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Adobe’s video editing app Premiere arrives on iPhones

Adobe’s Premiere app is available on mobile devices, offering a variety of editing features, including some that are AI-powered.

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Spotify’s founder and CEO Daniel Ek is stepping down

The company is replacing Daniel Ek with two co-CEOs: Gustav Söderström, currently co-president, and chief product and technology officer; and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer.

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Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts

Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.

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Opera launches its AI-centric Neon browser

Neon will write code snippets, includes an agent that will do tasks for you, and handles repeatable prompts.

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Notion Capital raises $130M growth fund to tackle Europe’s follow-on gap

The growth fund is nearly twice the size of its previous one.

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Frank founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase

The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Frank of lying about its customer base.

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California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53

SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies.  

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OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and … Continue reading

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This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he … Continue reading

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Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.

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