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Lots of news to catch up on after the July 4th holiday! We are also moving our Capital Insights news roundup to Mondays going forward. Anthony Williams makes the case for Commanders stadium deal Great to hear former Mayor Williams add to the conversation around RFK. Two decades ago, as mayor, I fought to bring …

DC’s Enquire.AI Closes $3 Million Bridge Round to Expand Agentic AI Research. The capital will be used to scale the company’s proprietary multi-agent research platform and expand hiring in AI engineering, go-to-market, and institutional research sales. “Research today is too slow, siloed and reactive to keep pace with the markets. The world moves much faster,” Enquire.AI CEO and Founder Cenk Sidar said. "We believe the future of research is conversational. Enquire.AI’s clients include Microsoft, General Atlantic, EY, PwC, Teneo, and Activate Consulting, which use the platform to access expert insights on demand. Check out our interview with Cenk Sidar in our Executive Insight on AI in DC:

Silicon Valley cybersecurity firm opens DC office Qualys Inc., a publicly traded Silicon Valley cybersecurity company, is the latest outfit from outside the region to open a D.C. office to appeal to the federal customer base. The company, which specializes in providing risk management and cloud security services, has leased space at One Franklin Square …

Social Sports Concept Ballers Raises $20M, Eyes DC Expansion Ballers, a sports venue and exclusive members’ club, has closed on $20M of funding and plans to open more than 50 locations within the next 10 years. The funding comes as Ballers is slated to open its 55K SF Philadelphia flagship in July and a 30K SF location …