FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Reducto raises $75M Series B led by a16z to bring human-level accuracy to document parsing
• Basis Theory raises $33M to let merchants route payments across Stripe, Adyen, and Checkout.com simultaneously
• Campfire raises $65M Series B just 12 weeks after its Series A — building the AI-native ERP
• Dan Shipper spins out Good Start Labs from Every — AI models that learn through gameplay, raises $3.6M
• Finch Legal raises $20M Series A to deploy AI-augmented paralegals for personal injury law firms

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Plaid CEO Zachary Perret on LendScore — a real-time credit score built on cash flow and network data
• Amazon's Panos Panay on Alexa Plus, the new color Kindle Scribe, and AI's role in consumer hardware
• Adam Ryan on Workweek's verified professional networks and the state of independent media
• VSCO CEO Eric Wittman on AI Lab tools for photographers and the $105B photography services market
• Brian Baumgartner plays Ramp's CFO for a day in a live stunt on the streets of New York

NEWS

• Apple upgrades Vision Pro with M5 chip but only 3,000 Vision OS-native apps exist
• Erebor bank wins fastest conditional charter approval in 25 years, raises $275M
• Poolside AI is raising $2B at a $14B valuation and building a 2-gigawatt data center in Texas with CoreWeave

COMMENTARY

• OpenAI announces adult content for verified users — hosts debate brand damage and business rationale