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Google's Opal: The Search Giant's Answer to No-Code AI Development Google has entered the rapidly expanding "vibe-coding" market with Opal, a new experimental tool from Google Labs that lets you build and share powerful AI mini apps that chain together prompts, models, and tools
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Uber announced this week that it will pilot its "Women Preferences" feature in three major U.S. cities—Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco—starting next month. This long-awaited expansion brings a safety tool that has already powered over 100 million trips across 40 countries to the US.
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$66 Million to Back the Next Generation of AI Builders Betaworks today announced that they have closed $66 million for Betaworks Fund 3.0 — a pre-seed/seed stage venture fund dedicated to investing in, building with, and supporting exceptional founders. Betaworks Fund 3.0 builds on the momentum of Fund
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The Reality Check: Representation is Declining BLCK VC's State of Black Venture report is out, and it delivers sobering news for those looking to break into venture capital or raise funding. Only 17% of Black VC professionals received a promotion in the past year, down from 28% in
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The era of "vibe coding" has arrived. What used to require months of development and teams of engineers can now be accomplished in hours with nothing more than well-crafted prompts. AI app builders like Lovable are democratizing software development, allowing designers and product managers to transform ideas into
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Swedish AI startup Lovable has become Europe's latest unicorn after closing a $200 million Series A funding round led by Accel, bringing the company's valuation to $1.8 billion. The milestone comes just eight months after the Stockholm-based company's public launch, making it one
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OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent on July 17, 2025, a unified AI system that combines web browsing capabilities with document creation tools. ChatGPT now thinks and acts, proactively choosing from a toolbox of agentic skills to complete tasks for you using its own computer. Core Capabilities ChatGPT agent allows ChatGPT to
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Netflix, the streaming giant reported earnings per share of $7.19 versus the expected $7.08, while revenue hit $11.08 billion against estimates of $11.07 billion. Net income surged to $3.1 billion, or $7.19 per share, up from $2.1 billion, or $4.88 per share,
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Substack announced a $100 million Series C funding round Thursday, bringing its valuation to $1.1 billion — a 70% increase from its 2021 valuation of $650 million. The round was led by technology investment firm BOND and Peter Chernin's The Chernin Group, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Klutch
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Analyzing the Fiscal Trade-offs in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," signed into law on July 4, 2025, represents a significant shift in tax policy that will reshape venture capital economics. While the legislation extends substantial benefits to
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