Source: Thrive Holdings has landed $1B in commitments for a new fundraising deal and is considering raising at least another $1B after strong investor interest
Thrive Holdings, an offshoot of Joshua Kushner's venture capital firm Thrive Capital, is in discussions to raise at least $2 billion …LinkedIn:Rebecca TorrenceLinkedIn:Rebecca Torrence:SCOOP: Josh Kus...
Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a $25M Series A
In 2023, after three years of building an automotive lending startup, Fuse co-founders Andres Klaric and Marc Escapa realized that LLMs could modernize something …LinkedIn:FuseLinkedIn:Fuse:Today, we ...
LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving it a $20B+ annual run rate; Satya Nadella says LinkedIn paid video ads grew 30% YoY
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Listen Labs, whose AI tools help Microsoft and others run customer research and interviews, raised a $69M Series B led by Ribbit Capital at a $500M+ valuation
The San Francisco-based company, which has run more than 1 million customer interviews with its automated AI tools …LinkedIn:Alfred Wahlforss,Listen Labs,Florian Juengermann,Romani Patel,Florian Jueng...
Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16%
many of them ultimately collapsing under the weight of their outsized valuations. As investors rush into AI, will history repeat itself? https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : When billion-dollar ...
Bitcoin dropped as much as 7.4% on November 4, below $100K for the first time since June; ether fell as much as 15%, and many altcoins are down 50%+ in 2025
Analysts Warn Market Confidence Is ‘Slipping Fast’ NewsMax.com : Bitcoin Slips Below $100,000 for the First Time Since June Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Dogecoin Falls 5% as Lower-Lows Pattern Aids Bear...
How Portugal is investing ~4.6% of its GDP around the port of Sines, seeking to transform it from a tourism-reliant economy into a tech and industrial hub
Investment around the town of Sines totals almost 5% of GDP as the country seeks to retool its economy for the 21st century. X: @zschneeweiss . LinkedIn: Sofia Horta e Costa X: Zoe Schneeweiss / @zsch...
French online carpooling marketplace BlaBlaCar says India now accounts for ~33% of its carpool passengers and expects to reach ~150M passengers globally in 2025
Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts … X: @techcrunch . LinkedIn: Nicolas Brusson X: @techcrunch : BlaBlaCar is seein...
Sources: Snap is in talks with investors, including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, to raise at least $1B for its AR glasses division
New details on Evan Spiegel's quest to win the AR race. Also: this week on ACCESS. — ∙ Paid — Snap is in talks to raise at least … X: @alexeheath . LinkedIn: Alex Heath X: Alex Heath / @alexeheat...
JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest up to $10B in industries critical for US national security, including tech like AI and quantum computing
> into four areas: defense and aerospace, “frontier” technologies including AI and quantum computing, energy technology including batteries, and supply chain and advanced mfng Good for BTQ! https://ww...