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A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping ⁠new $15 billion in funding⁠. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its ⁠infrastructure team⁠, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ⁠ElevenLabs⁠, Ideogram, ⁠Fal⁠ and dozens of others.   A16z ⁠general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li⁠ (who oversees … Continue reading →

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Tinder looks to AI to help fight ‘swipe fatigue’ and dating app burnout

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches.

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Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

The startup has raised more than $500 million, to date, from investors to build a massive, distributed power plant supported by residential batteries.

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Hackers publish personal information stolen during Harvard, UPenn data breaches

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

The prolific cybercrime group ShinyHunters took responsibility for hacking Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, and published the stolen data on its extortion website.

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ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequioia at a $11 billion valuation

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

ElevenLabs’ valuation has raised more than three times in the last twelve months.

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After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

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Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current finance chief Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah.

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Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Spotify is revamping its lyrics feature, adding offline access for Premium users, global lyric translations, and a more prominent placement in the Now Playing view.

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Accel doubles down on Fibr AI as agents turn static websites into one-to-one experiences

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Fibr AI replaces marketing agency– and engineering-heavy website personalization with autonomous systems designed for enterprise scale.

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Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure.

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