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Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Snap shares soared 14% on Tuesday after activist investor Irenic suggested changes to increase the stock’s value 7x, such as cutting staff by 21% and ending specs (Lola Murti/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Lola Murti / CNBC: Snap shares soared 14% on Tuesday after activist investor Irenic suggested changes to increase the stock’s…

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Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Who is Josh D’Amaro and why is he the new CEO of Disney? Media…

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Q&A with Gokul Rajaram, investor and former product manager at Google, Meta and others, on developing AI-changing products, building ad businesses, and more (Patrick O’Shaughnessy/Invest Like The Best on YouTube)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Where will we go when the robots take over, with Sari Azout from Sublime A show about…

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Smart ring maker Oura plans initial investor tender offering at a 25% discount to its $11 billion Series E valuation, aiming to stay private longer (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s $50 Billion Fundraising, AI Ad Game Theory, Apple’s AI Wearable Pin The Big Technology…

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Sources: Following investor backlash, Monzo to give outgoing CEO TS Anil an expanded role following his resignation in February; he is likely to retain a seat on the board (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 17, 2026

Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times: Sources: Following investor backlash, Monzo to give outgoing CEO TS Anil an expanded role following…

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Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed over $100 billion in 2025; Smaller companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness of unproven AI businesses (Joe Rennison/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 26, 2025

Joe Rennison / New York Times: Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed over $100 billion in 2025; smaller companies face higher…

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Q&A with investor Gavin Baker of Atreides Management on the AI economy, data centers in the space, the mistakes SaaS companies are making in adopting AI, and more (Patrick O’Shaughnessy/Invest Like The Best on YouTube)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: So what happens after the AGI? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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Sources: Anthropic held preliminary financing talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers an earlier investor, after closing a $13 billion Series F round in September (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 15, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Anthropic held preliminary financing talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers an earlier investor, after…

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An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming its global peers, up 50% since the end of June, amid increased investor caution over soaring valuations (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Inside Google’s AI Turnaround: The Rise of AI Mode, the Strategy Behind AI Previews, and Their…

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Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

GameStop prepares to bid on eBay after quietly building stake; GameStop had a market cap of about $11 billion as of May 1, while eBay had about $45 billion (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network; Samsung faces similar lawsuits from ZTE in China, Germany and Brazil (Sam Tobin/Reuters)

xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, while exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit are rolling out agent-friendly interfaces (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

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Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

Snap shares soared 14% on Tuesday after activist investor Irenic suggested changes to increase the stock’s value 7x, such as cutting staff by 21% and ending specs (Lola Murti/CNBC)

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Q&A with Gokul Rajaram, investor and former product manager at Google, Meta and others, on developing AI-changing products, building ad businesses, and more (Patrick O’Shaughnessy/Invest Like The Best on YouTube)

Smart ring maker Oura plans initial investor tender offering at a 25% discount to its $11 billion Series E valuation, aiming to stay private longer (Bloomberg)

Sources: Following investor backlash, Monzo to give outgoing CEO TS Anil an expanded role following his resignation in February; he is likely to retain a seat on the board (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)

Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed over $100 billion in 2025; Smaller companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness of unproven AI businesses (Joe Rennison/New York Times)

Q&A with investor Gavin Baker of Atreides Management on the AI economy, data centers in the space, the mistakes SaaS companies are making in adopting AI, and more (Patrick O’Shaughnessy/Invest Like The Best on YouTube)

Sources: Anthropic held preliminary financing talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers an earlier investor, after closing a $13 billion Series F round in September (Bloomberg)

An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming its global peers, up 50% since the end of June, amid increased investor caution over soaring valuations (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)