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Private Equity

Q&A: Kirkland & Ellis on AI and its deal with Palantir

September 11, 2026

Investment funds partner Erica Berthou discusses how AI could reshape the practice of law and how PE firms and investors work with their legal counsel.

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Legal Tech

Legal AI leaders like Harvey are sprinting to scale while they still can

September 9, 2026

A few startups are dominating legal tech funding as they seek a defense against frontier labs.

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Venture Debt

AI infrastructure bets drive venture debt toward record levels

September 9, 2026

European startups are projected to raise 60% more in venture debt than last year.

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AI & ML

Which AI companies are governments betting on?

September 9, 2026

Ranking the top 10 government-backed AI startups by capital raised.

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AI

Mistral raises €3B to bet big on sovereign AI

September 8, 2026

The record VC round comes amid a strategic pivot for the French AI company.

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Private Equity

Q&A: New Mountain on the future of liquidity in PE

September 8, 2026

The CEO of the $60B investment firm, Steven Klinsky, discusses distributions, the secondary market and what non-cyclical investing looks like today.

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AI

IREN obtains $2.4B private credit financing to buy Nvidia chips

September 3, 2026

The financing will support “non-investment grade customer deployments” of the chips, which are used to train and process the outputs of AI models.

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Chips & Datacenters

VCs embrace quantum computing in a crowded semiconductor market

September 2, 2026

Global quantum computing is hitting records as chip deals retreat.

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Robotics & Physical AI Quarterly

Robotics & Physical AI Report: The Money Is in the Motion

September 1, 2026

The Q2 2026 Robotics & Physical AI Report provides an analysis of recent VC activity and includes a link to our proprietary market map of leading VC-backed companies in the space.

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VC Fundraising

A16z’s new $1.1B fund admits hardware is eating the world, too

August 28, 2026

The Machine Age Fund targets AI infrastructure, including data centers, chips, networking and memory.

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Politics

France’s 2027 campaign starts as pessimism deepens and AI divides emerge

August 28, 2026

With business leaders pointing young entrepreneurs abroad, candidates are divided over how the country can compete in the technology.

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Chips & Datacenters

Why Nvidia loves backing and buying startups

August 27, 2026

CEO Jensen Huang estimates that around 70% of all AI venture dollars are spent on compute.

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Pets

To become the Apple Watch of pet collars, Fi is keeping VC in the doghouse

August 26, 2026

The smart pet collar startup Fi has raised nearly $40 million, but its investors are clamoring to write new checks. So why is it shrugging them off?

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Agtech

AI can help spot ‘bad lettuce.’ That doesn’t make it a good business.

August 25, 2026

A summer of outbreaks hasn’t convinced VCs to fund a faddish problem.

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Robotics & Physical AI

Neura Robotics acquires Adlatus to build physical AI powerhouse

August 24, 2026

The deal reflects a wider push by the German robotics startup to build through acquisition, as physical AI draws billions in VC funding.

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Weekend Analysis

Meet Petra, the AI that runs a PE firm

August 21, 2026

PE is racing to integrate AI. Boston-based Ethos Capital may have taken it further than anyone.

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AI

Nexus Data Centers obtains $1.3B mezz loan to support AI construction project

August 20, 2026

Incumbent lender Eagle Point Credit Management served as lead investor on the loan.

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Fintech

Stripe’s $7B+ OpenRouter deal signals shift to AI plumbing

August 19, 2026

With its latest AI acquisition, Stripe is proving the fintech AI playbook is all about owning the infrastructure stack.

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