Sid Sijbrandij, the former CEO of GitLab, is back with a new AI coding startup called Kilo Code. The company just announced an $8 million seed round from top-tier investors. It’s entering a market already packed with giants and billion-dollar startups.
The AI infrastructure company Fal has seen its valuation skyrocket to $4.5 billion after a new funding round. The deal highlights the relentless investor frenzy surrounding developer-focused AI tools.
Firing someone for a bad attitude is one of management’s toughest tasks. According to advice columnist Alison Green in Inc, the key is to still see the person as “miscast” for your specific company culture.
Tiger Global is raising a new $2 billion private fund, a massive drop from its multi-billion dollar funds of 2021. The firm says this smaller, focused approach is a return to what drove its best historical returns. It plans to make fewer, more selective bets.
Elon Musk has called reports that SpaceX is seeking an $800 billion valuation “not accurate.” However, he did not address the separate rumor that the company, including Starlink, is targeting a public listing in the second half of 2026. The conflicting signals leave investors guessing about the rock
AI-powered IT support platform Fixify is launching a European base in Cork, Ireland, with plans to hire 50 staff over the next 18 months. The move comes after the Virginia-based startup secured a $25 million Series A funding round in October 2024.
Coinbase is letting Indian users sign up again after a two-year hiatus, but only for crypto-to-crypto trades for now. The exchange plans to finally launch a fiat on-ramp in 2026, betting big on a market with notoriously harsh crypto taxes.
Jason Kilar, the former CEO of WarnerMedia, has publicly warned that a sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Netflix would be a disaster for competition. He argues it would create a streaming behemoth controlling nearly half the market, leading to higher prices and fewer choices.
Nvidia’s path to becoming a $4 trillion company almost ended in the 1990s. A failed deal with Sega led to a desperate plea for a $5 million investment, which a Sega executive granted simply because he liked the young CEO.
Castelion has secured $350 million to move its Blackbeard hypersonic missile from testing to mass production. The funding aims to close a critical U.S. capability gap against China and Russia by building a new manufacturing base.
