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Source: Smart ring maker Oura has confidentially filed for a US IPO, expected later in 2026; Oura, based in SF and Finland, had a valuation of $11 billion as of September 2025 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 21, 2026

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Source: Smart ring maker Oura has confidentially filed for a US IPO, expected later in 2026;…

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OpenAI prepares to confidentially file for IPO as early as Friday; the company plans to be ready to go public as early as September (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

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Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation of $2.2 billion, up from $700 million in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Bloomberg: Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation…

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Fintech app Toss, used by about 66% of South Korea’s 51 million people, says its FacePay service, available at 330,000 outlets, has attracted 4.8 million users since September (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Fintech app Toss, used by about 66% of South Korea’s 51 million people, says its…

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Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 24, 2026

Bloomberg: Sources: AI coding company Cognition is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation…

Business & Money

Mortgage rates reach highest level since September

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

In an aerial view, two-story single-family homes line neighborhood streets on January 13, 2026 in Thousand Oaks, California.Kevin Carter |…

Technology

Grafana Labs, which makes cloud and AI monitoring tools, is in talks for a $9 billion valuation, up from $6.6 billion in 2024; its ARR reached $400 million in September (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 13, 2026

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Coding startup Vibe Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, following a $23 million Series A in September 2025, and claims more than 5 million users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Ben Bergman / Business Insider: Coding startup Vibe Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank…

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How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar’s power and energy unit; generator sales increased 28% year-over-year through September 2025, after increasing 22% to $7.8 billion in 2024 (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 31, 2025

Bob Tita / Wall Street Journal: How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar’s power and energy unit; generator sales…

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The U.S. DOD and intelligence community awarded Enabled Intelligence a seven-year data labeling contract worth up to $708 million in September, beating out Scale AI (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 24, 2025

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