Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company’s direct revenue ARR to $1B
The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify its revenue streams.
The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions
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. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western…
Google adds music generation capabilities to the Gemini app
Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music
Clicks Don’t Matter Anymore — Here’s How to Manipulate AI to Work for Your Business
As AI-driven search cuts through the noise and answers basic questions, the companies that succeed will be the ones that build trust through clear, concrete evidence.
He Built a Viral AI Assistant As a Weekend Side Project. Three Months Later, Three AI Giants Were Fighting Over Him.
OpenAI won a fierce bidding war for Peter Steinberger, the Austrian coder who created OpenClaw in just three months.
Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.
This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 months
Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction.
Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers’ confidential emails to Copilot AI
Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers’ confidential emails, bypassing data protection policies.
OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills
OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year.
Entrepreneurs Can Improve Their Workflow With This AI E-Degree
Here’s a beginner-friendly way to start using AI for your business.
Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises
The creative company’s monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools.