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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million seed round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov…
Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers. Roku’s…
Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original…
Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links…
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its…
Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate…
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the…
BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as…
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans. Think Discord chats, but with AI…
Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi. The feature is rolling out in…