Agentic AI startup AMT aims to be ‘Google Adwords for influencers,’ raises seed round

Booking an ad campaign with social media influencers is currently not exactly easy. For starters, influencers’ approaches to marketing can be unconventional, and there’s no standard way to engage with them. On the other side, marketing agencies that employ hosts of people to book and track brand campaigns are limited by how many influencers they […]
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Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers

The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.
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Shopify transfers its US listing from the NYSE to the Nasdaq

Nearly 10 years after filing to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Toronto Stock Exchange, Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify has announced that it’s transitioning its U.S. listing to the Nasdaq. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, Shopify said it is removing its Class A shares […]
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Academics accuse AI startups of co-opting peer review for publicity

There’s a controversy brewing over “AI-generated” studies submitted to this year’s ICLR, a long-running academic conference focused on AI. At least three AI labs — Sakana, Intology, and Autoscience — claim to have used AI to generate studies that were accepted to ICLR workshops. At conferences like ICLR, workshop organizers typically review studies for publication […]
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Meta’s potential exit from Delaware had governor worried enough to call special weekend meetings

As Delaware lawmakers debate a bill that could dramatically alter the state’s corporate law, Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have a lot at stake in the outcome.

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US paid music subscribers cross 100 million mark for the first time

The U.S. crossed the 100 million paid subscriber mark for music streaming services for the first time ever last year, as per a new report by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA). The subscriber number was up from 96.8 million in 2023, with year-on-year growth of roughly 3%. RIAA’s report said that these numbers […]
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Aletiq secures $6.5M for its SaaS tool focused on product lifecycle management

Aletiq has raised a €6 million funding round led by Point Nine a few months ago (around $6.5 million at current exchange rates). The French startup is announcing the founding round today. Aletiq has been developing product lifecycle management (PLM) software for manufacturing industrial companies working in aerospace, automotive, electronics, luxury and more. When you […]
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Tencent fourth-quarter profit surges 90% on gaming and advertising boost

Tencent on Wednesday posted a fourth-quarter beat on top and bottom line driven by a surge in gaming and advertising revenue.

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Factorial snaps up $120M from General Catalyst to boost its HR sales and marketing

While Rippling and Deel duke it out in the field and in the courtroom alleging illegal sales and marketing tactics, here’s another way to boost business growth: pick up a massive sum of cash to expand your operations in those areas. Factorial, the Barcelona-based “unicorn” startup that provides an all-in-one HR platform in the cloud […]
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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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