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EU checking if Microsoft’s OpenAI investment falls under merger rules

January 9, 2024

The European Union is checking whether Microsoft’s investment in generative AI giant OpenAI is reviewable under the bloc’s merger regulations, it said today. The development comes in the wake of the turmoil at OpenAI in late November when the then board voted to oust founder and CEO Sam Altman — a shock move that triggered […]

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Top 4 Pharma Picks for January 2024 Growth

January 9, 2024
The pharmaceutical industry’s future is increasingly promising, spurred by a rise in healthcare expenditure amid escalating chronic and rare disease cases and a burgeoning aged population. The industry’s bright outlook…

Unlocking January Gains With 3 Key Tobacco Stocks

January 9, 2024
The tobacco industry’s outlook appears bright due to the consistent tobacco use given its addictive nature and the launch of new, emerging products like e-cigarettes. Thus, investing in quality tobacco…

The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big

January 9, 2024

Burro has been on our radar since early  2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its agtech offering really take off. Those successes have, of course, coincided with the pandemic and […]

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Anecdotes lands $25M to expand its governance, risk management and compliance business

January 9, 2024

Governance, risk management and compliance — GRC for short — remains one of the most active startup areas in terms of VC investments. According to Tracxn, the private market data tracker, the roughly 1,500 vendors selling GRC software had received $28.7 billion in funding as of 2021. It’s no wonder there’s such high interest. GRC […]

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