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OpenAI Foundation Pledges $1 Billion in Grants to Ensure AI ‘Benefits All of Humanity’
The pledge represents a major development in OpenAI’s philanthropic activities and offers insight into how the company, which started as a nonprofit, plans to carry out its charitable mission to develop AI to benefit “all of humanity.”
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- Technology
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- Global
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Analysis: Black-Box AI and Cheap Drones are Outpacing Global Rules of War
From 3D-printed drones to Anthropic’s Claude, advanced technologies are making conflict more accessible and less accountable — leaving human oversight at risk.
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- Technology
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- Global
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IDB Lab Invests in Innogen Delta I to Drive Tech Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation in Central America
Innogen Delta I will invite approximately 25 tech startups to develop solutions for structural challenges in agtech, e-commerce, edtech/future of work, fintech, healthtech, insurtech, logistics, B2B SaaS and other industries.
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- Education, Technology
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- Latin America
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- e-commerce, edtech, startups, venture capital
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TransFi Inc. Raises $19 Million to Build an Emerging Markets–Focused Global Payments Platform on Stablecoin Rails
The Series A funding will be deployed to accelerate expansion across high-growth emerging market corridors across South-East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, LatAm and Africa, deepen regulatory licensing, and strengthen TransFi’s liquidity network.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Senegal’s Sovereign-Backed Fund Oyass Doubles Down on Healthtech Eyone with $1.7 Million Injection
Founded in 2015 by Henri Ousmane Gueye and John Diatta, Eyone Medical develops interoperable software that allows clinics and hospitals to share patient data securely in real-time.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Navigating India’s Waste Management Transition: New Rules Move Towards Digital Traceability and Stronger Compliance Systems
The rules introduce a centralised digital portal for registration, reporting and tracking waste flows across the country.
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- Technology, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- regulations, waste
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DriveWealth Powers Ualá’s Launch of U.S. Stock Investing in Mexico
The launch marks another step forward in expanding access to global capital markets for a broader population of investors.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Latin America
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South African AI Startup Yazi Secures First Institutional Funding at $1.6 Million Valuation
Founded in 2022 by CEO Timothy Treagus and CTO Mzwandile Sotsaka, Yazi is attempting to disrupt the $153 billion global market research industry by moving away from traditional email-based surveys and towards the world’s most used messaging platform: WhatsApp.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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