Hyperliquid Strategies is doubling down on its Hyperliquid treasury plan, filing papers to raise up to $1 billion to purchase more tokens powering the world’s largest decentralized derivatives platform. According to its S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Hyperliquid Strategies unveiled its plan to offer up to 160 million shares…
While employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating amongst themselves on projects, this effort is often undermined by the availability of specific individuals. When a colleague with vital information is away — whether on vacation or in a different time zone — the rest of the team must delay progress until that person…
Periodic Labs came out of stealth on Tuesday with a war chest of $300 million as a seed round, backed by a tech industry who’s who: Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Nvidia, Accel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt, and Jeff Bezos. Periodic Labs was founded by Ekin Dogus Cubuk and Liam Fedus. Cubuk led the materials…
As AI is increasingly helping hackers to launch mass-scale email attacks, former Google security leaders have joined forces to build autonomous AI agents that aim to stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they ever reach user inboxes. That is the mission behind AegisAI, a new email security startup that has just emerged…
Japanese investment company Metaplanet approved a plan to raise 180.3 billion yen ($1.2 billion) through an overseas share issuance, with almost $835 million set aside for Bitcoin purchases. According to a Wednesday filing, the company plans to issue up to 555 million new shares, which could increase its total outstanding stock from 722 million to…
It started with a “rage tweet.” “Gonna start ‘VCs for Democracy,’” Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker, wrote on X in late July. “Who’s in?” Turns out more than 1,300 “techies,” including 750 accredited investors, were in as part of a group that came to be known as VCs for Kamala….