London’s Hummingbird Ventures has a winning, if controversial, investment thesis: back founders with childhood trauma. Partners Barend Van den Brande and Firat Ileri look for “outliers” with grit, leading to huge wins like BillionToOne and Kraken.
The “original” cut of Star Wars is a moving target. From audio tweaks in 1977 to the infamous “Han shot first” edits, the film has never stopped evolving. This is the complete history of every change.
A key valuation metric shows the S&P 500 is as expensive as it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Meanwhile, major Asian semiconductor and hardware firms powering the AI boom trade at far lower prices. This disconnect presents a stark warning for American investors.
AppDirect has acquired lifecycle management platform vCom for $100 million. The move is a key piece in the company’s plan to build a unified procurement suite for all business technology, from software to mobile services.
For clean tech startups, federal grants are a lifeline. When the DOE abruptly terminated a major contract, Brayton Energy had to lay off staff, highlighting the precarious nature of government-funded R&D.
Mondu, a Berlin-based B2B payments fintech, has secured a €100 million debt facility from J.P. Morgan Payments. The capital will fuel its European expansion and integrate its solutions into the bank’s partner network, targeting a market projected to hit €1.5 trillion in 2025.
OpenAI has poached Slack CEO Denise Dresser to be its new chief revenue officer. The move signals a massive push to sell AI tools to businesses, as the company reportedly eyes over $20 billion in revenue this year.
A new MIT simulation shows AI is technically capable of handling work worth $1.2 trillion in U.S. wages. But that’s not a forecast of job losses. The real story is how companies like Amazon and Deutsche Telekom are using AI to reshape work, not just cut it.
Nintendo’s market value has plummeted by $14 billion as fears over memory chip shortages intensify. The cost of key components for the Switch 2 has skyrocketed, putting future console pricing in serious doubt.
Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun has resigned over a massive data breach first revealed on November 18. The incident affected nearly 34 million customers of the South Korean online retail giant.
