Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.

Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets

PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.

Flipkart moves its headquarters back to India ahead of IPO

Flipkart’s headquarters shift comes as the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant reaches about $30 billion in GMV.

Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut

The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company’s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story.

Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay

The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion).

Your AI might run in orbit if SpaceX gets its satellite plan approved

SpaceX bought xAI and is tying the deal to AI data centers in space. A proposed 1 million satellite constellation would support solar-powered orbital compute, but regulators and execution risks will decide how real it gets.
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Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion i…

How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short

The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.

SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire

paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs.  The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and…