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Runpod, an AI app hosting platform launched four years ago, has reached an annual revenue run rate of $120 million, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh told TechCrunch. Their startup journey is a wild example that if you build well and your timing is lucky, they will come. This story includes our journey to over $1 million in revenue. VC Radhika Malik, a partner at Dell Technologies Capital, raised a $20 million seed round after seeing some posts on Reddit. The company acquired another major angel investor, Hugging Face co-founder Julien Chaumont, because he used the product and reached out…
The Neve Photon carrying crude oil from Venezuela docks at Port Freeport in Freeport, Texas, U.S., January 15, 2026. Antranik Tabitian | ReutersEnergy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday that the United States is locking in about 30% higher prices for Venezuelan crude as the country begins selling Latin American crude after detaining former President Nicolas Maduro.Washington has completed its first sale of about $500 million worth of Venezuelan crude oil, and more sales are expected in the coming days and weeks, a U.S. Department of Energy spokesperson said.”If you sell that same barrel of oil, you get a realized price…
The White House has confirmed to US media that President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garcedo.On Friday, CBS News reported that a pardon was imminent, but Trump administration officials have since tied it to the president’s campaign and what he deems “illegal activity.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”This whole incident is an example of political persecution,” a Trump official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.Since returning to office for a second term, President Trump has granted pardons to a series of right-wing officials and their allies, including former Honduran President Juan Orlando…
Rangers have signed winger Andreas Skov-Olsen from Wolfsburg on loan until the end of the season.Sky Sports News understands the 26-year-old has turned down several offers in favor of a move to Ibrox, with his contract also including an option to make the move permanent. The Denmark international’s summer transfer fee is thought to be around 10 million euros (about 860 million yen), having moved to the Bundesliga from Club Brugge for 12 million pounds in January last year. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Rangers signings Andreas Skov Olsen, Tochi Chukwani and Tuur Rommen were announced…
Aerial view of cargo ships and cargo containers in the port.Adoff01 / 500px | 500px | Getty ImagesIndia’s exports to China surged in December, but shipments to the U.S. fell as President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs forced New Delhi to focus on alternative markets. Exports to China rose 67% to $2 billion in December, compared with a 1.8% decline in goods to the United States, New Delhi’s biggest export market, to $6.8 billion, according to government figures released late Thursday.The US imposed 50% tariffs on New Delhi, the highest of any country and even higher on China, upending both trade…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a press conference after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Warsaw Google for Startups Campus on February 13, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland.Jakub Porzycki | Null Photo | Getty Imagesgoogle filed an appeal Friday against a federal judge’s ruling that the company had an illegal monopoly in the core market of Internet search.The appeal could delay relief for the Alphabet-owned company while the legal process progresses. Lee Ann Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulation, said in a blog post Friday that the 2024 ruling “ignores the reality that people use Google because they…
“Please release Koby Mynu.”It’s a sentiment many Manchester United fans, and even Mainu’s own family, have been unashamed to make public over the past year. It’s no exaggeration to say that the 20-year-old’s early career and momentum hit a major crossroads under Ruben Amorim. The midfielder, who Gary Neville once described as having “the world at his feet” after his maiden match, played a key role for England as the Three Lions reached the 2024 Euro finals. The Premier League season has yet to begin, but Maynou has someone to learn from Michael Carrick as he harbors hopes of making…
Drug discovery, the art of identifying new molecules to develop medicines, is a notoriously slow and difficult process. Traditional techniques such as high-throughput screening offer an expensive scatter shot approach but are rarely successful. But a new breed of biotech companies is leveraging AI and advanced data technologies to accelerate and streamline processes. Chai Discovery, an AI startup founded in 2024, is one such company. In just over 12 months, the company’s young co-founders have raised hundreds of millions of dollars, amassed the support of some of Silicon Valley’s most influential investors, and built it into one of the most…
A billboard in front of Mitsubishi Corporation’s headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, January 15, 2026. Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to buy Aison Energy Management LLC’s U.S. gas and pipeline assets for $5.2 billion, making it the largest acquisition by a Japanese company in the U.S. shale sector. Photographer: Takaaki Iwabe/Bloomberg (via Getty Images)Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMitsubishi Corporation announced Friday that a Japanese trading house aiming to increase its presence in Japan’s energy market will acquire U.S. shale gas assets in a $7.53 billion deal that includes debt.Mitsubishi Motors aims to capitalize on rising power demand from data centers, manufacturing…
A sign posted at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Francis Perkins Building in Washington, DC, in June 2025.Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesA controversial Labor Department social media post poured gasoline on already smoldering accusations that the Trump administration is amplifying rhetoric and images associated with far-right ideology.A video of the post, shared on Saturday, includes a quick-cut slideshow of artwork depicting glorious scenes from American history, with a statue of George Washington in the foreground.The caption above the video reads: “One homeland, one people, one heritage. Americans, don’t forget who you are.”Social media users quickly noticed similarities in language, format,…