- How a headphone site operator built loyalty startup Lantern to solve his own problemsAfter struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.
- Apple loses another AI exec to MetaYang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March.
- Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of ‘AI slop’ in your feedPinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.
- Microsoft, AWS and Google are trying to drastically reduce China’s role in their supply chainsMicrosoft, Amazon and Google are ramping up efforts move production of their products and data centers outside of China, Nikkei reported, citing supply chain sources.
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- General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clipsLate last year, OpenAI reportedly tried to buy Medal and its vast trove of video game data for $500M. Today, the company spun out a frontier research lab that's using that data to build AI agents that understand how they move through space and time, a concept called spatial-temporal reasoning.
- Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kidsAmazon’s One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 for message-based visits and $49 for video calls, the service treats common conditions like pink eye, eczema, and rashes, and also handles medication renewals
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- Spotify partners with record labels to create ‘artist-first’ AI music productsSpotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build “responsible AI” tools that protect artists’ rights and ensure fair compensation. The initiative will let artists opt in or out of AI use.
- Jack & Jill raises $20 million to bring conversational AI to job-huntingJack & Jill uses conversational AI to sidestep the listing and resumé shuffle. With $20 million in seed funding, the company is plotting its US expansion.
- How emerging Mubadala-backed AAF is winning VC deals in some of the hottest startupsIn less than a decade AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says and is doing so through an unusual VC model.
- Zepto raises $450 million at $7 billion valuation as Indian quick commerce market heats upIndian quick commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. The round, which is a mix of primary and secondary investment, also has participation from existing investors, including Avenir, Avra, Lightspeed, Glade Brook, The Stepstone […]
- India’s Kuku snags $85M as mobile content wars intensifyKuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year.
- Co-founder of Indian social network Koo releases a new photo sharing appPicSee is a new app that detects your friends' photos on device and allows you to send it to them.
- Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requestsSouth Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns.
- Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPOIf the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion.
- This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sportsBacked by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking world records and lean on a business model reminiscent of Red Bull’s, using the […]
- Spotify spotted working on a ‘SongDNA’ feature that showcases the people behind your favorite musicSpotify is developing a new “SongDNA” feature that lets users explore music through the people behind it — from writers and producers to vocalists and engineers.
- Apple adds 650 megawatts of renewables in Europe with more coming in ChinaApple is adding renewable power to offset customer charging and support its operations, including third-party manufacturing in China.
- Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable co-workersViven's seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital.
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