Late Stage Venture Investor Disruptive Raises $10 Billion Fund For Just 10 Investments

Now the biggest VC firm in Texas, Disruptive—run by late oil & gas billionaire Marvin Davis’ grandson Alex—wants to double down on late-stage investments in defense and AI.

Why This Palantir Billionaire Is Backing A Plan To Breed 30,000 Monkeys

Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale is investing in an animal testing company that aims to secure a national supply chain of monkeys for biomedical testing.

Inside Anthropic’s $1 Trillion Spending Plan On Data Centers, AI Chips

The Claude maker filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, revealing $1 trillion in spending over the next two decades on chips and data centers.

The Woolly Mammoth Billionaire’s New Startup Is Genetically Engineering War Dogs For The Military

Ben Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.

Germany’s New Robot Billionaire Is Betting Big On Humanoid Gyms

David Reger’s $7 billion Neura Robotics wants to be the Apple of physical AI, building not only an army of industrial and humanoid robots, but also their operating software system and the “gyms” where they will train. Nvidia, Amazon and Tether are onb…

Why Debt-Laden Neoclouds Could Become A Trillion Dollar WeWork 2.0

Data center developers and neoclouds raised $37 billion in U.S. junk bonds this year. As yields hit double digits, debt tied to riskier AI firms is tumbling.

Evan Spiegel’s $3 Billion Spectacle

The former tech wunderkind has poured billions into his quest to make technologically superior AR glasses and best nemesis Meta. Here’s why it’s a quixotic dream.

Trump’s AI Billionaire Lunch Dates Have So Far Spent $145 Million On Political Candidates

At the president’s event, AI moguls presented a united front on the raging battle over AI regulation. Their $145 million of political spending tells a different story.