Moved to a Small French Village; Big Downsides, Left After 2 Years
Rising up in a distant California suburb, I spent most of my childhood counting down the times till I may…
Category: Finance
America’s Largest Labor Group Says ICE Endangers ‘Innocent’ Workers
The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest community of labor unions representing some 15 million employees, says ICE is a risk to…
OpenAI Hits Back at Elon Musk in Blog Post
OpenAI is popping to the courtroom of public opinion because it wages a authorized battle with Elon Musk. Whereas Musk…
Coldplay’s Chris Martin Gave Me a Piano, Helping Me Become a Musician.
This story is predicated on an interview with Jean-Philippe Rio-Py (recognized professionally as RIOPY), 42, a British/French musician who has…
Neuralink rival Merge Labs bags $252M, led by OpenAI, to link brains and computers — TFN
Merge Labs, co-founded by Sam Altman and constructing gadgets that join human brains to computer systems, has raised $252 million.…
Europe’s Parloa triples to $3B valuation on $350M raise, eyes SF and Madrid expansion — TFN
Final month, there have been claims that Berlin-based Parloa is in talks to safe about $200 million from investors, which…
Replit grabs $400M at $9B valuation in the AI coding race with OpenAI and Cursor — TFN
San Francisco–primarily based Replit is reportedly elevating a contemporary $400 million spherical that might push its valuation to $9 billion,…
The climate tech reset: where venture-scale opportunities will emerge in 2026
The funding atmosphere for local weather tech has tightened, and it isn’t simply the narrative that has modified; the founders…
France’s next unicorns? 10 startups riding 2025’s €8.2B funding wave — TFN
France’s startup scene noticed a dynamic funding panorama in 2025, with an estimated €8.2 billion raised throughout almost 700 rounds.…
Jamie Dimon Says He Called Warren Buffett After Hiring His Protégé
Jamie Dimon did not have a lot hassle telling Warren Buffett he’d employed one in all his prime lieutenants. The…