In early October, DualEntry, an AI enterprise resource planning startup, announced a $90 million Series A round led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures. This funding values the one-year-old business at $415 million. The company aims to replace legacy software like…
WordPress’s experimental AI development tool, Telex, has already been put to real-world use, only months after its debut in September. At the company’s annual State of the Word event in San Francisco, WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg shared…
The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to lower fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the United States. With CEOs from Ford and Stellantis in attendance, President Donald Trump proposed rolling back fleet-wide fuel economy to…
Tonight at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some of the brightest minds building technologies of the future will explain what’s coming next. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and the lineup is truly exceptional. The series has traveled…
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Defense Department. This contract is part of a larger $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. Government and ReElement Technologies aimed at expanding the domestic supply…
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl. The device takes pictures and analyzes the images to provide insights on your gut health. Anticipating privacy concerns, Kohler stated…
India has reversed its plan to mandate the preinstallation of a government app on all smartphones. This decision follows significant backlash and growing concerns that the requirement would expand state access to personal devices and undermine privacy protections. On Wednesday,…
A fintech company named Marquis is informing dozens of U.S. banks and credit unions that their customer data was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. Details of the incident emerged this week after Marquis filed data breach notices with…
A recent attempt to insert a ban on state-level AI regulation into an annual defense bill has been rejected following bipartisan pushback. According to reports, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stated that Republican leaders will seek other legislative avenues to…
Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering that could occur as early as 2026. The company has engaged the law firm Wilson Sonsini to help begin the process. It is also working through an internal checklist to prepare for…
