Business Funding

Is higher education facing a temporary funding squeeze or a deeper structural problem? Rising costs, enrollment uncertainty and uneven public investment raise important questions.

Oxylabs has secured its first-ever outside investment, $130 million from Warburg Pincus, at a $3.6 billion valuation, as AI agents drive surging demand for real-time data.

The challenge began as one class project funded with her late sister’s tip money, and has since grown into a nonprofit.

The infusion gives the business capital to scale its vision in the creator and consumer-product space.