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The Stock Market Looks as Strong as Ever, but History Warns of a Bubble

Investors are on the brink of the worst decade of returns ever, according to Goldman Sachs.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Perplexity CEO ‘Surprised’ by Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Startup

Aravind Srinivas said he told Dow Jones and the New York Post in June that the AI company was open to discussions about using their content.

Business - Inc. - October 24

American Drone Startup Notches Rare Victory in Ukraine

Shield AI’s drones have shown they can withstand brutal electronic warfare, prompting Kyiv to request hundreds of its systems.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 18 hours ago

Positively Pernambuco – a story of hope in Brazil

A fashion photographer and a teacher shift the focus onto one of Brazil’s most marginalised communities

World - Financial Times - October 24

Data Finds Many New Executive MBA Grads Launch Their Own Startups

An annual ranking of global EMBA programs finds numerous graduates use knowledge gained to found startups, not continue scaling the corporate ranks.

Business - Inc. - October 14

Startup Make Sunsets Wants to Fight Global Warming by Making Aerosol Clouds

Scientific critics are skeptical, but venture funders steered $1.5 million to a California company creating high-altitude particle clouds to slow global warming. Call it a moonshot for the Earth.

Business - Inc. - October 15

This Startup Wants to Build the Commercial Replacement for the International Space Station

Vast Space, a California company, believes its Haven 2 design is the best successor to the decades-old ISS project.

Business - Inc. - October 15

Know Your Investor: What Latino VCs Look for in Startups

The founders of L’attitude Ventures, Chingona Ventures, and Ascendo Venture Capital break down their investment theses.

Business - Inc. - October 15

OpenAI Veteran Mira Murati Starts Fundraising for Her Startup

Murati left her position as chief technology officer of the world’s best-known AI company at the end of September. She’s now seeking $100 million in funding for her own venture.

Business - Inc. - October 21

Wall Street Journal, NY Post sue AI startup

Media conglomerate News Corp, the conglomerate that owns the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and a number of other media properties, is suing artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity over ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

AI startup Ideogram launches infinite Canvas for manipulating, combining generated images

Users can spread newly generated images out, compare them to older ones, resize and reorder them at will, and even combine two with AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 22

Mother of Teen Who Died by Suicide Sues AI Startup

The boy, 14, spent months talking to an artificial character on Character.AI before becoming depressed. His mother blames the company, saying the tech shouldn’t be accessible to minors.

Business - Inc. - October 24

Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic

Tech - ABC News - October 24

Outrider, a Self-Driving Truck Startup, Raises $62 Million

The Colorado company got backing from the VC arm of Koch Industries, as well as Nvidia, New Enterprise Associates, and Prologis’ venture unit.

Business - Inc. - October 24

Local Digital News Startups Fight Shrinking News Source Trend

As U.S. newspapers keep closing, innovative online sites fight the growth of local news deserts.

Business - Inc. - October 24

Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation

Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

Why Space Startups Are Excited by Space Force’s New Rocket Contracts

The nation’s military space wing has opened bidding for new rocket launch contracts worth up to $5.6 billion, and it’s aimed at ’emerging’ providers.

Business - Inc. - 12 hours ago

China Launches Sea and Air Drills Around Taiwan

The one-day military exercises followed a speech by Taiwan’s president last week that reaffirmed the island’s sovereignty.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Israel races to supply anti-missile shield

Intense war demands have left the IDF relying on the US to fill gaps in air defences

Business - Financial Times - October 15

FirstFT: Israel grapples with shortage of air defence missiles

Also in today’s newsletter, Nvidia share price hits new record and tensions rise on the Korean peninsula

World - Financial Times - October 15

Nut bans unlikely to help allergic air passengers, say specialists

The real danger comes from passengers on previous flights leaving peanut residue on seats, a review says.

Trump says Fox shouldn't air negative ads

Former President Trump criticized Fox News in an interview Friday for airing negative political ads attacking him, saying he would appeal directly to media mogul Rupert Murdoch to remove them from ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Beirut rocked by fresh Israeli air strikes

At least 12 strikes were reported Saturday in Beirut in the heaviest attack Lebanon's capital saw in more than a week.

Israeli air strikes kill dozens in northern Gaza, health officials say

Women and children among dead in Beit Lahia as IDF continues offensive after killing Hamas leader

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Air Liquide Revenue Hit by Lower Energy Prices

Air Liquide reported a drop in revenue for the third quarter and missed analysts’ expectations due to lower energy prices and negative currency effects.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

FAA rule creates 'operating environment' for 'air taxis'

The Federal Aviation Administration issued the final rule for air taxis and other electric-powered aircraft on Tuesday, calling the regulations the "final piece in the puzzle" to introducing these ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23