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Kalshi raises $1 billion as prediction markets go institutional

Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation doubling its worth in just five months. Institutional trading on the platform surged 800% as prediction markets move beyond retail into serious financial infrastructure.

James Whitemore2d ago2 min read

Funding & VCArtificial Intelligence

Intel Capital backs QuantWare with $178 million for quantum processors

QuantWare raised $178 million in the largest ever private round by a dedicated quantum processor company. Intel Capital led the round as the Dutch startup moves to build industrial-scale quantum chips and a dedicated chip factory.

Emily Carter3d ago2 min read

Intel Capital backs QuantWare with $178 million for quantum processors

FintechSaudi Arabia

Saudi fintech RiFD teams up with Kingsbury to scale securitisation

RiFD and Kingsbury have partnered to scale securitisation in Saudi Arabia combining local asset infrastructure with global deal structuring expertise. The partnership targets a capital markets gap that has long limited institutional access to Saudi assets.

Jace Ryn4d ago2 min read

Saudi fintech RiFD teams up with Kingsbury to scale securitisation

AI & MLE-commerce

Meta Hatch and an Instagram shopping agent are coming in 2026

Meta is building an AI agent called Hatch and a separate AI shopping tool for Instagram. Both are expected before Q4 2026 as Zuckerberg pushes his AI investments toward real revenue.

Emily Carter4d ago2 min read

HealthTechSaudi Arabia

Madeed raises $925K to bring preventive healthcare to Saudi Arabia

Saudi healthtech Madeed has raised $925,000 in pre-seed funding to scale a preventive health platform built around biomarker testing and personalised care. The company wants to catch disease risk before symptoms ever appear.

Irfan5d ago2 min read

Madeed raises $925K to bring preventive healthcare to Saudi Arabia

AI & MLGovernment & Policy

Google AI deal with Pentagon marks a new era of military tech cooperation

Google signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon allowing Gemini to be used for any lawful government purpose. Over 600 employees opposed it. Google signed it anyway.

James Whitemore6d ago2 min read

Google AI deal with Pentagon marks a new era of military tech cooperation

Mobility & LogisticsArtificial Intelligence

How Uber's sensor grid strategy turns a threat into a data business

Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a rolling sensor grid for self-driving companies. The company's CTO says the bottleneck in AV development is no longer technology. It is data.

Arin Sol6d ago2 min read

How Uber's sensor grid strategy turns a threat into a data business

StartupsFintech

The case for and against crowdfunding as a path to lasting business

Crowdfunding has evolved well beyond Kickstarter campaigns and creative projects. With equity models growing fast and the global market approaching $21 billion, the real question is whether the companies it produces are built to last or built to launch.

IrfanMay 32 min read

The case for and against crowdfunding as a path to lasting business

Cloud InfrastructureData & Analytics

Google Cloud's $20 billion quarter is also a story about what it could not sell

Google Cloud crossed $20 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, growing 63% year-over-year. But the company admitted it could have grown even faster, with a backlog that doubled to $462 billion in a single quarter.

IrfanApr 302 min read

Google Cloud's $20 billion quarter is also a story about what it could not sell

StartupsVenture Capital

What the MENA funding slowdown is really asking of founders

Something has shifted in the MENA startup ecosystem, and founders who have been through previous downturns can feel it. Funding activity slowed sharply as geopolitical tensions intensified and capital paused across the region.

Jace RynApr 292 min read

What the MENA funding slowdown is really asking of founders

TechnologyStartup Ecosystem

Apple's new App Store subscription model lets you pay monthly for a year

Apple introduced a new App Store subscription model that lets users pay monthly while committing to a full year. It is not a price cut but a restructuring of how annual costs land.

IrfanApr 292 min read

Apple's new App Store subscription model lets you pay monthly for a year

Mergers & AcquisitionsAcquisition & M&A

Egypt's iSchool buys software firm Rubikal to expand beyond edtech

Egyptian edtech company iSchool has snapped up software engineering firm Rubikal in a deal that signals its ambition to evolve from a coding school into something closer to a full technology platform for K-12 education. The terms of the transaction were not made public, but the structure of the deal makes the strategic intent clear. Rubikal's entire engineering team, including 21 software engineers and both co-founders, is being absorbed into iSchool's operations. The acquisition is hardly an out of the blue move. Rubikal has been working alongside iSchool as an external engineering partner for the past three years, quietly building and scaling much of the technology that powers its learning platform.

Emily CarterApr 242 min read

Egypt's iSchool buys software firm Rubikal to expand beyond edtech

NewsStartup Ecosystem

PopArabia buys Viral Wave as A15 records ninth exit

PopArabia acquires Viral Wave in a deal marking A15’s ninth exit, highlighting consolidation in MENA’s digital music and content distribution sector.

James WhitemoreApr 232 min read

PopArabia buys Viral Wave as A15 records ninth exit

AICloud & Infrastructure

Google bets on agentic coding to outpace rivals in 2026

Google has been quietly, then very loudly, reorganizing its engineering efforts around one clear priority: getting better at code. What started as an internal experiment has turned into a full-scale push to build AI tools that write, fix, and evolve software.

Jace RynApr 192 min read

Google bets on agentic coding to outpace rivals in 2026

EV & ChargingRobotics & Automation

What Tesla's Texas robotaxi expansion actually looks like on the ground

Tesla's push to build a nationwide robotaxi network took another step forward on April 18, 2026, when the company announced it was rolling out its driverless service in Dallas and Houston, bringing its total US city count to three, all of them in Texas.

Jace RynApr 192 min read

What Tesla's Texas robotaxi expansion actually looks like on the ground

AISaaS & Enterprise

Anthropic launches Claude Design to take on Figma and Canva

Anthropic just made its most direct move yet into the software application layer. On April 17, 2026, the company launched Claude Design, turning conversational prompts into prototypes, slide decks, and UI mockups, without opening a design tool.

IrfanApr 182 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Design to take on Figma and Canva

FintechFintech

How Airwallex went from acquisition target to Stripe rival

Few rivalries in fintech carry the personal weight of the one now developing between Stripe and Airwallex. Back in 2019, Stripe offered to buy the Melbourne-based startup for $1.2 billion. Airwallex's CEO said yes, then changed his mind.

James WhitemoreApr 182 min read

How Airwallex went from acquisition target to Stripe rival

AIGaming & Entertainment

The subscription AI boom that changed how mobile makes money

Something quietly historic happened in the mobile app economy in 2025. For the first time, consumers globally spent more on non-gaming apps than on games. The catalyst, more than any single trend, was generative artificial intelligence.

Emily CarterApr 182 min read

The subscription AI boom that changed how mobile makes money

FintechFintech

Cairo fintech INVIA secures $1.2M to unify SME financial tools

Cairo-based fintech startup INVIA has raised USD 1.2 million from angel investors and strategic backers, adding another data point to an already active year for Egyptian fintech.

James WhitemoreApr 152 min read

Cairo fintech INVIA secures $1.2M to unify SME financial tools

AI & MLVenture Capital

Fluidstack eyes $18B valuation in new $1B funding round

Fluidstack, the AI data center startup spun out of Oxford University, is reportedly in talks to raise one billion dollars at a valuation of eighteen billion dollars, according to Bloomberg. The round is said to be potentially co-led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, the AGI-focused investment fund started by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, with Morgan Stanley advising on the transaction. If the deal closes at those terms, it would represent a remarkable acceleration for a company that was valued at just 7.5 billion dollars only a few months ago.

Arin SolApr 152 min read

Fluidstack eyes $18B valuation in new $1B funding round

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