February 15, 2026

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those […]

Flourish Ventures, a ‘fintech venture fund with a purpose,’ secures $350M in new capital

October 25, 2023

Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing exclusively in fintech companies in the U.S. and in emerging markets, has secured $350 million in fresh capital, TechCrunch is the first to report. The new raise brings the four-year-old firm’s total assets under management to $850 million. Unlike traditional venture outfits, Flourish is an evergreen firm, meaning […]

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The Theory Ventures venture theory with venture theorist Tomasz Tunguz

October 25, 2023

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a guest, talk about their work and dive deep into the rest. This week, we had […]

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Google launches AR beauty ads for lip and eye products

October 25, 2023

Google sees augmented reality (AR) as a new, potentially quite effective advertising medium. Today, the search giant announced the launch of AR Beauty ads, a new smartphone ad type that allows brands to promote lip and eye products (and soon foundation) through “virtual try-on” experiences. In place of a product image in a standard Google […]

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Three people were gene-edited in an effort to cure their HIV. The result is unknown.

October 25, 2023
The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used to change the genes of human babies, to modify animals, and to treat people with sickle-cell disease.  Now scientists are attempting a new trick: using CRISPR to permanently cure people of HIV.  In a remarkable experiment, a biotechnology company called Excision BioTherapeutics says it added the gene-editing tool…

Blackbird backs Heidi Health’s AI platform for overworked doctors

October 25, 2023

Many doctors are overwhelmed by paperwork, leaving them stretched thin, with less time to see patients. Based in Melbourne with plans to expand around the world, Heidi Health wants to ease the burden of administrative tasks by using AI to turn consultation transcripts into case histories, referral letters, financial forms and other documents. It also […]

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The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is a major upgrade to the best little vlogging camera you can buy

October 25, 2023

DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 has arrived, with a much-improved 1-inch sensor, along with all the magic of the company’s physical gimbal stabilization. This new generation comes a full three years after the last one, and given the improvements in smartphone camera systems in the intervening time, you might wonder if it’s worth considering an entire […]

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Two years after launching the C1 webcam, Opal is still committed to hardware

October 25, 2023

December 14 marks two years since Opal launched the C1 after accruing a 16,000-person waitlist. In some respect, one couldn’t ask for a better time to launch a webcam than a global pandemic. Our relationship to work has transformed a good deal over the last 3.5 years, but for the most part, webcams haven’t been […]

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