In early January 2026, an incident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis ignited a torrent of public outrage, driven not by verified evidence but by viral images created by AI. These fabricated visuals—circulated widely on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and Telegram—purported to show violent acts that, according to first responders…

Luxury Presence, the Los Angeles-based proptech company specializing in premium digital marketing for real estate professionals, announced on April 24, 2025, that it has raised $22 million in new funding. The Series B extension was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and included participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Switch Ventures, and Fifth Wall. This funding…

Luxury Presence, a Los Angeles-based real estate marketing technology firm, announced in early May 2025 that it has secured a $22 million Series B extension round to further its development of AI-powered tools for real estate agents and brokerages. With this funding round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the company’s total fundraising climbs to $52…

In early January 2026, Intel made a bold declaration at CES: it is back, and it’s playing to win in the AI hardware race. Under the gleam of the Las Vegas convention lights, Intel unveiled its next-generation processors aimed not just at reclaiming relevance but at setting new standards in artificial intelligence computation. At the…

Despite macroeconomic volatility and tighter monetary policy, 2025 is charting a new trajectory for startup capital. Global venture funding surged past expectations in Q1 2025, making it the third-largest single quarter since Crunchbase began tracking investments, with $94 billion deployed globally. This resurgence in funding reflects a pivot in investor appetite toward profitability-centric innovation, AI-powered…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has raised a staggering $20 billion in fresh capital as of early 2026, signaling a market that remains resolutely bullish on AI infrastructure—even amidst intensifying ethical scrutiny over Musk’s chatbot product Grok. This funding round, one of the largest in AI history, repositions xAI among the most capitalized generative…