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Applications open for pan-african entrepreneur contest season two

A new call for applications has been launched for the second season of a pan-african television competition dedicated to entrepreneurship. The initiative builds on the success of its first edition, which reached audiences across multiple regions and positioned itself as a platform for emerging business......

Jensen Huang says he would not build Nvidia again today

Jensen Huang, cofounder and chief executive of Nvidia, said he would not launch the company again if given the chance, describing the emotional and personal cost of building what has become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. The remarks were made during a recent episode of the podcast......

Anduril doubles valuation after raising $5 billion in new funding round

Anduril Industries announced a major financial milestone after securing 5 billion dollars in a new investment round that doubled the company’s valuation to 61 billion dollars. The California-based defense technology company said the funding round was led by major venture capital firms Thrive Capital......

Lime targets $2 billion valuation with planned Nasdaq debut

Lime, the American company known for its shared electric bikes and scooters, is preparing for a potential stock market debut on the NASDAQ with a target valuation estimated at around $2 billion. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has become a major player in urban micromobility.......

DeepSeek seeks to raise up to 7.35 billion dollars in record funding round for Chinese AI

Chinese artificial intelligence laboratory DeepSeek is in advanced negotiations to raise up to 50 billion yuan, equivalent to 7.35 billion dollars, in what would be the largest funding round ever completed by an AI company in China. The deal would value the previously self-funded startup at up to 50......

Featherless.ai raises 20 million dollars to scale open source AI platform

Featherless.ai has secured 20 million dollars in a Series A funding round to expand its open source artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company, based in San Francisco, develops a serverless inference platform designed to simplify and accelerate access to large scale AI models for developers......

Anthropic considers funding round valuing firm above $900 billion

Anthropic is exploring new financing discussions that could value the artificial intelligence company at more than $900 billion. The potential deal would mark a dramatic jump for the developer of the Claude chatbot and could position it above OpenAI in terms of overall valuation, according to people......

GITEX Africa 2026 attracts $350 billion in assets in Morocco

GITEX Africa 2026 has drawn investors managing more than $350 billion in assets, reinforcing Morocco’s position as a growing digital investment hub in the region. The event brought together global stakeholders in technology and finance at a time of expanding competition over digital infrastructure......

African startups face scaling challenges amid gap between global models and local markets

African startups continue to face structural barriers that limit their ability to scale, as global business models remain poorly aligned with local market realities. This challenge emerged as a central theme during a panel discussion at GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, where industry experts examined......