Latest AI unicorn sees users, revenue spike 4x in only six months

For years, AI in B2B sales has focused on making teams more productive—automating emails, summarizing calls, or recommending leads. A new generation of platforms, however, is moving beyond assistance toward autonomy. These systems are increasingly capable of researching prospects, qualifying opportunities, personalizing outreach, and managing engagement with minimal human intervention, allowing sales teams to…

LinqAlpha co-CEOs Jacob Chanyeol Choi and Hojun Choi. New York-based LinqAlpha has announced the closing of a $22 million Series A funding round anchored by Paris-based AVP, South Korea’s Atinum Investment and California’s GFT Ventures, as it aims to build alpha for investors, specifically an “alpha intelligence layer” for public markets. Japan’s SBI Investment and…

California-led states sue to block Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros Discovery deal

The Taskforce has deployed £115M of its £635M in commitments across 22 investments. Since launching in 2024, the initiative has secured £635 million in capital commitments, more than 2.5 times its original £250 million ambition. Recent investments by BGF and Bootstrap 4F signal that capital is beginning to flow into the wider venture ecosystem after…

DeepSeek’s recent decision to drastically cut pricing on its V4-Pro model by 75% should have been unequivocally good news for enterprise AI vendors and developers. Instead, many are discovering that cheaper models don’t automatically translate into healthier margins. The reason is simple: While inference costs plummet, agent systems are voraciously consuming tokens faster than prices are…