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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to ease the EU's "regulatory burden" on AI and possibly exempt industrial AI to boost productivity (Andreas Rinke/Reuters)
Andreas Rinke / Reuters:
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to ease the EU's “regulatory burden” on AI and possibly exempt industrial AI to boost productivity — Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that artificial intelligence for industrial use will require more regulatory freedom …
Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post-money valuation, up from $9B in October 2025, but below Kalshi's $22B valuation from March 2026 (The Information)
The Information:
Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post-money valuation, up from $9B in October 2025, but below Kalshi's $22B valuation from March 2026 — The predictions site Polymarket is talking to investors about raising $400 million in funding at a valuation of about $15 billion including …
Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise AU$1.5B in equity for its 350MW Sydney site rollout, and raises its FY26 capex by AU$300M to AU$2.7B-AU$3B (Sneha Kumar/Reuters)
Sneha Kumar / Reuters:
Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise AU$1.5B in equity for its 350MW Sydney site rollout, and raises its FY26 capex by AU$300M to AU$2.7B-AU$3B — Australia's NEXTDC (NXT.AX) said on Monday it plans to raise A$1.5 billion ($1.07 billion) to accelerate the rollout …
A profile of Maria Davidson, who heads California Renewal, a pro-business political group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100M in 2026 (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco ...)
Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco Standard:
A profile of Maria Davidson, who heads California Renewal, a pro-business political group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100M in 2026 — Maria Davidson isn't the first name that comes to mind when you think of Silicon Valley power players.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says growing women's share on Tinder is his "primary focus" to stem user declines; Sensor Tower says 75% of Tinder users are men (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
Kieran Smith / Financial Times:
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says growing women's share on Tinder is his “primary focus” to stem user declines; Sensor Tower says 75% of Tinder users are men — Match Group boss Spencer Rascoff says attracting female users is ‘priority focus’ in push to turn around flagship dating app