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Meet the new European unicorns of 2026

From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.

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Waymo reportedly raising a $16 billion funding round

Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.

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SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers

SpaceX’s filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power.”

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Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’s $100B OpenAI investment has stalled

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.”

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HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills

The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.

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a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause

Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm.

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Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who’ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.

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OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital

This isn’t the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.

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OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name.

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Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘personal hacker’

The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the United States.

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