August 24, 2026 — August 30, 2026
Zillow and Redfin have settled the FTC's antitrust case over their rental listings partnership, resolving a challenge to an agreement regulators said reduced competition.
Nvidia has discussed investing in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion and separately considered a technology licensing arrangement with the AI search company.
Netflix is reportedly considering letting other streaming services sell inside its app, a shift from walled garden toward distribution platform.
Hugging Face, the New York-based host of the open-source AI model ecosystem, is reportedly in talks to be acquired in a deal valuing it around $13 billion, roughly triple its last private mark.
Zcash has climbed to its highest level in eight years amid a broader crypto rally and expectations that a spot ETF could be approved.
Valor Equity Partners and Point72 are backing General Intuition at a $6 billion valuation as the spatial-reasoning AI startup extends from video-game agents into physical robotics.
Shein expects to price its long-delayed listing at a valuation around $26 billion, well below the $66 billion mark it carried in its 2023 private round.
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