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Fox announces acquisition of Roku in deal worth about $22 billion, including debt, giving it access to more than 100 million streaming homes (Joseph De Avila/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Why 80% of Fortune 100 Companies Choose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith Grit explores what it takes to…

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Amazon secures $17.5 billion loan from Citigroup and other banks, after selling C$14 billion in bonds on Monday, the largest corporate debt offering in Canadian dollars (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: What should an AI device look like? — With Alex Himel The Big Technology Podcast…

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some lenders are exploring private deals to sell their data center debt, and some banks are looking to offload their Oracle-related loans at a discount (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Why cultivating free will is more important than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max…

Business & Money

Jamie Dimon warns of coming ‘bond crisis’ as global debt risks rise

By Stacey D. WallsApril 28, 2026

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new headquarters at…

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Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40 million in debt; it has raised $310 million to date, including $160 million in equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 23, 2026

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40…

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Los Angeles-based Hermeus, which aims to build unmanned hypersonic fighter jets, has raised $200 million led by Khosla Ventures and $150 million in debt at a $1 billion valuation (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

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As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become greater threats to developers than technical debt (Margaret-Anne Storey)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 15, 2026

Margaret-Anne floor: As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become…

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OpenText sells its Vertica analytics business to Rocket Software for $150 million to reduce its outstanding debt, its second business unit sale in five months (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: A Child Psychologist’s Guide to Working with Difficult Adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy Interviews with world-class…

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total return on software debt in collateralized loan obligations was lower than all other sectors in 2026, due to fears about the impact of AI on SaaS (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The Anthropogenic Rocket, AI Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind…

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Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI data centers using SPVs; Meta moved $30 billion, xAI moved $20 billion, and CoreWeave moved $2.6 billion (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Tiger children / Financial Times: Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI…

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Ottawa-based Dominion Dynamics, which develops software, sensors and drones to autonomously monitor the Arctic, has raised a C$139 million Series A round led by Georgian (Josh Scott/BetaKit)

Indonesian court sentences Gojek co-founder and former education minister Nadiem Makarim to 10 years in prison for abuse of power over Chromebook deal (New York Times)

Q&A with Grindr CEO George Arison on turning Grindr into a "AI-native company", "taxes[ing]" AI in the workforce, facing "opposition"using AI as a CEO, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)

Hotels, tour operators and travel agencies are rushing to launch exclusive online tools and loyalty programs to fend off future competition from AI travel agents (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

Five Chinese technology and advanced manufacturing companies launched their listings in Hong Kong today to raise up to $5.6 billion, led by Apple supplier Luxshare’s $3.15 billion offering (Reuters)

Browsing: debt

Fox announces acquisition of Roku in deal worth about $22 billion, including debt, giving it access to more than 100 million streaming homes (Joseph De Avila/Wall Street Journal)

Amazon secures $17.5 billion loan from Citigroup and other banks, after selling C$14 billion in bonds on Monday, the largest corporate debt offering in Canadian dollars (Bloomberg)

some lenders are exploring private deals to sell their data center debt, and some banks are looking to offload their Oracle-related loans at a discount (Financial Times)

Jamie Dimon warns of coming ‘bond crisis’ as global debt risks rise

Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40 million in debt; it has raised $310 million to date, including $160 million in equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Los Angeles-based Hermeus, which aims to build unmanned hypersonic fighter jets, has raised $200 million led by Khosla Ventures and $150 million in debt at a $1 billion valuation (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become greater threats to developers than technical debt (Margaret-Anne Storey)

OpenText sells its Vertica analytics business to Rocket Software for $150 million to reduce its outstanding debt, its second business unit sale in five months (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)

total return on software debt in collateralized loan obligations was lower than all other sectors in 2026, due to fears about the impact of AI on SaaS (Bloomberg)

Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI data centers using SPVs; Meta moved $30 billion, xAI moved $20 billion, and CoreWeave moved $2.6 billion (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)