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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter

The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling ad campaigns.

Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B, while boosting capacity of Georgia factory

Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount of $6.6 billion.

Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

OpenAI will begin rolling out it cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only o critical cyber defenders at first.

EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia Yueting

The perpetually struggling EV company made the payments while being investigated by the SEC. That four-year probe was ultimately closed in March.

OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico

OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.

FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder

BioticsAI CEO Robhy Bustami joined Isabelle Johannessen on Build Mode to discuss how the company has navigated a highly regulated space and kept the team motivated while cutting through all the red tape.

Googles Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles

Google announced on Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to cars with Google built-in, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Googles push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience. The announcement follows closely behind news from General Motors, which revealed yesterday that Gemini is []

TikToks new Campus Hub features college group chats and feeds

The new hub features dedicated college group chats and personalized feeds designed to help students stay connected with their campus communities, even while theyre away for the summer.

Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Salesforce is crowdsourcing its AI roadmap with customers

Salesforce lets its customers lead its product roadmap with the thinking that if one enterprise customer has a problem, the others likely do too.

Netflix wants you to watch Clips, its TikTok-like vertical video feed

Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing highlights from original Netflix programming.

Spotify introduces verified artist badges to help distinguish humans from AI

As AI-generated artists and tracks flood music streaming platforms, Spotify is rolling out a new Verified by Spotify badge to help listeners more easily identify authentic human artists. To receive the badge, artists must meet certain criteria. Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates, merch, and linked []

SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers and already eyeing a $100B IPO

You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.

Amazons cloud business is surging and so is its capital spending

The e-commerce giant is making more money than expected from AWS but it's also spending a lot, and will continue to do so in the near term, its chief executive said.

Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B

The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.

On the stand, Elon Musk cant escape his own tweets

Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI.

Meta is still burning money on AR/VR

Meta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.

Satya Nadella says hes ready to exploit the new OpenAI deal

Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. We fully plan to exploit it, Nadella said.

Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.

Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained

Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.

Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from Clueless a reality

Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a copy of your wardrobe that's based on the pieces of clothing appearing in your Google Photos library.

More Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.

Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million seed round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov with out big-name VCs participating.

Rokus $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Rokus $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.

Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.

Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field

A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.

BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.

Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorseys nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

Coby Adcocks Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

We visited Scout AI's training ground where it's working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.

How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world

Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world.

At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship

It's a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath.

Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages

Amazon's new Join the chat feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.

Match Group invests $100M in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men

The app is Match Group's newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again.

Google expands Pentagons access to its AI after Anthropics refusal

After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.

Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says

Despite promising to help determine what happened with the hacks targeting journalists and activists in Italy, Israeli American spyware maker Paragon has reportedly not responded to authorities requests for information.

US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of geofence search warrants

The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants.

Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax

Australia is giving Big Tech a simple choice. Pay journalists. Or pay the government.

Lovable launches its vibe coding app on iOS and Android

The app allows developers to vibe code web apps and websites on the go.

Founder of Shark Tank-backedstartupScholly sueshis acquirerSallie Mae

Chris Gray is suing his startups acquirer, Sallie Mae, for wrongful termination and alleging it's selling student data through a subsidiary. Sallie Mae denies the allegations and vows to fight.

Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app

Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.

YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers

YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.

BCI startup Neurable looks to license its mind-reading tech for consumer wearables

The startup specializes in on-invasive mind-reading techa kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.

Red Hats OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer

Tank OS puts OpenClaw AI agents into a container that let's it run reliably and more safely, especially for those running fleets of them.

Otters new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools

Otter is also releasing a new Windows app that can capture meeting notes without joining one

Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1%

Golden Child is launching with two five-star products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a drizzle. It has also raised $37 million in funding.

Indias Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up

Snabbit now processes over 40,000 daily jobs and has cut costs sharply as it expands across cities and services.

Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner

Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor.

OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal

OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.

DeepMinds David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.

Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to U.S.

Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole COVID-19-related research.

Investors back Skyes AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch

Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.

Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.

Whats behind Europes efforts to ditch U.S. software in favor of sovereign tech

Governments across Europe are looking to rely less on American tech providers.

China blocks Metas $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerbergs push into AI agents.

OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps

The phone could go in mass production in 2028, an analyst says.

Spotifys next frontier: fitness content

Spotify is adding fitness as its next major category, launching workout videos, playlists, and Peloton classes inside the app for free and Premium users.

Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space

Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.

Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures

As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India.

AvenuesAI Subsidiary Rediff Pre-Files DRHP

AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Ventures) subsidiary Rediff has filed its IPO papers via the confidential route with SEBI. Rediff.com India Limited,

Xovian Aerospace Raises $2 Mn To Launch RF Satellite

Spacetech startup Xovian Aerospace has secured $2 Mn (about 18.7 Cr) in a fresh funding round led by ace investor

SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly

AMFI-registered mutual fund distributor's SIP guide: 21-35 yr olds 20K-75K. SEBI-compliant education on categories, allocation, step-up strategy. The post SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly appeared first on Startup Success Stories India - News & Updates for Indian Entrepreneurs .

NODWINs Pre-IPO Round, Funding Tanks In Q1 2026 & More

NODWINs Pre-IPO Funding Meal NODWIN Gaming is moving beyond gaming and esports. Emerging from the shadows of its former parent