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Is Nvidia Stock Going to $500?
Investors who purchased Nvidia (NVDA 0.87%) in 2016 made the decision of a lifetime. Shares of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company are up 22,690% just in the past 10 years (as of March 17). Nvidia has become the defining…
Prediction market Kalshi raises $1 billion at double its December valuation: Bloomberg
Kalshi Inc. raised more than $1 billion in a funding round led by Coatue Management, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The round valued the prediction market platform at $22 billion, Bloomberg said, double the…
Why startups are betting big on Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas, they say—including an economic boom there in recent years. Austin, in particular, consistently ranks among the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, and is vying to become one of the top startup hubs.
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could be 3 of the biggest venture-backed IPOs of all time
The age of the mega-IPO is upon us and, for venture capital, it could create as many problems as it solves. As rumors swirl that SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic may hit the public markets in 2026, this trio would mark the three biggest venture-backed…
Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026
Some of the most valuable private companies in the world right now have a problem that has nothing to do with their product, their team, or their market. They have too many investors, too many competing agendas, and a cap table — the record…
India will likely escape the middle-income trap
The country has the policy momentum, strong demographic advantages, and the technological base to surmount the middle-income trap and reach wealthy-country status. India's greatest structural advantage is its demographics. It is a young nation. The…
Don't get too used to 'subsidized' chatbot costs
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company 's weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here. Developing AI models and serving AI apps is a notoriously…
Nearly nine in ten games industry workers believe GenAI use should be disclosed on storefronts
This article is part of AI Week. Almost nine out of ten workers in the games industry (88.4%), predominantly developers, believe that generative AI use should be declared on digital storefronts like Steam, according to a survey conducted by…
Prediction Market Myriad Closes 'Milestone' Seed Round Investment
Prediction market Myriad has successfully closed its seed investment round with participation from investors including MoonPay, Walrus and Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee. Myriad co-founder and President Farokh Sarmad said that the investment round…
Colombia's budding tech scene needs a cash boost
Suzanne BearneTechnology Reporter, Bogota, Colombia Visit Bogota and it's hard to miss the Rappi bikes with bright orange bags featuring a moustache motif whizzing around the city dropping deliveries off. The on-demand Colombian delivery platform…
Amazon acquires startup Rivr to test robots for 'doorstep delivery
Amazon has acquired robotics startup Rivr, known for its four-legged delivery robots on wheels, the company confirmed. The company expects to test ways it can use Rivr's robots to help with 'doorstep delivery' and to 'improve safety outcomes' for…
Fal eyes $8B, 3M and Bain's fire supression deal, Fervo's debt raie
• Fal, an SF-based cloud service for AI video models, is in talks to raise $300m to $350m at a valuation of around $8b, per The Information. Go deeper • Oasis Security, an Israeli startup that helps manage non-human accounts, raised…
Trump administration putting millions into minerals company backed by Donald Trump Jr
A start-up focused on building rare-earth magnets used in key technologies has seen its valuation skyrocket thanks to two investors: the Trump administration and a venture capital firm that counts the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., as a…
Meet Mark Zuckerberg's college roommate. He's an Olympian-turned-VC exec who now invests in your favorite celebrity businesses
When Samyr Lainé walked into his freshman dorm room at Harvard University in 2002, he found his new roommate tucked away in the corner of their room, typing away on his computer. A year and a half later, that roommate sent him a project he…
Now Live: MetaWinners Community Launches $METAWIN Token Presale
Panama City, Panama, March 19th, 2026, Chainwire The $METAWINNERS token presale is now live at mw.xyz. $METAWIN is the community token of the MetaWinners – a collective of crypto natives that has grown into one of the most active and…
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