In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape

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qwant news | Anthropic Set To Raise Additional $30 Billion For $900 Billion Valuation: Report

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Anthropic is on the cusp of closing a new funding round that could exceed $30 billion and lift its valuation above $900 billion, with Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Altimeter Capital, Greenoaks Capital Partners and existing backers such as Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund collectively contributing roughly $2 billion; the company projects almost $11 billion in revenue for the second quarter and an annualized run‑rate of more than $50 billion by June. In parallel, Anthropic is nearing a $1.5 billion joint venture with major Wall Street firms—including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and Hellman & Friedman—each committing around $300 million (Goldman Sachs about $150 million) to embed its large‑language‑model AI tools into private‑equity‑backed companies, signaling a broader shift toward financial institutions taking direct ownership stakes in AI systems tailored for enterprise use and intensifying competition with rivals such as OpenAI.

Read more: https://www.ibtimes.com/anthropic-set-raise-additional-30-billion-900-billion-valuation-report-3803226

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The opportunity beyond orbital data centers

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How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/technology/elon-musk-spacex-loans.html

bing news | Unpacking Peter Thiel's big bet on solar-powered cow collars | TechCrunch

Founders Fund, famous for backing “zero‑to‑one” companies such as Facebook, SpaceX and Palantir, has placed its latest bet on a New Zealand startup called Halter. Halter builds solar‑powered smart collars that let ranchers manage cattle spread across remote terrain without dogs, horses, motorbikes or helicopters. By creating virtual fences that can be set and moved from a smartphone app, the system promises a practical solution to a massive, unsolved problem in pasture‑based farming.

The collars emit audio and vibration cues that cattle learn to obey, effectively “herding” them without physical barriers. Because the devices are always on, they continuously collect behavioral data, monitor health, track fertility cycles and flag illness, giving farmers unprecedented insight into each animal. Founder and CEO Craig Piggott, who grew up on a dairy farm in New Zealand and previously worked at Rocket Lab, has spent nine years refining the hardware—now on its fifth generation—and regularly pushes software updates to improve reliability and functionality.

Today the collars are attached to more than a million cattle across 2,000 farms in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, boosting land productivity by up to 20 % and, in some cases, doubling outputs. Halter’s approach stands out in a sector where many ag‑tech startups struggle to gain traction, largely because it delivers a clear financial ROI and maintains “nine‑nines” reliability. With roughly $400 million raised, the company is expanding globally, eyeing the billion‑plus cattle that still lack virtual fencing, while competitors such as Merck’s Vence or drone‑based solutions remain peripheral to Halter’s core collar technology.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/unpacking-peter-thiels-big-bet-on-solar-powered-cow-collars/

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Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor

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Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/30/varda-says-it-has-proven-space-manufacturing-works-now-it-wants-to-make-it-boring/