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AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak— Amazon Ring, facing…

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AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal: AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak…

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Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the crypto exchange has confidentially filed for an IPO in the United States; it was valued at $13.3 billion this month, down from a peak of $20 billion in late 2025 (Cory Schouten/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Cory Schouten / Semafor: Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the crypto exchange has confidentially filed for an IPO in the…

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Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools to help businesses manage the risks of developing AI-accelerated software, has raised a $35 million Series B led by One Peak (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Will empathy make a comeback? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally…

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A UK trial by National Grid, Nvidia and others finds that AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, adjusting consumption when requested (Eamon Farhat/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 3, 2026

Eamon Farhat / Bloomberg: A UK trial by National Grid, Nvidia and others reveals that AI data centers can operate…

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Qualcomm forms ‘coalition’ to launch 6G in 2029, unveils FastConnect 8800, ‘AI-native’ Wi-Fi 8 compatible network card that doubles peak speeds over Wi-Fi 7 (Will Sattelberg/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The design process is dead. Here’s what replaces it. | Jenny Wen (design manager at Claude)…

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By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An AI Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express The future…

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Peter Thiel and Founders Fund have exited ETHZilla entirely, down from their 7.5% stake in August 2025; ether is down 60% from its August 2025 peak (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Josh Kushner – Focus and Conviction The leading destination for learning about business and…

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Prediction markets heading into basketball season after Super Bowl peak

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

A basketball only finds the net during practice before a 2024 NCAA Tournament game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.Charles…

Beware of China distorting Trump’s remarks during summit with Xi Jinping – Radio Free Asia

2-kilogram ruby discovered in Myanmar mining town of Mogok – The Diplomat

RFA project on war-torn Burmese community wins AAJA Awards – Radio Free Asia

What to watch – The Diplomat

Trump must put detained Uyghur intellectuals on Xi summit agenda – The Diplomat

Supreme Court Clears Way for Alabama Republicans to Pursue New Election Map

April home sales disappoint as rising mortgage rates weigh on buyers

GM lays off 500 to 600 IT workers to cut costs

The group led by JPMorgan Chase masters credit

Manhattan Luxury Real Estate Sales Increased Despite Pied-a-Terre Tax

Trump’s Federal Gas Tax Exemption Is a Scam

Trump falls asleep multiple times during women’s health event in the Oval Office

Democrats have a plan to restore Obamacare subsidies next year

Ro Khanna sends Trump into a spiral by going on Fox News and revealing the truth

Cory Booker Slams Corrupt Supreme Court Majority, Demands Reform

The U.S. DOD says it is deploying Mythos to find and remediate vulnerabilities across the U.S. government, even as it considers moving away from Anthropic (Reuters)

AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak

Human Rights Watch: At least six EU member states, including Bulgaria and Denmark, have sold surveillance technology to more than 24 countries known to violate human rights (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Instructure struck a deal with hackers who hacked its Canvas platform to return stolen data and destroy the copies, without disclosing what it gave in exchange (Qasim Nauman/New York Times)

AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

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AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak

AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the crypto exchange has confidentially filed for an IPO in the United States; it was valued at $13.3 billion this month, down from a peak of $20 billion in late 2025 (Cory Schouten/Semafor)

Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools to help businesses manage the risks of developing AI-accelerated software, has raised a $35 million Series B led by One Peak (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

A UK trial by National Grid, Nvidia and others finds that AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, adjusting consumption when requested (Eamon Farhat/Bloomberg)

Qualcomm forms ‘coalition’ to launch 6G in 2029, unveils FastConnect 8800, ‘AI-native’ Wi-Fi 8 compatible network card that doubles peak speeds over Wi-Fi 7 (Will Sattelberg/9to5Google)

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Peter Thiel and Founders Fund have exited ETHZilla entirely, down from their 7.5% stake in August 2025; ether is down 60% from its August 2025 peak (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Prediction markets heading into basketball season after Super Bowl peak

The ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 has surpassed $100 billion in transactions in less than a year, but demand has cooled and daily volume has fallen from a peak of more than $1.5 billion to around $500 million (Melos Ambaye/Bloomberg)