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TL;DR: Why Microsoft’s $17.5B India Bet and the Gulf’s AI Buildout Matter Right Now
A day of signals mapping the next decade: Microsoft’s $17.5B AI commitment to India, deepening US–India cooperation, and the Gulf’s push into data centres, robotics, and sovereign-backed venture capital.
TL;DR: AI bubble fears, debt-heavy funding and the rise of the Global South
From Bridgewater Founder, Ray Dalio’s warning on an AI bubble to MENA’s debt-driven rounds and India–Africa growth, capital is rotating, not disappearing. The centre of gravity for tech is shifting, and founders in India, MENA and Africa are suddenly much closer to the action.
UAE’s ruya becomes first Islamic bank to offer in-app Bitcoin trading
By adding Bitcoin to its app as a long-term investment product rather than a trading toy, ruya is testing a different way for banks to handle volatile assets. Behind the scenes, its partnership with Fuze offers a blueprint for how regulated institutions around the world could plug digital assets into their existing stacks without becoming full-on crypto exchanges
Three VC Worlds, One Year: How the US, India and MENA Are Funding the Future
Global venture capital no longer moves through a single cycle. In 2025, the US, India and MENA are running three different experiments in funding the future – hyper-concentrated AI bets, disciplined domestic growth and sovereign-backed, debt-heavy plays.
The Important Part of Netflix’s Warner Deal is Invisible Onscreen
Everyone is counting superheroes and box sets. The real leverage is off-camera: how a combined Netflix–Warner can set the norms for AI tools, digital replicas and “rights-clean” models the rest of the industry can’t easily match.
The Morning the Logo Changed, and The Bill Didn’t
Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros. shifts movies and TV further from “occasional treat” to “fixed monthly cost”. The real story is not just consolidation, but who gets to act like infrastructure – and who doesn’t.