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Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects

Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC. Launched in 2025, Cascade is a result of its founders, Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira, witnessing first-hand the difficulty construction businesses face […]

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The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore — it’s over which company’s AI gets to act on your behalf inside the browser. Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari still dominate the market overall, with Chrome’s edge coming largely from how aggressively it has woven generative

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WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more

WhatsApp is rolling out a suite of new features, including a revamped Apple CarPlay and Android Auto experience as part of the Meta-owned company’s broader push to make its app a more complete cross-device communication platform rather than one just used for mobile messaging. The platform is also launching the ability for users to sign

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Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era

Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn, betting that artificial intelligence is reshaping how enterprises secure employee devices. The Palo Alto-headquartered startup on Wednesday said it raised $180 million in an all-equity Series A funding round that valued it at $1.2 billion, with backing from

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Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching

For years, Synthesia’s pitch was to use AI to help enterprises create interactive training videos, in minutes, for a fraction of the cost normally associated with developing corporate educational materials. The startup’s newest product is making a different bet — that the real moat in enterprise AI isn’t just generating content, but in proving that

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Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges

Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy on Tuesday said it had raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round that was led by Slauson & Co. Founded seven months ago by Kofi Asante, who previously worked with Uber Freight, Bluecore is building small nuclear reactors (SMRs) on floating barges with an aim to provide clean

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StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community 

For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we’re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from an under-wraps event to the whole startup, VC, and dealmaking community. For years, StrictlyVC has run a series of some of the most interesting nights that a VC, founder, or

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Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores

The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudify” apps — — software programs that can digitally alter pictures to unclothe the people in them — from their app stores. California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography.

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Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation

Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than traditional reactors — is in talks to raise a new round of capital, according to three sources familiar with the company. The three-year-old company is seeking a valuation of about

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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks didn’t disclose exactly how much it raised; it said the money isn’t in its hands yet and that the round will close later this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the raise

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