DeepSeek Just Raised $7.4 Billion. Almost Nobody Who Bought In Gets a Vote.
DeepSeek closed its first-ever outside funding round in June at more than $50 billion in valuation, but the deal's structure…
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AI Copyright Law Just Got Its First Real Price Tag: $3,113 a Book
Two of the biggest AI copyright cases in the US hit real milestones in June: a federal appeals court heard…
Jeff Bezos’s New AI Company Isn’t Building Robots. It’s Building the CAD Software From the Future.
Prometheus, the industrial AI startup Jeff Bezos co-runs, raised $12 billion in June at a $41 billion valuation, less than…
BSP Just Banned Privacy Coins From Every Licensed Philippine Crypto Platform
A new BSP memorandum bars every licensed Philippine crypto platform from listing privacy-focused tokens and imposes a six-pillar due diligence…
The Philippines Just Made AI Data Centers a National Investment Priority. The Building Has Already Started.
President Marcos signed the 2026 Strategic Investment Priority Plan placing AI and data centers in the government's top incentive tier,…
The Global Neobank Wars Just Flipped: Now JPMorgan Is Playing Defense
Wise moved its primary listing to Nasdaq, Nubank won a US national bank charter in 121 days, and Revolut hit…
Nvidia’s Order Backlog Nearly Doubled in One Quarter. That’s the Real AI Demand Signal.
Nvidia's data center revenue crossed $39 billion in a single quarter and its supply commitments nearly doubled to $95.2 billion,…
Meta Cut 8,000 Jobs to Fund Its AI Buildout — Then Split the AI Division It Was Protecting
Meta laid off roughly 8,000 employees on May 20 to redirect spending toward a $115-135 billion AI infrastructure push, even…
Bain Capital Just Raised $10.5 Billion for Asia. Almost None of It Is Earmarked for Seed-Stage Bets.
Bain Capital closed its sixth Asia fund at $10.5 billion, blowing past its original $7 billion target, a reminder that…
Goldman Sachs Bought $260 Million of XRP and Solana ETFs. Then It Sold All of It.
Goldman Sachs disclosed $260 million in XRP and Solana ETF holdings at the end of 2025, its first crypto position…
The Clarity Act Cleared a Senate Hurdle. It Still Has to Survive the Ethics Fight.
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act, the US crypto industry's long-sought market-structure bill, on a bipartisan 15-9 vote…
Tonik Just Did What GCash and Maya Haven’t: Turn a Profit as a Pure Digital Bank
Tonik became the first standalone digital bank in the Philippines to reach cash-flow profitability in Q1 2026, a milestone GCash…