The long view of property valuation: e2Value on why historical context matters in a new era of AI
The long view of property valuation: e2Value on why historical context matters in a new era of AI

For many participants across insurance and property ecosystems, current valuation challenges did not emerge from a single moment or event. Multiple economic cycles, demographic shifts, evolving construction practices, and changing consumer expectations…

South Africa Has AI Leverage. Its Draft Policy Leaves It Unused
South Africa Has AI Leverage. Its Draft Policy Leaves It Unused

This article is adapted by the author with permission from Tech Policy Press. Read the original article.South Africa is not just another developing country struggling to govern artificial intelligence (AI); it is the exception with leverage, and the w…

SpaceX admits it can’t find enough chips for orbital AI yet, requires ‘significantly more than are currently available to us’ — firm’s risk factors in IPO paperwork also says ambitious TeraFab project may not be successful

SpaceX warns that it may not secure enough AI hardware to achieve its orbital AI ambitions even with supply from TeraFab. Also, Intel and Tesla may leave the TeraFab project.
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London data centre firm Pure DC secures $2.7BN for European and Middle East expansion

A London-headquartered data centre firm today said it had secured $2.7bn in financing, with the funds earmarked to expand across Europe and the Middle East amid soaring AI workload demands. Pure Dat…

Taiwan authorities arrest three on suspicion of smuggling Nvidia chips to China — operation allegedly used Japan as transshipment point before forwarding banned Supermicro servers to Hong Kong

Reports say that the three individuals successfully shipped a batch of banned Nvidia AI chips in Super Micro servers to China from Taiwan to Hong Kong via Japan using falsified documentation.
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Thrive And Sequoia Back Pace With $46 Million To Automate Insurance’s Back Office

Thrive and Sequoia have invested $46 million into Pace, a startup that says its AI agents can handle the dull work insurers have long shipped to offshore operators.

Chinese AI experts in private firms now required to secure approval before international travel — Beijing enforces policy to secure top-tier talent, expands measures beyond government

The Chinese government has imposed travel restrictions on key AI experts, requiring them to secure an approval before they can leave the country. Beijing is reportedly doing this to secure talent, which it now considers as…

Stord raises $250 million to give independent brands the shipping speed they need to compete with Amazon
Stord raises $250 million to give independent brands the shipping speed they need to compete with Amazon

Stord, a logistics technology company that helps retailers manage inventory, checkout, and fulfillment, has raised $250 million in a Series F round that values the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Strike Capital with participation from Found…

Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI
Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI

Amid rapidly growing adoption of enterprise-level AI agents, there’s a disconnect emerging between ambition and execution.  Although 85% of organizations say they want to be agentic within the next three years, 76% say their current operations and infrastructure can’t support that change. They cite a lack of readiness across people, processes, and workflows.  The sticky…