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Quick Hits
a16 comeback: Firm amasses $7.2B.
Audio tweets: VCs tune into Airchat.
Biotech boost: $500M fund launches.
Costly bots: X to charge for tweets.
Crypto clearance: ETFs in Hong Kong.
Electric air: UAE taxis to fly in 2026.
Gaming gains: Fund targets Europe.
Google’s bet: $100B AI investment.
Inhumane reviews: Users pan AI pin.
‘Multi-bot’: Poe enters arena.
Open to it: Ghost flirts with fediverse.
Retro revival: Motorola sports wood.
Road test: Waymo trials in Atlanta.
Secure surge: Evolution Equity raises $1.1B.
Tesla trims: Lays off 10% of staff.
Tokyo tech: OpenAI expands to Japan.
Young fund: WTFund targets U-25.
Trending Startups
‘Redistributing talent pools’
Tech giants are locked in an AI talent arms race looking to fill over 1k+ positions amid scarce supply of generative AI talent, leading to attractive compensation packages.
Cultivating ‘kind’ meat
Mosa Meat, the Dutch startup behind the world's first lab-grown burger, counts Leonardo DiCaprio as an investor in its effort to bring its "kindest burger" to market.
India’s spacetechs host Musk
Elon Musk will meet with a group of India's spacetech startups, potentially discussing investments and Starlink's pending satellite communications license.
Earth-bound deliveries
Inversion Space plans a launch for its Ray vehicle, a key step in developing ultra-fast, on-demand cargo delivery from space to anywhere on Earth.
‘Space-based’ reforestation
Ecosia, the tree-planting search engine, taps French startup Kanop's satellite imagery to monitor 200M+ planted trees from space.
Sketchy taunts
A police sketch artist who helped ID 1,300+ suspects says AI falls short in capturing the essence of effective composite sketches.
Recently Funded
- Los Angeles' Storiaverse Stirs Up $2.5M for Reading Platform
- Chicago’s Renterra Wrangles $3M for Equipment Rental
- HyLight Hauls $4M for Hydrogen-Powered Airship Drones
- Georgia’s Lockchain.ai Locks Up $4.6M to Fight Blockchain Risk
- San Francisco's Juicer Squeezes $5.3M for Restaurant Management
- Boston's Somite Summons $5.3M for AI in Stem Cell Biology
- Thai Developer HD Hauls $5.6M for Health Care Chatbot Development
- Israel’s Spines Cracks $6.5M to Disrupt Publishing
- Bengaluru's Scrut Automation Secures $10M for GRC Platform
- San Francisco-Based Loft Labs Nabs $24M for Kubernetes Tools
- Quilt Pumps in $33M for Heat Pump Installation
Weekly Pulse
What We’re Reading
AI Computing Is on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says (Bloomberg)
A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to program (MIT)
How LLMs are ushering in a new era of robotics (VentureBeat)
My Favorite Uses of AI (Venture Capitalist at Theory)
A.I. Has a Measurement Problem (NYT)
Poll of the Week
Post of the Week
Podcasts of the Week
Bridging the Skills Gap in Modern Work with Ravin Jesuthasan (HR Superstars)
Demystifying Compensation & Achieving Pay Equity (HR Works)
Startups Hiring Now
TapTab: Reinventing the Restaurant Menu & Reimagining the Dining Experience | 2 open roles
Focus AI: AI-native ecommerce ERP System | 6 open roles
Laasie: Loyalty done right. No points. No tiers. AI x Instant gratification | 5 open roles
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