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sifted.eu - Alex Stephany - Tech for good isn't dead. Venture capital just forgot how to find it
Tech for good isn't dead. Venture capital just forgot how to find it
Sifted

Global venture capital is up over 150% year-on-year in Q1 2026. AI investment is at record highs. Yet impact startup investment fell 63% last year to $33bn — its lowest level since 2017. The money hasn't gone anywhere. Investors have simply…

scmp.com - Enoch Yiu - AI, biotech and new energy likely targets of HKIC yuan fund
AI, biotech and new energy likely targets of HKIC yuan fund
South China Morning Post

The Hong Kong government's planned offshore yuan-denominated venture capital fund is set to attract investors looking to invest in a wide range of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and new energy firms in the coming years, according to…

forbes.com - Joash Lee - Plan B' Study Destinations: What Shifting Trends Mean For Leaders​
Plan B' Study Destinations: What Shifting Trends Mean For Leaders​
Forbes

Joash Lee is the Founder and CEO of Sedifly, a global EdTech firm democratizing access to education. The U.S. and the U.K. often dominate global university rankings. But in 2026, they don't necessarily dominate student strategy.​ In recent…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
TechCrunch

Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The raise nearly quadruples the valuation…

businessinsider.com - Meghan Morris - OpenAI distances itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations
OpenAI distances itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations
Business Insider

OpenAI distanced itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations in a Monday post. The OpenAI president and his wife said in late December that they started making political contributions that year. The couple funneled $25 million to…

forbes.com - John Werner - How Massachusetts Is Building The Next AI Revolution
How Massachusetts Is Building The Next AI Revolution
Forbes

As graduates across Massachusetts walk across commencement stages this spring, the Massachusetts AI Coalition is marking a milestone of its own: its first 100 days in action. What began as an idea discussed among entrepreneurs, researchers…

mediabistro.com - Mediabistro Team - Storytelling Roles Dominate Today's Media Job Market
Storytelling Roles Dominate Today's Media Job Market
Mediabistro

Scan today's latest media listings, and a clear pattern emerges: employers are hunting for professionals who can take dense, specialized subject matter and turn it into stories real audiences actually want to read. Policy work, design innovation…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup that's building software for robots and cars
Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup that's building software for robots and cars
Business Insider

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing a stealth physical AI startup run by former Tesla and Meta employees, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The startup, called Alfred, is also being funded by Khosla Ventures, SV Angel…

seekingalpha.com - Rida Morwa - Become A Landlord In Silicon Valley With A +6% Yield, While AI Booms: Kilroy Realty (KRC)
Become A Landlord In Silicon Valley With A +6% Yield, While AI Booms: Kilroy Realty (KRC)
Seeking Alpha

The Picks and Axes Strategy: Avoid the speculation of picking AI tech winners; own the irreplaceable West Coast real estate held by Kilroy Realty Corporation where their teams live. Over 75% of all domestic venture capital funding for artificial…

afr.com - Paul Smith - Scott Farquhar says CGT changes 'doubled the effective tax rate'
Scott Farquhar says CGT changes 'doubled the effective tax rate'
Australian Financial Review

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has warned Labor's changes to capital gains have doubled the effective tax rate on start-ups, saying the country needed to work harder than ever before to keep innovation onshore. Now the chairman of the Tech…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical
Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical
Business Insider

Silicon Valley spent the last few years teaching AI to talk. Now it wants to give AI a body to lift, sort, build, and eventually live alongside us. This weekend offered a glimpse of how quickly the biggest AI players are moving in on humanoid…

thehindu.com - Taru Jain - The FemTech industry's approach to PMOS
The FemTech industry's approach to PMOS
The Hindu

The global decision to rename Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is a culmination of a decade-long collaboration between doctors, researchers, and patient groups. Led by Professor Helena Teede…

channelnewsasia.com - DriveNets secures $410 million in latest funding round, AMD joins as investor
DriveNets secures $410 million in latest funding round, AMD joins as investor
CNA

June 1: DriveNets, an Israeli networking software firm, said it has raised $410 million in its latest funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management, taking its total capital-raise so far to $1 billion. New investors AMD and…

forbes.com - Frank Holmes - Why A 24-Year-Old AI Wunderkind Is Betting Big On Bitcoin Miners
Why A 24-Year-Old AI Wunderkind Is Betting Big On Bitcoin Miners
Forbes

AI data. innovations and technology. If you're not familiar with the name Leopold Aschenbrenner, you should be. A 24-year-old wunderkind, Aschenbrenner was hired by OpenAI in 2023 to work on the company's “superalignment” team…

siliconangle.com - Duncan Riley - JupiterOne launches Continuous Controls Monitoring to test security controls against live asset data
JupiterOne launches Continuous Controls Monitoring to test security controls against live asset data
SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence risk management platform provider JupiterOne Inc. today announced the launch of JupiterOne Continuous Controls Monitoring, a new product that tests whether security and compliance controls are actually working across cloud…

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