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  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
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  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
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  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
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  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
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  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
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    Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz to make ‘significant’ donation to Harris

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  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    OpenAI
    OpenAI asks investors not to back rival start-ups such as Musk’s xAI

    Sam Altman-led group wants exclusive arrangement as it secures $6.6bn funding round

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  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
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    Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs nuclear fuel start-up

    Incubation effort comes as Big Tech looks to atomic energy to meet soaring power demand for AI race

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  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
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  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
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    Investors pile into OpenAI’s $6bn funding round in unprecedented bet

    Venture groups believe ChatGPT-maker will eventually be the world’s dominant AI company and worth trillions of dollars

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  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    Insight Partners closes in on $10bn fund as venture deals pick up

    Tech investors cautiously return to market that has been battered over past two years

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