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Fintech Plaid raises $575M at a $6.1B valuation, says it will not go public in 2025 Plaid, which connects bank accounts to financial applications, has sold about $575 million worth…
Y Combinator neobank Djamo raises $17M with 1M users across Francophone Africa Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large…
Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026 Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by billionaire co-founder of Robinhood Baiju Bhatt, has raised a $50…
Stablecoin issuer Circle takes another stab at a public listing Circle, the issuer of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, filed to go public on Tuesday. The company,…
OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a…
Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine,…
You might be following Second Lady Usha Vance on Instagram now Starting Wednesday, Meta says it will begin combining the Instagram accounts of the Second Lady of the United States,…
The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie Rippling released the affidavit of the its employee who admitted he was spying for Deel. Rippling…
OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts…
WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact…