Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison joins nonprofit charity Manifund
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has a new gig at the charity Manifund, its cofounder Austin Chen said Friday. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
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One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
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Roundtables: AI’s apocalypse crisis
Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction…
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: The Boring Co., Cognition And Motive Lead A Massive Week
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s Top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal…
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OpenAI targets work of Wall Street junior bankers with new ChatGPT for Financial Services
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, targeting the labor-intensive research, modeling and pitchbook tasks traditionally handled by junior bankers. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story
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Senator Lummis Says the New Clarity Act Text Carries Over 100 Democrat-Requested Changes
Senator Cynthia Lummis said the updated Clarity Act text carries more than 100 changes that Democrats requested. She urged them to help pass the bill. Senate Republicans released an updated CLARITY Act text that runs 630 pages, 14 more than the July 22 draft. A procedural vote, now four days later, decides whether the bill…
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Sam Bankman-Fried asks Supreme Court to overturn fraud conviction and $11 billion forfeiture
Bankman-Fried says he was unfairly barred from providing evidence that FTX had more than enough assets to cover losses from the collapse. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
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Ayar Labs bags $150M in additional late-stage funding to help make bigger AI chip clusters
Networking technology startup Ayar Labs Inc. said today it has extended its recent late-stage funding round to $650 million after raising an additional $150 million from an unnamed investor. The company originally disclosed it had raised $500 million in its Series E round back in March, which was led by Neuberger Berman. Nvidia Corp., Advanced…
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OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development. Source: www.wired.com Read Full Story
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Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 Vote
The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged. Source: decrypt.co Read Full Story
