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AI and robotics

OpenAI Raises $11 Billion So Far at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Short of Its $30 Billion Goal

Bloomberg reported Nov. 6 that OpenAI has $11 billion of a round expected to total about $20 billion. The OpenAI Foundation's 26% stake was valued at about $130 billion when OpenAI was worth $500 billion.

Nov 6, 2026 · 3 min read

Food and hunger

DoorDash's $17 Billion Instacart Deal Would Put Two SNAP-Accepting Delivery Apps Under One Owner by Mid-2028

DoorDash agreed Oct. 29 to pay $65 a share for Instacart, at least 75% in cash. The deal needs antitrust clearance and is expected to close by mid-2028. Both apps accept SNAP benefits online.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

DoorDash's $17 Billion Instacart Deal Would Put Two SNAP-Accepting Delivery Apps Under One Owner by Mid-2028

Crypto and markets

Kalshi and Its Founders Face 14 Criminal Counts in Utah, 13 of Them Felonies, Before a Dec. 4 Hearing

Utah filed the charges Oct. 28 and summoned Kalshi to Salt Lake City's Third District Court for Dec. 4. WYDE confirmed six states that have sued or criminally charged Kalshi, not the 12 claimed in a post on X.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Kalshi and Its Founders Face 14 Criminal Counts in Utah, 13 of Them Felonies, Before a Dec. 4 Hearing

Crypto and markets

Treasury Cuts Off MEXC Global Over $16 Billion in Illicit Transactions Tied to Iran, Russia and North Korea

FinCEN's Nov. 6 order bars U.S. financial institutions from any funds transfer to or from MEXC Global. Treasury says the crypto exchange moved at least $16 billion tied to sanctions evasion and cybercrime from May 2021 to May 2026.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Treasury Cuts Off MEXC Global Over $16 Billion in Illicit Transactions Tied to Iran, Russia and North Korea

Crypto and markets

Kalshi Says Midterm Favorites Won 479 of 487 Races as Nate Silver Says Models Got There First

Kalshi's 98% tally counts races resolved by 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 4, including 94 state offices. Its favorites lost eight, and DeFi Rate counted misses in South Carolina's Senate race and two Texas statewide races.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Kalshi Says Midterm Favorites Won 479 of 487 Races as Nate Silver Says Models Got There First

AI and robotics

OpenAI's Cyber Model Built 948 Linux Kernel Root Exploits in One $1.2 Million Run

OpenAI said Nov. 4 that an upcoming cyber model reproduced 1,724 Linux kernel bugs and built 948 working root exploits for $1,213,430. Cloudflare the same day pointed developers to its open-source security audit skill.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

OpenAI's Cyber Model Built 948 Linux Kernel Root Exploits in One $1.2 Million Run

Health

Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion at a $21.5 Billion Valuation as Walmart Signs for 300 More Drone Sites

Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the Nov. 5 round, which values the drone delivery company at 2.8 times its January price. Walmart agreed to launch 300 additional Zipline sites.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion at a $21.5 Billion Valuation as Walmart Signs for 300 More Drone Sites

Big money for causes

Miami University up to $100 million gift: $55 million over three years, the rest tied to matches

The Farmer Family Foundation pledged up to $100 million to Miami University. The first $55 million is scheduled over three years, and the rest depends on matching contributions.

Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Miami University up to $100 million gift: $55 million over three years, the rest tied to matches

AI and robotics

Brava Security raises $15 million Seed to test defenses with attacks it never runs

Brava's AI agents generate the security logs an attack would leave behind, then check whether a company's existing tools catch them.

Nov 5, 2026 · 3 min read

Brava Security raises $15 million Seed to test defenses with attacks it never runs

Crypto and markets

Toady Hawk Named Clanker CEO Under Mask Network to Reboot a Launchpad With Over $50 Million in Fees

Toady Hawk, a Base Security Committee member, announced the Clanker CEO role on Nov. 3. Mask Network's Firefly team took over the Base token launchpad in October, after its sale to Farcaster and handover to Neynar.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Toady Hawk Named Clanker CEO Under Mask Network to Reboot a Launchpad With Over $50 Million in Fees

AI and robotics

Vera Health Raises $28.5 Million Series A as Its Clinical AI Search Engine Reaches 800,000 Clinicians

Threshold Ventures led the round, bringing the 12-person company's total funding to $32 million. Vera Health says its evidence-first search tool is used by clinicians in 190 countries, including about 1 in 4 physicians in Spain and Italy.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Health

U.S. Measles Cases Reach 4,852 in 2026, More Than Double 2025, as Pennsylvania Reports 1,426 and 5 Deaths

The CDC's count as of Oct. 29 is 2.1 times all of 2025. Pennsylvania's outbreak has reached 44 counties with 268 hospitalizations, and Kentucky has more than 200 cases in what WKYT calls its largest outbreak in 35 years.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

U.S. Measles Cases Reach 4,852 in 2026, More Than Double 2025, as Pennsylvania Reports 1,426 and 5 Deaths

Food and hunger

USDA Farm to School Grants Hit a Record $47 Million in 2026 as It Adds $50 Million for School Kitchens

The U.S. Department of Agriculture added more than $27 million in Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants on Oct. 30, bringing 2026 to 149 projects, and made another $50 million available for cafeteria equipment such as cold storage and stoves.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

AI and robotics

OpenAI Tightens ChatGPT Weapons Limits for Teens and Reports Over 200 Law Enforcement Referrals in Q3

OpenAI said on Oct. 30 that ChatGPT will restrict practical weapons information for users it predicts are under 18, even without signs of violent intent, and that it will publish its first Community Safety Report in early 2027.

Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read

OpenAI Tightens ChatGPT Weapons Limits for Teens and Reports Over 200 Law Enforcement Referrals in Q3

Accountability

KJM Financial Owner Paul Beers Admits $9.7 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded 65 Victims

The New Jersey college and financial planner took in more than $11 million from at least 65 victims from 2015 to 2025, promising investments such as guaranteed income contracts, prosecutors said. Sentencing is set for March 9, 2027.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

KJM Financial Owner Paul Beers Admits $9.7 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded 65 Victims

Health

Peter Gilgan Foundation Gives The Ottawa Hospital $50 Million, the Largest Gift in Ottawa's History

The C$50 million gift, about US$35.7 million, names the Peter Gilgan Critical Care Tower at the hospital's new campus and lifts its Campaign to Create Tomorrow to C$464 million of a C$500 million goal.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Peter Gilgan Foundation Gives The Ottawa Hospital $50 Million, the Largest Gift in Ottawa's History

Big money for causes

Kinder Foundation Pledges $25 Million to Mizzou, Making the Kinder Institute's Endowment Its Largest

The grant brings the Kinder Foundation's investment in Mizzou's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy to over $85 million and will let master's students spend a full year at the University of Oxford starting in fall 2028.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Kinder Foundation Pledges $25 Million to Mizzou, Making the Kinder Institute's Endowment Its Largest

Crypto and markets

CFTC Clears Equity Perpetual Futures: Kalshi Filed for Up to 58 Contracts, and a Cboe-Backed Group Sues

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said on Nov. 3 that perpetual futures on individual stocks can trade on U.S. exchanges registered with both the CFTC and the SEC. A group whose members include Cboe and Citadel Securities sued the same day.

Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read

CFTC Clears Equity Perpetual Futures: Kalshi Filed for Up to 58 Contracts, and a Cboe-Backed Group Sues

Crypto and markets

Binance Hack Report: Fake Job Interview and Tampered Homebrew Download Led to $6.34 Billion Theft

Binance's initial report traces the Oct. 29 attack to a tampered developer download in June and a fake job interview in September. It says $2.85 billion is frozen, 98% of affected tokens are replenished, and the FBI points to North Korea.

Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read

Binance Hack Report: Fake Job Interview and Tampered Homebrew Download Led to $6.34 Billion Theft

AI and robotics

Midstream Health Series A: $20M is 68% of the $29.2M it has raised to date

Midstream Health's AI financial operations platform serves health systems. Its $20 million Series A, reported October 29, is 68% of the $29.2 million raised to date.

Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min read

Midstream Health Series A: $20M is 68% of the $29.2M it has raised to date

AI and robotics

Apple $250 Million AI Settlement: Payouts of $25 to $95, Claims Due December 21

Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle allegations about how it marketed Apple Intelligence. Eligible iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 buyers can file claims until December 21.

Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min read

Apple $250 Million AI Settlement: Payouts of $25 to $95, Claims Due December 21

Crypto and markets

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals as $40 Million Hack Estimate Stays Unconfirmed

Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals. The more than $40 million estimate across at least 10 blockchains remains unconfirmed. The halt came four days after the Binance theft, and Mercado Bitcoin has not linked the two incidents.

Nov 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals as $40 Million Hack Estimate Stays Unconfirmed

Health

Clinics On Cloud raises $12.5M from Dubai investors after Indian health-tech funding fell $260M in 2025

Clinics On Cloud says the round will fund AI-led healthcare work and a bigger microclinic network. Indian health-tech startups drew $447 million in 2025, according to Venture Intelligence.

Nov 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Health

Superpower Opens $149-a-Month BPC-157 Pre-Orders Two Days After HHS Eased Peptide Enforcement

Superpower will charge $149 a month for compounded BPC-157 and TB-500 and $199 for MOTS-c, shipping in late November. FDA's drug center recommended against listing all three, and the policy allowing the sales is not FDA approval.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Superpower Opens $149-a-Month BPC-157 Pre-Orders Two Days After HHS Eased Peptide Enforcement

Big money for causes

Creator's Fake Apple Pay Prank Backfires as Red Baron Worker's GoFundMe Tops $600,000

An Instagram account faked a $10 theft from a Michigan father of four stocking pizzas. Strangers have since given more than $600,000, Red Baron backed him, and the account is gone. Most fundraisers never see that.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Creator's Fake Apple Pay Prank Backfires as Red Baron Worker's GoFundMe Tops $600,000

AI and robotics

Met Council's $25 Million Kosher Food Bank in Canarsie: Who Paid?

City, state, federal and private money paid for the $25 million Canarsie hub. Against the group's latest Form 990, the cost equals 27.8% of its total assets.

Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read

Met Council's $25 Million Kosher Food Bank in Canarsie: Who Paid?

AI and robotics

Cent Raised $15 Million in Series A, 3x Its Seed, and Targets 1,000x Its Scans by 2035

Cent said the round would pay for research and development and to build out its AI, engineering and clinical teams. Its 2035 target of 10 million scans is 1,000 times the 10,000 it says it has completed.

Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read

Cent Raised $15 Million in Series A, 3x Its Seed, and Targets 1,000x Its Scans by 2035

Health

Celtics Owners Give Boston Children's Hospital $200 Million, the Largest Gift in Its History

The total pairs Rob and Karen Hale's $100 million from December with a match from the other owners. It will help build a pediatric mental health facility and fund research, nurse training and an innovation fund.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Celtics Owners Give Boston Children's Hospital $200 Million, the Largest Gift in Its History

Crypto and markets

Crypto Braces for Midterms as Kalshi Gives Democrats 90% Odds in the House and 64% in the Senate

A Democratic Senate would make Elizabeth Warren chair of the Banking Committee, and analysts expect the stalled Clarity Act to stay stuck. The crypto industry has spent $176 million on more than 100 races.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Crypto Braces for Midterms as Kalshi Gives Democrats 90% Odds in the House and 64% in the Senate

Crypto and markets

NYSE Owner ICE Takes Stake in Trade.xyz to Bring Its 24/7 Hyperliquid Perpetual Futures to the U.S.

Intercontinental Exchange signed a definitive agreement to run Trade[XYZ]'s perpetual futures markets onshore for U.S. retail traders, subject to regulatory approvals. No launch date or investment amount was disclosed.

Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read

NYSE Owner ICE Takes Stake in Trade.xyz to Bring Its 24/7 Hyperliquid Perpetual Futures to the U.S.

Crypto and markets

Binance Hack: Estimated $6.3 Billion Impact, About $3 Billion Frozen On-Chain

Binance says early findings point to a compromised engineer's laptop and that user funds are safe. Tether and Circle froze more than $2.3 billion in stablecoins, and the final amount stolen is not yet confirmed.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Crypto and markets

Birch Hill Raises $4 Million Seed to Bring U.S. Farm and Apartment Loans Onchain

The startup, founded by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock alumni, curates lending vaults on Morpho and has applied to FINRA as it works toward putting U.S. multifamily, farm and energy loans onchain.

Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read

Birch Hill Raises $4 Million Seed to Bring U.S. Farm and Apartment Loans Onchain

Food and hunger

The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger

Washington, London and Tokyo tell households to stock up, and the Pentagon wants bases that can run 90 days alone. The $720 million Congress set aside to fight global hunger still has no published plan.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger

Food and hunger

33 Countries Advise Residents to Stockpile Food and Water as Bongino Cites 30 Days

Newsweek's list names 33 countries that tell households to keep emergency food and water, with 72 hours the most common advice. Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino told Americans to take the warnings seriously and cited 30 days.

Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read

33 Countries Advise Residents to Stockpile Food and Water as Bongino Cites 30 Days

Health

BPC-157 Among 6 Peptides FDA Advisers Backed, All 6 Opposed by Agency Scientists

AP reported on Oct. 15, 2026, that federal health officials were advancing plans to broaden access to unproven injectable peptides. An FDA advisory committee had backed six of them in July.

Oct 28, 2026 · 4 min read

BPC-157 Among 6 Peptides FDA Advisers Backed, All 6 Opposed by Agency Scientists

AI and robotics

Healthcare AI Startup BioStack Raised $9.5 Million, About 1/37 of Snorkel AI's $350 Million Round

BioStack, a San Francisco-based healthcare AI startup, raised $9.5 million to build clinical data infrastructure for medical AI. Snorkel AI's $350 million raise is about 37 times larger.

Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Healthcare AI Startup BioStack Raised $9.5 Million, About 1/37 of Snorkel AI's $350 Million Round

Big money for causes

Military and Veterans Community Giving Rose 5.9% to About $4 Billion in 2024

Giving to the military and veterans community rose 5.9% in 2024, to about $4 billion before inflation, and the top 10 recipients captured 85% of the growth.

Oct 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Military and Veterans Community Giving Rose 5.9% to About $4 Billion in 2024

Health

Superpower's 152-Peptide Library Includes BPC-157, Which FDA Proposed Keeping Off the 503A Bulks List

Superpower announced its 152-peptide library on X on October 26, 2026. Its BPC-157 entry notes a July advisory vote in favor of compounding, while FDA's own briefing proposed against listing the peptide.

Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Superpower's 152-Peptide Library Includes BPC-157, Which FDA Proposed Keeping Off the 503A Bulks List

AI and robotics

Claude for Nonprofits Plugin Adds Fundraising Skills as Anthropic Says More Than 25,000 Nonprofits Use Claude

Anthropic says the plugin was built with about 30 nonprofits and installs at no additional cost on Team and Enterprise plans.

Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Claude for Nonprofits Plugin Adds Fundraising Skills as Anthropic Says More Than 25,000 Nonprofits Use Claude

AI and robotics

OpenAI Says Its AI Produced 3 Science Results, Including a Disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis

OpenAI says its models produced results in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory) and physics (quantum field theory). The post reports no outside verification yet.

Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read

OpenAI Says Its AI Produced 3 Science Results, Including a Disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis

Big money for causes

Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares

Warren Buffett announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the NoVo Foundation in July 2026. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not a recipient.

Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares

AI and robotics

Elon Musk's SpaceX Share for Every Child: $10.5 Billion and What Is Still Unsettled

Elon Musk plans one SpaceX share for every child in America next year. At the October 16 closing price of $146.03, each share is worth about $146, but key details remain unanswered.

Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Elon Musk's SpaceX Share for Every Child: $10.5 Billion and What Is Still Unsettled

Big money for causes

Warren Buffett Plans to Give About $140 Billion in Berkshire Stock to Four Family Foundations by 2034

In July 2026, Warren Buffett, then 95, announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for four family foundations and plans to give his remaining stock, worth about $140 billion, by December 31, 2034. None of the July gifts went to the Gates Foundation.

Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Warren Buffett Plans to Give About $140 Billion in Berkshire Stock to Four Family Foundations by 2034

AI and robotics

Anthropic $48 Billion Pledge Is 4.6 to 4.8 Times Musk's SpaceX Giveaway

Anthropic's 5 per cent share pledge is worth $48 billion at its last valuation. Musk's SpaceX share giveaway is about $10 billion, and both totals rest on valuations.

Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read

AI and robotics

Microsoft MAI-DxO Diagnoses 83% of Hard Cases in Simulated Tests

Microsoft AI's diagnostic system outscored generalist doctors on complex simulated cases from the New England Journal of Medicine, but the study measured accuracy, not patient outcomes.

Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read

Microsoft MAI-DxO Diagnoses 83% of Hard Cases in Simulated Tests

Health

Terry Fox Foundation Gets Its Largest Donation: C$25 Million From Tanenbaum Family

The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation gave the Terry Fox Foundation C$25 million, its largest single donation, as the Terry Fox Foundation and the Terry Fox Research Institute unveiled 'Powered by Terry.'

Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Terry Fox Foundation Gets Its Largest Donation: C$25 Million From Tanenbaum Family

Big money for causes

Bill Gatton Foundation Gives $30 Million to Transform Kentucky's Arboretum

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees accepted the $30 million gift on Oct. 23, 2026, for The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky.

Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Bill Gatton Foundation Gives $30 Million to Transform Kentucky's Arboretum

Crypto and markets

UAE Operation Confrontation Ghost Identifies Over $39 Billion in Fraud-Linked Funds and Digital Currencies

The UAE Ministry of Interior says the operation also reported more than 960 arrests, 29 raided fraud centers and 4,126 blocked bank accounts from July to September 2026.

Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read

UAE Operation Confrontation Ghost Identifies Over $39 Billion in Fraud-Linked Funds and Digital Currencies

AI and robotics

OpenAI Donates Open Responses to the Agentic AI Foundation, Now at 10 Projects

OpenAI donated Open Responses, its spec for a common LLM API, to the Agentic AI Foundation on October 22, 2026. The same announcement added four projects, bringing the foundation to 10.

Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read

Big money for causes

Centre College $225 Million Gift From Anonymous Donor to Launch $450 Million Campaign

An anonymous donor's $225 million gift anchors Pillars of Excellence, a $450 million campaign at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and will create the Centre Forever Fund.

Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read

Centre College $225 Million Gift From Anonymous Donor to Launch $450 Million Campaign

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