Palo Alto Networks Buys Koi
Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi, a deal meant to strengthen Palo Alto’s cybersecurity tools amid new threats posed by the advancement of ag...
Thrive Capital Raises $10 Billion in New Funds
Thrive Capital said it has raised $10 billion in new funds, including $1 billion for early stage investments and $9 billion for growth stage. The New York-based firm is referring to these funds as “...
China’s AI Giveaway War
U.S. AI firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic haven’t yet turned a profit but they’re trying to get on the path to doing so. In China, the big tech firms behind AI chatbots are fighting a different b...
Activist Investor Pushes For Tripadvisor Board Shakeup, AI Changes
Activist investor Starboard Value said it would nominate a new slate of directors to the board of Tripadvisor, arguing that the travel booking and review site hasn’t moved quickly enough to address ...
How the uninvestable is becoming investable
Venture capital has long avoided ‘hard’ sectors such as government, defence, energy, manufacturing, and hardware, viewing them as uninvestable because startups have limited scope to challenge incu...