Airbnb will offer the “kitchen stocking” service during a three-month pilot program starting on January 5, according to an email sent to hosts.
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product
Marble is different from competitors like Odyssey, Decart, and Google’s Genie because creates persistent, downloadable 3D environments rather than generating worlds on-the-fly as you explore.
Microsoft-backed VEIR is bringing superconductors to data centers
The Massachusetts-based startup is taking tech developed for long distance transmissions lines to solve an emerging problem for data center designers.
Australian spy chief warns Chinese hackers are ‘probing’ critical networks for espionage and sabotage
Australia’s intelligence chief warned that Chinese hackers are trying to break into its networks, sometimes successfully, to “pre-position” for sabotage ahead of an anticipated invasion of Taiwan.
Groww raises nearly $750M in IPO as India’s retail investing boom continues
The company’s shares opened 12% above their issue price, at ₹112, and closed at ₹128.85, lending it a market cap of ₹795 billion (approximately $9 billion).
Teradar raises $150M for a sensor it says beats lidar and radar
Teradar’s sensor uses the terahertz part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and combines the best traits of radar and lidar sensors without some of the drawbacks.
Self-driving trucks startup Einride plans to go public via a SPAC
The Swedish startup just raised $100 million from investors last month.
Figma bets on India to expand beyond design
Figma has opened a new office in Bengaluru as part of a push to deepen its India ties and appeal to more developers.
The global race for the AI app layer is still on
The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models, at least in funding. But the picture is different for the application layer, global VC firm Accel highlighted in its 2025 Globalscape report.
Red Bull Racing’s secret weapon? An engineer who treats workflows like lap times
There’s a moment backstage at Web Summit when a member of the production crew — easily twice the size of Laurent Mekies — wraps a beefy arm around the Oracle Red Bull Racing CEO’s shoulder and steers him toward the soundboard to retrieve his phone for a selfie. Most executives leading 2,000-person organizations would bristle […]