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Capital One acquires Brex for steep discount to its peak valuation, but early believers are laughing all the way to the bank

Before everyone sharpens their knives, consider that for the VCs who backed Brex at its outset, the sale is a triumph.

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Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM

The seed round values the newly formed startup at $800 million.

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Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation

The five year-old-startup raised a $100 million round led by Index Ventures.

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Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files

An hours-long outage is preventing Microsoft’s enterprise customers from accessing their inboxes, files, and video meetings.

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Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts.

New research looks at how leading AI models hold up doing actual white-collar work tasks, drawn from consulting, investment banking, and law. Most models failed.

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Ring is adding a new content verification feature to videos

Ring says the new feature will identify if video edits have been made, even if they’re minor.

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Google DeepMind CEO is ‘surprised’ OpenAI is rushing forward with ads in ChatGPT

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the tech giant isn’t pressuring him to insert ads into the AI chatbot experience.

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Substack launches a TV app

The move comes as Substack has been investing more heavily in video and livestreaming, as it looks to compete with platforms like YouTube and Patreon for both creators and viewers.

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Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver

Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat. Tesla initially started testing robotaxis in Austin last June.

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Struggling fusion power company General Fusion to go public via $1B reverse merger

General Fusion’s merger with an acquisition company will net the company over $300 million. Just last year, the company ran into trouble raising money from other investors.

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