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Breaking Down Harvard’s $56.9B Endowment: A 400-Year Experiment in Long-Term Thinking
Nearly four centuries ago, a young Puritan minister named John Harvard donated half of his estate and his personal library to a fledgling college in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA. Just a few years later, donor Ann Radcliffe contributed 100 pounds to fund the institution’s earliest scholarships. These acts of generosity planted the seed for what would become the oldest continuous investment fund in the United States, and today, the world’s largest academic endowment, valued at
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Google Reclaims Ground in the AI Competition
For much of the past two years, the AI conversation has orbited around OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia. Google, the original pioneer of the transformer architecture, was cast as the sleeping giant: powerful, well-funded, but slow. In 2025, that narrative is reversing. Built on a decade of deep research investment, strengthened by rapid advances in foundation models, supported by massive infrastructure expansion, enabled by Google’s proprietary Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) plat
Nov 295 min read


Vietnam and the New Geometry of Global Manufacturing
Global trade is entering one of those uneasy phases when the old map no longer explains the world, but the new one has yet to fully form. For decades, the logic was simple enough: build where it’s cheapest, scale where it’s easiest, ship where demand is. That formula pulled much of the world’s manufacturing gravity toward traditional hubs, which rose from one workshop among many to the workshop of the world. Countries across the world are making their case. India leans on a l
Nov 235 min read


Decisions Under Uncertainty: The Venture Investor’s Framework
Decision-making remains one of a manager’s most critical, and difficult responsibilities. Every strategic choice reflects a judgment about the future, yet many leaders still view it as more art than science. As business environments grow more complex and data-rich, the challenge lies not in access to information but in the lack of structure to interpret it. This article explores how Decision Analysis provides that structure, connecting its theoretical foundations to practica
Nov 124 min read


The Architecture of AI: Mapping the Layers That Shape the Industry
AI is often viewed through the lens of applications, chatbots, image generators, and recommendation systems, but its true structure lies...
Oct 126 min read


From Product to Platform: How Stackable Business Models Define AI Success
The problem: Misconception in AI startups - strong models or viral tools alone guarantee success. There’s a common myth in the...
Sep 212 min read


The Hidden Calendar of VC Fundraising: How to Time Your Raise for Maximum Leverage
Fundraising is never simply a matter of having a great product or a bold vision. As Omri Drory, Ph.D., General Partner at NFX, observes,...
Sep 75 min read


Tensor's Personal Robocar and Vietnam's Emerging Role in Global Autonomy Manufacturing
Read the original Forbes article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2025/08/13/robocar-startup-tensor-unveils-luxury-self-d...
Aug 273 min read


How Data Centers Are Powering the Next Wave of The AI Boom
The global artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush is not just in algorithms and applications; it’s in data centers and the physical...
Aug 174 min read


Ramp’s $500M Raise and the Comeback of AI‑Native SaaS Introduction: A rebound in AI‑powered SaaS.
After a sharp contraction in 2023, enterprise software investment rebounded in 2024. Venture funding climbed 7 percent over the previous...
Aug 106 min read


Figma: A Decade of Revolution Leading to Tech’s Biggest Design IPO
When Figma first launched, the idea of designing in a browser sounded almost absurd. Design software had always lived on heavy desktop...
Aug 37 min read


Vietnam’s Data Center Leap: CMC’s $250M Project and Vietnam’s Rise as a Regional AI Powerhouse
In late June 2025, the Management Board of Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) officially approved CMC Technology Group’s investment in the CMC...
Jul 193 min read


CROWDE’s $50M Lending Controversy: What Indonesia’s Latest Fintech Fraud Reveals
What has happened? According to DealStreetAsia , CROWDE, an agri-focused P2P lending platform backed by Monk’s Hill Ventures and...
Jul 156 min read


How ScaleAI and Alexandr Wang Quietly Redefined the Future of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
From Inspiration to Industry Influence In 2016, Alexandr Wang walked out of a movie theater after watching The Social Network . His...
Jul 33 min read


First Principles Thinking: The Mindset Behind Game-Changing Ideas
Why "Best Practices" Aren’t Enough in Startup Innovation In the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship, founders are often encouraged to...
Jul 33 min read


Can AI Learn from Books Without Breaking the Law?
Why the Anthropic Decision Is a Turning Point for AI Training Data As generative AI continues to disrupt industries, one question has...
Jul 32 min read


F88 is preparing to list on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) within 30 days
According to DealstreetAsia, Vietnamese consumer finance platform F88 is preparing to list on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM)...
May 72 min read


Anysphere Raises $900 Million at $9.9 Billion Valuation
A Defining Moment in Developer Tools and AI Infrastructure In one of the most extraordinary funding announcements of the year, Anysphere...
May 64 min read


OpenAI Agrees to Acquire Startup Windsurf in $3B Deal
One day you're debugging code, building product, and shipping features like any other startup. The next, you're on the phone with OpenAI....
May 62 min read


OpenAI’s Big Move in AI Coding: Cursor, Windsurf, and What It Means for Founders
Popular AI Apps OpenAI, the creator behind ChatGPT, is making strategic bets on the future of AI-driven software development. But before...
Apr 293 min read
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