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Quick Hits

Apple capital: Indonesia gets $100M factory.

Battery breakthrough: Honda goes solid-state.

Chips wanted: xAI wants $6B in chips.

Clever coding: Seven-year-old joins IT firm.

Finance flip: Canva recruits CFO ahead of IPO.

Google’s loss: Must depart from Chrome.

Group groove: PayPal revives money-pooling.

License to quill: Publisher offers AI opt-in.

Memory magic: Gemini chatbot gains context.

New media: Bluesky vows no AI training.

Pixel playground: Minecraft launches theme park.

Reasoning reveal: China lab debuts AI model.

Robot run: Robodog runs marathon.

Shopping hub: Perplexity launches shopping.

Saintly stats: “God’s influencer” canonized.

Voice launch: ChatGPT adds web speech.

Wearing Facebook: Meta upgrades Ray-Bans.

Trending Startups

SMR heats up nuclear market

Energy giant Enel dives into small modular reactor (SMR) startups, raising competition stakes.

Airbags protect knees from injury

A former athlete’s knee airbags aim to reduce ACL injuries and revolutionize sports safety.

Police want AI body cams

Las Vegas police explore enhancing bodycams with AI, following tech partnerships with a prominent Silicon Valley VC.

RTO mandates spark pushback

Amazon and Walmart face backlash as strict return-to-office rules frustrate employees.

Laundry bot stirs AI debate

Agility Robotics’ Digit shows off AI at Web Summit, sparking concerns about job security and environmental impact.

ChatGPT beats doctors in diagnosis (again)

A study shows ChatGPT outperforms human doctors in accurately diagnosing medical cases.

Teaching AI to teachers

OpenAI’s free course helps educators learn AI basics and prompt engineering.

Duolingo execs tackle college costs

Ex-Duolingo leaders raise $13M for a startup aiming to make college more accessible.

Recently Funded

U.S.

• Denver-based Cloverleaf AI Secures $2.8M Seed for Government Contracting Solutions

• Dallas-based Conflixis Secures $4.2M Seed for Data and Risk Intelligence

• California-based General Galactic Secures $8M Seed for Fossil-Free Fuel Technology

• Las Vegas-based Monkey Tilt Secures $30M Series A for Online Gaming Platform

• NYC-based OneChronos Secures $32M in Funding for Financial Market Optimization

• San Francisco's Oyster Secures $5M for Global Employment Solutions

• SocialCrowd Secures $2.5M Seed for Workforce Performance Solutions

Europe

• Belgium's Apideck Secures $7.5M Series A for Unified API Solutions

• Denmark's NitroVolt Secures $3.7M Seed for Green Ammonia Production

• Germany's Juna.ai Raises $7.5M Seed for AI-Driven Manufacturing Solutions

• Germany's Tozero Secures $11.7M Seed for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

Asia

• India's Swish Secures $2M Seed for 10-Minute Food Delivery

• India's Abyom Secures $2.5M Seed for Reusable Rocket Technology

• India's Funstop Games Raises $5M for Game Development

• India-based Equal Secures $10M Funding to Simplify KYC Processes

• Japan's Mawari Raises $10.8M to Enhance Decentralized Spatial Streaming Network

• Singapore's Portcast Secures $6.5M Series A for AI Logistics Solutions

Elsewhere

• Kenya's Agventure Secures $9.5M for Agricultural Innovation

• Australia's Animoca Brands Secures $10M for Open Metaverse Platform Development

• Dubai's Pemo Raises $7M Pre-Series A for Fintech Expansion

Weekly Pulse

Startup We Love: Parafin

Why we love it: Scaling SMBs with modern tech.

Parafin’s co-founders left Robinhood to help small business access capital through easy to integrate APIs and SDKs. They’re scaling, recently funded by well known VCs, and hiring like crazy.

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