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European venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2026 increased almost 30% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, AI claimed more than 50% of all European funding for the quarter and deal volume fell 40% year-on-year (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

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Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion starting in the first quarter, and Amazon plans to spend about $200 billion in capital spending in 2026 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion…

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A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

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OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 6, 2026

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a…

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Noon, an AI-native product design tool, comes out of stealth with $44 million in funding from Chemistry, First Round Capital, Scribble Ventures and others (Vaibhavi Khanwalkar/The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 3, 2026

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Berlin-based Upvest, which develops trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, has raised $90 million in equity capital, according to sources, at a valuation of $735 million, up from around $413 million in 2024 (Arno Schütze/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

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Chicago-based restaurant software startup Chowbus raised an $81 million Series E round led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital; it focuses mainly on Asian restaurants (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 12, 2026

Nathalie Breymeyer / Axios: Chicago-based restaurant software startup Chowbus raised an $81 million Series E round led by Prysm Capital…

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Robinhood launches its $658.4 million venture capital fund on the NYSE, pricing the IPO at $25 per share, giving retail investors access to private companies like Databricks (Manya Saini/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 6, 2026

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Data center developers are seeking credit ratings even as facilities are under construction to unlock new capital; S&P, Moody’s and others expand coverage (Michelle Chan/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 23, 2026

Michelle Chan / Financial Times: Data center developers are seeking credit ratings even as facilities are under construction to unlock…

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Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million to $500 million each in the Indian AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 17, 2026

Economic times: Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million…

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Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA fast-track regulatory process for digital health technologies such as AI chatbots (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

OpenAI deploys Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to give users advanced protection against rapid injection attacks by limiting certain features (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "short term" agreement "to ensure we have transitional capacity to meet growing customer demand" for Gemini Enterprise (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Marvell and Flex, a contract electronics manufacturer, will join the S&P 500; MRVL jumps more than 6% after hours after closing 16.74% lower amid heavy selling (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

More than 20 European news publishers file suit seeking more than 640 million euros from Google following an EU ruling that allows anyone harmed by Google’s advertising market abuses to seek damages (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Browsing: capital

European venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2026 increased almost 30% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, AI claimed more than 50% of all European funding for the quarter and deal volume fell 40% year-on-year (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion starting in the first quarter, and Amazon plans to spend about $200 billion in capital spending in 2026 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Noon, an AI-native product design tool, comes out of stealth with $44 million in funding from Chemistry, First Round Capital, Scribble Ventures and others (Vaibhavi Khanwalkar/The Economic Times)

Berlin-based Upvest, which develops trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, has raised $90 million in equity capital, according to sources, at a valuation of $735 million, up from around $413 million in 2024 (Arno Schütze/Bloomberg)

Chicago-based restaurant software startup Chowbus raised an $81 million Series E round led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital; it focuses mainly on Asian restaurants (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)

Robinhood launches its $658.4 million venture capital fund on the NYSE, pricing the IPO at $25 per share, giving retail investors access to private companies like Databricks (Manya Saini/Reuters)

Data center developers are seeking credit ratings even as facilities are under construction to unlock new capital; S&P, Moody’s and others expand coverage (Michelle Chan/Financial Times)

Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million to $500 million each in the Indian AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)