Flex acquires a16z-backed Maza for $40M as fintech M&A heats up

Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance…

Pope Francis’ funeral to stream on YouTube

The funeral of Pope Francis will be livestreamed on YouTube on Saturday. Pope Francis passed away…

Meta conducts layoffs in Oculus Studios, impacting VR exercise app Supernatural

Meta laid off employees on Thursday in its Reality Labs division, which encompasses various virtual and…

Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down?

It turns out decentralized social networks can go down, too. On Thursday evening, the decentralized social…

You’re invited to a fireside chat with Baiju Bhatt on Sand Hill Road on June 18 at StrictlyVC

We’re thrilled to announce that Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder and CEO of Aetherflux,…

OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help

For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI…

Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Thursday highlighting how little researchers understand about the inner workings of…

Report: Adam Neumann’s Flow raises $100M+, more than doubles valuation to $2.5B

Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has raised over $100 million in capital for his proptech startup,…

OpenAI rolls out a ‘lightweight’ version of its ChatGPT deep research tool

OpenAI is bringing a new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool, which scours the…

How do you define cheating in the age of AI?

This AI startup raised $5.3M to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of…

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Perplexity doesn’t just want to compete with Google, it apparently wants to be Google.  CEO Aravind…

Intel reverses course, opts not to spin out Intel Capital

Semiconductor giant Intel won’t spin out its venture arm, Intel Capital, after all. During Intel’s Q1…

Intel mandates four days in the office

Intel says that it’ll require employees to work from the office four days a week, a…

Public comments to White House on AI policy touch on copyright, tariffs

Individuals, industry groups, and local governments submitted over 10,000 comments to the White House about its…

Astro Teller is joining the stage at Disrupt 2025 in October

We are thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head honcho of Alphabet’s X, the Moonshot…

Evernote founder’s video startup mmhmm becomes Airtime, launches new products

Evernote founder Phil Libin is ready to liven up your video meetings. The entrepreneur’s video startup,…

OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early…

Parents who lost children to online harms protest outside of Meta’s NYC office

Meta may have managed to kill a bipartisan bill to protect children online, but parents of…

Threads officially moves to Threads.com and updates its web app

Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net…

Within six years, building the leading AI data center may cost $200B

Data centers to train and run AI may soon contain millions of chips, cost hundreds of…

Facebook cracks down on spammy content by cutting reach and monetization

Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for…

Data breach class action costs mount up

Organisations holding data on US citizens must do more to address gaps in their cyber…