How Two Friends With No Experience Built Neuro Into a $100 Million Plus Brand
Kent Yoshimura and Ryan Chen turned energy into gum and mints, said no to Shark Tank sharks and landed a brand Joe Rogan swears by.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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 US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is now available on web and mobile for Max subscribers. Until now, Cowork largely lived on a user’s laptop. With the update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if their laptop is closed.
Microsoft Is Eliminating 4,800 Jobs — Including 20% of Its Xbox Staff: ‘We Will Return to Growth in 2027.’
Four gaming studios — including Double Fine Productions and Ninja Theory — are going independent as part of the restructuring.
X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts
X is rolling out a new video editor and recorder for iOS with multilingual captions, green screen effects, and other editing tools.
Elite Students Are Turning Away From Cushy Jobs in Finance, Tech and Consulting. Here’s the Unexpected Route They’re Taking Instead.
Instead of accepting summer internships at tech or finance companies, students at Princeton and Yale are pursuing different dreams.
Investors Say a SpaceX-Tesla Merger Is No Longer a Question of If. It’s a Question of When.
A potential SpaceX-Tesla combination would become the largest merger of all time.
Chemistry Ventures is raising $500M for its second fund
Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M for its second fund.
Ford Fired an Employee for Stealing a $1.95 Cookie. There Was Just One Problem.
Kurt Kromm, who had worked at Ford for 11 years, was axed for allegedly taking a cookie.
AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Kholsa Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.
This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility fund Ibex Investors.