Venture capitalists have convinced themselves they’ve found the next big investing edge: using AI to wring software-like margins out of traditionally labor-intensive services businesses. The strategy ...

Venture capital investment surged to a 10-quarter high of €108.3bn in Q1 2025, fuelled by artificial intelligence, which accounted for over €44.6bn raised. In recent years, AI has felt like a ...

A group of Western venture capitalists returned from a tour of China’s factories this summer with a blunt conclusion: in areas like batteries, solar and wind, China has built such overwhelming ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Following a pilot, the Visa Commercial Solutions (VCS) Hub has ...

Household-battery startup Base Power Inc. raised $1 billion to expand its energy-storage business and build a manufacturing plant in Texas. The Series C funding round led by venture capital firm ...

The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors of federal universities to immediately implement the “no work, no pay” policy on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ...

Startups are rushing to build technology for India's swelling army of mutual fund distributors (MFDs), a segment that is rising alongside the nation's roaring asset management industry. The ...

The federal government has reaffirmed its resolve to implement the “no work, no pay” policy as the nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began yesterday. It also ...

Longtime entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s new H-1B fee that would impact tech companies and the workers they hire from abroad. Trump announced an ...