China and AI pushed Asia startup funding to a multiyear high in Q2
Crunchbase data shows Asia-based startups raised $42.8 billion in Q2 2026, led by AI companies and a sharp rebound in China fundin...
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Bison Ventures says billion-dollar AI seed rounds are still the exception
Ellie McDonald argues that giant first financings grab attention, but historical data shows high entry prices often limit venture-...
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Meta adds parent alerts for teen self-harm chats with Meta AI
Meta says parents can now be notified when supervised teens discuss suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot.
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Lululemon joins $30 million round for nylon recycler Syntetica
The French startup plans to turn hard-to-sort nylon waste into pellets for apparel supply chains, with backing from Lululemon and...
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Microsoft reportedly sharpens AI sales pitch against OpenAI and Anthropic
Bloomberg says Microsoft is training sales staff to compare rival AI tools unfavorably with its own as it pushes in-house models.
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Stripe and Advent make reported $53B-plus offer for PayPal
Reuters says Stripe and Advent International have bid for PayPal, a potential tech megadeal far larger than Stripe’s previous acqu...
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NTSB says Tesla driver overrode FSD before fatal Texas crash
Federal investigators said vehicle data showed the accelerator was fully pressed before a Tesla hit a Katy, Texas, home, killing a...
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Ode with Anthropic puts AI implementation at center of enterprise push
The joint venture backed by Anthropic, Blackstone and others is using embedded engineers to help enterprises move AI projects into...
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Neko Health raises $700 million ahead of New York launch
The body-scanning health startup co-founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek is adding capital as it prepares its first U.S. clinic in New Y...
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Apple sets tighter rules for ads coming to Maps
Apple’s new Maps ad policy blocks home services and other categories, signaling a more controlled push into local advertising.
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Microsoft fixes Age of Empires II flaw tied to malicious game invites
Microsoft patched a security bug in Age of Empires II that researchers said could have let attackers take control of a player’s co...
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Thinking Machines releases Inkling, its first open-weight AI model
Mira Murati’s startup is pitching Inkling as a customizable enterprise AI model, putting open weights at the center of its busines...
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