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One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After 11 years, Tala still isn’t profitable. But it has revamped its technology and developed a new underwriting approach, and it aims to enter six new countries and break even by early 2026. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With a growing roster of partners, Amazon has been peddling AI drone surveillance, gun detection and real-time crime center tech to law enforcement agencies, public records reveal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mathew Bowyer, the California bookmaker who took $326 million in wagers from Ippei Mizuhara, is about to serve a year in prison for his crimes. While his illegal operation has been shuttered, he says the $84 billion illicit betting market is here to stay. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A knack for creative financing and an enormous appetite for risk helped CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator ride the AI data center boom to a $6.7 billion personal fortune. But as bubble fears mount, his reliance on billions in debt to supply advanced chips to all the major AI players puts him in a powerful—and precarious—position. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.