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MARKETS Adani’s $2.5 Billion Refinancing: Inside the Structure, Pricing and Strategy Behind India’s Biggest Offshore Loan of 2026
THE FOUNDERS EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS Adani Group is preparing a $2.5 billion refinancing package tied to its landmark Ambuja Cements and ACC acquisition. The Founders’ analysis of the proposed structure, current…
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Nvidia’s $12.93 Billion Hugging Face Deal Is Becoming a Venture Capital Case Study in Betting on Founders, Not First Ideas
TFM EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS Hugging Face began as an artificial-intelligence chatbot designed largely for teenagers. A decade later, Nvidia has agreed to acquire the company…
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Indian Founders Are Going Global. Hurun 2026 Shows the Shift Is Accelerating
TFM EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS The headline from the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2026 is that India has slipped behind the UK with 61 home-based unicorns.…
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China’s 8.64-Second Robot Beat Bolt’s Time. The Harder Race Is Becoming a Worker
TFM EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS China’s TianGong Ultra completed 100 metres in 8.64 seconds—0.94 seconds quicker than Usain Bolt’s human world record. But The Founders’ analysis…
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NSE Slashes IPO Ambitions as World’s Biggest Options Boom Fades
TFM EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS NSE is preparing to enter the public market at a lower valuation and with a substantially smaller share sale just as…
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Amazon to Raise $5.8 Billion in First Sterling Bond Sale as 2026 Borrowing Nears $98 Billion
THE FOUNDERS EXCLUSIVE Amazon is set to raise £4.25 billion, or about $5.8 billion, in its first-ever sterling bond sale after attracting more than…
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Adani’s $2.5 Billion Refinancing: Inside the Structure, Pricing and Strategy Behind India’s Biggest Offshore Loan of 2026
THE FOUNDERS EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS Adani Group is preparing a $2.5 billion refinancing package tied to its landmark Ambuja Cements and ACC acquisition. The Founders’…
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U.S. National Debt Rose $5.1 Million a Minute Over the Past Year, Reaching $117,279 Per American
America’s gross national debt has climbed to $40.10 trillion after increasing by $2.67 trillion in less than a year. The pace works out to…
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LAT Aerospace: How Deepinder Goyal and Surobhi Das Are Reimagining Regional Aviation in India
India has become one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, yet millions of people living in Tier-II and Tier-III cities still struggle with limited…
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Aman Goel’s Bold Bet: From an $8,000/Month Rubrik Internship to Building GreyLabsAI in India
In a startup ecosystem where many young Indian technologists dream of building careers in Silicon Valley, Aman Goel’s story stands out as a powerful…
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Anthropic’s Massive Valuation: Is Claude Becoming the Enterprise AI King?
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, is reportedly moving closer to one of the most extraordinary valuation milestones in startup history: a potential near-$1…
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Redwood Materials, the rapidly rising battery recycling and materials manufacturing company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, has officially closed its $425 million Series…
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