Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say
The largest player in the crypto venture world is back on the fundraising circuit. The blockchain arm of Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z crypto, is currently raising its fifth…
OpenAI sees Codex users spike to 1 million, positions coding tool as gateway to AI agents for business
He described Codex as “becoming the standard agent” that OpenAI plans to expand across enterprise deployments, including for non-technical workers—though he acknowledged there is still significant work to do on…
Target is over being ‘an everything store,’ CEO says. It’s doubling down on baby items and groceries—and investing $1 billion in its supply chain
The potential fix: More baby care and groceries, and less of being “an everything store,” Fiddelke said. The company said it’ll invest an additional $1 billion in its supply chain, technology,…
Despite a $200 billion price tag, Trump admits the Iran war could just swap one bad leader for another
As the conflict in Iran stretches into its fourth day and threatens to spill over into the wider region, the staggering financial and strategic costs the U.S. is incurring to…
Legal AI is splitting in two—and most people miss the difference
Last week, Thomson Reuters announced that CoCounsel had reached one million users across 107 countries and territories. At the same time, Anthropic unveiled an expanded suite of enterprise plugins for…
Trump promised lower drug prices. Here’s how Congress virtually guaranteed the opposite
President Trump has repeatedly promised to bring down prescription drug prices. His Republican Congress says it shares that goal. But tucked inside the recently passed 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act is…
U.S. war with Iran forces CEOs to prepare for the worst—from rising energy prices to cyber attacks
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You’ve lost the CEO succession race. Here’s your multi-million dollar bonus
Good morning. When a chief executive succession race narrows to just a few contenders, losing doesn’t always mean losing out. I’ve noticed lately that some high-profile CEO contests have resulted…
The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic was the first real test for how we will control powerful AI. The bad news: we all failed
This was the crux of the Pentagon’s stated objection to Anthropic’s existing contract. The military did not think it was right to have a private company dictating policies to an…
Cities join Amazon in cutting ties with license-plate reader Flock following public outcry. ‘Your privacy is totally fine,’ says Ring CEO
What started as a Super Bowl ad about finding lost dogs ended in a multicity contract termination for Flock, not because its technology was featured in the ad, but because…
