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Money News Network partners with Entrepreneur to grow business podcasts

Money News Network (MNN), a podcast-focused financial media network, has partnered with Entrepreneur to support the distribution, growth, and audience development of its podcasts, including “Problem Solvers” and “How Success Happens.” The partnership strengthens Money News Network’s role in growing business podcasts by combining its distribution, audience growth and revenue expertise with Entrepreneur’s strong content […]

April 18, 2026
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InflexionPoint names Pete Guzior as Chief Revenue Officer

InflexionPoint, a systems integration partner for regulated industries, has appointed Pete Guzior as Chief Revenue Officer. He joined the company in late February and now leads its revenue team, bringing together sales, account management, strategic partnerships and marketing to create a more unified, customer-focused commercial approach. Before joining InflexionPoint, Pete Guzior was Vice President of […]

April 18, 2026
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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles leave OpenAI

Kevin Weil, former Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, announced on Friday that he is stepping down. He joined OpenAI about 2 years ago and previously held senior product roles at Instagram and Twitter. The head of science initiatives at OpenAI and the leader of its Sora AI video team are both leaving the company. Their […]

April 18, 2026
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Srinivas Narayanan to leave OpenAI after three years

Srinivas Narayanan, CTO of B2B applications at OpenAI, announced that he will leave the company at the end of next week after three years, following a period of major product launches. In posts on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn, Srinivas Narayanan said he decided to leave after recent and upcoming product launches, calling it “the […]

April 18, 2026
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Laurent C.A. Melchior Tellier returns as CEO of Genomic Prediction

Genomic Prediction, a company focused on genetic testing, and reproductive genomics, has announced that its founder, Laurent C.A. Melchior Tellier, has returned as CEO effective April 14, 2026. Since 2017, Laurent C.A. Melchior Tellier has served on Genomic Prediction’s board as a member, providing scientific guidance alongside co founder Stephen Hsu. Their core technology, used […]

April 18, 2026
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ActionAI raises $10M seed funding to improve AI trust

ActionAI, a Reliable AI company powering mission-critical automations and business intelligence for enterprises, has raised $10 million in a Seed funding round led by prominent UAE-based investors. The company plans to use the funds to scale safe, reliable AI for critical workflows. ActionAI is building a system to make AI more reliable across its full […]

April 18, 2026
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PickleRage names Rich DeStasio as CEO to lead growth

PickleRage an indoor pickleball club franchise, has appointed Rich DeStasio as Chief Executive Officer to support its plans for national expansion and long-term growth. Most recently, Rich DeStasio was Chief Marketing Officer at FASTer Way to Fat Loss. Before that, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Austin Fitness Group, a major Orangetheory Fitness franchise […]

April 18, 2026
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Slash raises $100M in Series C Funding led by Ribbit Capital

Slash Financial, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a banking platform, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Ribbit Capital. The round also saw new investor Khosla Ventures and Goodwater Capital, who led Slash’s Series B just 16 months ago, co-led the round. Other investors included New Enterprise Associates and Y Combinator. The raise […]

April 18, 2026
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Orthogon Therapeutics Raises Additional $11M in Funding

Orthogon Therapeutics, a Canton, MA based biotech focused on polyomaviruses, has raised an additional $11 million in funding. Backers were not disclosed. The rise brought the total amount to $36M. The company plans to use the funds to continue developing its leading drug for BK polyomavirus. Orthogon is developing an oral treatment for the BK […]

April 18, 2026
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Nas.com Raises $27M in Series A Funding

Nas.com, a NYC-based provider of an AI platform built for the solopreneur economy, has raised $27 million in a Series A funding round led by Vinod Khosla and Nicole Fraenkel at Khosla Ventures. The round also saw 500 Global participate alongside angels, including Shuo Wang, co-founder of Deel; Stanley Tang, co-founder of DoorDash; Scott Adelson, […]

April 18, 2026
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