Source: Kalshi’s valuation jumps to $11B after raising massive $1B round
The quickly growing prediction betting market raised fresh capital from Sequoia and CapitalG, according to someone familiar with the deal.
The Download: an AI agent’s hit piece, and preventing lightning
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Salesforce says some of its customers’ data was accessed after Gainsight breach
Salesforce said it’s investigating an incident where hackers compromised some of its customers’ data after breaching customer experience company Gainsight.
ChatGPT launches group chats globally
The company sees group chats in ChatGPT as a way for people to coordinate trips, co-write documents, settle debates, or work through research together, while ChatGPT helps search, summarize, and compare options.
Why these founders ditched social ads for Taylor Swift concerts and prison tablets
Two founders share their stories on how they approached two very different markets: teens in need of well-being advice, and formerly incarcerated individuals looking for work.
Mixup is a new, Mad Libs-style app for creating AI images from photos, text and doodles
The new app lets anyone use Google’s Nano Banana in a fun new way, with fill-in-the-blank AI “recipes.”
Perplexity brings its AI browser Comet to Android
Perplexity is launching its AI browser Comet on Android with iOS version in works
Android’s Quick Share now works with iPhone’s AirDrop, starting with the Pixel 10 lineup
The company says the new feature will allow users to quickly share their photos, videos, and files with without worrying about the kind of phone the other person uses.
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