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Technology

Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo / This week in Fintech: Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules…

Politics

Senate Democrats will block ICE funding

By Frank M. EverettJanuary 25, 2026

The movement among Senate Democrats to block funding for ICE by not advancing the budget bill for the Department of…

Politics

AOC demands ICE funding block, National Guard activation after new killing in Minneapolis

By Frank M. EverettJanuary 24, 2026

ICE killed another person in Minneapolis on Saturday. The man was a legal gun owner with a license, and unconfirmed…

Technology

AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in Seed2 funding led by Eclipse, Toyota and Cambium, for total funding of $53 million (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in…

Technology

Deepgram, which develops enterprise speech recognition technology, raised a $130 million Series C round led by AVP at a valuation of $1.3 billion, bringing its total funding to $215 million (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Can we build a better social network? The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin…

Technology

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375 million (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Madison McLauchlan / BetaKit: Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its…

Technology

Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025 across 1,518 deals, a decline of about 39% YoY; AI startups raised $643 million, up 4% year-over-year, in 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 28, 2025

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025…

Technology

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot has raised more than $300 million, led by China Mobile’s Industrial Investment Fund, at a valuation of $3 billion, bringing its total funding to $800 million (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Ugly Citizen”, with Quinn Nelson The director’s commentary track for Daring…

Technology

Sources detail SoftBank’s efforts to raise needed funds as it strives to close its $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of this year (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The next AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff Interviews with…

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Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two additional factories in addition to one to be completed in 2026, doubling its production capacity (Reuters)

Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

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Browsing: funding

Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

Senate Democrats will block ICE funding

AOC demands ICE funding block, National Guard activation after new killing in Minneapolis

AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in Seed2 funding led by Eclipse, Toyota and Cambium, for total funding of $53 million (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

Deepgram, which develops enterprise speech recognition technology, raised a $130 million Series C round led by AVP at a valuation of $1.3 billion, bringing its total funding to $215 million (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375 million (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025 across 1,518 deals, a decline of about 39% YoY; AI startups raised $643 million, up 4% year-over-year, in 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot has raised more than $300 million, led by China Mobile’s Industrial Investment Fund, at a valuation of $3 billion, bringing its total funding to $800 million (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Sources detail SoftBank’s efforts to raise needed funds as it strives to close its $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of this year (Reuters)