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Filing: Nvidia says it has $18B committed to equity investments for the rest of the fiscal year and held $47.9B in private companies as of late July (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)
Nvidia disclosed $18B in committed equity investments for the remainder of its fiscal year and $47.9B in holdings across private companies as of late July — signaling aggressive capital deployment amid AI infrastructure demand.
Aug 27, 2026
US government will let private companies hack criminal gangs
The US government announced a program permitting private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against criminal gangs, intended to disrupt cybercrime but raising significant legal and security concerns.
Aug 14, 2026
In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks
The U.S. government has issued a new executive order permitting select private firms to conduct offensive cyber operations — a reversal of long-standing policy that banned 'hack back' activities.
Aug 13, 2026
White House creates framework for private companies to launch government authorized cyberattacks
A Reddit post claims the White House is creating a framework enabling vetted private U.S. companies to conduct government-authorized offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks, subject to federal approval and oversight.
Aug 13, 2026
Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced $870M in federal semiconductor incentives tied to minority equity stakes in seven private companies — a novel public investment mechanism under the CHIPS Act.
Jul 31, 2026
Filing: the value of Alphabet's investments in unidentified private companies was ~$124.3B as of June 30, source says driven primarily by its Anthropic stake (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)
Alphabet's reported $124.3B valuation of its stake in Anthropic — derived from an unaudited internal filing — signals massive paper gains but reveals no actual liquidity, exit event, or third-party valuation confirmation.
Jul 24, 2026
Goldman Sachs creates private markets platform as rich investors seek the next SpaceX and Stripe
Goldman Sachs launched a private markets platform to enable high-net-worth individuals and family offices to invest directly in pre-IPO companies, responding to demand for access to high-growth private tech firms.
Jul 22, 2026
Can countries really regulate AI if they don’t control the compute?
A Reddit user questions whether national AI regulation is meaningful without sovereign control over compute infrastructure, framing governance as a structural power imbalance rather than a policy design challenge.
Jul 20, 2026
Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies
Spain’s data protection authority (AEPD) issued a non-binding recommendation to blacklist Palantir’s software from public and private sector use due to GDPR compliance concerns, but no formal ban or enforcement mechanism exists.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026