​On Equity, we debated whether Ai executives are serious about wanting to slow down.  

​Vocci’s lightweight ring costs $249, and might pose some privacy questions  

​ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt.  

​The new legislation adds teeth to disclosure requirements for online influencers who are paid to post about politics.  

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​Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam, a trained ballerina with a small chain of boutique studios, built the connected-fitness company Mirror and sold it to Lululemon for $500 million in cash less than three years later. […]  

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​Without buyouts, Flock would “almost certainly” need to lay off staff.  

​Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.  

​Google said Gemini had “acted appropriately” by ending each hack immediately.