SoftBank is issuing a trillion yen in retail bonds to fund its OpenAI bet while Alibaba dilutes shareholders for AI infrastructure—two very different playbooks for the same race. Alibaba is raising $10.2 billion through share placement, diluting earnings short-term to fund AI-led growth initiatives
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A hologram company just bet $16 million that the best way to own Bitcoin is to not actually own Bitcoin. MicroCloud Hologram acquired $16M in Strategy shares to gain Bitcoin exposure without directly holding BTC, signaling a new institutional pathway to crypto exposure via equity
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The chatbot just got a seat at your next team meeting, and it doesn't need an invitation. Anthropic updated Claude Tag in Slack to read full conversation threads instead of evaluating messages one at a time, making it 30% better at knowing when to interject unprompted.
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The company that turned corporate treasury into a Bitcoin proxy just hit pause on buying and started hoarding dollars instead. Strategy raised $2 billion by selling 18.26 million MSTR shares, establishing a new $1.59 billion "USD Cash" pool and boosting total liquidity to around $7 billion
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Southeast Asia just got its first stablecoin unicorn, and it's building the rails for what comes after Visa. Fasset closed a $68 million Series C led by SBI Group at a $1 billion valuation, crossing into unicorn territory on cross-border stablecoin infrastructure.
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While Silicon Valley debates whether humanoid robots are vaporware, China just shipped 97% of every commercial unit that left a factory floor last year.
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A Danish wish-list app just hit a $200M valuation by doing something Amazon can't: letting you own your shopping intent data. GoWish ApS closed a funding round valuing the company above $200 million, with plans to expand US operations where it ranks among top downloaded apps
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A stablecoin neobank just hit unicorn status while your traditional bank still charges $45 for a wire transfer. Fasset raised $68 million at a $1 billion valuation, backed by Japan's SBI Holdings, as stablecoin payment infrastructure moves from crypto-native to mainstream fintech
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The company that promised a slower, safer AI just filed to go public at a valuation that suggests safety doesn't sell itself short. Anthropic hits $65 billion annual revenue run rate ahead of anticipated IPO filing, signaling enterprise AI adoption has moved from pilot programs to production budgets
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The same cameras venture capital calls "public safety infrastructure" are getting sledgehammered in the street.
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When the biggest e-commerce company in China needs $10 billion in a hurry, it's not building another shopping app. Alibaba just closed a $10.2 billion secondary share sale in Hong Kong, the largest in the city's history, selling 710 million shares at HK$112.7 each
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The smart money isn't betting on AI models anymore — they're betting on the wires that keep them running. Energy companies raised $12.6 billion through IPOs in the first half of 2026, the fastest pace this century as investors scramble to capitalize on AI's insatiable power demands
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While Wall Street watches Nvidia's quarterly numbers, the chipmaker is quietly writing checks that will decide who builds the search engines of the agent economy.
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While Silicon Valley argues about AGI timelines, China's biggest tech company just bet $10 billion that the AI race will be won by whoever writes the biggest check.
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When you need $6.3 billion to keep your AI bet alive, you don't ask Wall Street — you ask Japanese retail investors to become your personal venture fund.
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The Fed's Kashkari says not to worry while 30-year Treasuries hit their highest yields since the financial crisis and the national debt crosses $40 trillion.
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The company that raised billions selling "safety and quality" just learned that enterprise buyers care more about the price tag than the philosophy. Anthropic's Fable 5 model is facing sluggish demand from corporate clients despite being positioned as their flagship offering
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The AI stack is inverting — distribution platforms now worth 3x what the model builders are. Hugging Face is exploring a sale at $13B+, nearly triple its 2023 valuation, as buyer interest surges for AI infrastructure plays
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Apple just became the world's most valuable company again by doing exactly what it swore it wouldn't: renting Nvidia's hardware to run the AI features it can't build itself.
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The President's shitposts are now a paid data product, and Wall Street gets them before you do. Trump Media is launching a paid API that gives financial firms millisecond-early access to Truth Social posts, including those from the sitting U.S. President
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