FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Ex-SpaceX engineer raises $24M to bring off-grid desalination to consumers with a $749 device
- German founder raises $15M from Benchmark to build a 'world's mutual friend' social platform that bridges filter bubbles
- Factory raises $150M to help enterprises manage fleets of AI coding agents more efficiently
- Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering raises $38M Series A from a16z to build autonomous underwater drones for defense and offshore energy
- Expo raises $45M Series B as vibe-coded mobile apps surge 84% in App Store submissions
GUEST INTERVIEWS
- Ben Smith on the Semafor World Economy Summit: AI anxiety, labor market self-censorship, and the disconnect between private and public sentiment
- Kevin Hart says Gran Coramino is the fastest growing celebrity tequila brand in the world after doubling revenue to $200M
- Slash hits $300M revenue with 70 employees, launches AI agent 'Twin' and eyes global expansion via stablecoins
- Cognition launches Windsurf 2.0 with an agent command center, bringing Devin into the IDE alongside local and cloud agent orchestration
NEWS
- Cursor plans to train its Composer 2.5 model on xAI's GPU infrastructure, turning xAI into a cloud provider
- Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with 3x vision resolution and hints at unreleased Mythos model on the card
- OpenAI expands Codex with computer use on macOS, image generation, and 90+ new plugins