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Quick Hits

Anthropic app: Claude hits iPhone store.

Automated reviews: Yelp adds video AI.

Content cash: News Corp sells to Google.

Copy rights: Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft.

Creator focus: Instagram updates algorithm.

Crypto ambitions: TON has 'super app' ambitions.

Game on: Xbox plans summer games.

Hedge rally: Funds buy up tech stock.

No screen for you!: France eyes tween ban.

Robotic retrofit: Spot dons fur.

Smart tech: Tether backs brain-computer interface.

Talent match: Upwork introduces Uma.

Tax trouble: 'Bitcoin Jesus' nabbed in Spain.

Twitter to Mastodon: Stone joins Mastodon.

Voice bots: Big Tech gets its voice.

U turn: FCC restores net neutrality.

Trending Startups

Space stations get agile

The U.S. Space Force is advancing 'tactically responsive' space capabilities, contracting with startups like Gravitics, Rocket Lab, and True Anomaly to develop innovative orbital platforms.

Robots learn to fall with style

Boston Dynamics' Atlas and other humanoid robots are learning advanced fall recovery skills to prep for the real world.

Little by little, AI funding grows

Despite fewer mega-rounds, AI startup funding grew in Q1 2024 compared to Q4 2023, signaling ongoing investor appetite.

Silicon Valley’s newest a status symbol

Jolie is elevating the humble shower head to a status symbol, taking design cues from luxury brands like Porsche and Rolex and luring customers in with water science.

Biden’s AI advisor

Arati Prabhakar demonstrated AI's potential and risks to President Biden, leading to a significant executive order on AI regulation and innovation.

Recently Funded

• Paris-based Klineo Raises $2M for Digital Health Platform

• Chicago’s Unicorn Raises $5.8M Tech Enabled Spirits and Wine Platform

• Edia Learning Raises $9.4M to Help Students Succeed at Math

• Los Angeles-based Carv Raises $10M to Build Blockchain Data Layer for Gaming

• ‘Wallet as a Service’ Startup Ansa Raises $14M

• Backflip Raises $15M to Help Real Estate Investors Flip Houses

• Charge Zone Raises $19M to Expand India’s EV Charging Infrastructure

• Lyskraft Raises $26M for Omnichannel Fashion Marketplace in India

• Beehiiv Attracts $32M to Make its Newsletter Publishing Platform Sticky

• San Francisco-based Movement Labs Raises $38M to Integrate Facebook's Move Language into Ethereum

Weekly Pulse

What We’re Reading

Are recruiters better than a coin flip at judging resumes? Here's the data. (Interviewing.io)

With AI, It's Trickier to Find the Right Tech Talent (Inc.)

ChatGPT wants to remember everything you’ve told it (Fast Company)

Satya Nadella says Microsoft’s AI payoff hinges on other companies doing ‘the hard work’ of changing their cultures (Fortune)

Poll of the Week

Post of the Week

Podcasts of the Week

Talent Outlook Study - Findings Reveal Uptapped Benefits (HR Works Podcast)

Gamestop CEO, Author and Entreprenuer Gary Kusin Discusses His New Book "Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling up from GameStop to Laura Mercier" (Startup of the Year Podcast)

Startups Hiring Now

Bitfinex: The home of digital asset trading | 2 open roles

Plume Design: The backbone of the services customers demand from operators | 38 open roles

StrongDM: What a VPN should have been | 16 open roles

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