OpenAI raises $110 billion in latest round, valuing firm at US$730 billion
OpenAI announced a massive $110 billion investment round—vaulting the company at a $730 billion—thanks to funding from Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank, it announced Friday.
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Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount’s new bid might top Netflix’s
Netflix allowed the legacy media company to reopen talks with Paramount.
IBM shares plummet 13% – worst day since 2000 – after Anthropic launches programming AI tool
The Amazon- and Google-backed AI startup said its latest tool would make it easier to update decades-old business software.
Software stocks—Oracle, Intuit, more—fall as Anthropic’s latest Claude model fuels AI concerns
The Google- and Amazon-backed AI startup fueled a global selloff in software stocks earlier this month.
How Jeffrey Epstein helped his publicist become a big-time venture capitalist
Masha Bucher is one of the more high profile female VCs in Silicon Valley. New emails released from the Department of Justice reveal a deep, years long relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 as historic free fall worsens – price is down almost 50% in 4 months
The cryptocurrency’s price eclipsed $126,000 last year but has now fallen below $65,000.
Once as high as $360 billion PayPal’s market value has slipped to $40 billion, below former parent, eBay
PayPal shares plunged after earnings, pushing its market cap below eBay’s for the first time since 2015 and signaling a major shift in digital payments.
RBA delivers first interest rate hike since 2023
In an interest rates blow for Australian homeowners, The Reserve Bank has hiked the cash rate 0.25 percentage points on Tuesday. I
Australia’s startup funding jumps to $5.1 billion in 2025 as AI takes the lead
More than $1 billion went toward AI-native startups. Fintech, biotech / medtech and climate tech startups were also winners in 2025, according to the Cut Through Ventures and Folklore Ventures report.
Amazon discussing $50 billion investment in OpenAI, report says
Amazon is in talks with OpenAI to potentially invest $50 billion into the artificial intelligence startup, according to The Wall Street Journal, potentially valuing the company as high as $830 billion.