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Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube

Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.

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Boop’s new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries

Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips. 

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Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT

Intuit said its tools, such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will be accessible through ChatGPT, allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds, reviewing credit options, or managing business finances.

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Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers

The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.

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Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January

Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.

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Databricks reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $130B+ valuation

Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion.

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Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures

Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.

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As consumers ditch Google for ChatGPT, Peec AI raises $21M to help brands adapt

With consumers increasingly asking questions to ChatGPT, not Google, product discovery is changing — and the promise to give brands visibility and control over this fast-growing search channel has made Peec AI one of Europe’s hottest startups.

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a16z-backed super PAC is targeting Alex Bores, sponsor of New York’s AI safety bill — he says bring it on

A super PAC backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI, and other tech leaders has targeted New York Assembly member Alex Bores’ congressional campaign, marking its first attack against a lawmaker supporting AI regulation.

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Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen

The new Facebook content protection tool extends to Instagram too.

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