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AI boom buoyed the US economy and softened the blow of war-driven inflation in the first quarter

Apollo.io acquired Pocus to strengthen its AI sales platform and push further into enterprise

BlackRock CEO: the AI boom may widen the wealth gap and benefit only a few

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OpenAI discusses buying 5 GW of fusion energy from Helion by 2030

Alphabet and Amazon Outpaced Meta in AI Race: Quarterly Reports Confirmed Cloud Strength

Softline cancels FabricaONE.AI IPO in AI sector after collecting preliminary orders

Figure AI Founder Launches Hark — AI-Device Startup with Product Family

New AI-device startup Hark from Figure AI founder Brett Adcock targets the AI-device market and from the start bets not on a single gadget,

01Norwegian Wealth Fund Saved Billions on AI, But Won't Lay Off StaffApr 30, 2026·2 min 02OpenAI Close to Attracting $10B from MGX, Coatue and Thrive in New RoundApr 30, 2026·3 min 03Epoch Biodesign Raises $12M to Scale AI-Powered Nylon RecyclingApr 30, 2026·2 min 04LinkedIn and SHRM: AI Made Resumes a Weak Signal and Turned Them Into a Hiring FilterApr 30, 2026·2 min 05Earlybird raised €360M in Fund VIII and locked in perpetual ownership modelApr 30, 2026·3 min

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Startups·TNW

SoftBank enlists new banks for $40 billion credit facility for OpenAI investment

Additional banks have joined SoftBank's $40 billion unsecured credit syndication, reinforcing the Japanese conglomerate's bet on OpenAI and

01Generation Z Uses AI in Job Interviews, and Startups Turn It Into a BusinessApr 30, 2026·2 min 02OpenAI and Sam Altman: how the board crisis became a power struggleApr 30, 2026·3 min 03Zhipu Increases Losses by 60% Amid Fierce Competition in China's AI MarketApr 30, 2026·2 min

Startups·Habr AI

Alfa-Bank Showed How Skeptics Deployed an Internal HR Service to Production with GLM-5

Alfa-Bank described an experiment with GLM-5: a team of team lead, analyst, and product manager shipped an HR service to production in just

Quarterly Reports Show: Google and Amazon Outpace Meta in AI Monetization

Alphabet and Amazon demonstrate real financial returns from AI investments, while Meta lags behind — this is the takeaway from a single day

Blackstone Restructures Growth Division, Establishes Separate AI Subsidiary

Investment giant Blackstone is transferring its growth business to a new West Coast division focused exclusively on AI assets, including stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic.

Mercor Reaches $10 Billion Valuation by Hiring Specialists to Train AI on Office Work

Anthropic discussing new round with valuation above $900 billion and may surpass OpenAI

Former Neural Band leader at Meta seeks funding for Flourish at $2.5B valuation

Mphasis CEO Nitin Rakesh Explains How the Company Is Reimagining Business Through AI

Startups·Habr AI

4 Non-Technical Founder Patterns That Ground Startups

Apr 29, 2026·2 min

Patronus raises €11M to turn emergency watches for elderly into everyday wearables

Apr 29, 2026·2 min

Marloo raises $10M from Blackbird Ventures for AI platform serving financial advisors

Apr 29, 2026·3 min