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OpenAI Raises $122B in Massive Funding Round from Retail Investors

OpenAI closed the largest private funding round in history at $852 billion valuation. For the first time, they included retail investors, raising $3 billion through banks.

April 3, 2026 · 4 min read

US Bank Selected to Issue Amazons New Small Business Cards

Mastercard Acquires BVNK for $1.8B to Add On-Chain Payment Rails

SpaceX Files Confidential IPO for Potential $1.75 Trillion Valuation

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OpenAI Raises $122B in Massive Funding Round from Retail Investors

OpenAI closed the largest private funding round in history at $852 billion valuation. For the first time, they included retail investors, raising $3 billion through banks.

April 3, 20264 min read

US Bank Selected to Issue Amazons New Small Business Cards

Amazon just handed their small business credit card business to US Bank after ditching American Express. The August 2026 transition signals a major shift in small business banking competition.

April 2, 20264 min read

Mastercard Acquires BVNK for $1.8B to Add On-Chain Payment Rails

Mastercard's $1.8B acquisition of BVNK signals the biggest shift in payments since credit cards. This isn't defensive , it's a bet on $9T migrating on-chain.

April 2, 20264 min read

SpaceX Files Confidential IPO for Potential $1.75 Trillion Valuation

SpaceX filed confidential IPO paperwork targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation for June 2026. The rocket company plans to raise up to $75 billion in what would be history's largest public offering.

April 1, 20265 min read

Oracle Cuts 491 Jobs in Washington as AI Bills Hit Tech

Oracle cut 491 Washington jobs on March 31, 2026, with zero warning to fund AI infrastructure. Part of 25,000 global cuts as companies trade human capital for data centers in the AI gold rush.

April 1, 20264 min read

OpenAI Raises $3B From Retail Investors in $122B Valuation

OpenAI just raised $3B from retail investors at a $122B valuation. This unprecedented move signals that smart money wants out while retail provides exit liquidity at peak AI hype.

April 1, 20264 min read

AI News

AI Agents Form Teams to Drive $10.9 Billion Market in 2026

The AI agent market exploded to $10.9 billion in 2026 as companies discovered the power of orchestrated agent teams over isolated bots. Companies using coordinated AI workforces see 171% ROI while 50% of agents still operate in isolation.

March 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Meta's Open-Source LLM Strategy Is Paying Off, Here's the Data That Proves It

March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic Unveils Claude's New Safety Benchmarks, And They're Raising the Bar for the Entire Industry

March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

The AI Agent Gold Rush Is Here, But Most Companies Are Building Them Wrong

March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Finance

CPI Hits 2.4% YoY Lowest Since May 2025 Sparking Rate Cut Bets

Consumer prices rose just 2.4% year over year in February 2026, the lowest reading since May 2025. Bond markets are already pricing in Fed rate cuts as inflation approaches the central bank's 2% target.

March 31, 2026 · 4 min read

US CPI Hits 2.4% YoY Lowest Since May 2025 Sparking Fed Cut

March 31, 2026 · 4 min read

CPI Hits 2.4% YoY Fueling Fed Rate Cut Speculation But I Think They're Wrong

March 31, 2026 · 4 min read

CPI Holds at 2.4% While Fed Rate Cut Bets Explode

March 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Fintech

US Bank Selected to Issue Amazons New Small Business Cards

Amazon just handed their small business credit card business to US Bank after ditching American Express. The August 2026 transition signals a major shift in small business banking competition.

April 2, 2026 · 4 min read

Mastercard Acquires BVNK for $1.8B to Add On-Chain Payment Rails

April 2, 2026 · 4 min read

Embedded Finance Is Quietly Becoming a $200B Industry, And Every SaaS Company Is a Fintech Now

March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Stripe vs. Adyen vs. Square: The Payment Wars Enter a New Phase in 2026

March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Tech

SpaceX Files Confidential IPO for Potential $1.75 Trillion Valuation

SpaceX filed confidential IPO paperwork targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation for June 2026. The rocket company plans to raise up to $75 billion in what would be history's largest public offering.

April 1, 2026 · 5 min read

Oracle Cuts 491 Jobs in Washington as AI Bills Hit Tech

April 1, 2026 · 4 min read

OpenAI Raises $3B From Retail Investors in $122B Valuation

April 1, 2026 · 4 min read

OpenAI Kills Sora App After Burning $1 Million Daily

March 30, 2026 · 4 min read

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