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Snap breaks into ‘startup squads’ as ad revenue stalls

CEO Evan Spiegel just announced the company is restructuring around small “startup squads” of 10 to 15 people to regain agility against larger competitors.

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Intel’s chief executive of products departs among other leadership changes

Intel also announced the creation of a central engineering group that will build custom chips for outside customers.

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Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by Lightspeed

The 13-year-old company could be valued up to $6.5, with Lightspeed’s stake worth $1.1 billion.

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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’ 

After watching Reddit’s OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission goes public in a curious SPAC

Deep Fission had been seeking to raise $15 million in a seed round as recently as April. The reverse merger will raise twice that amount.

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Bluesky adds private bookmarks

Bluesky adds bookmarks so users can privately save posts they want to reference later.

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Pinecone founder Edo Liberty discusses why the next big AI breakthrough starts with search, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search.

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VC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach

The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, said it has notified current and former employees and the firm’s limited partners of its January breach.

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Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation

Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures. 

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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats

Signal introduces backups with both free and paid plans.

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