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AI, crypto industries dump millions into Illinois primaries to mixed results
AI super PAC Leading the Future and crypto's Fairshake poured millions into major Illinois races. The crypto group suffered an early defeat in the Senate Democratic primary, where it spent millions against a candidate who ultimately won. AI and…
Airport strike halts flights out of Berlin
No passenger flights will depart Berlin airport on Wednesday as staff stage a warning strike for higher wages. On 18 March, no scheduled passenger flights will take off from Berlin Brandenburg airport. Ver.di, a major German trade union, has called…
Balancing school, family, and the future of aircraft systems
Greg Knutson is a military veteran who recently transitioned from 22 years of flying helicopters for the U.S. Navy to director of business development for Airbus U.S. Space and Defense. Now a second-year student in the MIT Sloan School Executive…
'You cannot think of game development without thinking about AI' - Ex-NCSoft president Songyee Yoon on investing in the AI future
This article is part of AI Week. Songyee Yoon spent 15 years at the Korean video game developer NCSoft, the maker of MMORPGs such as Lineage and Guild Wars, where she rose to become president and CSO. But long before she joined the company, Yoon…
Is the luxury market finally taking mothers seriously?
Seraphine. SKN To SKN. Tiba + Marl. Once unfamiliar names, these brand names now circulate through motherhood circles as readily as Pampers. They're markers not just of taste, but of a growing cohort of women investing in products designed to…
Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story
An Israeli journalist received threatening messages from users of the online prediction platform Polymarket after one of his reports, on a minor missile strike near Jerusalem, suddenly became the focus of an unresolved bet about the Israel-Iran…
Courage, Crisis, and Creation: The Desh Bandhu Gupta Story
In ‘Made in India: The Story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin and Indian Pharma', co-author Manish Sabharwal chronicles the life of Lupin founder Desh Bandhu Gupta against the backdrop of India's pharmaceutical evolution. In this conversation, he…
From robotics to AI agents, Jensen Huang's GTC keynote was full of signals that startups can't afford to ignore
Jensen Huang's Nvidia GTC is kind of like tech's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Everyone wants to be there, and if you're not there, you inevitably end up hearing about it. And on Monday afternoon, Huang hit on agentic AI, the fast-approaching future of…
As 2028 buzz builds, Pritzker draws Republican challenger in showdown for Illinois governor
As Gov. JB Pritzker aims to make history as the first Democrat to win three terms as Illinois governor, the potential 2028 presidential contender now knows which Republican challenger he'll face off against in this year's election. Former state…
OpenAI's First-Mover Disadvantage
My colleague Perry was clutching a Ben & Jerry's ice-cream bar. Our office, which made websites at the turn of the millennium, had decided to try Kozmo.com, a new site that promised to bring DVDs, books, and treats to your door within an hour. We…
This climate-friendly concrete startup just nabbed $15M
Cocoon Carbon, a startup developing climate-friendly building materials, just closed a $15 million Series A round to support a large planned U.S. demonstration plant. Why it matters: Cement used in concrete is a huge CO2 source. Cocoon sees a…
Elron Ventures announces strong 2025 results and outlines 2026 growth plan: For the first time since its inception, it will lead a Defense Tech M&A strategy through RDC, alongside exits of 1-3 companies per year from the existing portfolio
With the publication of its strong results for 2025, Elron Ventures reports on its growth strategy for 2026 - M&A - In addition to its activity as a fund that invests in technology companies in early growth stages, Elron is expanding its joint…
Producer Molly Conners Launches Phiphen International With Abu Dhabi-Based Mondevo Group
EXCLUSIVE: Molly Conners, producer on movies including Butcher's Crossing and Turbulence and executive producer on Birdman, is teaming up with Abu Dhabi-based company Mondevo Group to launch Piphen International. The label is an overseas extension…
He skipped college to intern with an ex-Sequoia director. Three years later, he's a cofounder.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Amit Jain and Raghav Saraf, cofounders of Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup Zamp. It has been edited for length and clarity. Raghav Saraf: I joined Zamp four days after my last high school exam…
New questions arise over TikTok sale
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has questions about a $10 billion fee that TikTok's buyers reportedly are paying the U.S. Treasury Department, on top of what they spent to buy the actual business from China's ByteDance. But those involved are keeping…
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