Startups & Deals Reporter
Jordan tracks the companies going public, the funding rounds, and the fintech products changing how a generation moves money.
Crunchbase says Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raised $1.7 billion, topping a week of large U.S. venture rounds across AI, biotech and fi...
Reuters says Anduril is discussing a new raise that could value the defense tech company near $100 billion, up from $61 billion in...
Moody’s says the AI infrastructure race is squeezing cash flow at Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, Oracle and CoreWeave.
Anthropic launched Opus 5, a cheaper Claude model with fewer restrictions than Fable and new fallback tools for blocked API prompt...
Anthropic says Claude Opus 5 beats Fable 5 on coding and knowledge work while cutting prices for cost-sensitive business users.
Bloomberg reported that Midjourney bought Co-Star, adding a consumer astrology app with about 4.3 million monthly active users.
CNBC’s Jeff Marks flagged a muted open as investors weighed AI spending, earnings updates and a $7 billion Oracle defense contract...
Crafting CEO Sumeet Vaidya says companies need AI systems that can switch models as prices, policies and security risks shift.
Volkswagen cut its 2026 sales forecast after second-quarter operating profit fell short, adding pressure before deeper restructuri...
Japan’s core inflation rose to 1.6% in June, matching Reuters-polled forecasts as oil imports and a weak yen lifted price pressure...
Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan judge they are dropping subpoenas tied to Times reporters’ work on Trump’s new Air Force One...
Meta is no longer part of RE100 after a decade, as it funds gas plants tied to its AI data center power needs.