Arielle Pardes / Wired: How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams  —  VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world.  Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own? Source link

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Financial Times: South Korean giant Coupang is lobbying the US to represent its interests as it faces 10+ data leak probes; Coupang Korea CEO Harold Rogers attended Trump’s SOTU  —  Coupang leans on its US domicile to lobby Washington against probes from Seoul  —  Coupang, the online retailer, once called itself a “proud Korean company”.

Wall Street Journal: Kalshi is trying to broaden its user base via targeted marketing, enlisting female influencers, and more; 26% of users now are women, up from 13% in May 2025  —  Kalshi wants to get more young women interested in the prediction-market platform, looking to expand beyond sports and its core male customer base.

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Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to delay copyright rule changes for AI training after a two-month consultation failed to land on a favored proposal among stakeholders  —  Government goes back to drawing board after its proposals triggered backlash from creative industries Source link