Apple Maps may be about to get ads
Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”
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Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund
London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.
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Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.
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Epic Games cuts 1,000 jobs, says Fortnite engagement is down
Epic Games also increased the price of V-Bucks, the Fortnite in-game currency.
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Crusoe makes big battery buys for its data centers
Form Energy and Redwood Materials both received orders from the data center developer.
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Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center
A “major artificial intelligence company” reportedly offered a Kentucky family $26 million to build a data center on their farm.
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With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.
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Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.
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Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company’s business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space.
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Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down
Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can’t get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.
