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VCX, a closed-end fund with heavy exposure to private AI leaders like Anthropic (20.7%), OpenAI (9.9%), and Databricks (17.7%), launched on NYSE and rocketed 1700%+ in under a week. Price peaked at $575 vs. ~$19 NAV, now at 5x premium with 100k+ investors. Captures retail FOMO for pre-IPO AI access amid lengthening private phases.
Chinese real estate firm Shouka Shares hit limit-up with 9.94% gain on March 10 amid humanoid robot hype, fueled by its indirect investment in Unitree Robotics. Despite expected 55-69b RMB losses in 2025 from core property business, the 0.3% stake via a 600m RMB fund drove shares up over 200%. The firm also holds minor stakes in Elite Robots and pharma via financial investments.
Google is introducing a button that lets readers mark publishers as preferred sources across Search, Discover, and Google News. The feature could help publishers recover traffic as AI-powered search generates fewer direct clicks to websites.
Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits, with no money changing hands. Rippling marked the resolution by releasing a competing product, leaving the dispute as a cautionary example for founders.
KCD Hangzhou has opened its call for papers, inviting the community to discuss cloud native technologies, observability, and large-model inference in the Agent era. The announcement targets practitioners interested in sharing or learning about the infrastructure behind AI agents.
Wired AI argues that Silicon Valley technology leaders do not understand society’s growing frustrations with AI. The article criticizes their public messaging as disconnected from legitimate concerns about AI’s impact.
GitHub provides an update on the August 17 outage and outlines ongoing work to improve platform reliability. The supplied excerpt does not include specific root-cause findings or remediation details.
Anthropic reportedly expects its IPO to match or exceed SpaceX's record $75 billion raise and could file publicly as soon as the end of this month. The company reportedly recorded an almost $42 billion net loss in 2025, about five times the previous year's figure.
Alibaba’s profit plunged after it raised quarterly capital expenditure for AI to nearly $10 billion. The report also examines Meta’s growing role as a Microsoft AI customer and Castelion’s plans to scale hypersonic missile production.
Linkdaze is positioning its smart digital calendar as a tool for managing an entire household rather than simply tracking appointments. Its AI meal planner is included without requiring a paid subscription.