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GovAI was founded at Yale University in 2016, with Prof. Allan Dafoe as its Founding Director. We were one of the first academic groups to study the policy implications of AI progress.

The Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration.

The UN Global Pulse Scale Accelerator, a United Nations program designed to help tested innovations expand their impact is now accepting applications for its 2026 cohort

The Her Africa Early Stage Incubator (HAESI), an initiative of the Alliance for Women and Girls (AFWAG) — is now open for applications for its 2026 cohort

So far, 2150 has invested in seven companies from the new fund, including AtmosZero, which makes industrial heat pumps; GetMobil, an e-waste recycling startup; Metycle, a scrap and recyclable metals marketplace; and MissionZero, a direct air capture startup.

CVector reach a new milestone, as it has now closed a $5 million seed round, Zhang and Ruggles told TechCrunch.

Electric bike company Rad Power Bikes has reached a deal to sell itself to a company called Life Electric Vehicles Holdings (or Life EV) for around $13.2 million.

A new report by international development organisation Oxfam warns that billionaire ownership of media companies is expanding rapidly

Nigeria's Zenith Bank PLC has secured approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya to acquire 100% of Paramount Bank Limited

Zenith’s Paramount acquisition follows the same playbook: a newly recapitalized Nigerian bank using acquisition to secure a Kenyan license as local capital rules rise.

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-born TikTok star with the largest following on the platform, has struck a landmark commercial deal valued at approximately $900 million

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