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Former Axiom Space CEO’s fintech startup Nebex raises $30M seed led by Google Ventures

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

The commercial space industry has attracted billions in investment over the past decade, yet one problem has remained stubbornly difficult to solve. Startups can build rockets, satellites, and software, but getting paid for complex government contracts often takes months or […]

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AI security startup Straiker raises $64M Series A as enterprises rush to secure AI agents

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

The funding comes as demand for AI agent security surges, with Straiker reporting 15x revenue growth in run rate in less than a year. AI agents are quickly becoming part of everyday business operations. They write code, answer customer questions, […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 29, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

It’s Monday, June 29, 2026, and the global tech race is no longer moving in one direction. It is unfolding across AI chips, satellites, data centers, cybersecurity, robotics, regulation, and next-generation consumer hardware. Today’s biggest developments make one thing clear: […]

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Polymarket tops $1 billion in annualized revenue as prediction market boom accelerates

Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2026

Just six weeks after opening its U.S. exchange, Polymarket has reached a milestone few crypto startups have. The prediction market platform has surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue, according to an exclusive report from CNBC. The milestone marks another sign […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 26, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2026

It’s Friday, June 26, 2026, and AI isn’t just reshaping software anymore. It’s pushing up device prices, pulling startups into nine-figure funding rounds, forcing lawmakers to rethink national security, and turning satellites, chips, cloud servers, and cybersecurity tools into pieces […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 25, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

It’s Thursday, June 25, 2026, and venture capital today is focused on one clear idea: AI is moving from demos to systems that must actually work. The biggest checks went to infrastructure, reliability, regulated workflow automation, healthcare operations, and back-office […]

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GRAIL secures $110 million in equity from Samsung for international expansion of Galleri cancer detection test

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

GRAIL has closed a $110 million equity investment from Samsung affiliates, giving the cancer detection company fresh capital as it works to win wider adoption for Galleri, its blood-based multi-cancer early detection test, and take the product into new markets […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 25, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Today’s tech stories show an industry moving past the demo phase and into the hard infrastructure race, where the winners will control not just smarter models, but the systems that power, secure, deploy, and regulate […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 24, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 24, 2026, and today’s funding tape was not a broad-based venture rebound. It was a concentrated bet on production AI: systems that make real decisions, move money, route patients, govern agents, search the live web for machines […]

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KuCoin Pay Expands Crypto Payments in Bangladesh, Mexico, and Zambia With Local Bank and Mobile Money Rails

Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2026

KuCoin Pay is linking crypto and stablecoins to local payment rails in Bangladesh, Mexico, and Zambia, giving users access to services such as bKash, Nagad, SPEI bank transfers, and MTN and Airtel mobile money networks. For years, one of crypto’s […]

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OpenAI unveils Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip built with Broadcom to power ChatGPT and cut inference costs

Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2026

OpenAI has built its own chip. On Thursday, the company unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom AI accelerator, developed with Broadcom as part of a broader push to control more of the infrastructure behind ChatGPT, Codex, its API business, and the […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 24, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 24, 2026, and the tech world is flashing warning lights even as it accelerates. While Meta pushes AI deeper into everyday wearables with a new line of affordable smart glasses and Alphabet secures a spot in the […]

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China unveils its own rival to Anthropic’s Mythos as AI cyberwar race intensifies

Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2026

China has built its clearest answer yet to Anthropic’s Mythos, turning what started as a U.S. cybersecurity tool into the latest front in the AI arms race. At a cybersecurity conference in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese security firm 360 Security […]

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Meta reportedly building prediction markets app called Arena to challenge Polymarket and Kalshi

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

Meta wants a piece of the prediction market boom. Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly assigned a small team inside Meta to build a smartphone app modeled on prediction platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, according to a New York Times report published […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 23, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

It’s Tuesday, June 23, 2026, and the last 12 hours of startup financing did not look like a broad market rebound. They looked like a market making a narrower, harder-edged bet. Capital went to software that sits inside real operating […]

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Anthropic launches Claude Tag in Slack, bringing its AI agent into team chats as workplace AI battle heats up

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

Anthropic is pushing deeper into the workplace with a new Slack-based AI agent that it hopes will turn Claude from a one-on-one chatbot into more of a teammate. On Tuesday, the company launched Claude Tag, a new tool inside Salesforce’s […]

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SpaceX stock falls below $150 IPO price after $1 trillion sell-off before rebounding

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

SpaceX’s post-IPO euphoria just ran into gravity. After roaring out of the gate less than two weeks ago, Elon Musk’s space and AI company briefly slipped below the $150 price of its first trade on Tuesday, a sharp reversal for […]

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Halo raises $7M to launch HaloBraid, a device that makes braiding 5x faster for stylists

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

For millions of people, braiding is part of everyday life, culture, and routine. It is one of the most common protective hairstyles in the textured hair market. It is also one of the most time-consuming salon services. A single appointment […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 23, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2026

It’s Tuesday, June 23, 2026, and another day where artificial intelligence didn’t just iterate; it forced real-world consequences at unprecedented scale. Oracle cut 21,000 roles explicitly because of AI deployment. China seized the global supercomputing lead with domestically built hardware. […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 22, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2026

It’s Monday, June 22, 2026, and the venture market did not spend the day spraying checks across the startup stack. It did what it has been doing more often in 2026: concentrating capital into the infrastructure, semiconductor, and workflow layers […]

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