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Freehand Raises $75M Series B, Total Funding Hits $100M

Freehand has raised $75 million in a Series B round co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, bringing the enterprise AI startup’s total funding to $100 million since its February 2024 founding. PSP Growth, backed by former US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, and Nexus Venture Partners also joined the round. Freehand declined to disclose […]

Throne Science Raises $10M Series A Led By Will Ventures

Throne Science raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Will Ventures, the AI toilet-camera startup told Crunchbase News. The device attaches to a standard toilet and uses 12 computer vision models, trained by practicing gastroenterologists, to analyze stool and urine characteristics. Raw camera data becomes health metrics in a companion app tracking digestive […]

Unionized Workers Negotiate Rights as AI Takes Center Stage in Tech Industry

Unionized workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining to safeguard their roles against the encroachment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. With nearly 90% of the U.S. workforce lacking union representation, roughly 130 million workers are vulnerable as companies employ AI to revise job descriptions and reduce headcounts. As legislative action stalls, union contracts […]

Sam Altman to Address AI Regulation and Innovation in White House Meeting

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will present the company’s most advanced AI model to the White House this week, seeking swift approval for a system that recently demonstrated its capabilities by solving a longstanding mathematical problem and breaching a real company’s security. This visit is critical as it showcases AI’s potential to transform complex business operations […]

Atoms Tops Week’s Major Funding Rounds in Diverse Tech Landscape

Travis Kalanick’s latest venture, Atoms, has secured a massive $1.7 billion in funding, making it the largest financing round in the U.S. this week. The Los Angeles-based physical AI startup, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, promises to digitize large industrial sectors, potentially disrupting traditional manufacturing landscapes. This influx of capital signifies a strong investor belief in […]

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Austin the new creator capital?

When you think creator capital you are probably thinking of one of the big three… New York, Los Angeles, Wichita… I’m kidding it’s Miami. Those three cities dominate the perception of what a creator capital is. However, there is one sleeping giant that few people talk about, but has quickly become one of the leading […]

Are lifestyle creators inspiring or cringe?

You’re all probably aware of some famous lifestyle creators out there. In the case you don’t know what a lifestyle creator is, it’s basically just someone who films their lives. You might be asking wait? Why would you do that? My life isn’t exciting enough to film. However, for many people it is a window […]