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Trump Says Tariff Deadline Was Always August 1
President Donald Trump says the implementation of higher tariffs on many goods was always going to take place on August 1. He said nothing has changed. Trump says a statement was just put out to make a clarification. Trump says everyone will pay on August 1 if they want to do business with the US. Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Bitcoin Sets Record High After Topping $112,000 for First Time
Bitcoin surpassed $112,000 for the first time, setting an all-time high with other risk assets such as equities rallying.
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MaintainX Sees Valuation Jump To $2.5B With $150M Series D Raise
MaintainX, which operates an equipment maintenance and asset management platform, has raised $150 million in Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday.
The financing boosts the San Francisco-based startup’s valuation to $2.5 billion, and brings its total raised since its 2018 inception to $254 million. The valuation is more than double the $1 billion MaintainX was valued at when it raised a $50 million Series C in December 2023.
Existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Amity Ventures and others, including D.E. Shaw Ventures, participated in the latest round. It’s not clear if any one firm led the raise.
MaintainX works with over 11,000 companies globally, managing over 11 million assets across manufacturing, facilities management, food and beverage, distribution centers, and more.
CEO and co-founder Chris Turlica said his company is able to help its customers do things like cut back on unplanned asset downtime as well as parts and labor costs with artificial intelligence. The company says its approach “centers on amplifying human capability [with AI] rather than replacing it.”
The round is another example of the appetite investors have for AI-related companies. Per Crunchbase data, the recently ended second quarter was another blockbuster for AI funding. About $40 billion — or around 45% of global funding — went to the sector, with more than a third invested in Scale AI alone.
All in all, the past three quarters saw record funding to the AI sector.
And over the past year, nearly half of U.S. venture funding went to AI-related enterprises, Crunchbase data shows. Later stage had the largest share, with roughly 61% of venture deals related to AI.
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Trump Reveals New Batch of Tariffs From Iraq to Philippines
US President Donald Trump unveiled a new round of tariff demand letters on Wednesday with levies set to hit in August on imported goods from partners who fail to reach agreements with the US.
Trump said he would levy a 30% rate on Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka, with 25% duties on products from Brunei and Moldova and a 20% rate on goods from the Philippines. The levies were largely in line with rates Trump had initially announced in April, though Iraq’s duties are down from 39% and Sri Lanka’s reduced from 44%.
Trump began notifying trading partners of new rates on Monday ahead of a deadline this week for countries to wrap up negotiations with his administration and posted to social media that he planned to release “a minimum of 7” letters on Wednesday morning, with additional rates to be posted in the afternoon. Brett Bruen, President and CEO of Global Situation Room joins to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)
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