Monthly Archives: August 2025

Pronto’s 10-minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Pronto has raised $11 million in an all-equity Series A round co-led by General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital at a post-money valuation of $45 million.

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Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Datumo began as an AI data labeling company and now wants to help businesses build safer AI with tools and data that enable testing, monitoring, and improving their models — without requiring technical expertise.

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Hacker Reveals New Authentication Bypass in Active Directory and Entra ID Environments

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

At Black Hat USA 2025, Dirk-jan Mollema showed how low-privilege cloud accounts can be turned into hybrid admins, bypassing API controls undetected.

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Slow Ventures cuts first check from $60M creator fund into woodworking founder

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

This marks the first investment for Slow’s $60 million Creator Fund since its launch in February. The fund looks to help creators launch businesses, under the belief that what made them successful influencers is what can also make them a … Continue reading →

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Trump flip-flops on Intel CEO, calls him ‘success’ days after demanding resignation

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

President Trump said Monday that he met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, days after calling on the chipmaker to resign.

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StubHub IPO is back on for September after ticketing company delayed plans on tariff concerns

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

StubHub updated its IPO prospectus on Monday, effectively restarting the process to go public.

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iOS 26 beta 6 adds new ringtones, snappy app launches, and more

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

The new developer beta release, iOS 26 beta 6, adds new ringtones, faster app launches, and fixes the Camera swipe direction issues.

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OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the case, posting threads like “Kill 4o isn’t innovation, it’s erasure,” on Reddit.

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Poshmark CEO and founder to step down

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

After nearly 15 years, Manish Chandra will transition to being a member of the board of directors. Namsun Kim, who has served as executive chairman since April, has been appointed as his successor.

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US government seized $1M from Russian ransomware gang

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Techme101

A global law enforcement coalition targeted the infrastructure of the group behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware strains, allegedly responsible for extorting victims out of $370 million since 2022.

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