Browsing: Bets

Salesforce hopes its new tailored-for-CRM AI will be a boon for marketers and a moat against the general-purpose models of companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

As AI valuations surge, the firm is choosing a less fashionable path—backing more companies early and investing more heavily only after results emerge.

The once-novel idea of putting stocks on the blockchain is gaining momentum fast. The latest example came on Thursday morning, when Nasdaq announced a $100 million investment in Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, that will see the two companies work on new ways to trade tokenized versions of stocks. Kraken’s valuation…

Proxima Fusion is betting on a critical ingredient for its fusion reactors: superconducting tape.

Teragen Energy, co-founded by CEO Ruofan Wang, PhD, EWMBA 25, Chief Commercial Officer Emerson Reiter, EMBA 24, and CTO Joshua Persky, just closeda $6 million pre-seed funding round. Teragen is developing advanced fuel cell systems to power data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other industries. In this Q&A, Wang and Reiter discuss the problem Teragen is…

For Bangladesh’s apparel industry, digitisation and technology are rapidly shifting from an efficiency-enhancing option to a business imperative. With exports at a critical crossroads, manufacturers are confronting intensifying global competition, thin margins and an increasingly fluid trade environment. There is therefore little room to overlook technologies that can help unlock greater value from existing capacity.

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.

On September 1, Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) completed a $295 million cash acquisition of Epsilon Industries, a maker of prefabricated mechanical and electrical systems with plants scattered across the US and Canada. Everus first disclosed the deal on July 31, and the closing lands only a month after the company posted a quarter in which…

Thailand could reach high-income status by 2037 if it raises productivity, strengthens innovation and creates better opportunities across businesses, cities and the workforce, according to a new World Bank Group report presented at the Bangkok Business Summit 2026. Building Thailand’s Future Today estimates that annual GDP per capita growth of 5.4 percent will be needed,…

Female-focused VC funds are piling up this year as women-founded startups pull in more capital.