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Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

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Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch's tech didn't work properly.

Sean O'Kane 5 months ago

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OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents

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OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.

Lucas Ropek 5 months ago

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Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI

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Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI

The startup says it grew its ARR by $70 million in just 20 months after launching an AI agent platform for marketers.

Marina Temkin 5 months ago

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LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet

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LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet

LinkedIn says hiring is down 20% since 2022, but blames higher interest rates — not AI — for the slowdown.

Sarah Perez 5 months ago

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Feds will require data centers to show their power bills

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Feds will require data centers to show their power bills

In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.

Tim De Chant 5 months ago

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AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

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AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

Lauren Forristal 5 months ago

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Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.

Rebecca Bellan 5 months ago

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Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

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Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

You can share anything on their screen with Gemini to get help with what they're looking at in the moment, including local files.

Aisha Malik 5 months ago

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This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it’s aiming for more

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This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it’s aiming for more

Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs.

Kirsten Korosec 5 months ago

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Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets

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Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets

Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies building AI.

Dominic-Madori Davis 5 months ago

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India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

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India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

Emergent's Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Jagmeet Singh 5 months ago

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Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

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Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.

Julie Bort 5 months ago

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Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India

Motorola is suing dozens of content creators and social media platforms including Instagram, X, and YouTube over posts it alleges are defamatory.

Jagmeet Singh 5 months ago

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Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

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Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform.

Connie Loizos 5 months ago

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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.

Sarah Perez 5 months ago

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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

Sweden's minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are "now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe."

Zack Whittaker 5 months ago

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Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point)

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Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point)

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercializ...

Theresa Loconsolo 5 months ago

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Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

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Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.

Aisha Malik 5 months ago

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Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate

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Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate

Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.

Sarah Perez 5 months ago

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

Ivan Mehta 5 months ago

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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.

Tim De Chant 5 months ago

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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million

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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million

The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.

Lucas Ropek 5 months ago

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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.

Tim Fernholz 5 months ago

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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder

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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder

On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder.  Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to da...

Lauren Forristal 5 months ago

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