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TechCrunch May 6, 2026 at 19:10 Startups Rising Hot

Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private tech companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Databricks, and Oura before they go public.

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May 6, 2026 at 19:10 TechCrunch

Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private ...

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TechCrunch May 6, 2026 at 18:23 Startups
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How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman

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TechCrunch May 6, 2026 at 18:20 Startups
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DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases

U.S. prosecutors said a ransomware gang fueled Russian government corruption, and allowed the gang's leaders to avoid paying taxes and dodge the country's military draft.

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TechCrunch May 6, 2026 at 18:05 Startups
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AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys

Braintrust, a startup that makes an “operating system for engineers building AI software,” notified customers that hackers broke into one of its Amazon cloud environments, and i...

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