Entrepreneurship
SpaceX quarterly revenue jumps in debut results as satellite, AI businesses surge
SPACEX said on Tuesday (Aug 4) that quarterly revenue nearly doubled and operating losses narrowed sharply in its first earnings report since going public, buoyed by strong growth in...
July Jobs Report: Hiring Slows to a 10-Month Low
The July jobs report landed on August 1, and it was soft. U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month, the smallest gain in ten months. The unemployment picture...
DeepSeek V4 Puts Frontier AI Within Reach for Lean Teams
Cost is often the quiet blocker for founders who want to build with AI, and DeepSeek V4 keeps chipping away at it. Released in general form in mid-July, the...
AI Sales Coaching Goes Real-Time as Othello Raises $6.85M
Closing deals is a skill, and now the coaching can happen live. Othello just raised $6.85 million to bring AI sales coaching into the call itself, nudging reps in...
Business Fraud Prevention: Baselayer Raises $20M for AI Checks
Fraud is one of those risks that feels distant until it lands on your desk, which is why Baselayer’s fresh $20 million Series A puts business fraud prevention back...
Mapletree Logistics Trust prices S$400 million perpetual securities at 3.5%
Net proceeds will go towards the group’s general corporate and working capital purposes[SINGAPORE] Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) has priced S$400 million in subordinated perpetual securities at 3.5 per cent...
Thermal Battery Maker Antora Raises $550M as AI Strains Power
Antora Energy has raised $550 million in Series C funding to scale its thermal battery systems, which store electricity as heat and release it as clean power on demand....
Preventive Health Startup Function Draws a Major Growth Round
Preventive health company Function just closed $450 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, the Austin startup announced in late July. The company, valued at $2.5...
Venture Capital Funding Hits a Record High as AI Dominates
Global venture capital funding reached a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, according to Crunchbase data published in early July. That single half-year total already tops...
New Business Applications Hit a Record Pace in 2026
The latest Census figures tell a story every founder should hear: new business applications are running at a record pace in 2026. Americans filed roughly 524,000 applications in June...
