As much of Silicon Valley chases mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital’s earlier days
‘Clueless’ -inspired app Alta partners with brand Public School to start integrating styling tools into websites
This week, Alta unveiled its first integration collaboration, teaming up with Public School, a storied New York City brand.
Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator
Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.
Designer Kate Barton teams up with IBM and Fiducia AI for a NYFW presentation
Designer Kate Barton teams up with Fiducia AI and IBM for a NYFW presentation.
India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund
India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups.
Nothing opens its first retail store in India
The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.
Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems
A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India’s largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders.
Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering.
Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn’t just search for you, but one that “knows you.” CEO Brian Chesky said, “It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale.”
Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach
The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach.