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Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation: Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year. Read More

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized: Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center. Read More

Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M: VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

How Quilt solved the heat pump's biggest challenge: Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems. Read More

Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts: Spotify is dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days. Read More

Roblox now requires all users globally to complete age checks to access chat: Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a similar age group. Read More

Spotify now lets you share what you're streaming in real time with friends: You can tap a friend's listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji. Read More

Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it's back: Several viral posts noticed that Artisan was banned. But the CEO tells us it wasn't for the reasons many thought. Read More

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Last but Not Least

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, says 230 million users ask about health each week: The feature, which is expected to roll out in the coming weeks, will offer a dedicated space for conversations with ChatGPT about health. Read More