Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app

Justin McLeod, the CEO of Hinge, is stepping down from his role to launch a new AI dating product called Overtone. Match Group, the dating giant that owns apps like Hinge, Tinder, and OkCupid, is backing Overtone with pre-seed financing…

Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round

Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, has raised 475 million dollars in seed capital at a 4.5 billion dollar valuation for his new startup, Unconventional AI. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with…

Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI

Market research is a $90 billion industry that helps brands understand how to best present themselves to potential customers. However, that critical insight has traditionally been expensive and slow to obtain. Cashew Research aims to change that dynamic using artificial…

SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5T valuation target

SpaceX is planning to go public in mid-to-late 2026 and is looking to raise 30 billion dollars at a valuation of around 1.5 trillion dollars, according to a new report from Bloomberg News citing multiple unidentified sources. That would make…