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Goldman Sachs Is Buying a B Venture Firm to Ride the Wave of Alternative VC Exits

Goldman Sachs Is Buying a $7B Venture Firm to Ride the Wave of Alternative VC Exits

Image by Tomas Martinez on Unsplash As IPOs stall and VCs scramble for new strategies, Goldman makes a billion-dollar bet on a secondaries powerhouse Big news out of San Francisco: Goldman Sachs is diving deeper into the world of alternative investments with a major acquisition. The bank just announced it’s buying Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old […]

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Gen Z Is Running Toward Strava, Not Tinder — And It’s About to Pay Off in a Big Way

Gen Z Is Running Toward Strava, Not Tinder — And It’s About to Pay Off in a Big Way

Photo by Ralph Olazo on Unsplash Forget swiping right—Gen Z is sprinting toward a new kind of connection, and Strava wants to turn that momentum into an IPO. If you haven’t heard of Strava before, it’s a 16-year-old fitness tracking app that’s become something much bigger: a global community of runners, cyclists, and everyday movers

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Elon Musk’s Latest Battle with Regulators: Tunnels, Red Lights, and Insurance Trouble

Elon Musk’s Latest Battle with Regulators: Tunnels, Red Lights, and Insurance Trouble

Photo by Haberdoedas on Unsplash It’s not exactly breaking news that Elon Musk and regulators don’t always see eye to eye. But lately, things have gotten especially messy. From deep underground in Nevada to AI-driven roads in California, Musk’s companies are facing heat on multiple fronts—and it’s raising some serious questions about the future of

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ZoraSafe Is Building a Smarter, Safer Internet for Older Adults—And It’s All Starting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

ZoraSafe Is Building a Smarter, Safer Internet for Older Adults—And It’s All Starting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash When was the last time your parents or grandparents texted you asking, “Is this message a scam?” If it happens often, you’re not alone—and two sisters might have just built an app to fix that for good. Catherine Karow and Ellie King Karow, the sister-founders of ZoraSafe, are tackling

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OpenAI Says It Cares About Humanity. Its Critics Say Otherwise — Including Its Own Employees

OpenAI Says It Cares About Humanity. Its Critics Say Otherwise — Including Its Own Employees

Image by Teemu Paananen on Unsplash Last week at the Elevate conference in Toronto, I had 20 minutes face-to-face with Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s VP of Global Policy. If you don’t know the name, Lehane is a seasoned political fixer — the guy you call when storms start brewing, and your whole brand is on the

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Salesforce CEO Calls for National Guard in San Francisco, Shocking His Own PR Team Mid-Interview

Salesforce CEO Calls for National Guard in San Francisco, Shocking His Own PR Team Mid-Interview

Photo by Gordon Mak on Unsplash Marc Benioff’s unexpected political shift leaves tech world wondering: is this the new voice of Silicon Valley leaders? It started as a typical conversation with one of Silicon Valley’s most influential voices. Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO of Salesforce, known for championing progressive causes and pouring millions into public

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IPOs Without Full SEC Review? Here’s What Investors Should Know During the Government Shutdown

IPOs Without Full SEC Review? Here’s What Investors Should Know During the Government Shutdown

Image by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash With SEC staff furloughed, startups are going public under an obscure auto-approval rule. Here’s how it works, and why it matters. Let’s be honest — hearing “government shutdown” usually makes our eyes glaze over. But this time, something unusual happened in the startup world. Thanks to the shutdown, companies

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Flipkart’s Super.money Taps Juspay for One-Click Checkout as It Targets 0M Revenue by 2026

Flipkart’s Super.money Taps Juspay for One-Click Checkout as It Targets $100M Revenue by 2026

A quiet partnership with a once-struggling payments company could give Super.money the edge it needs beyond Flipkart’s walls Image by SumUp on Unsplash When a major fintech player moves silently in the background, it’s usually worth paying attention. That’s exactly what’s happening right now with Super.money, Flipkart’s fast-rising fintech arm, and its newly revealed partner:

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How DevAlly Raised €2M to Help Companies Catch Up With Europe’s Tough New Accessibility Law

How DevAlly Raised €2M to Help Companies Catch Up With Europe’s Tough New Accessibility Law

Image by Markus Winkler on Unsplash If you’ve ever squinted at small text on a website or tried to use an app one-handed while juggling a coffee, you know that digital accessibility isn’t just for people with disabilities — it’s for everyone. And now, businesses across Europe are about to learn that lesson the hard

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OpenAI’s Billion-Dollar Bet on AI Infrastructure Keeps Growing, With More Big Deals on the Way

OpenAI’s Billion-Dollar Bet on AI Infrastructure Keeps Growing, With More Big Deals on the Way

Photo by Suppanuch Wongpasklang on Unsplash OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman is on a deal-making streak that’s caught the entire tech industry’s attention. After signing massive contracts this year with giants like Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD, Altman says there’s more coming — and soon. Let’s unpack what’s going on here. OpenAI’s $1 Trillion Ambition If you’ve

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