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Supertanker shortage sends oil shipping costs soaring, threatening long-haul trade
September 20, 2026
Freight has never taken a big part of the delivered cost of oil, but it’s now playing a much bigger role, says an analystPublished Sun, Sep 20, 2026 · 05:04...
SBA Size Standards Overhaul Closes for Comment Sept 21
September 18, 2026
There is a federal comment window closing on Monday that will reshape who you bid against. Two proposed rules published August 20 would rewrite the SBA size standards that decide...
Customer Research Gets an AI Stand-In for Your Buyers
September 18, 2026
Knowing what your buyers think has always cost weeks. Gather introduced company-specific customer simulations on Tuesday, built from interviews that an AI moderator conducts with actual human participants, and it...
Talent Acquisition Software Meets a 244-Applicant Flood
September 18, 2026
If hiring has felt heavier lately, the numbers back you up. Boomband launched across New England on Tuesday, a new piece of talent acquisition software from Jeff Taylor, the person...
AI Startup Funding: 5 Lessons From $81M in Seeds
September 18, 2026
Two seed rounds landed this week at sizes that used to mean Series B. TypeSafe AI and Noetive each raised about $40 million on September 15 and 16, both at...
20 Companies and Over 1 Billion Dollars Later
September 17, 2026
Brent Freeman was 23, fresh out of USC and carrying a quarter million dollars in student debt, when he closed a $10 million deal in Dubai. He celebrated that night...
Small Business Cybersecurity Lags Your Team’s AI Habit
September 17, 2026
Six in 10 owners now report staff reaching for public chatbots and writing assistants on the job, according to research Nationwide published Tuesday covering small and mid-market companies. Written rules...
ICHRA Growth Pushes Thatch to a $1 Billion Valuation
September 17, 2026
Thatch announced $108 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation on Tuesday, and every dollar came from backers already on the cap table. Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Index...
OpenAI Valuation Talks Reach $1.2 Trillion Before IPO
September 17, 2026
Large investors have been sounding out OpenAI on a raise priced near $1.2 trillion, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, attributing its account to people close to the discussions. The talks...
Treasury Yields Hit 5% and Reset Your Cost of Capital
September 17, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.04% on Tuesday before settling at an even 5.00%, a level the bond market last touched in 2007. Oil did most of the pushing. The...
Pricing Strategy Gets Harder as Input Costs Climb
September 16, 2026
Clothing prices in the United States are set to climb this autumn as the people who make and sell clothes push higher energy, factory and freight bills down the chain,...
AI Agents for Business Keep Stalling at Your Books
September 16, 2026
A Brussels company called Chift closed a 10.5 million euro Series A on Monday. BlackFin Capital Partners wrote the lead cheque, joined by earlier backers Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund and...