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Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance to startups, raised a $106 million Series B1 at a valuation of $2.6 billion, up from $1.3 billion on May 6, for total funding of $378 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Is Polsia AI a slop or the future of startups? A show about the inside conversations of…

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As America’s AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, the continent’s startups are turning to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local venture capital firms (Rivaldo Jantjies/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Dan Loeb – Lessons from 30 years of investing The leading destination for learning…

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Chinese AI startups raised $16.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 185% year-on-year, led by top AI labs including Moonshot, Z.ai and MiniMax (Karen Tian/South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Substack CEO talks AI slop, free speech and taking over YouTube A show about the inside conversations…

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Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Jensen on the ropes, Sam Altman conflicts, Allbirds GPU pivot The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI vs. Anthropic’s Direct Faceoff + Future of Agents – With Aaron Levie The Big…

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Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

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Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Databricks Launches Lakewatch, a Security Information and Event Management Service, Announces Acquisition of Security Startups Antimatter…

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Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: Internal memo: Meta appoints CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative,…

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Former GM executive leads electric vehicle battery startup’s pivot to defense industry

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Low-cost LUCAS (Unmanned Combat Attack System) drones are positioned on the tarmac of a base located in the US Central…

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Eco-brutalist resistance in Central Asia – The Diplomate

Uzbekistan’s new migration destination? America. – The diplomat

Trump’s new AI order raises the stakes in Sino-US tech competition – The Diplomat

Boeing CEO announces 737 Max production will start on new line on July 6

Family offices are investing in sports, from pickleball to smart soccer balls

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Lululemon (LULU) first quarter 2026 results

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Trump holds sit-down event in Wisconsin as apparent decline deepens

Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC massively backfired

Trump is erased as Kennedy Center begins removing his name

Scott Bessent collapses in front of Congress as he tries to defend Trump for not caring about Americans

Shocked Trump Loses Iran War Powers, Ballroom and Arms Fund on Same Day

Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA fast-track regulatory process for digital health technologies such as AI chatbots (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

OpenAI deploys Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to give users advanced protection against rapid injection attacks by limiting certain features (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "short term" agreement "to ensure we have transitional capacity to meet growing customer demand" for Gemini Enterprise (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Marvell and Flex, a contract electronics manufacturer, will join the S&P 500; MRVL jumps more than 6% after hours after closing 16.74% lower amid heavy selling (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

More than 20 European news publishers file suit seeking more than 640 million euros from Google following an EU ruling that allows anyone harmed by Google’s advertising market abuses to seek damages (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Browsing: startups

Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance to startups, raised a $106 million Series B1 at a valuation of $2.6 billion, up from $1.3 billion on May 6, for total funding of $378 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

As America’s AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, the continent’s startups are turning to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local venture capital firms (Rivaldo Jantjies/Bloomberg)

Chinese AI startups raised $16.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 185% year-on-year, led by top AI labs including Moonshot, Z.ai and MiniMax (Karen Tian/South China Morning Post)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Former GM executive leads electric vehicle battery startup’s pivot to defense industry