Operating

• A new "2026 Operating Playbook" outlines how venture capital firms can integrate AI tools, governance, and workflows to gain a competitive edge. • The strategy involves deploying a screening and diligence stack using open-source LLMs and custom outbound signal models based on GitHub and Hugging Face activity. • These AI-driven optimizations substantially reduced the time from the initial meeting to the issuance of term sheets.

• Samsung Electronics reported a significant surge in operating profit for the second quarter, driven by a global boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure. • The growth is primarily attributed to increased demand and rising prices for DRAM and NAND memory chips. • This financial jump is critical as it reflects broader trends in data-center spending and the overall pace of the worldwide AI buildout.

City regulator will require booming industry to prove its resilience to risk from October next yearCrypto firms operating in the UK will be forced to prove they can weather market shocks and hold capital against risky assets as part of sweeping new rules announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).The regulations will increase supervision of the crypto industry, which has so far has faced minimal oversight despite a boom in popularity linked to social media influencers and a legitimisation drive under the US president, Donald Trump. Continue reading...