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Hadrian is reportedly in talks to raise $1bn at a $7.5bn valuation, a number it calls "inaccurate". Inside the physical-AI and reindustrialisation rush.

Main Capital raised 5.25bn, the Netherlands' biggest-ever buyout fund, on a sub-0.5% loss rate & a contrarian bet that AI lifts enterprise software.

Menlo Ventures raised $3bn, its biggest fund in 50 years, on a ~$14bn Anthropic stake. Inside the bet, and whether it can be repeated.

Walmart's reported $1.4bn Vibe.co deal values the CTV ad startup at 12.6x revenue. Inside its bet to catch Amazon in retail media.

Zhipu weighs a multibillion-dollar share sale after a 2,000% surge and Anthropic's Fable 5 shutdown. Can it justify a $128bn valuation?

Former Citadel quantitative researcher Neel Somani explains why New England electricity prices spike in winter, tracing the problem to constrained pipeline capacity, competing gas demand and the economics of oil-fired peaker plants.

The European Commission has proposed an overhaul of Europol, doubling its staff and widening its data powers. Rights groups warn of surveillance creep.

SK Hynix has filed to raise up to $29bn through Nasdaq ADRs on July 10, a deal that would top Alibaba's 2014 record.

An HSBC survey of nearly 10,000 wealthy investors finds AI does the research, but a human adviser still makes the final call.

Honoured at Cannes Lions, Apple's Eddy Cue laid out the strategy behind Apple TV: original content only, quality over quantity, and more to come.