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Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human ver...

World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-cente...

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Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other

Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwal...

For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geo...

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Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third f...

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Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board

Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board

Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, th...

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Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project

Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-f...

The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben...

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Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises

Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for ent...

The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.

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New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets

New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand...

The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, w...

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Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by ...

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder ...

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Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation?

Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation?

A federal jury found that Live Nation has acted illegally as a monopoly -- but t...

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Ford EV and tech chief leaving automaker

Ford EV and tech chief leaving automaker

Doug Field had stints at Apple and Tesla before joining Ford in 2021.

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Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO

Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO

Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its...

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DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice

DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to transla...

DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools l...

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London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing

London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Way...

Waymo's commercial service will eventually follow testing if the U.K. government...

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Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos

Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the T...

In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-foun...

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Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites

Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-i...

Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they ...

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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B roun...

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion ...