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London-based Lawhive, whose lawyers and AI tools help individuals and SMBs automate legal tasks, raised a $60M Series B, after a $40M Series A in December 2024 (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/05/lawhive-ai-law-firm-startup-series-b-ventu…

Exclusive: Lawhive, a startup using AI to reimagine the general practice law firm, raises $60 million in new venture capital funding
The company is expanding rapidly in the U.S. with its technology-centric vision of the general practice law firm

An important detail in this article: DHS is lying about assaults against agents.
That supposed “1,150% increase in assaults” against DHS agents they keep trotting out? By their own admission, that includes “videotaping them [agents] where they’re at.”
DHS thinks •recording video• of ICE counts as •violence•.
•That• is the supposed increase in violence they’re crying all these crocodile tears about. Un-frigging-be-lievable. https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/115844121656978280

This is 'Future Fortune' from West Springfield, Massachusetts' hardcore punk outfit RESTRAINING ORDER, and mark this down as the THIRD punk LP I'm annoyed I missed for my lists last year (for those keeping track, the other two are Kaleidoscope and Imploders).
https://restrainingorderhc.bandca…

#FortnightFridayMusic #purple
An excellent track by #KouteiCameraGirlDrei

Purple Head by 校庭カメラガールドライ
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So #Fortipwn is now declared #secure.
(a bit tongue-in-cheek here, they have had a not that great track record over the last years, just like Ivanti, Palo Alto et al)

NYSE parent ICE invests in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, without specifying the size of investment, and will take a seat on the company's board (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/05/okx-ice-intercontinent…

Source: a16z Crypto is targeting around $2B for its fifth fund and plans to close the raise by the end of the first half of 2026 (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/a16z-crypto-chris-dixon-venture-capital-blockchain-paradigm-hau…

Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say
The Chris Dixon-led firm is planning to close the fundraise in the first half of 2026.

Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100 countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/03/visa-stripe-bridge-stablecoin-backed-card…

Exclusive: Visa to expand card partnership with Stripe’s Bridge to over 100 countries
The two firms previously launched stablecoin-backed cards for 18 countries in April.

TRM Labs, which helps law enforcement and companies track crypto and blockchains, raised a $70M Series C led by Blockchain Capital at a $1B valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/trm-labs-blockchain-analytics-fundi…

Crypto crime-fighting startup TRM Labs notches $1 billion valuation with new $70 million funding round
With its blockchain analytics tools, TRM Labs helps private companies and agencies like the FBI track illicit finance.

Adaption Labs, which aims to create AI systems that learn continuously and cost less to run, raised a $50M seed round led by Emergence Capital Partners (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/adaptio

Former Cohere exec Sara Hooker has raised $50 million for her AI startup Adaption Labs—a bet on smaller, smarter models
Former Cohere execs Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy cofounded Adaption Labs to find ways to allow AI to learn continuously and be less costly.