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According to Crunchbase, global venture funding hit $300 billion in Q1 2026, spread across roughly 6,000 startups worldwide. That single quarter absorbed close to 70% of all global venture capital deployed in the entirety of 2025. Year-on-year growth exceeded 150%. By any measure, this is the most capital-intensive quarter the startup world has ever seen. Eighty per cent of it, approximately $242 billion, went to AI companies. Four of the five largest venture rounds ever recorded were closed in a single quarter: OpenAI ($122 billion), Anthropic ($30 billion), xAI ($20 billion) and Waymo ($16 billion). Those four rounds alone account…

The Ethereum Foundation (EF), the non-profit organization that steers development of the Ethereum ecosystem, staked over 45,000 Ether (ETH) on Friday, bringing the total amount staked to about 69,500 ETH, less than 500 coins shy of the Foundation’s 70,000 goal.The EF staked the coins in a series of transactions, each consisting of 2,047 ETH, with the total amount staked on Friday valued at over $92.2 million, according to data from Arkham Intelligence.A portion of the ETH transfers from the Ethereum Foundation’s treasury to the Ethereum Beacon Deposit Contract for staking. Source: Arkham IntelligenceThe EF began staking ETH in February as…

Raven’s Bakery on Ditchling Road, in Brighton, is well-loved for its hot cross buns. Every year, people queue outside the shop on Good Friday to purchase some of its popular sweet treat. The rain did not put people off coming out to get their hands on some hot cross buns (Image: Eddie Mitchell) Despite the rain, people were not deterred with pictures showing a queue trailing down the street. Some shoppers arrived as early as 6.30am to ensure they secured their goods, with the store opening at 8am. One customer could even be seen with a wheelbarrow full of hot…

Lucid Group finished 2025 on an upswing — building twice as many EVs as the previous year and reporting a 55% uptick in sales. Then the first quarter of 2026 arrived. The company, which makes the Air sedan and Gravity SUV, reported Friday that it sold 3,093 vehicles in the first quarter, a 42% drop from the previous quarter and about 0.5% lower than the same period last year. It had built many more, about 5,500 in total. Lucid said the sales dip, and the gap between production and deliveries, is not a demand problem. Instead, the company blames a…

Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market could be counted on two hands. Today, he says, there are thousands. As president of the investment bank Rainmaker Securities, which focuses solely on private securities markets and facilitates transactions in roughly 1,000 stocks, Anderson has a front-row seat to one of the most nail-bitingly large moments in the history of the secondary market. And right now, he suggests, the narrative has three main characters: Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX. The upshot: the storyline is more…

Friday 03 April 2026 7:10 pm Nichola Yuen rode a winner on only her second ever ride in Hong Kong EXCITING 25-year-old apprentice jockey Nichola Yuen certainly made a splash with both media and racing enthusiasts at Sha Tin in midweek with a well-executed winning ride aboard Pi Legend on only her second career ride in the city.While all the plaudits were well-founded, it will get more difficult from now on, especially with her weighing room colleagues being renowned for taking no prisoners during the action.She does, however, have a major advantage over her rivals with her 10-pound claiming allowance,…

The bereaved have been unable to set up lasting memorials to their deceased family members because the ground at the new extension on the Muslim section of Linn Cemetery in Glasgow is so water-logged, our sister title The National has learned. Tracy Hakeem, whose husband Andy was buried in the cemetery on December 17 last year, is among those affected and told this paper: “They’re just sticking people willy nilly wherever they can find a space. You’re paying the council about £3200 to put your loved one into a puddle, it’s disgusting.” She added: “We can’t get a gravestone.” READ…

I had a sneak peek at what the Loftlines development will bring to Belfast when it opens in the Titanic Quarter this summer19:49, 03 Apr 2026Loftlines has changed the landscape of Belfast(Image: Justin Kernoghan/ Belfast Live)Construction work is due to be completed this summer on Loftlines – a landmark development that will bring 778 new homes to Belfast city centre.Set within the iconic Titanic Quarter, Loftlines is one of Northern Ireland’s most ambitious regeneration projects and will be the city’s first major residential scheme to be built in 25 years. The development is home to Northern Ireland’s first Build-to-Rent (BTR)…

A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, according to a report from Bloomberg. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the personnel changes to TechCrunch. CEO of AGI development Fidji Simo announced in a memo that Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a new job leading “special projects,” which will involve “complex deals and investments across the company.” He will report directly to CEO Sam Altman. Denise Dresser, the former Slack CEO who recently joined OpenAI as chief revenue officer, will take over some of Lightcap’s commercial duties. NEW: OpenAI’s Fidji Simo announced exec changes to staff today: she is taking…

Location : The A1 southbound exit slip to the A696 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 01:15 and 01:30 on 4 April 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link