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Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates backed by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent more than $18 million (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are we screwed if AI works? — With Andrew Ross Sorkin The Big Technology Podcast…

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Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time or irregular suppliers, raised a $40 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to more than $120 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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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

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: William Hockey – Building the Operating System for the Dollar Heresy and Silicon Valley…

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Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a $25 million Series A round (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a…

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Chip cooling startup Frore, which designs channels that conduct coolant into 3D shapes unique to each chip, raised $143 million led by MVP at a valuation of $1.64 billion (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 16, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: ChatGPT – The era of super assistants Open source podcast about all things technology, markets, investing,…

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Notes recovered from lobbyist’s phone describe $5 million payment structure linked to promotion of Libra token by Argentine President Milei and other top officials (Zack Abrams/The Block)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forensight…

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Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to develop AI models for scientific research, is in talks to raise $175 million at a $1 billion valuation (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

The information: Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to develop AI models for scientific research, is in talks to…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Revolution Medicines’ Pancreatic Cancer Drug Daraxonrasib Passes Trial

Delta unveils first new Delta One suite amid premium cabin arms race

Billionaire’s Rugged SUV Startup Aims for U.S. Growth

Goldman Sachs (GS) results for 1Q 2026

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Senator Reuben Gallego calls for Eric Swalwell to be expelled from Congress

Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter

Trump and MAGA see their future as Viktor Orbán is eliminated in Hungarian elections

Trump says gas prices could be even higher by midterm elections

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

Anthropic says its $20 million donation to Public First Action cannot be “used to influence federal elections” and aims to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)

OpenAI’s chief revenue officer says Anthropic is ‘growing its revenue share with Amazon and Google’ and overestimating its ‘run rate by about $8 billion’ (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates, Not Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in Data Centers and Investment, and More (Stanford HAI)

Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet and Jeep, after launch with Hyundai; the service is present in more than 130 American cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

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Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates backed by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent more than $18 million (Bloomberg)

Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time or irregular suppliers, raised a $40 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to more than $120 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

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)

Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a $25 million Series A round (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Chip cooling startup Frore, which designs channels that conduct coolant into 3D shapes unique to each chip, raised $143 million led by MVP at a valuation of $1.64 billion (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Notes recovered from lobbyist’s phone describe $5 million payment structure linked to promotion of Libra token by Argentine President Milei and other top officials (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to develop AI models for scientific research, is in talks to raise $175 million at a $1 billion valuation (The Information)