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Berlin-based group, an AI-native platform enabling managers and institutional investors to manage the entire fund lifecycle, has raised a €30.1 million Series B led by Portage (Rahul Raj/EU-Startups)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Rahul Raj / European startups: Berlin-based group, an AI-native platform enabling managers and institutional investors to manage the entire fund…

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NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers accessed its network from November 2025 to February 2026, exposing the personal data, medical records and fingerprints of more than 1.8 million people (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 19, 2026

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals claims hackers accessed its network from November 2025 to February 2026, exposing…

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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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AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50 million Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85 million after raising a $25 million Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Why we are at the start of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex-OpenAI, Meta,…

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Source: Shein acquires DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and "radical transparency"in $100 million deal (Lauren Sherman/Puck)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 17, 2026

Lauren Sherman / Puck: Source: Shein is acquiring DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and “radical transparency,” in…

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Los Angeles-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-based cross-border banking and payments services in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, has raised a $51 million Series B round (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 16, 2026

Krisztien Sandor / CoinDesk: Los Angeles-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-based cross-border banking and payments services in Asia, Africa and the…

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Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 16, 2026

Mike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices,…

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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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UK-based Iceotope, which develops liquid cooling technology for data centers, raised a $26 million Series B round co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: What does it mean to be mission-driven in 2026? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly…

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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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Berlin-based group, an AI-native platform enabling managers and institutional investors to manage the entire fund lifecycle, has raised a €30.1 million Series B led by Portage (Rahul Raj/EU-Startups)

NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers accessed its network from November 2025 to February 2026, exposing the personal data, medical records and fingerprints of more than 1.8 million people (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

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)

AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50 million Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85 million after raising a $25 million Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

Source: Shein acquires DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and "radical transparency"in $100 million deal (Lauren Sherman/Puck)

Los Angeles-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-based cross-border banking and payments services in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, has raised a $51 million Series B round (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

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)

UK-based Iceotope, which develops liquid cooling technology for data centers, raised a $26 million Series B round co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)