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Cognition Talks $40B Deal After Just 90 Days
Cognition, the startup behind the AI coding agent Devin, is reportedly negotiating a new funding round that would value it at $40 billion, a massive jump just t
Automattic Deploys Android CRM to Slash Clunky Legacies
Automattic's free, AI-enhanced Mesh CRM has launched on Android, targeting a massive user base to directly challenge clunky, legacy customer relationship softwa
ICE Plans Deploy $20M Electric Shock Gloves
ICE is pursuing a contract worth up to $20 million to arm agents with electrified gloves that deliver painful shocks to 'achieve compliance in less than three s
Elon Musk’s AI Agent Takes Your Passwords as Employee
SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot, an AI agent that users assign entire tasks to, providing their passwords so it can autonomously operate software as a digital em
Blacksmith Valuation Hits $550 Million After Subscription Surge
AI code-testing firm Blacksmith's valuation rocketed to $550 million, a near tenfold jump, as its customer base exploded from 700 to over 5,000 in less than a y
Reservoir Smashes Old Water Heater Model With $8M Seed Wager
Reservoir raised $8 million to transform the standard water heater from an energy hog into a smart home asset and a distributed battery for the grid.
AI Coffee Crawl Stumbles Over Real Cup of Coffee
Using ChatGPT to plan a coffee shop crawl delivers a perfectly optimized but utterly soulless checklist, stripping away the personal discovery that defines a re
Yulu Plots Army of 200,000 EVs for Instant Delivery Wars
Yulu's $93 million funding round fuels a plan to explode its electric vehicle fleet from 50,000 to 200,000 units, directly supplying the drivers powering India'
Bluesky Bleeds Half Its Users Betting on Protocol Future
Bluesky’s monthly active users fell by half in under two years, a paradox the company embraces as it pivots from app-centric growth to building its underlying p
Europe’s $5.7 Billion Fund Throws Lifeline to Startup ICEYE
The Scaleup Europe Fund, a new $5.7B public-private vehicle managed by EQT, is making its first major play by backing satellite intelligence firm ICEYE in a bid
Stop Letting AI Design Flyers That Scare Clients Off
A guide to using AI as a supplier for raw design components, rather than a designer, to create trustworthy flyers and avoid the generic, fake look that erodes c
AI Brings Back Software Factories to Launch Your Apps
AI is reviving the concept of software factories, using automated systems to turn prototypes into shippable products. This shifts a developer's core job from wr