Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party | TechCrunch

Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party | TechCrunch

Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market could be counted on two hands. Today, he says, there are thousands. As president of the investment bank Rainmaker Securities, which focuses solely on private securities markets and facilitates transactions in roughly 1,000 stocks, Anderson …

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Lucid blames dip in Q1 sales on seat supplier issue | TechCrunch

Lucid blames dip in Q1 sales on seat supplier issue | TechCrunch

Lucid Group finished 2025 on an upswing — building twice as many EVs as the previous year and reporting a 55% uptick in sales. Then the first quarter of 2026 arrived. The company, which makes the Air sedan and Gravity SUV, reported Friday that it sold 3,093 vehicles in the first quarter, a 42% drop from the previous quarter and …

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Eye on Africa – Uganda in shock after 4 children killed in kindergarden

Eye on Africa – Uganda in shock after 4 children killed in kindergarden

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again © France 24 Issued on: 03/04/2026 – 23:48 11:07 min From the show …

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Tesla’s Texas factory workforce reportedly shrunk 22% in 2025 | TechCrunch

Tesla’s Texas factory workforce reportedly shrunk 22% in 2025 | TechCrunch

The total workforce at Tesla’s factory outside Austin, Texas shrunk dramatically last year as the company suffered its second straight year of declining sales, according to a compliance report spotted by Austin American-Statesman. Tesla went from employing 21,191 people at the factory in 2024 to 16,506 workers in 2025, a drop of 22%. That’s despite the company’s global workforce growing …

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OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’ | TechCrunch

OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’ | TechCrunch

A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, according to a report from Bloomberg. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the personnel changes to TechCrunch. CEO of AGI development Fidji Simo announced in a memo that Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a new job leading “special projects,” which will involve “complex deals and investments across the company.” He will report …

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Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports | TechCrunch

Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in 0M deal: Reports | TechCrunch

Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer. Sources close to the deal confirmed to TechCrunch that it closed, though declined to comment on the amount. The deal comes as Anthropic continues its push into healthcare and life sciences, following its October announcement of Claude for …

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Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC | TechCrunch

Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC | TechCrunch

Anthropic has filed documents to create a new political action committee — a sign that, like its peers, the AI lab is committing significant resources toward influencing policy and regulation. AnthroPAC plans to make contributions to both parties during the midterms, including to current D.C. lawmakers and rising political candidates. The PAC will be funded by voluntary employee contributions capped …

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Jason Blundell announces his new-new studio, Magic Fractal

Jason Blundell announces his new-new studio, Magic Fractal

Jason Blundell, a former creative lead on Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Black Ops series, has announced that he’s formed a new development studio called Magic Fractal Studios. Blundell announced the studio on a livestream with former Dark Outlaw Games coworker JC Farmer, a little over a week after the previous studio was closed by Sony. Little is known about …

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Banks working on the SpaceX IPO reportedly have to subscribe to Grok

Banks working on the SpaceX IPO reportedly have to subscribe to Grok

Cutthroat capitalism sure does bring out the best in humanity. Take, for example, Elon Musk. He reportedly set a condition for banks, law firms, auditors and advisors who want to work on the SpaceX IPO. They’re required to subscribe to the bastion of nonconsensual deepfakes and occasional Hitler praise known as Grok. Surely the best and brightest banks our nation …

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