Pimloc secures $5M to accelerate global expansion of AI video privacy platform
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-based Pimloc has secured $5 million in strategic investment to accelerate global expansion. As the most widely used and sensitive form of data today, video is pushing organisations to meet incr...
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Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - You got into Y Combinator, raised $20 million from a16z, and then exited to Meta? That’s cool, I guess. But did Soham Parekh apply to work at your startup? There is now a new badge of honor for startup founders: your proximity to one previously unknown In…
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MindsEye dev warns staff about layoffs amid talk of saboteurs and 'relaunch'
Will Shanklin / engadget - Microsoft isn't the only gaming company talking about layoffs this week. MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) notified around 300 employees that they risk losing their jobs. However, the drama doesn't end there. The studio has reportedly blamed sa…
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xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - Elon Musk's AI company has been operating more than twice that number without permits for months, a legal group alleges.
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Romero Games Confirms Loss of Funding for New Shooter from Doom Co-Creator John Romero, as Now-Former Employee Blames Microsoft Cuts
Tom Phillips / ign - Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, has said it has been left "heartbroken" after discovering that funding for its next project has been pulled, reportedly as part of Microsoft's latest cuts, leaving the game…
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French B2B neobank Qonto reaches 600,000 customers, files for banking license
Anna Heim / techcrunch - Qonto, which targets European freelancers and SMBs, currently operates with a payment institution license it obtained in 2018.
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Perplexity joins Anthropic and OpenAI in offering a $200 per month subscription
Igor Bonifacic / engadget - You can add Perplexity to the growing list of AI companies offering $200+ per month subscription plans to users who want unlimited access to their most advanced products and tools. As of today, Perplexity Max is available on iOS and the web. The subscript…
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Omnes Capital secures €112M first close for Omnes Real Tech 2, backed by EU defence mandate
Cate Lawrence / tech - Omnes Capital has raised €112 million at first close of Omnes Real Tech 2, its second fund supporting European deeptech scale-ups Backed by various European institutional investors (Bpifrance, France...
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Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B
Julie Bort / techcrunch - The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year.
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Elon Musk's xAI raises $10 billion in debt and equity as it steps up challenge to OpenAI
cnbc - The funding will go towards xAI's efforts to build out its AI infrastructure and develop its Grok chatbot.
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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’
Julie Bort / techcrunch - Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued.
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Kalshi secures major funding with $2B valuation push
Kalshi has impressively closed a significant funding round that valued the prediction market platform at $2 billion. With $185 million raised amid competitive pressures from rivals like Polymarket, the development signals robust investor confidence and a booming outlook for the future of prediction markets.
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Bumble is laying off 30 percent of its workforce
Andre Revilla / engadget - Bumble, the makers of the Bumble Dating App and Bumble For Friends, announced Wednesday that the company will be laying off 30 percent of its workforce, or roughly 240 employees. This comes as dating app companies struggle to perform in recent years. Bumb…
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Norrsken Foundation commits €300M to AI startups tackling global challenges
Cate Lawrence / tech - The Norrsken Foundation has committed €300 million to investing in European startups using AI to solve the world’s greatest challenges.In an open letter, Norrsken’s funds confirmed that it will commit...
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Synthflow AI raises $20M to transform the global conversational AI market
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Germany-based Synthflow AI, the voice AI platform for automated phone calls, has closed a $20 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. This ...
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Zopa takes on Revolut and Monzo with current account launch
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Project A closes €325M Fund V, boosting total assets to €1.2B
Cate Lawrence / tech - European VC firm Project A today announces the successful close of its oversubscribed €325 million Fund V, increasing its total assets under management to €1.2 billion. Project A aims to be the truste...
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MindsEye Maker Reportedly Facing Mass Layoff As Players Seek Refunds
Ethan Gach / kotaku - Things are going from bad to worse for Build A Rocket Boy. The studio founded by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies is reportedly facing a mass layoff of over 100 employees after MindsEye launched to become the worst-rated game of 2025. Despi…
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Dutch fintech Finom raises 115m and eyes M&A
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Apple Considering Bid for AI Startup Perplexity, Says Report
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple has held internal discussions about possibly buying Perplexity AI, a fast-growing artificial intelligence startup, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The move could help Apple improve its AI capabilities and reduce its reliance on G…
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