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Private equity sees vibe check trends shift focus to operations
Private equity deal volume plummeted 30% year-over-year in Q1, even as the S&P 500 posted its best quarterly gain in two years, according to S&P Global and PitchBook .
Helix Digital Infrastructure Launches $10B Fund Amid AI Race
In Q1 2026, just ten AI funding rounds, including Anthropic's $30 billion and xAI's $20 billion, absorbed over half of all disclosed capital, signaling a winner-take-all race.
CDP Sells Majority Stake in Environmental Reporting Standards
A non-profit that has been the global arbiter of corporate environmental disclosures for two decades just sold a majority stake in its core operations to a private equity firm.
Kirkland & Ellis partners with Palantir on AI tech for its platform
Kirkland & Ellis, a legal giant, has committed an astonishing $500 million over the next three to four years to develop its own proprietary artificial intelligence platform, according to Reuters .
New $140 Million Boost Fuels Strep A Vaccine Breakthrough
Invasive Strep A infections kill 518,000 and sicken 1.