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He Sold His AI Company To AMD For $665 Million. Now He Wants To Supercharge AI Research In Europe
Europe’s bid to compete with the United States and China to stay at the cutting edge of artificial research have…
Michael Bloomberg says he will give $1 million to 25 cities with the most innovative ideas to transform essential services
The beauty of Rourkela, India’s city-changing idea is in its simplicity. Giving farmers affordable access to cold storage for their…
Valerie Jarrett, chief executive of the Obama Foundation, doesn’t really believe in work-life balance. “This notion of work-life balance, I…
The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the world. In his will, Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century…
MacKenzie Scott just donated $10 million to help small businesses—but the staffer receiving the offer thought it was spam
Considering her vast wealth and name recognition, MacKenzie Scott is a fairly quiet philanthropist. She’s not showy or flashy when…
Fake charity tycoon pleads guilty to siphoning millions from veterans and cancer patients
A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal criminal charge alleging that he duped people into donating tens…
Just one Asian organization is among the top 20 largest donors in the world, as the region’s philanthropy lags the U.S.
Asia is full of billionaires. The Asia-Pacific region has over 1,000 self-made billionaires, together holding about $3.7 trillion in combined…
Two of Europe’s wealthiest tech billionaires, brothers Igor and Dmitri Bukhman, have quietly set up a charitable foundation. The Bukhman…
Florida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms
A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida’s only public historically Black university has been void for months, an independent investigator…
Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools
Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a $600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools.…