What Is DevSecOps And Why Does It Matter In The Age Of AI?
By Sanket Saurav Interest in DevSecOps has surged in recent years — but many people probably don’t know what it is, or why it has become especially important for tech companies
Q1 Global Startup Funding Posts Strongest Quarter Since Q2 2022 With A Third Going To Massive OpenAI Deal
Both the largest startup funding round ever and the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company occurred in Q1 2025, reflecting a warming startup environment but also one where
Eye On AI: Massive OpenAI Deal Masks AI’s Slow Quarter
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. The big news in the world of venture and artificial intelligence obviously has been OpenAI‘s ma
Stealing Ghibli: How AI Has Crossed The Line Into Creative Theft
This, from her Instagram on Saturday, is Jaqueline Cristian, the top-ranked Romanian women’s professional tennis player and the 61st ranked woman player in the world. This, a fan
Founders, Here’s How Not To Be Thrown Overboard After A Big Fundraise
By Dan Lifshits Raising capital is an inevitable step for almost any startup founder — unless you’re building a business that is profitable from day one. However, a big raise c
As US Defense Tech Surges, Europe Lags
Last week, news broke that Anduril Industries — perhaps the poster child for defense tech startups — is considering plans to open a factory in the U.K. The startup, valued now
SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever
In the history of startup funding, SoftBank’s announcement today that it is backing an investment of up to $40 billion in OpenAI is in a league of its own. No other financing eve
The 10 Biggest Rounds Of March: Anthropic’s Massive $3.5B Round Leads
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out February’s biggest rounds here. March was a pretty good month for big rounds. T
Private Equity In Flux: How Tariffs, AI And Infrastructure Define A New Investment Era
By Kevin Smith The private equity landscape is experiencing transformative changes due to evolving market dynamics and the new U.S. presidential administration. Political shifts us
Alphabet-Backed Isomorphic Labs Raises $600M For AI Drug Development
Google spinoff Isomorphic Labs raised $600 million in its first external funding round as the company looks to apply artificial intelligence to the drug development process. The ne
