The private markets are heading for a year of stark contrasts. According to Fortune’s survey, capital is concentrating at the top, the middle is collapsing, and AI startups face a brutal reckoning. Meanwhile, private equity expects a 20% volume jump and a new focus on exits.
In a major move for precision oncology, Amgen is acquiring UK biotech Dark Blue Therapeutics. The deal, valued at up to €718 million, centers on a promising leukemia drug candidate currently in pre-clinical studies.
According to a column on Inc, investors are publicly denying an AI bubble while privately shifting strategies. The piece highlights how early-stage AI bets are waning as capital moves to “upstream” public giants and underserved industries.
At CES, McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels and General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja declared the old career model broken. They argue AI’s explosive growth, like Anthropic’s leap to a “couple hundred billion” dollars, demands constant re-skilling.
Lenovo has introduced a new internal design called “Space Frame” for its latest ThinkPad X1 laptops. The redesign aims to improve cooling and repairability, and the new models are also among the first Copilot+ PCs with Intel’s new Core Ultra X Series 3 chips.
The flashy robots doing backflips are a distraction. The real, quiet revolution is in software that lets robots learn from data, finally giving them the “common sense” to handle a chaotic world. This shift could unlock physical labor markets the way AI unlocked digital ones.
Serial entrepreneur Bill Harris, who was the founding CEO of PayPal for five months, now runs a self-funded IRA advisory called Evergreen Wealth. He credits his energy to a radically simple personal life, living in a small Miami Beach cottage and biking everywhere.
Jim Cramer’s market notes highlight Nvidia’s CES keynote announcing its Vera Rubin AI chips are in “full production.” Meanwhile, Wells Fargo got a surprising sell rating, and analysts are split on oilfield services and homebuilders.
Acer’s CES 2026 lineup includes refreshed Swift, Nitro, and Predator laptops. The star is a huge haptic trackpad on the Swift 16 AI that supports a stylus. Most models are getting Intel’s new Panther Lake processors.
Amazon is taking its revamped Alexa+ AI assistant to the web with a new site, Alexa.com. The move aims to make Alexa competitive everywhere, not just on smart speakers. Its key differentiator? Becoming the hub for your family’s personal data and home management.
