GitHub freezes new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI breaks the economics of flat-rate developer subscriptions
Ofcom opens formal investigation into Telegram over child sexual abuse concerns
SpaceX’s public IPO filing confirms Musk and insiders retain dominant voting control
Meta has hired five founding members of Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab in a systematic talent raid
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Seapoint raises €7.5M and opens to all UK and Irish founders
John Ternus built Apple’s hardware for 24 years and now he has to figure out AI
OrangeQS raises €15M and brings hardware makers into the solution
DeepWay closes $310M in pre-IPO financing as it seeks to take Baidu-backed autonomous electric trucks global
VisioLab raises $11M to scale its AI-powered iPad checkout to stadiums, canteens, and campuses worldwide
Jeff Bezos’ physical AI lab is close to raising $10 billion at a $38 billion valuation
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Coral raises $12.5M to automate healthcare’s administrative back office
Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category
Sequoia raises $7 billion for its biggest-ever late-stage fund
Solidroad raises $25 million to replace manual customer support QA with AI that reviews every conversation
The fintech that pivoted because of Kanye West just hit a $1.4B valuation with $100M from Khosla and Ribbit
Spektr raises $20M to replace the compliance analyst’s copy-paste workflow with AI agents
Accel raises $5 billion for AI as venture capital bets reach infrastructure scale
Anthropic attracts $800 billion valuation offers as revenue hits $30 billion annualised run rate
Google is in talks with Marvell to build custom AI inference chips as it diversifies beyond Broadcom
NVIDIA didn’t invest in Xanadu, but it made its CEO a billionaire anyway
Uber launches $5 doorstep return pickups for Uber Eats purchases across 5,000 US cities
