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Flex Raises $60 Million to Expand Finance Tools for Mid-Sized Businessesbusiness

Flex Raises $60 Million to Expand Finance Tools for Mid-Sized Businesses

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Flex, a fast-growing U.S. financial technology company, has closed a $60 million Series B funding round to expand its suite of tools designed for mid-sized businesses across the co

U.S. Government Commits $150M to xLight for Chip Manufacturingbusiness

U.S. Government Commits $150M to xLight for Chip Manufacturing

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

The U.S. government commits up to $150 million in federal funding to xLight as part of its effort to strengthen domestic chip manufacturing. This government commitment supports adv

Nexus Venture Partners Raises $700 Million for Early-Stage Startupsbusiness

Nexus Venture Partners Raises $700 Million for Early-Stage Startups

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Nexus Venture Partners has closed a new $700 million fund aimed at supporting early-stage companies across artificial intelligence, enterprise software, fintech and consumer-facing

U.S. Startup Funding Surges 75.6% in Early 2025business

U.S. Startup Funding Surges 75.6% in Early 2025

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Startup investment in the United States surged sharply in the first half of 2025, with funding surges of 75.6% compared to previous periods, signaling one of the strongest rebounds

Honeyjar AI Secures $2M Pre-Seed for PR Automation Platformbusiness

Honeyjar AI Secures $2M Pre-Seed for PR Automation Platform

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Honeyjar AI, a digital communications startup, has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding to build a PR and communications automation platform for modern teams.

Uber Launches Self-Driving Taxis in Dallasbusiness

Uber Launches Self-Driving Taxis in Dallas

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Uber has launched its self-driving taxi service in Dallas, marking the third U.S. city where the company now offers autonomous ride-hailing after Austin and Atlanta.

Venture Capital Shifts to Smart Money in 2025business

Venture Capital Shifts to Smart Money in 2025

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

A December 2025 study shows a clear shift in venture capital as investors move toward smart money strategies focused on sustainability and long-term value rather than growth at any

Kalshi Raises $1B in Series E at $11B Valuationbusiness

Kalshi Raises $1B in Series E at $11B Valuation

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Kalshi has raised $1 billion in a Series E funding round, reaching an $11 billion valuation and ranking among the largest U.S. startup investments of 2025. The valuation reflects s

Musk’s X Faces Growing Controversy Over Grok AI’s Deepfake Imagesbusiness

Musk’s X Faces Growing Controversy Over Grok AI’s Deepfake Images

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Elon Musk’s platform X has come under worldwide criticism after Grok started producing sexualized images of women and girls without their consent when prompted to undress them. The

Wall Street's Growing Rift with Trump: Warnings of Attacks on the Fed and Credit Card Limitsbusiness

Wall Street's Growing Rift with Trump: Warnings of Attacks on the Fed and Credit Card Limits

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Wall Street and the Trump administration have mainly gotten along well lately, with big banks making money from policies that help businesses. But things have become a lot worse ve

Julio Herrera Velutini: Bridging Nations Through Finance in a Fractured Worldbusiness

Julio Herrera Velutini: Bridging Nations Through Finance in a Fractured World

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Julio Herrera Velutini is from the famous Herrera banking family. He leads with a strong dedication to new ideas and a profound reverence for the past. Herrera Velutini's legacy, s

Saks Global Files for Bankruptcy as Luxury Retail Struggles with Debt and Falling Salesbusiness

Saks Global Files for Bankruptcy as Luxury Retail Struggles with Debt and Falling Sales

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

The luxury department store conglomerate Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in one of the most significant retail failures since the pandemic, less than a year

U.S. Stocks Rebound as Trump Backs Off Greenland Tariffs and Signals Dealbusiness

U.S. Stocks Rebound as Trump Backs Off Greenland Tariffs and Signals Deal

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

The US stock market rebounded from its worst day since October on Wednesday as President Donald Trump announced he had struck a framework for a deal on Greenland, an island he has

How a Huge Winter Storm Brought U.S. Skies to a Standstillbusiness

How a Huge Winter Storm Brought U.S. Skies to a Standstill

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

It's a normal winter weekend in the US, but Mother Nature had other ideas. A huge winter storm swept over the country on Sunday, making airports look like ghost towns and leaving t

Global Markets Slide on Fed Uncertainty as Oil and Metals Routbusiness

Global Markets Slide on Fed Uncertainty as Oil and Metals Rout

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole

Global markets slide into a broad risk rout as Fed uncertainty rattles investors and oil prices fall sharply. U.S. futures and Asian markets dipped Monday, while oil prices plummet

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