Lux Capital, a 25-year-old VC firm known for its investments in frontier science and defense technology, has closed its ninth fund worth $1.5 billion, the largest in the firm’s history. Despite the number of new VC funds raised in US venture fundraising in 2025 hitting a 10-year low, according to PitchBook, it’s not hard to…
Wall Street is once again whispering about a potential Discord IPO. Discord, the popular chat and community platform, has filed confidential IPO paperwork with the SEC and anticipates a March debut. Sources told BloombergThe company appointed top-tier tech IPO bankers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as its underwriters, Should the tea leaves remain positive for…
VC firms DST Global and Iconic are funding London and New York-based e-commerce startup Swap Commerce. startup on wednesday announced It raised a new $100 million round just six months after raising a $40 million Series B round led by Iconiq. Founded in 2022, Swap Commerce offers an AI-powered platform that helps brands create web…
vanessa larcopartner at Base And the former NEA partner believes that 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI. Larco, which has been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks that with AI empowering “concierge-like” services, we’re about to see a change in the way consumers spend time online. The question is, will…
Anthropic is preparing to raise a fresh $10 billion at a valuation of $350 billion. wall street journal, cloud-creator last raised $13 billion Series F It was at a valuation of $183 billion three months ago, so this increase nearly doubles the AI firm’s value. In March, Anthropic became secure $3.5 billion At a $61.5…
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it is bringing new features to group chats, including member tags, text stickers and event reminders. With member tags, you can choose a name that gives other people in the group chat more context about who you are and what your role is. For example, you might be “Anna’s dad” in…
This week in Las Vegas, Tech companies at CES 2026 The latest wearable health devices are being unveiled – glucose monitors, blood pressure trackers, fitness trackers. Perhaps No It is mentioned in the show that these gadgets can cause a huge environmental problem. It’s not something that gets much attention, but a new study Cornell…
XAI, Elon Musk’s AI company behind the Grok chatbot – also X is the owner – Announced that it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. the company wrote a blog post Investors will include Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority and Nvidia and Cisco, among others, as “strategic investors.” XAI…
Intel is looking to double down on gaming hardware with a new chip and platform for portable gaming devices. The platform will include hardware and software, Intel vice president and general manager of PC products Daniel Rogers announced at CES on Monday. It will be built around the company’s Intel Core Series 3 processors, known…
Nvidia announced today at CES 2026 that it will help run Siemens’ electronic design automation (EDA) software on its GPUs in an effort to speed up the chip-design process. Nearly all computer chips today are designed using EDA tools, and as chip features become smaller and transistors become more numerous, the process has become more…
