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Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Techme101

If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning.

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Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything,’ raises $15M from a16z

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

The controversial AI startup was founded earlier this year.

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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round at a $10 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week 

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid … Continue reading →

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Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is … Continue reading →

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The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago – $66 million for Precursor Ventures – when one of his limited partners asked him to run an exercise. What would have happened, the LP wondered, if Hudson had … Continue reading →

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Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others.

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The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem.

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Startups Weekly: Fast and furious

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot.

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Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

The government cited the recent hacks on Bank Sepah and cryptocurrency exchange Nobite as reasons to shut down internet access to virtually all Iranians.

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