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Khosla-backed Formulary raises oversubscribed $4.6 million seed round for its AI-powered private fund manager software

Khosla-backed Formulary raises oversubscribed $4.6 million seed round for its AI-powered private fund manager software

As private markets explode, founder Alfia Ilicheva wants to automate the tedium of tracking data.

By Leo Schwartz

January 20, 2026

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By Allie Garfinkle

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Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding

Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding

By Allie Garfinkle

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By Nick Lichtenberg

January 15, 2026

Customers lament Tesla’s move toward monthly fees for self-driving cars: ‘You will own nothing and be happy’

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By Tristan Bove

January 15, 2026

Exclusive: Mytra raises $120 million Series C to scale supply chain robotics amid industry boom

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IPO boom times are back, with SpaceX and OpenAI on investors’ 2026 wish list. But be careful what you buy

By Jeff John Roberts

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Peter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth tax

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 14, 2026

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Meld raises $7 million to integrate stablecoin networks, build the ‘Visa for crypto’

By Carlos Garcia

January 14, 2026

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‘You are really playing with fire with this one’: California billionaires tax ignites, pitting labor unions and voters against tech execs

By MIchael R. Blood, Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Brokerage tech firm Alpaca raises $150 million in push to compete with trading giant Interactive Brokers

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January 14, 2026

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Gen X CEO uses AI versions of Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett as a ‘fantasy board of directors’ to help him prepare for meetings and performance reviews

By Preston Fore

January 13, 2026

Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe

Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe

January 13, 2026

As billionaires debate California’s wealth tax, a tech investor suggests other ways to raise revenue that target a huge loophole the rich exploit

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As billionaires debate California’s wealth tax, a tech investor suggests other ways to raise revenue that target a huge loophole the rich exploit

January 13, 2026

How Strava ran toward a comeback and set its sights on an IPO

How Strava ran toward a comeback and set its sights on an IPO

By Allie Garfinkle

January 13, 2026

An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers

An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers

By Leo Schwartz

January 12, 2026

How a Harvard grad helped make Hyperliquid the biggest new player in crypto—with just 11 people and no venture funding

How a Harvard grad helped make Hyperliquid the biggest new player in crypto—with just 11 people and no venture funding

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January 12, 2026

World Liberty Financial’s bid for a U.S. bank charter raises new questions about Trump’s crypto conflicts

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By Leo Schwartz

January 12, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

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By Allie Garfinkle

January 9, 2026

Singapore-based startup founder Anand Roy thinks generative AI can help fix a broken music sector

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By Angelica Ang

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Google takes first steps toward an AI product that can actually tackle your email inbox

By Jacqueline Munis

January 8, 2026

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By Leo Schwartz

January 8, 2026

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Exclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million

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Stanford professor raises $15 million for Babylon, a decentralized protocol to turn Bitcoin into collateral

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January 7, 2026

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By Nick Lichtenberg

January 7, 2026

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