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David Dobrik's troubled startup Dispo didn't get the full $20 million from its Series A round - and now $8 million of that is 'on pause'
A source told Insider that investors have not abandoned their funding commitments to the startup bu…
April Joyner
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China suffers its first foreign investment deficit as US tensions and anti-spying laws spark a western exodus
The world's second-largest economy suffered a fresh blow, with Beijing also battling faltering grow…
George Glover
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AirAsia exec posts shirtless photo of himself getting a massage during a 'management meeting,' sparking debate
"Got to love Indonesia and AirAsia culture that I can have a massage and do a management meeting," …
Kylie Kirschner
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The decline of Boston Market: Why the chain that sparked the rotisserie chicken craze has closed dozens of stores
The history and decline of Boston Market: Why the once loved rotisserie chicken eatery is now facin…
Nancy Luna
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Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand sparks massive rallies in obscure crypto tokens with 'X' names
One X-branded token jumped more than 1,200% even though the project was shut down months ago. Elon …
Phil Rosen
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A $2 trillion corporate debt wall will spark job losses in 2024, Goldman Sachs says
"We find that for each additional dollar of interest expense, firms lower their capital expenditure…
Matthew Fox
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Russia's economic woes have brought a flood of cash and sparked a real estate boom in the UAE
Many Russian citizens have fled to the UAE, bringing their wealth and sparking a real estate boom i…
Jennifer Sor
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Chat platform Discord raises $100 million, hits 140 million monthly users
Chat and communications platform Discord has raised $100 million in its latest H round of funding a…
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Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow called Stripe and Y Combinator the 'mob bosses' of Silicon Valley in a Twitter thread that sparked a fiery debate
Breslow's explosive Twitter thread was hotly debated among VCs and startup founders, who contend th…
Madeline Renbarger
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Palantir co-founder sparks criticism for saying men who take 6 months of paternity leave are 'losers'
Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale said the "masculine response" to having a baby should be to work ha…
Heather Schlitz
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The blow-up of Three Arrows Capital has sparked a wave of crypto deleveraging, but that could soon end for 2 big reasons, according to JPMorgan
Venture capital funding has continued at a healthy pace of about $5 billion in both May and June, a…
Matthew Fox
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Bitcoin and ether slide as industry woes spark liquidation of crypto bank Silvergate
Bitcoin, ether, and shares of Coinbase were among the crypto assets that tumbled Thursday following…
Carla Mozée
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Britain's electric grid transformation was sparked by political cooperation
Britain's electric grid has transformed over the past decade, towards renewable sources like wind a…
James O'Malley
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Russia's ruble has nowhere to go but down as capital flight continues in aftermath of Wagner mutiny attempt, economist says
Russia's war efforts aren't helping its broader economy as it suffers from a brain drain in its hig…
Matthew Fox
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Venture capital firm Spark Capital says it's severing ties with David Dobrik's new photo app Dispo
The move comes following an Insider investigation into allegations that a member of Dobrik's "vlog …
Julie Gerstein
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Silicon Valley Bank's failure might just spark a faster housing rebound
Insider's Phil Rosen breaks down the bank sector's impact on homebuyers and shares insights from an…
Phil Rosen
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The hottest commodity in AI right now isn't ChatGPT — it's the $40,000 chip that has sparked a frenzied spending spree
ChatGPT has been the face of the new AI age, but Nvidia's H100 has sparked a gold rush for chips th…
Hasan Chowdhury
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The popularity of AI could spark 'reasonable' fears that schools may employ fewer teachers, or possibly none at all, expert says
Stuart Russell said he thought humans would still play a role in teaching in the AI era, but it cou…
Beatrice Nolan
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The family of a Florida GOP megadonor was on board the private plane that sparked NORAD to scramble fighter jets before crashing
John Rumpel said his daughter, 2-year-old granddaughter, a nanny, and a pilot were onboard a plane …
Kelly McLaughlin
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SEC opens investigation into Archegos Capital trades that sparked $20 billion liquidation, report says
The investigation is routine following such a high profile market event, and the probe may not lead…