OpenAI is accelerating plans for a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter, positioning the ChatGPT maker for a high-profile debut just as rivals move to reach the public markets first. The push is being watched closely across the digital economy because...
Brazilian FinTech PicPay has raised $434 million in its U.S. initial public offering. The company announced Wednesday (Jan. 28) evening that it had sold 22.8 million shares at $19 each, the high end of its target price range. PicPay is set to begin trading on...
SoftBank Group is in talks to invest another $30 billion in OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Jan. 28), citing unnamed sources. This investment would be in addition to the $22.5 billion investment SoftBank made in OpenAI in December 2025, which increased its stake...
Blockchain infrastructure firm Zerohash is in discussions to raise $250 million, CoinDesk reported Monday (Jan. 26). The new funding would value the company at $1.5 billion, the report said, citing an unnamed source. It was reported Tuesday (Jan. 20) that Zerohash withdrew from acquisition talks...
Canada-based business finance platform Float Financial raised nearly 100 million Canadian dollars (about $73 million) in new funding, according to a Monday (Jan. 26) press release. The financing came in the form of two debt facilities from Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens...
Mine, a personal finance company for young adults, has raised $14 million in new funding. The company announced its Series A round Monday (Jan. 26) along with a new name, rebranding from “Fizz,” aimed at reflecting what the company says is a shift from offering credit building...
As the cryptocurrency sector cools, one-time token traders are predicting big things from prediction markets. That’s according to a report Monday (Jan. 26) from Bloomberg News, which says that interest in this space has gone from a fringe activity to an industry in which platforms...
British AI startup Synthesia is now a $4 billion company after raising $200 million. The company, which makes artificial intelligence avatars for businesses to use for in-house and external communication, announced its Series E funding round Monday (Jan. 26), with the venture capital arms of Google and Nvidia...
Ledger, a French company that makes hardware designed to securely store cryptocurrency, reportedly plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. The company is working with bankers and could launch an IPO as soon as this year, the Financial Times (FT)...