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Figma’s numbers say AI is a tailwind. Its stock price says the market isn’t sure.

Figma beat estimates across the board with $333.4M in Q1 revenue. More than 75% of power users opted to pay for AI credits after free limits were enforced. Stock jumped 8% after hours.
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Graphon AI exits stealth with $8.3M to build the data layer that LLMs are missing

Former Amazon and Meta researchers launch Graphon AI with $8.3M seed round. The startup builds a relational data layer that sits before the model, backed by Perplexity Fund and Samsung Next.
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Thrive Capital bets $100 million on Shopify, because sometimes the best AI trade is a beaten-down stock

Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, backer of OpenAI and SpaceX, takes a $100M stake in Shopify as the stock sits 40% below its year-to-date high. The bet: AI will reshape commerce.
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OpenAI is preparing to sue Apple over a partnership that was supposed to be the next Google search deal

OpenAI says Apple buried ChatGPT inside Siri and never promoted it. Now its lawyers are working on breach-of-contract options as Apple opens iOS 27 to Claude and Gemini.
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Carta acquires a law firm and bets the future of private capital runs on a single platform

Carta acquired UK law firm Avantia to launch Carta Law, embedding AI-native legal and compliance into its private capital ERP. Fourth acquisition since October 2025.
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The company that outsells Tesla on humanoid robots just unveiled a pilotable mecha. Unitree is filing for a $7 billion IPO.

Unitree Robotics unveiled a $650,000 transformable mecha and is filing for a $7 billion IPO. The Chinese company shipped more humanoid robots than Tesla in 2025.
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Polestar says ‘pump anxiety’ has replaced range anxiety. Its balance sheet tells a more complicated story.

Polestar's CEO says high fuel costs have made EVs 'all about money'. EU registrations jumped 51% in March, but the company's own Q1 loss widened to $383 million.
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Wall Street’s six largest banks cut 15,000 jobs and posted $47 billion in profits. The CEOs stopped pretending.

TL;DRThe six largest US banks shed 15,000 jobs in Q1 2026 while posting $47 billion in profits, with CEOs explicitly crediting AI for headcount reductions; JPMorgan, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Bank of ...
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BCG is training its AI sales agent on what not to do – and that might be the smarter bet

BCG's AI agent Jamie learns from top sellers' call transcripts and their worst habits. Vercel already cut its SDR team from 10 to 1 using the same approach.
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Why global businesses are moving to crypto mass payouts

Mass crypto payouts are reshaping global payment infrastructure. Learn how crypto payouts to multiple recipients offer gig platforms a scalable, faster, and more reliable alternative to traditional ...
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After 25 years of writing the cheques himself, Bezos is opening Blue Origin to outsiders

Blue Origin is preparing to take outside money for the first time in its 25-year history, three weeks before SpaceX's $1.75tn IPO is priced.
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10 best ITGC tools and software for automated IT controls in 2026

We compared the best ITGC tools for SOX compliance in 2026, including Scytale, Pathlock, ServiceNow GRC, Workiva, MetricStream, Archer, and more.