Meet The Bankers Feeding Big Tech’s Insatiable Appetite For AI Startups

Nearly half of the $155 billion in AI mergers and acquisitions last year involved small and mid-sized startups. When Big Tech is deal shopping, San Francisco’s Axom Partners gets the call.

Six Lessons From A Billionaire Who Once Sold His Blood To Buy Food

The billionaire who revitalized Brooklyn’s waterfront went from working on a farm to building a real estate empire worth billions. These are lessons from his journey.

Abu Dhabi’s Hidden Stake In One Of Venture Capital’s Biggest Players

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.

Generalist Is Betting Its Robot-Training Gloves Will Usher In Robotics’ ChatGPT Moment

Generalist Bets Wearable “Data Hands” Could Spark Robotics’ ChatGPT Moment

The OpenAI Graveyard: All The Deals And Products That Haven’t Happened

As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals and products—including Sora—that haven’t yet become reality.

Why Electric Utility Stocks Are A Smart Way To Bet On AI

Data centers have turned some electricity producers, like Constellation and Talen, into growth stocks.

Why This AI Law Firm Is Ditching The Billable Hour

New York-based startup Crosby’s AI agents and lawyers work together to review contracts quickly, billed by the page, for the likes of Cursor and Runway. CEO Ryan Daniels calls it a “neofirm.”

This Crypto Billionaire Wants To Use The Human Brain As A Blueprint For AI

Ripple and Stellar founder Jed McCaleb wants to build AGI by studying how the brain learns—then translating those rules into AI.

Inside The Race To Sell OnlyFans

OnlyFans has been a money-printing machine for its secretive billionaire owner Leonid Radvinsky. Investors were puzzled by an obscure debt fund’s pitch to buy him out, until they learned of his terminal cancer diagnosis.

This Serial Entrepreneur Wants The FDA To Approve His AI Doctor

Certuma launched out of stealth with $10 million in funding from 8VC and a grand plan to make AI smart enough — and safe enough — to actually diagnose and prescribe treatments. Now he needs to figure out how to get the FDA on board.