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3 days ago | 
businessinsider.com | Monica Melton |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
Voyager Technologies, a defense and space tech company, aims to raise up to $319 million in an initial public offering that could value it as high as $1.6 billion, the company said on Monday. Their filing underscores how defense and space tech companies are drawing renewed attention from DC and Silicon Valley.
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1 week ago | 
businessinsider.com | Monica Melton |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
The Department of Defense is scouting the next Palantir — and it's starting on college campuses. This week, the Defense Innovation Unit — the Pentagon's emerging tech arm — launched a university accelerator, open for applications through late June. The 12-week program will be a military-grade Y Combinator of sorts, offering early-stage startups funding, mentorship, and DoD connections. Fifteen teams spun out of US universities — working in AI, cyber, space, and more — will evenly split $500,000.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Julia Hornstein
7 hours agoTaylor Swift Just Pulled Off Her Most Brilliant Move Yet. It Was 2 Decades In The MakingThe singer repurchased her master recordings, giving her full control of her destiny. Taylor Swift has just completed what might be the most impressive long game in modern music business history. For years, Swift has been public about her desire to own all of her master recordings.
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1 week ago | 
businessinsider.com | Monica Melton |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey — once on warring sides of the tech culture clash — are giving new meaning to the adage: all is fair in love and war. The two executives buried the hatchet and announced a partnership Thursday to build next-gen extended reality gear for the US military.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Julia Hornstein
2 hours ago Meta and Anduril defense startup partner on VR, AR project intended for U.S. Army Meta and Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, announced Thursday that they've formed a partnership to create virtual and … 1 day ago What founders need to know about tech’s growing influence in DC Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify “Startup culture may be great for putting out a new app or building a successful company, but not for distributing tens of millions of...
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2 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.es | Katherine Li |Julia Hornstein |Alba Pinilla
El consejero delegado de Palantir, Alex Karp, está en la cresta de la ola de la tecnología de defensa, en gran medida impulsada por la Administración Trump pero también por los contratos con el Gobierno Biden. Los inversores están respaldando masivamente a la empresa de ciberseguridad e inteligencia artificial con nuevos máximos históricos en bolsa por encima de 125 dólares por acción. El valor en bolsa de Palantir ha llegado a los 300.000 millones de dólares por primera vez.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
Alex Schapiro, a rising senior at Yale, likes to play Settlers of Catan with his friends, work on class projects, and lead a popular student website. But from his dorm room, Schapiro moonlights as an ethical hacker, uncovering security flaws in startups and tech companies before the bad guys do.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Vishal Persaud |Ben Bergman |Julia Hornstein |Leena Rao
Early-stage investors take some of the biggest — and boldest — swings in venture capital. Our Seed 40 list, in its fifth year, spotlights the women who have done exactly that: find breakout talent early, and work alongside these founders to shape the future of tech. This year's honorees have placed bets across some of 2025's hottest verticals, from AI to health tech. Perhaps it's no surprise that these investors are drawn to founders with similar characteristics.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Vishal Persaud |Ben Bergman |Julia Hornstein |Leena Rao
Behind every great company, there was a prescient early investor who planted the seed that helped it grow into a redwood. For Facebook, that investor was Peter Thiel. For DoorDash and Opendoor, it was Keith Rabois. Seed-stage investors arguably have the hardest job in venture capital. They often write a check after hearing just the smallest kernel of an idea, long before there is even a product.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
Salesforce chair and CEO Marc Benioff says angel investing is a "side hustle." His returns say otherwise. Benioff — who shared his investing strategy with Business Insider in an interview — has backed some of Silicon Valley's biggest winners. Salesforce Ventures has $6.8 billion under management and has deployed $600 million of its $1 billion Generative AI Fund, including a first-quarter investment in Anthropic, according to a spokesperson.
