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The splurge in venture capital spending has been driven by the artificial intelligence boom, highlighted by OpenAI closing a record-breaking $122-billion funding round on March 31 at an $852-billion valuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The continent's richest man broke ground on the $16 billion venture on Wednesday alongside multiple heads of state in what is billed as Kenya's biggest-ever industrial project.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Top contributors to Building a Better California include Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder; John Doerr, chairman of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins; and Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company has assumed the role of a venture capitalist in the AI value chain, strategically investing in customers and business partners.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Exactly! In the Sea of Tiamat. A place we gods cannot venture."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

She also had vast, ongoing business operations, charitable ventures and a cultural legacy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The trouble that has cropped up is a dispute between the managers of Parton’s ongoing business ventures, She’s Alive, and Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

As Guilfoyle prepared to move to Athens, both she and Marafatsos continued to pursue their own business ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"The group currently faces large financial commitments from recently formed subsidiary companies, including Air India, investments in long gestation projects, and losses in newer ventures," Soonawala wrote, external in a piece for Times of India.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Zeke just shrugs, but Christina ventures a guess.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

He moved out of a hotel into a new home earlier this week and has ventured into the city to sample a handful of restaurants - but only to celebrate wins.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Marwa, her mother and her sisters eventually ventured further afield, taking trips to Walmart and Target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

In this most recent chapter, Heyward has ventured into the front office, Freeman is adding to his Hall of Fame candidacy, and they’re once again on the same team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

They also ventured farther into space than any humans had ever traveled before, setting a new distance record for human spaceflight.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

A local historian later ventured that the Osage murder trials received more media coverage than the previous year’s Scopes “monkey trial,” in Tennessee, regarding the legality of teaching evolution in a state-funded school.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos waded through murky, knee-deep water in the Thai capital, some venturing into a supermarket while others floated their belongings in plastic tubs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Footwear brand Cole Haan is venturing further into travel and lifestyle with its first collection of luggage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

"We aren't sure yet when the cubs will be able to be seen as it is still early days and they will need to have their inoculations before venturing outside," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Steve Heimlich spent roughly 40 years working at a California Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery, frequently venturing into the Eastern High Sierra before he retired a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

I had no idea if there were any dangerous creatures around, but hunger was even surer to kill me, so I had to risk venturing inland.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo