Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+: OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI. Read More
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Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why.: Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible. Read More
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Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform: Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, GitHub. Read More
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive: Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover new skincare compounds, and is only now going public about it. Read More
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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours: Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying. Read More
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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing: The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos. Read More
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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup: SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI. Read More
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Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams: Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives. Read More
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Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay: Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay. Read More
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