Zepto raises $450M at $7B valuation as Indian quick-commerce market heats up: Indian quick-commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. Read More |
General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips: Late last year, OpenAI reportedly tried to buy Medal and its vast trove of video game data for $500M. Today, the company spun out a frontier research lab that's using that data to build AI agents that understand how they move through space and time, a concept called spatial-temporal reasoning. Read More |
India's Kuku snags $85M as mobile content wars intensify: Kuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year. Read More |
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How a headphone site operator built loyalty startup Lantern to solve his own problems: After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it's now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools. Read More |
Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of 'AI slop' in your feed: Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible. Read More |
Microsoft, AWS and Google are trying to drastically reduce China's role in their supply chains: Microsoft, Amazon and Google are ramping up efforts move production of their products and data centers outside of China, Nikkei reported, citing supply chain sources. Read More |
Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kids: Amazon's One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 for message-based visits and $49 for video calls, the service treats common conditions like pink eye, eczema, and rashes, and also handles medication renewals Read More |
Spotify partners with record labels to create 'artist-first' AI music products: Spotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build "responsible AI" tools that protect artists' rights and ensure fair compensation. The initiative will let artists opt in or out of AI use. Read More |
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Apple loses another AI exec to Meta : Yang's departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple's AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March. Read More |
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