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Stripe and Advent Circle PayPal in $53 Billion Buyout Talks
PayPal is in talks to be acquired by Stripe and private equity investor Advent International, in a deal that could…
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Startups & Venture Capital
Experience Fund Bets on AI, Venues, and Connected Ranches
Capital is moving across AI and operational technology. On August 14, 2026, EMERGING and Promethean Investments launched The Experience Fund,…
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Startups & Venture Capital
The Tattoo Controversy Reveals a Bigger Problem With Startup Culture
Jordan Zietz did not expect a tattoo station at his startup’s party to become a public argument about hiring, pressure,…
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Startups & Venture Capital
AI Startup Funding Surge Targets Code, Compliance, and Enterprise Friction
AI is moving into the places where business risk hides: failed code checks, missed compliance details, and wasted effort between…
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AI in Business & Enterprise
The AI-Native Shift Is Rewriting How Businesses Build and Survive
AI-native means changing the work itself Many companies have treated artificial intelligence as a tool employees can add to their…
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Startups & Venture Capital
Latin America’s VC Push Meets Africa’s Billion-Dollar Startup Surge
Latin America’s startup ecosystem is moving closer to Silicon Valley, while African companies are reaching billion-dollar valuations and expanding into…
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AI Agents & Automation
How Sapiom’s $35M Boost Could Shape AI Agents in 2026
Sapiom just raised $35 million in a Series A round to build better infrastructure for AI agents. Dragonfly led the…
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Consumer Technology
How Gen Z Dating Apps and Events Are Changing the Game
Dating apps are facing a new kind of challenge. Many users, especially Millennials and Gen Z, feel burned out by…
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Startups & Venture Capital
Y Combinator’s Surge of Repeat Founders and Young Innovators
Y Combinator’s repeat founders are back, and in bigger numbers than ever. The accelerator’s data reveals 454 founders have returned…
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Startups & Venture Capital
Bending Spoons’ Bold $1.28 Billion Move to Own Airtable
Bending Spoons just made a massive splash. On August 4, 2026, the company announced it will acquire Airtable in a…
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