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Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation of $2.2 billion, up from $700 million in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Bloomberg: Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation…

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Analysis based on the current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests that approximately $370 billion in philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are close to becoming liquid (Nan Ransohoff/Nan’s Substack)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Rebuilding computing from the ground up for the AI era: Serval’s Jake Stauch Sequoia Capital partners…

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Sources detail growing concerns within SoftBank over Masayoshi Son’s more than $60 billion bet on OpenAI, which some fear will concentrate too much capital in one company (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Rebuilding computing from the ground up for the AI era: Serval’s Jake Stauch Sequoia Capital partners…

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Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at a valuation of approximately $4 billion, up from $3.1 billion after raising $153 million in August 2025 (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at…

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Baidu Reports First Quarter Revenue Down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7 Billion, Above Estimate of ~$4.5 Billion, and Net Profit Down 55% YoY to ~$506.6 Million, Above Estimate of ~$462.5 Million, Amid Slow AI Gain (Tracy Qu/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Tracy Qu / Wall Street Journal: Baidu reports first quarter revenue down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7B, above estimate of ~$4.5B,…

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A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics company and owns a roughly 67% stake worth $13.3 billion, as AI tests SAS’s strategy (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 17, 2026

Phoebe Liu / Forbes: A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics company and…

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A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: AI Security Returns + Mythos Mayhem Featuring Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express The future is…

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Klarna reports first-quarter revenue up 44% year-over-year to $1.01 billion, above estimate, GMV up 33% to $33.7 billion, active customers up 20% to $119 million and profit of $1 million, up from a loss of $99 million year-over-year (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: Klarna reports first-quarter revenue up 44% year-over-year to $1.01 billion, above estimate, GMV up…

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Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 29% year-over-year to ~$67 billion and net profit up 19% year-over-year to ~$1.6 billion, matching estimate as it boosts production of AI servers, its largest source of revenue (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Wall Street Journal: Foxconn reports first-quarter revenue up 29% year-over-year to ~$67 billion and net profit up 19% year-over-year to…

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Cisco reports third-quarter revenue up 12% year-over-year to $15.84 billion, compared to an estimated $15.56 billion, forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates and cuts nearly 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps more than 17% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Cisco reports third-quarter revenue up 12% year-over-year to $15.84 billion, compared to an estimated $15.56 billion,…

Moscow’s new military partner has something Russia needs more than its allies – The Diplomat

2026 was a crazy year for Southeast Asian stock markets – The Diplomat

Vietnam’s quiet strategy during the Shangri-La dialogue – The Diplomat

The emergence of Uzbekistan as a mobility hub in Central Asia – The Diplomat

The real crisis in Andhra Pradesh is development, not demographics – The Diplomat

Markets in ‘greed’ mode as AI companies prepare for IPOs

Victoria’s Secret (VSXY) Q1 2026 Results

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McDonald’s MCD unveils its growth strategy

Berkshire Taylor Morrison bet suggests housing market has bottomed out

Trump’s ballroom is dead and his battleships may be sunk

Massive defeat for Trump as his militarization fund dies

Democrats figured out how to kill Trump’s weapons fund

It’s time for the 25th Amendment as Trump thinks the latest dementia screening was an intelligence test

Interior Secretary Breaks Down and Admits Trump Is Stealing America’s 250th Birthday

Microsoft launches MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning model, trained “from scratch on clean data, without distillation of third-party models” (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Internal position: Guy Rosen, Meta’s chief information security officer who previously oversaw Meta’s election integrity work, will leave in the coming months (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta Expands Teen Account Safety Features to Limit Harmful Content on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, including Nutrition, Weightlifting and Anxiety (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Chey Tae-won, president of SK Hynix, said the company plans to double the capacity of its memory chips over the next five years, in response to a shortage that could last until 2030 (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

A profile of Valve, which PrivCo says generated $5.2 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in net profit in 2025, as lawsuits allege its Steam store abuses market power (Bloomberg)

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Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation of $2.2 billion, up from $700 million in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Analysis based on the current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests that approximately $370 billion in philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are close to becoming liquid (Nan Ransohoff/Nan’s Substack)

Sources detail growing concerns within SoftBank over Masayoshi Son’s more than $60 billion bet on OpenAI, which some fear will concentrate too much capital in one company (Bloomberg)

Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at a valuation of approximately $4 billion, up from $3.1 billion after raising $153 million in August 2025 (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

Baidu Reports First Quarter Revenue Down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7 Billion, Above Estimate of ~$4.5 Billion, and Net Profit Down 55% YoY to ~$506.6 Million, Above Estimate of ~$462.5 Million, Amid Slow AI Gain (Tracy Qu/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics company and owns a roughly 67% stake worth $13.3 billion, as AI tests SAS’s strategy (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Klarna reports first-quarter revenue up 44% year-over-year to $1.01 billion, above estimate, GMV up 33% to $33.7 billion, active customers up 20% to $119 million and profit of $1 million, up from a loss of $99 million year-over-year (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 29% year-over-year to ~$67 billion and net profit up 19% year-over-year to ~$1.6 billion, matching estimate as it boosts production of AI servers, its largest source of revenue (Wall Street Journal)

Cisco reports third-quarter revenue up 12% year-over-year to $15.84 billion, compared to an estimated $15.56 billion, forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates and cuts nearly 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps more than 17% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)