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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised CA$180M led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375M (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/photonic-says-its-ready-to-commercialize-quantum-with-180-mi…

San Franciscans: please take the new SFMTA budget survey! it's quick!
https://www.sfmta.com/projects/sfmta-budget-planning-fy-2026-27-and-fy-2027-28

SFMTA Budget Planning - FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28

Over the past year, tech industry lobby groups have used their lavish budgets to aggressively push for the deregulation of the EU’s digital rulebook.
The intensity of this policy battle is also reflected in the fact that Big Tech companies have on average more than one lobby meeting per day with EU Commission officials.  
This lobbying offensive appears to be paying off.
Recently, a string of policy-makers have called for a pause of the Artificial Intelligence Act,
a…

Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.

Y Combinator adds Canada back to its accepted countries list, and says it had removed the country because its top Canadian companies reincorporated in the US (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/y-combinator-reverses-decision-will-inve…

Y Combinator reverses decision, will invest in Canadian-domiciled startups again | BetaKit
Famed accelerator had removed Canada from its deal terms, spurring Canadian tech backlash.

Great News for #NASA in the House-Senate FY2026 Appropriations Report / NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all: https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/great-news-for-nasa-in-the-house-senate-fy2026-appropriations-report/ / https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasas-science-budget-wont-be-a-train-wreck-after-all/

Over 30yrs, immigrants produced a cumulative fiscal surplus of $14.5 trillion, including $6.3 trillion from non‑citizens.
They reduced U.S. budget deficits by about 1/3rd over that period.
- Cato Institute, Libertarian think tank
✅ Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023 | Cato Institute

Unerwartete Milliarden - Wie die Regierung bei Inflation und Budget trickst #News #Nachrichten …

For anyone in #Chicago, here's an opportunity to stand up for your public library and fight against the devastating proposed cuts: https://www.afscmelocal1215.org/event/loca

Laut NORD/LB-Studie investieren 71 Prozent der mittelständischen Unternehmen gezielt in die #Energiewende und neue Technologien.
Im Schnitt fließen 36 Prozent des Budgets in Projekte wie #Photovoltaik, #Speicher

NORD/LB-Studie: Mittelstand investiert verstärkt in Energiewende und neue Technologien
Trotz eines herausfordernden wirtschaftlichen Umfelds investieren mittelständische Unternehmen intensiv in die Energiewende. Im Durchschnitt fließen 36 Prozent ihres Budgets in Transformationsprojekte. Dazu zählen der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien, etwa durch die Installation eigener Photovoltaikanlagen oder den Bau von Blockheizkraftwerken. Auch nachhaltige Gebäudetechnik, wie effiziente Lüftungssysteme oder digitale Lösungen zur Steuerung des Energieverbrauchs, gewinnt an Bedeutung. Das …

OpenText is selling its analytics business Vertica to Rocket Software for $150M to reduce its outstanding debt, its second business unit sale within five months (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/opentext-sells-analytics-database-vertica-to-pay-down-debt…

OpenText sells analytics database Vertica to pay down debt | BetaKit
The Waterloo company is selling its second non-core asset in five months after dropping longtime leader Mark Barrenechea in August.