A Wall Street Journal investigation has found that crypto prediction market platform Polymarket paid dozens of social media creators to post videos showing what appeared to be large, profitable bets on its platform, even though many of those trades never […]

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China’s AI investment boom just got another major vote of confidence. Kling AI, one of the country’s most popular AI video generation platforms, has secured more than $2.8 billion in fresh funding from a group of investors led by tech […]

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AI voice startup ElevenLabs is exploring a secondary share sale that could value the company at about $22 billion, less than six months after raising $500 million at half that valuation. The proposed deal would give employees a chance to […]

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The race to build autonomous military systems just produced another massive winner. German drone startup Quantum Systems has raised $1.2 billion in a Series D funding round, pushing its valuation to about $8 billion and cementing its place among Europe’s […]

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Finding an edge in public markets has become harder than ever. Earnings calls, policy decisions, supply chain disruptions, social media chatter, and macroeconomic events can reshape investment theses within hours. For many institutional investors, the challenge is no longer collecting […]

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Microsoft is making a major shift in its enterprise AI strategy. The company is launching a new business with $2.5 billion in backing to help customers choose the best mix of AI models for their needs, whether those models come […]

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It’s Thursday, July 2, 2026, and the fault lines of the AI era are shifting in real time. U.S. regulators just cleared the path for one of the world’s most advanced AI models to reach global users again, while the same […]

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OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, according to a Financial Times report, a move that would mark a major shift in the relationship between Washington and the companies building the most valuable AI […]

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Banks are facing a new security challenge. AI can now generate convincing deepfakes, clone voices, and help attackers bypass traditional identity checks at a time when organizations are already preparing for a future in which quantum computers could break today’s […]

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For the past two years, Big Tech has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into AI chips, data centers, and computing infrastructure with one goal in mind: to build enough capacity to stay ahead in the AI race. Now, a […]

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Less than three weeks after Washington forced Anthropic to pull two of its newest AI models from much of the market, the company is bringing them back. The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted the export controls that halted access […]

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Former Intel architect Raja Koduri’s AI startup Oxmiq raises $35 million to reshape custom AI chip design and lower the cost of AI infrastructure. Building a new AI chip has become one of the most expensive bets in technology. It […]

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It’s Wednesday, July 1, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today, from AI and startups to regulation and Big Tech. The fight for tech dominance is no longer confined to apps, chips, or cloud platforms. It […]

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The race to finance artificial intelligence just reached another milestone. Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX has closed a record $49 billion AI fund, MGX Fund 1, creating one of the largest investment vehicles dedicated to artificial intelligence at a time […]

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