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Passionfroot raises $15M to grow B2B creator marketplace in the US

Passionfroot, a Berlin-based B2B creator marketplace, raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to fuel U.S.…

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25-Year-Old Raises $180M to Build a US Bank From Scratch

Augustus raised $180 million in Series B funding at a $1 billion valuation, led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding…

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Light’s flip phone strips out AI while others cram it in

Light has released the "Light Flip", a $299 minimalist clamshell phone designed as an intentional alternative to AI-heavy smartphones from…

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How to Design a GA4 Measurement Framework First

A measurement framework should be established before any technical setup to ensure data collection answers real business questions rather than…

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Ex-Intel CEO Aims to Revive Moore’s Law Using Light

After leaving Intel in late 2024, Pat Gelsinger took 100 meetings in 100 days before joining Playground Capital as a…

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Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, the West’s open rival to DeepSeek and Qwen

Poolside released Laguna S 2.1, a 118-billion-parameter open-weight coding model using a mixture-of-experts architecture, positioning it as a Western alternative…

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How to Run a Winning YouTube Ad Campaign on a Small Budget

YouTube is undervalued for smaller budgets, but most ad advice targets large spenders; success requires separating Demand Gen campaigns by…

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Gritt raises $32M for AI robots that retrofit construction gear for solar farms

Gritt has launched from stealth with $32 million in funding to deploy AI-powered robotics that retrofit existing construction equipment, boosting…

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London robotics startup Humanoid raises $152M, Bosch to manufacture wheeled robots

Humanoid, a London-based robotics startup founded in 2024, raised $152 million in Series A funding led by Prime Movers Lab,…

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Empirical Security secures $25M to predict data breaches

Empirical Security has raised a $25 million Series A to advance its data-driven vulnerability prediction technology, using two models,Foundation for…

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Year-Round Wildfires Spark Development of Firefighting Drones

Firefighting drones are being tested in California and Alaska as a rapid-response tool against wildfires, as climate change extends the…

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Anduril, Archer Team on Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft, 2027 Flight Planned

Anduril and Archer Aviation unveiled the Thunder, a Group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft with a clean-sheet design that uses a…

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AI’s key protocol gets a simpler, easier-to-use update

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is receiving a significant upgrade that shifts from a stateful to a stateless approach for…

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StrictlyVC Returns to NYC Sept 10 to Celebrate Startup Boom

StrictlyVC returns to New York City on September 10 at Ideal Glass Studios, offering off-the-record dialogue for the startup and…

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Colossal Biosciences in talks to raise funds at up to $30B valuation

Colossal Biosciences, initially known for its plan to de-extinct the dire wolf, is reportedly raising new capital at a valuation…

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01.AI shifts from AI models to enterprise data, eyes Hong Kong IPO

Kai-Fu Lee's 01.ai is raising a pre-IPO round and planning a Hong Kong listing in 2027, having pivoted from building…

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Flock Safety CEO on the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15) about the company's controversial role in AI-driven…

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Startup builds public AI to rival Big Tech

Current AI is a nonprofit initiative launched at France's 2025 AI Action Summit, aiming to create a free, public alternative…

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How to Run a CTV Incrementality Test (and Why Most Fail)

Most CTV incrementality tests fail not because of poor media performance, but because they compare ad viewers to non-viewers without…

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UM Layoffs to Affect Up to 32 Staff

ZA/UM has announced layoffs affecting up to 32 employees, citing that the commercial performance of its latest game, Zero Parades:…

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