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When A Startup Sells, Its Employees’ Equity Plans Can Change Overnight

Startup acquisitions can reshape employees’ finances and careers, with individual outcomes depending on a variety of conditions.

‘Weird And Maybe Uninvestable’: How Reach Capital Spots Its Venture Winners

Crunchbase News spoke with James Kim, partner at Reach Capital, about how Reach’s education roots inform its broader strategy, what it saw in AI detection company GPTZero, and why some of its best investments initially divided its own team.

SpaceX revenue rises 161% to $14.6B as AI business overtakes Starlink

SpaceX made more money from artificial intelligence than from Starlink in the third quarter, as total revenue rose 161% to $14.6bn. The company also swung to a net profit of $4.4bn, from a $1.1bn loss a year earlier, according to its quarterly results, the second it has published since its listing.

OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer

It’s the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.

Pigment raises $250m Series E led by Scaleup Europe Fund

MPs urge UK government to play venture capitalist with taxpayer-funded tech

Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold

The banks, lawyers, accountants and PR firms supporting Europe’s 250 fastest-growing startups

Exclusive: Photon Bridge raises €10m to build laser devices that connect AI chips

Can Europe and Canada build a tech alliance to rival the US?

Starling founder Anne Boden sold final stake at cut-price £1.7bn valuation, reports say