Oura acquires Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in gesture recognition technology
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The company believes its next phase of wearable AI will be powered by a combination of voice and gesture.
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Lio Raises $30M To Automate Enterprise Procurement With AI Agents
Clinton / ventureburn - Lio Secures $30 Million Series A Lio, a U.S. and Tel Aviv-based startup, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the round. SV Angels,The post Lio Raises $30M To Automate Enterprise Procurement With AI Agents appeared f…
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Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."
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Crypto-friendly fintech giant Revolut files for U.S. banking license
Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - The license would allow the firm to operate like a traditional bank and gain direct access to payment networks like Fedwire and ACH.
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ZyG Raises $58M in Seed Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - ZyG, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based developer of an agentic operating system for eCommerce, raised a $58m seed funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Viola Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Disruptive AI,…
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French quantum startup Pasqal to go public via SPAC at $2BN valuation
John Reynolds / tech - A French quantum computing startup co-founded by a Nobel Prize winner is going public via a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), with a $2bn valuation. Pasqal is merging with SPAC vehicle Bleic...
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The Pentagon-Anthropic feud is quietly obscuring the real fight over military AI
Caroline Orr Bueno / fastcompany - The controversy over the Pentagon’s use of Anthropic’s models has become a flashpoint in the national debate over military artificial intelligence, and sparked outrage from Washington to Silicon Valley. The Pentagon wanted to buy Anthropic’s AI models wit…
- Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI (4)
- Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war (2)
- Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract (5)
- Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused (3)
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Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI
Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war
Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract
Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused
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FIRSTPICK Launches €25M Fund To Support Early-Stage Baltic Founders
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - FIRSTPICK, a Vilnius-based first-check venture capital fund, has launched a new €25 million fund to invest in early-stage Baltic startups. The fund targets founders who don’t fit the traditional VC profile, welcoming entrepreneurs without FAANG experience…
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Fibionic Raises €3M To Advance Bionic Lightweight Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Austrian deeptech startup fibionic has secured €3 million in seed funding in a round led by Redstone, alongside Euregio+, Caesar, and Leap435, with additional backing from angel investors. Lightweight materials are critical across sectors such as sports e…
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