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Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

Pronto , an Indian instant house-help startup, is finalizing a funding round led by tech investor Lachy Groom that would value the fast-grow...
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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a...
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Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

Palantir has helped the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations office probe a variety of financial crimes in the U.S. for much o...
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Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

Overpriced Mac minis are flooding eBay amid shortages of the sold-out machines, which have become a favored tool for running on-device AI ...
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Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO

Nuclear startup X-energy raised $1 billion in its initial public offering yesterday, selling 44.3 million shares for $23 each, a hefty premi...
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Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps

Yet another government spyware maker has been caught after its customers used fake Android apps to install its surveillance software on tar...
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Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom

For the better part of a decade, Whoop sold itself as a secret weapon for serious athletes. LeBron James was convinced to slap on the compan...
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Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again

Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1 billion in new funding at a valu...
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Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI as part of the AI model maker’s...
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Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI as part of the AI model maker’s...
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