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Frank founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank…
Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters There were no injuries, but the building has been deemed unfit for occupation. Faraday's landlord is currently trying to find a new…
AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews The Y Combinator startup, raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners. The Y Combinator startup, raised a Series…
Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators These updates show us that Meta wants fans to take Facebook more seriously as a place to engage with creators. These updates…
DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context…
OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one…
This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to…
Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks Anything raised an $11 million funding round at a $100 million valuation. Anything raised…
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes. Anthropic says…
Brave updates its AI-powered search with a detailed answers feature Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature…