For the eighth time, Warner Bros. Discovery has formally rejected a takeover bid from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. The board is sticking with its Netflix merger, calling Paramount’s offer risky and undervalued.
Orano SA is considering bringing in minority investors to help finance a massive $5 billion uranium enrichment facility in Tennessee, backed by $900 million in US government funds. Separately, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a 2028 Democratic frontrunner, must navigate deep political paradoxes as
Private equity giant Hg Capital is nearing a deal to acquire OneStream, a financial planning software company. The move comes after a 35% stock drop over the past year made the firm a takeover target.
Brazilian digital bank PicPay has officially filed for an initial public offering in the United States. The move comes as the IPO market tries to regain its footing after a turbulent period.
A new wave of funding shows investors are pivoting from pure cloud AI to systems that run locally on devices or act autonomously. The bets target privacy, cost, and moving AI from assistant to executor.
According to Bloomberg Business, the US IPO market had a mixed year in 2025, with new listings gaining 13.9% on average but lagging the S&P 500’s 16% rise. High-profile deals in AI and crypto sank, while fundamentals-driven companies like Medline thrived.
In a major talent grab, Elon Musk’s xAI has poached a key AWS infrastructure leader. Saurabh Kumar spent nearly a decade shaping Amazon’s cloud networking and will now build “gigafactories” for AI at the Grok chatbot maker.
Australian fintech Airwallex is making a major European push with a €200 million investment in its Netherlands operations. The move sets up a direct clash with established players like Adyen and Mollie as the company shifts its growth focus.
Sicily is building a surprising reputation for innovation, anchored by tech hubs in Catania and Palermo. A new list highlights 10 promising startups, founded from 2020 to 2023, that are tackling everything from domestic work to precision medicine. They’re proving there’s more to the island than just
An AI robotics startup is bringing two unusual companion robots to the US market. The W1, inspired by WALL-E, costs $5,599, while the tiny M1 humanoid starts at $2,899. Both are set for preorder in Q1 of this year.
