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Stitch raises $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $46M

Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable the development of new financial services for their consumers, has been one of the m

Unitary AI picks up $15M for its multimodal approach to video content moderation

Content moderation continues to be a contentious topic in the world of online media. New regulations and public concern are likely to keep it as a priority for many years to come. But weaponised AI an

Elon Musk is being sued for defamation after falsely claiming a man was a neo-Nazi on X

Elon Musk has been on something of a suing spree lately, but on Monday Twitter’s new owner was hit with a fresh inbound lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Musk defamed a California man after the

Tesla Autopilot arbitration win could set legal benchmark in auto industry

In a victory for Tesla, a California federal judge ruled over the weekend that a group of Tesla owners cannot pursue in court claims that the company falsely advertised its automated features. Instead

Max Q: Mining moon water

In this issue: Mining water on the moon with Starpath Robotics, news from Blue Origin, SpaceX and more.

Republicans still don’t know how to talk to young voters online

In an appeal to younger voters, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who proposed raising the voting age to 25 — launched his TikTok presence with an endorsement from Jake Paul, the

Ousted Flexport CEO Dave Clark strikes back

Dave Clark, the former Amazon executive who was ousted as CEO of Flexport just a year into the job, fired back at its founder and board, calling recent reporting on the logistics company “deeply

Visa earmarks $100M to invest in generative AI companies

Visa announced today that it plans to invest $100 million in companies developing generative AI technologies and applications “that will impact the future of commerce and payments.” The investment

Elon Musk’s X Corp. faces trademark lawsuit from social media ad agency

When Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X this summer, there were concerns that the new company could face trademark lawsuits as there were nearly 900 active U.S. trademark registrations that cover the le

How our new AI feature earned 5% adoption in its first week

We developed an 'AI as agent' approach and shipped a new AI capability that exploded to 5% adoption in the first week.

SBF’s trial promises to be just as riveting as the rest of the FTX drama

'If the SBF trial starts to look like the crypto equivalent of an organized crime trial, don’t be surprised.'

Kenyan legislative committee calls for Worldcoin shutdown in the country

A Kenyan parliamentary committee formed in August to investigate operations and activities of Sam Altman’s crypto project, Worldcoin, in the East African country, has recommended for it to be shut d

Fearless Fund barred from awarding grant to Black women founders

Experts and venture industry insiders following the Fearless Fund case remain dumbfounded as it continues to unfold.

IronNet, founded by former NSA director, shuts down and lays off staff

IronNet, a once-promising cybersecurity startup founded by a former NSA director and funded by cyber and defense investors, has shuttered and laid off its remaining staff following its collapse. In a

Queer social app Lex gets a new CEO and $5.6M to grow

Lex, the app inspired by vintage lesbian personals, just raised $5.6 million in seed funding and elevated co-founder Jennifer Lewis from COO to CEO. As a result, founding CEO Kel Rakowski steps into a

Amid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users

Consumer interest in open source, decentralized social networking isn’t something that was only reflected in news headlines over the past year, it’s also apparent in the financials behind

This week in AI: AI-powered personalities are all the rage

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning.

How much carbon pollution is in your product? Muir AI raises $3.25M seed to answer that question

Everything from materials to manufacturing and distribution leaves a carbon footprint, and not all vendors report their emissions.

Web3 funding is down again as the crypto winter drags on

Crypto pretty much seems to have lost its allure as far as venture capitalists are concerned.

Beams helps product teams shine a light on the work that matters most

Beams’ co-founders Jana Schellong and Mihri Minaz see a fundamental problem with how product teams work. While they have productivity tools that are supposed to help them work smarter, too often the
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