Canada’s Top Pension Slows Direct Investment in Growth Equity Amid Tepid Returns
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is revamping a private equity strategy that focuses on high-growth companies after getting…
Elias Torres’s Agency raises $20 million Series A to chase agentic AI for customer success
It can refer to an agency that handles PR, books travel, or manages talent—and by extension, to agents…
AirOps raises $40 million Series B at $225 million valuation to rethink marketing in the age of AI
For marketers, search engine optimizers, and yes, lowly journalists, the sky is falling down. All conventional wisdom on…
Private Market Investments Take Off in Empower’s 401(k) Plans
The push towards private investments in 401(k) plans seems to be proving successful for some. Great-West Lifeco, the…
Altman Says OpenAI Doesn’t Want a Government Bailout For AI
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman pushed back at the idea that the company would seek federal guarantees…
Founders are getting huge paydays before their startups are close to an exit—and that’s fine with many VCs
Good morning, it’s Crypto Editor Jeff Roberts pinch-hitting for Allie. Over the course of my career, I’ve written…
OpenAI CFO Says Bubble-Wary Market Needs More AI ‘Exuberance’
OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar suggested the market is overly focused on anxiety about a possible bubble…
Surgery-Imaging Firm Ultragreen.ai Starts Gauging Interest for Singapore IPO
UltraGreen.ai, a provider of fluorescence technology used in surgical imaging, has started gauging investor interest for its initial…
‘Shadowy Markets Lack Strong Guardrails To Keep Your Money Safe’
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Warren, Sanders Say PE in 401(K)s Is ‘Dangerous’ for Americans
President Donald Trump’s move to let private equity and cryptocurrency become bigger pieces of the average retirement saver’s…
Can a startup be worth a trillion dollars?
Sometime in August, my editor and I became interested in a question that turned out to be less…
Medline Said to File Publicly for US IPO as Soon as Tuesday
Medline Inc. filed publicly for a US initial public offering, setting the stage for what would be among…