Dominic-Madori Davis
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Town hits unicorn status four months after launch
AI assistant startup Town reaches one billion dollar valuation on strength of early revenue, raising one hundred eight million dollars in Series B funding.
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Physical AI is in its LEGO era, says ex-Nvidia VC
Amulya Vishwanath, founder of Techable Ventures, explains why robotics is still building foundational blocks rather than reaching its ChatGPT moment.
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Dawn Myers simplifies curly hair care with Mint tool
Dawn Myers' Mint hair tool cuts wash time from 90 minutes to 7-10 minutes for curly hair.
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Trump gives science medals to tech donors
President Trump awarded the nation's highest science prizes to major tech executives who have collectively donated nearly six billion dollars to his administration.
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MAVI launches AI-fluent accounting marketplace
A startup founded by Molly Liu and Aman Puri connects U.S. companies with global accounting talent skilled in AI, emerging from stealth after raising four million dollars.
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I made an AI avatar of myself
A TechCrunch reporter created an interactive digital twin trained on her reporting. It raises questions about the future of journalism and trust.
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Ando takes on Slack with AI-native messaging
A new startup launches a team messaging platform designed from the ground up for humans and AI agents to work together.
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Vogue's robot runway moment backfires
Vogue World's Milan finale featured dancing robots that sparked backlash over tech excess during a cost-of-living crisis.
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Corridor raises $25M to fix health benefits for small businesses
A new startup uses AI to help small businesses navigate health insurance, a market traditional brokers have ignored.
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Family offices are all-in on AI deals
Wealthy families are abandoning traditional venture funds to chase AI returns, even at inflated prices.
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King Charles warns AI leaders the clock is ticking
Britain's monarch hosts summit with tech giants to urge control of AI before it's too late.
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Comp AI raises $34M to automate security and compliance
A new startup uses AI agents to handle tedious security audits and compliance work that slows down software companies.
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Pulley shuts down, hands customers to Carta
The cap table management startup is closing after raising $50 million, redirecting users to its former rival.
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Noise turns everyday people into paid creators
A new platform connects regular people with brands, cutting influencer costs and democratizing content creation.
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Evvy raises $40M to fix the data gap in women's health
A $40M Series B bets that vaginal microbiome data can answer questions medicine keeps calling unexplained.
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Cornelis raises $205M to take on Nvidia
An Intel spinoff just landed $205 million betting that the way AI chips talk to each other is the weak spot in Nvidia's grip.
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CloudNC Raises $20M to Fix Manufacturing's AI Bottleneck
CloudNC's AI software automates complex CNC programming, helping factory machinists work faster as reshoring gains momentum.
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