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Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt; Echo Software raises $35MM Series A from N47 - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice; Link Cell Therapies raises $60MM Series A from Johnson & Johnson Innovation - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B; Boom Supersonic raises $300MM Equity Funding from Darsana Capital Partners - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Slate crosses 150,000 reservations despite waning EV truck enthusiasm; Impulse Dynamics raises $158MM Equity Funding from Fred Alger Management - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant; D3 Bio raises $108MM Series B from IDG Capital Partners - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis; Saviynt raises $700MM Series B from KKR - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon; Aether raises $15MM Equity Funding from Tribe Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Adobe brings Photoshop, Express and Acrobat features to ChatGPT; OTR Therapeutics raises $100MM Series A from True Light Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Google’s first AI glasses expected next year; Ripple Foods raises $17MM Equity Funding from Material Impact - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT; Morphocell Technologies raises $10MM Series A from Investissement Quebec - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement; Gradium raises $70MM Seed from FirstMark Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Anthropic signs $200M deal to bring its LLMs to Snowflake’s customers; Tenzai raises $75MM Seed from Greylock Partners - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’; Nest Health raises $22.5MM Series A from HopeLab - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

One of Google’s biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you; Kraken raises $800MM Equity Funding from DRW Venture Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

The race to regulate AI has sparked a federal vs state showdown; Norm Ai raises $50MM in Equity Funding from Blackstone Innovations Investments - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat; Bedrock Data raises $25MM Series A from Greylock Partners - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Fleet Space finds massive lithium deposit using AI and satellites; Modern Life raises $20MM Series A from Thrive Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy; Ramp raises $300MM Equity Funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

ChatGPT launches group chats globally; voize raises $50MM Series A from Balderton Capital - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…

Sortera is turning America’s scrap aluminum problem into cash; Inception AI raises $50MM Equity Funding from Menlo Ventures - mailchi.mp/privco/tesla-s…