual futures contract tied to the company's estimated…
See inside the $5.99 million Brooklyn home whose owner is willing to trade for Anthropic stock
The Brooklyn listing is the latest example of homeowners embracing private tech-company equity as currency, as AI-fueled fortunes reshape everything from investing to real estate. 'Every generation has its wealth-creation vehicle. For many people…
Supabase hits $10.5B, Generalist's $2B, and York Space's buy
• Supabase, an SF-based Postgres database management system, raised $500m in Series F funding at a $10.5 billion post-money valuation. GIC led, joined by insiders Accel, YC, Craft Ventures, Felicis, Peak XV Partners, and Coatue. Go deeper…
Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor
Axiom Space has secured roughly an additional $175 million from investors, the startup has said, bringing its most recent fundraising round to more than $525 million as it works to develop a commercial space station. Co-founded by billionaire Kam…
Zcash Bug Could Have Let Attackers Print Cryptocurrency Out of Thin Air
Zcash (ZEC) activated an emergency hard fork on Wednesday to address a critical bug in its Orchard shielded transaction pool. The vulnerability stemmed from a soundness issue in the zero-knowledge proof circuit that validates private transactions.
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