Technology

GPT-5: Everything We Know About OpenAI's Next Release

GPT-5 is expected to land in August 2025, with early testers describing it as extremely positive. Here’s everything known about OpenAI’s next major model before it releases.

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Google releases a vibe coding tool: Opal

Google Labs released Opal on July 24, 2025 — a US-only tool that lets anyone build AI-powered mini apps using natural language and visual editing, no code required.

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Uber's Women Preference Feature coming soon to US Cities

Uber is piloting its Women Preferences safety feature in Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — the first US rollout of a tool that has powered over 100 million trips across 40 countries.

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Betaworks Fund 3.0

Betaworks announced the close of its $66 million Fund 3.0 — a pre-seed and seed vehicle dedicated to AI-native founders, continuing a lineage that began with Fund 1.0 in 2016.

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The 2025 State of Black Venture Report

BLCK VC's latest report shows promotion rates for Black VC professionals falling to 17% from 28%, with fewer than 1 in 4 optimistic about the year ahead — a sobering look at the state of representation in venture.

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The Builders' Guide to AI App Development: Mastering Prompts for Lovable and Beyond

AI app builders like Lovable can take a team from idea to functional product in hours — and the difference between a weak output and a strong one comes down entirely to how you write your prompts.

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Lovable Becomes Europe's Latest Unicorn with $200M Series A at $1.8B Valuation

Stockholm-based Lovable raised $200 million in a Series A led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation — eight months after its public launch and among the fastest unicorn paths in European tech history.

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ChatGPT Agent: AI-Powered Web Browsing and PowerPoint Creation for Business

OpenAI's ChatGPT agent can now browse the web, create PowerPoints, and complete complex online tasks autonomously — combining all of ChatGPT's agentic tools into one unified system.

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Netflix Q2 2025 Earnings exceed Wall Street's Expectations

Netflix reported Q2 2025 earnings of $7.19 per share on $11.08 billion in revenue — beating expectations — with net income surging to $3.1 billion, up from $2.1 billion in Q2 2024.

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Substack's $100 Million Investment: The Creator Economy's Strategic Play

Substack's $100 million Series C brings its valuation to $1.1 billion, a 70% jump from 2021, backed by BOND, Peter Chernin, a16z, Rich Paul, and SKIMS co-founder Jens Grede.

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Trump's Tax Law Sweetens Secondary Deals in Venture Capital

President Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' signed July 4, 2025, significantly shifts venture capital economics, making secondary deal structures more attractive for startup founders and investors.

Culture

Wednesday Notes for June 25th, 2025

Pharrell's LV SS26 show in Paris, Tremaine Emory's 5th Quarter drop, Zohran Mamdani's mayoral upset, and Cooper Flagg's draft coronation — all in Wednesday's digest.