FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Mintlify raises $45M Series B as AI agents now account for 70% of its developer docs traffic

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Selva Ventures' Kiva Dickinson on why the Grüns exit signals a new era for CPG investing
• Aaron D'Souza launches Objection AI to use AI juries to fact-check legacy media — and previews Enhanced Games' $1.2B SPAC
• Michael Mignano joins Union Square Ventures as GP, betting on hardware as the next defensible AI wedge
• Wade Foster on how Zapier's SDK turns Claude Code and Cursor into 9,000-tool automation engines
• Carry acquired by AngelList and Lettuce Financial in split deal — founder Ankur Nagpal on building for solopreneurs
• Cal.com going closed-source as AI agents overwhelm open-source security and review processes

NEWS

• Allbirds pivots to AI compute cloud, stock surges 700%+ as meme frenzy takes hold
• Snap cuts 16% of workforce and $500M in costs as Irenic pressure forces profitability push
• Amazon acquires Globalstar for $10.8B to challenge SpaceX Starlink in satellite-to-phone market
• Uber commits $10B to autonomous vehicles as Waymo and Tesla expansion threaten its core business

COMMENTARY

• Meta Ray-Bans still can't identify a cardinal — the gap between AI glasses hype and reality