Insurance

• U40 Oct 30, 2026 Re:Build’s $2.1B Round Leads a $4.7B Week in Startup Funding Re:Build and Kalshi led a week of large U.S. startup rounds spanning manufacturing, predictions markets, biotech, batteries and AI.
• U41 Oct 30, 2026 Travel Tech Funding Slows as AI Startups Draw Major Deals and Buyers Travel tech startups raised $2.2 billion through Q3 2026, while deal volume fell. AI features remain prominent in large financings and company sales.
• U42 Oct 29, 2026 U.S. Series B Funding Nears $48 Billion as Smaller Rounds Become Scarcer Series B funding is running at a multiyear high in dollars, but deal counts are falling as capital shifts toward large AI rounds.
• U43 Oct 29, 2026 Fewer Series A Deals Raise the Bar for Seed Startups Series A activity has slowed as seed rounds grow. Founders need enough runway, repeatable sales and early relationships with likely lead funds.
• U8 Oct 29, 2026 AI-Built Creative Suite Clones Test Adobe’s Subscription Model A developer says AI helped build free alternatives to 13 commercial apps. Their early limitations leave questions about how far the challenge to paid software c...
• U44 Oct 28, 2026 Revenue Growth Can Mask a Decline in Company Value A company can grow ARR and still lose value as valuation multiples shift. Founders should weigh buyer demand, financial metrics and the cost of waiting.
• U45 Oct 28, 2026 Lilly Chen’s FSH Builds Software for School Meals and Public Records After leaving Facebook without a startup idea, Lilly Chen built FSH around the slow administrative work behind school food services and public records.
• U1 Oct 28, 2026 Perpetual Futures and KPI Contracts Put Trading Infrastructure to the Test Perpetuals and company KPI contracts are testing how exchanges manage funding, liquidity, clearing and risk as trading hours expand.
• U46 Oct 27, 2026 Robotics Startup Funding Reaches $9.9 Billion in Q3 as US and China Lead Robotics startups drew $9.9 billion in Q3 2026, while the US and China led year-to-date funding. Building physical AI still depends on costly data work.
• U9 Oct 22, 2026 Employer Health Costs Rise as Workers Face Higher Premiums and Deductibles Workers’ family contributions rose 9% as employers brace for another year of steep health plan increases, driven by prices, service use and drug costs.
• U10 Oct 22, 2026 How’s Your Crapification? Before following the various US/Western hegemony-defending conflicts became a large task when done properly, we’d occasionally quiz readers on the condition of...
• U11 Oct 21, 2026 Longevity Clinics Test the Limits of Preventive Medicine and Consumer Demand Hospitals are charging thousands for longevity care, but evidence gaps, incidental findings and unequal access complicate the promise of longer life.
• U2 Oct 21, 2026 CFTC Priorities Focus on 24/7 Trading, Tokenized Collateral and Market Access Michael Selig outlined plans for new trading models, crypto registration, AI surveillance and changes to derivatives rules and capital costs.
• U12 Oct 19, 2026 Abigail Field’s Write-In Bid Tests Suffolk County’s Appetite for Change Abigail Field says a late-starting write-in effort has drawn countywide support amid claims of party deals and dissatisfaction with the clerk’s office.
• U13 Oct 15, 2026 AI Analysis of UK Firms’ Pricing Reports Maps Inflation Pressures An AI review of 66,820 company reports traces changing price drivers, from weak demand after the financial crisis to recent cost pressures.
• U14 Oct 15, 2026 MPC Transcripts Reveal How Inflation and Growth Views Shaped Bank Rate Decisions Analysis of 2015–17 transcripts finds that members’ views on growth and inflation tracked distinct patterns in Bank Rate decisions.
• U3 Oct 14, 2026 ISDA SIMM at 10: A Shared Framework for Derivatives Margin Used across more than 21,000 portfolios, ISDA SIMM has standardized initial margin while adapting to market stress and changing risks.
• U15 Oct 08, 2026 CHAPS Purpose Codes Offer a Near Real-Time View of UK Property Completions CHAPS property payments closely track HMRC transaction data, while providing a faster signal and revealing when completions happen.