IDC: India's PC market had its strongest year on record in 2025, with shipments up 10.2% YoY to 15.9M units; commercial buyers accounted for 52.9% of shipments
India's PC market had its strongest year on record in 2025, surpassing the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions …
Didero, which provides an agentic AI layer that integrates with ERP systems to automate supply chains, raised a $30M Series A co-led by Chemistry and Headline
Tim Spencer realized just how complicated manufacturing procurement can be while running Markai, an e-commerce startup in Asia, during the pandemic.
PitchBook: European VC investments rose 5% YoY to €66B in 2025, a post-pandemic high; AI-related deals accounted for 35%+, or €23.5B, up from €17.7B in 2024
Soaring valuations as venture capital flows to groups tied to continent's security and economic sovereignty
Chinese-language crypto laundering networks processed ~$16.1B in 2025, or $44M per day on average across 1,799+ wallets, representing 20% of laundering activity
TL;DR — After emerging at the start of the pandemic, Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLNs) …
Total global VC funding invested in fintech startups hit $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B
Global venture funding to fintech startups climbed in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, Crunchbase data shows.
Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16%
many of them ultimately collapsing under the weight of their outsized valuations. As investors rush into AI, will history repeat itself? https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : When billion-dollar ...
Source: Stripe is in talks to buy back shares from its VC backers at a $106.7B valuation; Sequoia bought $861M worth of shares in 2024 at a $70B valuation
Stripe is in talks to repurchase shares from venture capital backers at a $106.7 billion valuation, Axios has learned. X: @danprimack X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : Scoop: Stripe is in talks to buy ba...
How the AI boom is reenergizing San Francisco, one of the slowest US cities to recover from the pandemic, with rising foot traffic and new commercial leases
The AI momentum isn't stopping and it's bringing workers, venture capital money and life back to San Francisco. X: @nathanramsey115 and @skupor . LinkedIn: David Blosser X: Nathan Ramsey / @nathanrams...
Dating apps are encouraging users to meet in person to address concerns about “dating fatigue” among Gen Z and reverse a post-pandemic slowdown in growth
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UK retailers are building an arsenal of anti-theft tech powered by AI, computer vision, and facial recognition, as organized crime fuels a shoplifting epidemic
Laura Onita / Financial Times : Bluesky: @robertscotthorton . LinkedIn: Frederic Halley Bluesky: Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : In May and June, a serial shoplifter posing as a workman in high-v...