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        <title><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazilian AI Legal Startup Enter Valued at $1.2 Billion in Round]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crypto Investor Haun Raises $1 Billion for New Funds, Expands to AI Agents]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Katie Haun, a former Andreessen Horowitz general partner, has raised $1 billion for new venture funds.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thiel’s Founders Fund Raises $6 Billion in Its Largest-Ever Haul]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:39:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Peter Thiel, president and founder of Clarium Capital Management LLC, holds hundred dollars bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, April 7, 2022. The Bitcoin 2022 four-day conference is touted by organizers as &quot;the biggest Bitcoin event in the world.&quot;</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Startup Bringing Brains to AI Aims for $2.5 Billion Valuation]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/startup-bringing-brains-to-ai-aims-for-2-5-billion-valuation</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ike Swetlitz]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SoftBank Plans to Create and List AI Vehicle Roze in the US]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/softbank-aims-to-create-and-list-ai-firm-roze-in-the-us-ft-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Min-Jeong Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. The two-day conference is scheduled to conclude today.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anthropic Weighs Funding Offers at Over $900 Billion Valuation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shirin Ghaffary]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:39:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[VC Firm Hires First Chief AI Officer, Seeking Smarter Use of the Technology]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Eclipse wants to help its portfolio companies get smarter with AI]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An Artificial Intelligence (AI) logo at the Siemens AG booth at the Hannover Messe 2026 trade fair in Hannover, Germany, on Sunday, April 19, 2026. Siemens will prioritize artificial-intelligence investments in the US and China if the European Union doesn’t adapt its restrictive regulations, according to Chief Executive Officer Roland Busch. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Coding Firm Cognition in Funding Talks at $25 Billion Value]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/ai-coding-firm-cognition-in-funding-talks-at-25-billion-value</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Andreessen, Thrive Poised for Windfall From SpaceX’s Cursor Bid]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/andreessen-thrive-poised-for-windfall-from-spacex-s-cursor-bid</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Cursor logo arranged on a smartphone in Forest Hills, New York, US, on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Cursor, a leading artificial intelligence startup for coding, released Composer 2, a more efficient AI model for software development in a bid to keep pace with larger firms like Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SpaceX Has Deal for Right to Acquire Cursor for $60 Billion]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/spacex-says-has-agreement-to-acquire-cursor-for-60-billion</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmen Arroyo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cursor In Talks to Raise $2 Billion at Over $50 Billion Value]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Metz]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:41:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iconiq, Go-To Wealth Adviser for Tech’s Elite, Is Putting Billions Into AI]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/iconiq-advisor-to-tech-billionaires-emerges-as-major-ai-investor</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sequoia’s New Leaders Raise About $7 Billion for Firm’s Biggest Bets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:35:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Sequoia Capital offices in Menlo Park, California, US, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital is breaking up into three entities around the world, splitting the Chinese and US operations as tensions grow between the world’s two largest economies.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anthropic Attracts Investor Offers at an $800 Billion Valuation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Anthropic logo arranged on a smartphone in Forest Hills, New York, US, on Friday, April 10, 2026. The US treasury secretary and Federal Reserve chair summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC will usher in an era of greater cyber risk.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lightspeed’s Mignano Joins Union Square Ventures to Make AI Bets]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-14/lightspeed-s-mignano-joins-union-square-ventures-to-make-ai-bets</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Torrence]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Union Square Ventures general partners Rebecca Kaden, Nick Grossman and Michael Mignano. Photographer: Becca Foracappa/Union Square Ventures</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former DeepMind Researchers Bet on Visual AI With New Startup]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/ex-google-deepmind-researchers-debut-startup-called-elorian-focused-on-visual-ai</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anthropic Completes Tender Offer, But Employees Hold Onto Shares]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/anthropic-completes-tender-offer-but-employees-hold-onto-shares</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Torrence]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Anthropic logo on a laptop arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $10 billion in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the matter, a higher than expected sum and one of the largest megarounds to date for an artificial intelligence startup.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cerebras Backer Eclipse Raises $1.3 Billion for Robotics, AI Infrastructure]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/cerebras-backer-eclipse-raises-1-3-billion-for-robotics-ai-infrastructure</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palmer Luckey-Backed Nuclear Startup Valar Lands $2 Billion Valuation]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/palmer-luckey-backed-nuclear-startup-valar-lands-2-billion-valuation</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Robotics Lab in Talks to Raise $1 Billion at $11 Billion Valuation]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/ex-deepmind-staffers-robotics-startup-in-talks-for-11-billion-valuation</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:01:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Physical Intelligence is working on AI that can help robots perform a wide range of tasks, including making coffee.</media:description>
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