INVESTMENT

Mastodon sees a boost from the ‘X exodus,’ too, founder...

Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X “exo...

Healthcare VC firm Initiate has a new $45M and has alre...

Jessica Owens and Iana Dimkova, co-founders of Initiate Ventures, are launching ...

Google.org commits $20M to researchers using AI for sci...

Google is committing $20 million in cash and $2 million in cloud credits to a ne...

Perplexity introduces a shopping feature for Pro users ...

AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the...

Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Dani...

San Francisco’s mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to h...

Partiful is Google’s ‘best app’ of 2024

Partiful, the New York-based event-planning app that’s taking on older solutions...

Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for a startup that’s makin...

As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three f...

Meta brings certain AI features to Ray-Ban Meta glasses in

After a brief delay, Meta says that it’s begun to roll out certain AI features t...

SuperAnnotate helps companies manage their AI data sets

SuperAnnotate, a platform for managing and prepping AI training data sets, has r...

Text marketing firm Take Blip secures backing from Soft...

Take Blip, a conversational marketing platform, has raised $60 million in fundin...

Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message other...

Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games an...

Space tech giant Maxar confirms hacker accessed employe...

Maxar has 2,600 employees — with more than half having security clearances to wo...

Moonvalley wants to build more ethical video models

Moonvalley, a new generative video startup, claims it's building models using mo...

Xiaomi taps PhonePe’s app store for India smartphones

Xiaomi will replace its app store with fintech PhonePe’s offering for customers ...

Juna.ai wants to use AI agents to make factories more e...

Juna.ai wants to help factories become more efficient by automating complex indu...

India’s HealthKart valued at $500M in new investment

Indian nutrition startup HealthKart’s valuation has surged to about $500 million...