AI Chip Startup Etched Triples Valuation to $21 Billion in Weeks
Etched, a startup building specialized chips for AI inference, announced Tuesday that it has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by quant trading firm Jane Street. The jump is
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Wait - this topic concerns Health In Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIT), which is an insurance technology company, not a cannabis retail, dispensary, or licensed cannabis business. The context provided
Federal Funding Delay Could Spare Missouri's Hemp Beverage Shelves
Missouri retailers selling hemp-derived THC beverages got a reprieve of sorts this month, and it didn't come from Jefferson City. It came from Washington. A Senate-approved funding measure would push
Hawaiʻi Cracks Down on Unlicensed Hemp-Derived THC Retailers
Hawaiʻi's Department of Health has moved to shut down sales of hemp-derived THC products - pre-rolled cigarettes, gummies, vapes and drinks - at retailers operating outside the state's licensed
Senate Rejects Bid to Speed Up Federal Hemp Product Ban
The Senate voted 61-32 on Aug. 8 to table an amendment from Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., that would have stripped a 30-day delay on federal restrictions targeting intoxicating hemp products. The underlying
Sweed Opens Its Platform With New Public API for Dispensaries
Sweed has launched a public API that lets cannabis retailers build custom storefronts while running on the company's back-end infrastructure for inventory, checkout, and compliance. The move
Green Thumb's Cash Discipline Sets a Bar Few Cannabis Operators Clear
Five years into the legal cannabis experiment, the market has delivered a blunt lesson to anyone still chasing top-line growth as the main scoreboard: revenue means little if it never turns into
Nigerian Port Seizure Exposes Gaps in Cannabis Edible Supply Chains
Nigerian counter-narcotics officers pulled 442 packets of cannabis-infused cookies and gummies, totaling 309.4 kilogrammes, from a 40-foot shipping container at the TinCan Island Port Complex in
Verano Executives Head to Boston Conference as Investors Track Multi-State Strategy
Verano Holdings Corp. will send members of its executive leadership team to the Canaccord Genuity 46th Annual Growth Conference in Boston on August 11, disclosed the multi-state operator, which
European Seizures Spike as Canada's Cannabis Surplus Fuels Diversion Fears
Border and customs officials across Europe are reporting a sharp rise in cannabis seizures, and they're pointing squarely at Canada's oversupplied legal market as the source. The claims, published