In Brief Posted: 12:30 PM PDT · April 19, 2026 In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors…
Author: Connie Loizos
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other |
Jack Zhang was 34 years old, three and a half years into running a startup, and sitting across from one of the most powerful investors…
Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world |
Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent a decade quietly building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person payments. The move deepens its rivalry with…
Peter Thiel's big bet on solar-powered cow collars |
Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but…
Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party |
Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market…
Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars |
Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but…
Anthropic is having a month |
4:58 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Anthropic has built its public identity around the winning idea that it’s the careful AI company. It publishes…
Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion |
Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple…
Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1B, again |
In Brief Posted: 4:59 PM PDT · March 27, 2026 Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1…
Whoop's fitness band is cool. Can it stay cool as the company grows? |
For the better part of a decade, Whoop sold itself as a secret weapon for serious athletes. LeBron James was convinced to slap on the…