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YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.

The move comes as Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported drafts.

AI isn’t going to replace major SaaS apps with vibe-coded versions, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes. But it could give rise to competitors.

India’s Anthropic Software has taken the U.S. AI giant to court over a name dispute.

OpenAI faced a backlash late last year when it tested app suggestions that looked like unwanted ads. Still, the AI company needs to generate revenue from its popular chatbot to cover the costs of developing its technology and growing the business.

Ouster is paying $35 million along with 1.8 million shares.

Is Musicboard shutting down? Company says no, but users are worried.

After announcing $190 million in ARR in December, Harvey may be raising again a big leap in valuation.

Bhusri said in a statement that the company’s next chapter would be focused on AI.

Rival Uber started allowing teens to use the app two years ago.

The company raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute have made them eager to raise as quickly as possible.

Founded by former Google Japan leaders, InfiniMind is building enterprise AI to turn vast, unused video archives into searchable, actionable business intelligence.

With its new “Arrival Notifications,” users can now set one-time or recurring alerts for locations beyond their home, providing an automatic way to share when they’ve arrived at their destination.

More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.

YouTube TV is offering new, less expensive plans that can be customized around topics like sports, news and entertainment.

All users will be put into a “teen-appropriate experience” by default unless they prove that they are adults.

The deal will see Uber paying $335 million at the outset to purchase Getir’s food delivery business. Uber will also pay $100 million for a 15% stake in Getir’s grocery, retail and water delivery business.

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Gather AI has closed funding from former Salesforce CEO’s firm Smith Point Capital. Its warehouse AI system doesn’t just scan. It seeks out specific data.

After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazon’s “Melania”fell 67%.

The purchase rewrites the domain record books — not that the crypto industry has ever been accused of restraint when it comes to spending.

But this is still a bad idea.

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A march supporting California’s billionaires didn’t exactly draw a huge crowd on Saturday.

India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success.

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple’s Tim Cook, too.

Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi.

Although the bill’s prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers.

Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016.