Long-term contracts spanning 9-18 years are preventing Southeast Asian countries from transitioning to clean energy. Utilities face financial penalties for breaking coal agreements, creating a major climate obstacle.
Accounts receivable automation startup Stuut landed major Series A funding to tackle one of corporate finance’s most tedious jobs. The company claims it can reduce overdue balances by 40% and cut manual work by 70% through true automation rather than just speeding up existing processes.
Europe faces a critical moment where industrial decline isn’t inevitable but requires unprecedented continental cooperation. The continent risks being squeezed between American ambition and Chinese scaling capabilities. Fusion energy represents a golden opportunity for Europe to reclaim industrial l
The AI gold rush is creating a landscape of abandoned enterprise projects, with humans rather than technology being blamed for failures. Recent data shows poor vision, mismanagement, and lack of resources are the real culprits behind stagnant AI initiatives.
Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings with 16% revenue growth to $2.1 billion. The cybersecurity giant also announced it’s acquiring cloud observability platform Chronosphere for $3.35 billion while guiding for in-line second quarter revenue.
American workplaces are experiencing what researchers call “cold work” – environments where employees and managers treat each other as adversaries. The study found 87% of workers describe current job tensions as uniquely intense, leading to hidden behaviors and mutual distrust. Both sides are increa
According to Forbes, Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were actually huge risks that investors hated at the time. The FTC’s dismissed lawsuit misses the crucial point that nobody knew these bets would pay off.
Kraken is targeting a public listing as early as Q1 2026 despite the crypto market losing over $1 trillion recently. The exchange just raised $800 million across two funding rounds, reaching a $20 billion valuation while expanding globally.
Klaus Hommels, the prominent European VC behind early bets on Spotify and Skype, is facing questions about potential conflicts of interest. While chairing NATO’s €1 billion Innovation Fund, his firm Lakestar was raising a defense tech fund and shared portfolio companies with the NATO vehicle. The si
Veteran game developer Rebecca Heineman, who co-founded Interplay and won the first national video game championship in 1980, has died at age 62. Her career spanned more than four decades and included work on iconic franchises like Wasteland and Baldur’s Gate.
