PayEx is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could meet market needs. The company recently completed a tender offer at a valuation of $800 billion, and secondary market demand is skyrocketing. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near Rumors of $1.5 trillion valuationThis could trigger an IPO cascade for…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos felt different this yearAnd not just because Meta and Salesforce took over storefronts on the main promenade. AI has come to dominate the conversation to such an extent that traditional topics like climate change and global poverty have been eclipsed, and CEOs are not backing down. There was…
After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that change became impossible to ignore. The annual tech showcase in Las Vegas was dominated by “physical AI” and robotics, with everything from Boston Dynamic’s newly designed Atlas humanoid robot to an AI-powered ice maker (yes, really). The companies…
whistle The betting is that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok. What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the premier social platform on college campuses across America, focused on the 99% of lives that don’t make it to the highlight reel. While garnering the attention…
There’s a lot of hype about AI and robots in health care, but the problem that’s costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every day, not because of the surgery itself, but because of everything from manual scheduling and coordination chaos to guessing about…
It was a brutal week for the hardware world iRobot, luminousAnd red power bike All filed for bankruptcy. Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues and changing markets, but together they tell a bigger story about the challenges of manufacturing physical products in an era of global trade tensions and…
AWS announces a wave of new AI agent tools Re: Invent 2025, but can Amazon really reach AI leaders? While the cloud giant is betting big on enterprise AI with its third-generation chip and database rebates, which has developers happy, it is still fighting to prove it can compete beyond infrastructure. on this week equityKirsten…
Technology is advancing while society is struggling to keep up. Masha ButcherFounder and GP of First Day Venturesmade him determined to bridge that gap Combining venture capital with practical PR Helping portfolio companies not only raise money, but actually break through the noise. Day has been an early backer of companies such as One World,…
Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just that darling And replication Those of the world who are winning. Startups that have built the infrastructure behind them are also making money. SupaBase, the open-source database platform that has become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, Raised $100 million…
Ten years ago, raising €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to make waves in the region’s tech scene. Today, the Nordics are churning out billion-dollar companies like Lovable – which generated revenues of $200 million Just 12 months after launching. Dennis Green-Lieber, founder of AI-powered customer intelligence platform propaneHave had a front row seat to…
