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Grammarly secures $1B in nondilutive funding from General Catalyst

Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst. The 14-year-old writing assistant startup will use the new funds…

1 year ago

One of Europe’s top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of models

From OpenAI’s 4o to Stable Diffusion, AI foundation models that create realistic images from a text prompt are now plentiful.…

1 year ago

Naukri exposed recruiter email addresses, researcher says

Naukri.com, a popular Indian employment website, has fixed a bug that exposed the email addresses of recruiters using its platform…

1 year ago

Fortnite returns to the US App Store after a five-year gap

Popular battle royale game Fortnite has finally returned to the U.S. App Store amid game maker Epic Games’ lengthy legal…

1 year ago

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts

While Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he likes podcasts, he might not actually be listening to them anymore. That tidbit…

1 year ago

Billionaire founder of Luminar replaced as CEO following ethics inquiry

Austin Russell, who became a billionaire after his lidar startup Luminar went public, appears to be out as CEO, according…

1 year ago

Egypt’s Nawy, the largest proptech in Africa, raises $52M to take on MENA

For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven…

1 year ago

One of Elon Musk’s longtime VCs is suing his former employer after allegedly being fired

Josh Raffaelli, who has deep roots as a Silicon Valley investor and has backed a number of Elon Musk companies,…

1 year ago

Musk clashes with neighbors in exclusive Austin suburb

Elon Musk may have a sizable fan base, but residents of the upscale Austin suburb of West Lake Hills, Texas,…

1 year ago

AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up…

1 year ago