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08/11/2026

Nvidia in talks with six financial firms over $500bn AI package

The reported group includes Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR, but people familiar with the...

07/24/2026

An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware. Researchers used tensor networks to compress the overwhelming wave function created by hundreds of entangled qubits, allowing some calculations to run on a laptop. Their resul...

06/01/2026

Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

05/06/2026

Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private tech companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Databricks, and Oura before they go public.

04/29/2026

Universities Are Sitting on the Next Great Companies, by https://open.substack.com/pub/paulobrien/p/universities-are-sitting-on-the-next?

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04/16/2026

Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.

03/31/2026

Intercontinental Exchange Invests $600M in Polymarket, Completing $2B Pledge https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/intercontinental-exchange-invests-600m-polymarket-183100802.html?

ICE, parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has completed its investment obligation, which began with a $1-billion infusion in October.

03/25/2026

With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI

The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.

03/10/2026

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01/19/2026

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Most predictions are speculation. This video covers six trends backed by data from McKinsey, Stanford, , and Epoch AI, with specific steps you can...