Meet Kimi K3, the newest Chinese AI model haunting Silicon Valley

Equity financing is a type of business funding where a company gets money by selling a percentage of ownership to investors. This is different from debt financing where businesses borrow money from lenders and pay it back with interest and the business owner retains ownership of the company.  Unlike small business loans, equity financing doesn’t have a requirement to pay anything back. Investors…

Buying a small business, even a profitable one, comes with surprises in almost all situations. It could be machinery that is currently operating nicely, but only because the owner knows how to fix and repair it and that skill leaves when their contractual term is done. If you haven’t talked to suppliers and vendors to fully learn about the logistics and supply chain demands, there could be…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Thursday closed unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +1.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.61%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.25%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -1.82%.  Stock indexes erased early gains on Thursday and settled mixed, with the S&P 500…

One of the most important decisions you make when starting a new small business is the location. Factors from local costs to broadband speeds and from customer demand to tax rates all impact massively on ensuring that your business is one of the 82% of start-ups that survive beyond their first year. To help you…

Key insight: ConnectOne Bank brought agentic AI tools to its tech stack and is reporting improved efficiency within three months. What’s at stake: AI is changing the way commercial banking employees at ConnectOne — and other banks — do their everyday work. Supporting data: ConnectOne employees using nCino’s AI tools reduced time spent searching documents…