Arshan Ahmad’s PureFi reimagines ethical, interest-free banking with transparent yields and low-cost global transfers for immigrants.
100,000 federal workers, including thousands employed by the Internal Revenue Service, owe a significant amount in unpaid taxes
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial launches World Swap forex remittance platform amid UAE investment conflict scrutiny.
Trump orders Pentagon to purchase coal power, reviving domestic coal industry amid climate change and energy policy debates.
Entrepreneur James Blunt challenges H-1B replacement claims, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics tech workforce data and employment growth.
Disney agrees to $2.75 million settlement in California over CCPA violations and complicated consumer data opt-out practices.
Washington Post editor addresses mass layoffs, financial struggles, newsroom trauma, and plans to reinvent journalism and business model.
Indian American tech entrepreneur running on a platform of expanding economic opportunity and reinvigorating social programs
Explore India’s future at Harvard this Feb 14–15. Featuring 100+ speakers, including Shashi Tharoor and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
House passes Trump-backed Save America Act imposing proof of citizenship and stricter voter ID requirements.
Kraft Heinz pauses breakup plans, invests $600 million to drive U.S. turnaround and restore profitable growth.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi led a tense and combative exchange with Democrat leaders at a Congressional hearing
Data is the core asset that drives value creation, and that value ultimately resides with the owner of the data.
Vivek Ravisankar, the co-founder and CEO of HackerRank seems to be enthusiastic about prospects in India
Opinion
Venture Capital
ElevenLabs raises $500M Series D, reaching $11B valuation as it expands voice AI across the full audio stack.
Amazon plans $200 billion AI infrastructure spending in 2026, boosting cloud dominance while raising investor concerns over massive capex.
Nvidia plans a $20 billion investment in OpenAI’s funding round amid AI chip competition and IPO ambitions.
Oracle plans to raise up to $50 billion through debt and equity for cloud infrastructure amid AI demand and debt concerns.
Mergers & Acquisitions
ByteDance partners with Samsung to develop AI chip SeedChip, aiming to secure processors for AI inference and infrastructure.
Spacetech
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in an X post that the company is shifting its focus from Mars to creating a “self-growing city” on the moon, in a marked shift in priority.