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It’s hard to imagine now, but back in 2021 venture capitalists weren’t sold on Anthropic. The mega-AI startup is now valued at $380 billion, but at the time it had no public product, no revenue and was trying to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. “AI was not viewed as this su ...  Show more

It’s hard to imagine now, but back in 2021 venture capitalists weren’t sold on Anthropic. The mega-AI startup is now valued at $380 billion, but at the time it had no public product, no revenue and was trying to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. “AI was not viewed as this su ...  Show more

Two former Benchmark investors are pitching something you don’t usually see this soon: a joint, $800 million AI fund—less than a year after each left to raise smaller, founder-led vehicles on their own. Victor Lazarte left the Silicon Valley fund in July 2025 after backing compan ...  Show more

Ina sheltered bit of the Chesapeake Bay in front of Jim Perdue’s home in Berlin, Maryland, the scion of America’s most famous chicken family raises clams. Each year he sells about a thousand to local crab shacks. The rest are eaten by the Perdue clan. The clam farm is the last re ...  Show more

The Department of Justice is demanding major tech providers Amazon, Apple and Google provide identities, addresses and purchase histories of at least 100,000 people who used a car tinkering app made by Cayman Islands-based EZ Lynk. The subpoenas are part of the DOJ’s ongoing cour ...  Show more

It is 10 a.m. in Chiswick, a pleasant west London suburb, in late April, and Sir David Beckham has already been on set for two hours. This should have been expected: The 51-year-old retired soccer superstar is notorious for being early. Cranes, tents and trailers clutter the driv ...  Show more