Fox agreed to buy streaming pioneer Roku for $22 billion, a deal that could reshape the streaming landscape and triggered analyst debate about valuation and strategic timing (story). [P]The same day an interim U.S.–Iran accord sent oil down ~5% and spurred a global risk‑on rally — Nasdaq futures jumped and stocks from furniture to data centers rallied as yields eased (oil/energy, markets). Meanwhile, Big Tech keeps placing big bets: Salesforce bought AI agent platform Fin for $3.6B and OpenAI’s huge spending spree highlights the arms race as regulators and courts (and investors) scramble to catch up (Salesforce, OpenAI).

A March SBA rule change now bars many legal permanent residents from SBA‑backed loans, cutting off a vital capital route for immigrant founders and reshaping early‑stage access (SBA rule). [P]The entrepreneurial mythos continues — from Elon Musk hitting trillionaire status as a lightning rod for debate (Musk) to calls that the defense‑tech sector is wasting disciplined veteran talent — a reminder that talent pipelines and policy matter as much as capital. Thought leadership also points to AI as "cognitive abundance" for finance leaders and founder lessons from Perplexity’s CEO, signaling cultural shifts in how startups scale and think about talent (AI in finance, Perplexity).