6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (423+ words) Sundar Pichai's Google is in talks with Blackstone, KKR and EQT to give their combined portfolio companies access to its AI models, as Open AI and Anthropic move to lock up the same customer base first. Sundar Pichai is not…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (544+ words) Vista Equity CEO Robert F. Smith told CNBC that 30 of his portfolio companies are already generating revenue from agentic AI, with more converting soon. Robert F. Smith, the founder and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners and one of the wealthiest Black…...

2+ day, 47+ min ago  (654+ words) Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava Technologies is planning a 20 MW AI factory in Johannesburg with 12, 000 to 13, 000 GPUs targeted across Africa as its Cape Town facility prepares to go live. Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava Technologies is moving to build a second AI factory in…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (702+ words) Palantir CEO Alex Karp has spent nearly $75 million assembling a waterfront compound in Miami Beach, buying a $28. 5 million teardown next to the $46 million mansion he already owns on the Venetian Islands. Palantir CEO Alex Karp has spent nearly $75 million quietly…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (609+ words) Atlanta engineer Barry Givens built and exited a robot bartender startup, then co-founded Collab Capital, a $125 million fund backing Black American entrepreneurs. The premise that built Monsieur was small enough to fit on a cocktail napkin. Bars could not consistently…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (350+ words) Charles Phillips served in the Marines, climbed Wall Street, ran Oracle and built a $13 billion software company. Recognize came next. Charles Phillips grew up moving. His father served in the Air Force, which meant the family relocated constantly, state to…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (569+ words) Aaron Holiday spent four years writing algorithms at Goldman Sachs before betting everything on venture capital. That bet now manages $550 million. Aaron Holiday started at Goldman Sachs writing code, not pitching deals. His desk was in equities, his job was…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (219+ words) In 2007, Roberts joined North Bridge Venture Partners, where he focused on investing in companies that make products using chemistry, materials science, and materials engineering. The role formalized his transition from operator to investor while keeping him focused on the deep-tech…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (396+ words) Dr. Laurence Morse turned a two-person startup in Connecticut into one of America's largest Black-owned private equity firms managing $10. 8 billion. In the rarefied world of institutional private equity, where trillion-dollar pension funds park capital with only the most trusted gatekeepers,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (315+ words) Tuoyo Louis co-founded Seae Ventures to back healthcare startups led by underrepresented founders. The firm now manages over $200 million in assets. Louis represents a generation of Black investors who are reshaping venture capital not by asking for inclusion in existing…...