09 Jul 2026
Anthropic has soared to a $1.2 trillion valuation on secondary markets. Shares are almost impossible to get.
Anthropic has soared to a $1.2 trillion valuation on secondary markets, but even at that astronomic price, good luck getting shares.
Ben Bergman
2026
04 Jul 2026
Washington Should Take OpenAI’s Equity Offer
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Alaska converted its oil windfall into a permanent fund that now holds roughly $91 billion and pays every resident an annual dividend — a model Sam Altman has proposed for the AI industry.
James Broughel
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times.
Robert Hart
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI proposes 5% stake to Trump administration to ease Washington pressure: report
OpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday, as the artificial intelligence startup seeks to defuse mounting political pressure in Washington.
Anniek Bao
2026
01 Jul 2026
Venture capital pumps industrial automation and Honeywell spins off major units
Investment funds get behind industrial automation as major players realign business units into standalone operations.
James Anderton
2026
30 Jun 2026
Venture Capital Funding: Nebex, Queue, LeapXpert
Technology startups companies such as Nebex, Queue, Sazabi, among others, announced VC funding from venture capital companies.
Baburajan Kizhakedath
2026
22 Jun 2026
Can reflecting the Sun buy time for net zero? A startup has raised $US75m to try
Private firms are making plans to cool the planet by releasing reflective particles high into the atmosphere, an approach known as solar geoengineering or solar radiation modification (SRM). With a war chest of private capital estimated at more than the entire globe's SRM research budget, the US-Israeli startup Stardust Solutions has unveiled a proprietary engineered particle it hopes to begin…
Angus Mackintosh
2026
19 Jun 2026
Kirsten Gillibrand’s 22-year-old son raises $30M for trading startup as Dem champions crypto in DC
The 22-year-old son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — one of Capitol Hill's most prominent boosters of cryptocurrency legislation — has reportedly raised $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange startup that is already valued at $300 million.
Ariel Zilber
2026
19 Jun 2026
Dem Senator’s 22-Year-Old Son Somehow Rakes In $30 Million For New Company
The 22-year-old son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has raised $30 million for a financial trading startup that is already valued at $300 million, according to a report, drawing attention to the young entrepreneur’s rapid rise as his mother remains one of the cryptocurrency industry’s most influential allies in Washington.
News Desk
2026
