India’s Digantara raises $50M for space-based missile defence tech
With this funding, Digantara has raised $64.5 million in total.
The Download: the worst technology of 2025, and Sam Altman’s AI hype
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The 8 worst technology flops of 2025 Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to think there’s a lesson in every…
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Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up
The data intelligence company has just raised more than $4 billion in a Series L funding round at a $134 billion valuation — up 34% from the $100 billion valuation that it achieved just three months ago.
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Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models
Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits, as well as adding new third-party models for image and video generation, including Black Forest Labs’ FLUX.2 and Topaz Astra.
The Download: why 2025 has been the year of AI hype correction, and fighting GPS jamming
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The great AI hype correction of 2025 Some disillusionment was inevitable. When OpenAI released a free web app called ChatGPT in late 2022, it changed the course of an entire industry—and several world…
Splashy Product Drop or Silent Launch? Here’s How to Find the Sweet Spot
There’s no requirement to have a buzzy, PR-filled product launch. Sometimes, a quieter approach can ultimately have the biggest impact.
Why it’s time to reset our expectations for AI
Can I ask you a question: How do you feel about AI right now? Are you still excited? When you hear that OpenAI or Google just dropped a new model, do you still get that buzz? Or has the shine come off it, maybe just a teeny bit? Come on, you can be honest with…
Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor
Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year.
Everbloom built an AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere
Everbloom has also developed a chemical process to transform waste fibers and feathers into upcycled materials that resemble everything from polyester to cashmere.
Solo VC and Lovable investor Neil Murray raises third Nordic-focused fund
The Nordic Web closes $6M Fund III.