TED leader’s $300M ‘valley of death’ fund might be just what later-stage climate tech needs
The new fund hopes to send a “Seqouia-like” signal to other investors that there are promising later-stage climate tech startups waiting to be funded.
OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn
The OpenAI Jobs Platform is set to launch in mid-2026, and will use AI to match candidates with businesses.
Nepal blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X over rule breach, amid censorship concerns
Nepal has moved to block 26 social media platforms for failing to comply with its registration requirements.
AI logistics startup Augment, from Deliverr’s founder, raises massive $85M Series A
Having built and sold e-commerce shipping startup Deliverr to Shopify for $2.1 billion in 2022, co-founder and CEO Harish Abbott knows the logistics industry well. Abbott felt that many manual tasks in logistics
Fashion retailers partner to offer personalized AI styling tool ‘Ella’
Ella provides recommendations to customers across the three retailers on what to purchase or rent to make an outfit come to life.
X’s encrypted DM feature, XChat, is rolling out more broadly
Though the feature shipped in beta in May, XChat is now accessible for more users, including those who do not subscribe to X Premium.
Waymo cleared to offer robotaxi rides at San Jose airport
It’s the first airport in California that Waymo will offer rides to and from. The company’s been active at the Phoenix airport for nearly two years.
GE Aerospace to invest $300M in Beta Technologies, pair up on hybrid-electric power
Legacy aerospace pairs with next-gen aviation startup in this major deal.
Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links
Meta says says that the 10,000 characters give people more room to express themselves, but also allows them to promote their work and drive others to “wherever it lives,” even if not on Threads itself.
Cloud provider Lambda may be gearing up for an IPO
Lambda, which allows companies to rent GPUs, is reportedly following its rival CoreWeave to the public market.