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Artificial Intelligence

Founders Fund Nears $6 Billion for New Growth Fund

Founders Fund is raising a $6 billion growth fund, with $1.5 billion contributed by its own partners, signaling strong internal…

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Business

Robinhood’s Startup Fund Tumbles in NYSE Debut

Robinhood's new fund for retail startup investing saw its shares fall 16% on its first trading day, highlighting challenges in…

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AI & Tech

OpenAI Alters ChatGPT Instant Checkout Strategy

OpenAI is shifting ChatGPT's commerce strategy from direct checkout to prioritizing product discovery and search, as users primarily use it…

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Artificial Intelligence

Stripe Aims to Monetize Your AI Spending

Stripe has launched a new billing tool to help businesses, especially AI startups, automatically track and bill customers for variable…

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Artificial Intelligence

SheBuilds Answers Lovable’s 2026 Challenge

The SheBuilds 2026 campaign provided direct financial support in the form of API and fee credits to lower early-stage barriers,…

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Business

Navigating the Post-Hype Crypto Market

The cryptocurrency market is maturing beyond speculation, with a new focus on regulation, stablecoin oversight, and sustainable business models. Industry…

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Business

Startups Hitting $10M ARR Faster Than Ever

Startups are reaching $10 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) at unprecedented speeds, with some achieving this milestone within just…

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Artificial Intelligence

Ex-Founders Fund VC Launches AI Startup to Rival Salesforce

Monaco, a new AI sales platform, has launched with $35 million in funding to challenge giants like Salesforce by combining…

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AI & Tech

The Brutal Economics of Orbital AI

The vision for orbital AI data centers is driven by the belief that space will soon be the cheapest location…

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Business

MrBeast’s Company Acquires Gen Z Fintech App Step

YouTube creator MrBeast, through Beast Industries, has acquired the teen-focused banking app Step, merging his entertainment influence with financial tools…

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Artificial Intelligence

Sapiom Secures $15M to Empower AI Agents With Self-Service Tools

Sapiom, a startup founded by a former Shopify director, has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a financial…

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Business

Stripe Alumni’s Duna Raises €30M Series A

Duna, a business identity verification startup founded by Stripe alumni, has secured a €30 million Series A led by CapitalG,…

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Business

SpaceX IPO Buzz Ignites Secondary Market Frenzy

SpaceX is preparing for a potential 2026 IPO, which could reinvigorate the broader IPO market and follows a private tender…

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Artificial Intelligence

Integrate Slack, Asana, and Figma Directly in Claude

Anthropic has expanded its Claude AI to interact directly within popular workplace applications like Slack and Asana, aiming to position…

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AI & Tech

Payment Processors Opposed CSAM Until Grok Profited

Grok, an AI image generator on Elon Musk's X platform, has been found to produce vast quantities of sexualized imagery,…

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AI & Tech

The Limits of LLM-Only AI Search

A new strategy involves creating stripped-down, machine-only content formats (like llms.txt or markdown copies) to earn citations from AI systems,…

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BigTech Companies

Tech Workers Condemn ICE as CEOs Stay Silent

Tech industry executives have maintained a cooperative relationship with the administration, despite regulatory shifts, while rank-and-file employees have reached a…

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AI & Tech

Agentic Commerce: Essential SEO Strategies for ACP & UCP

The digital landscape is splitting into an "agentic web," where AI agents autonomously conduct purchases, creating a new field called…

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AI & Tech

Google Unveils AI Checkout & Business Agent Protocol

Google is launching a new "agentic commerce" system, featuring a Universal Commerce Protocol for in-search checkout and AI Business Agents…

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AI & Tech

Microsoft Adds Direct Purchase Buttons to Copilot

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant now features in-chat purchasing, allowing users to buy recommended products directly within the conversation without navigating…

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