​Amanda Silver is a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within enterprises.  

​Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs.  

​At least nine engineers, including two cofounders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.  

​Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.  

​The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.  

​Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.  

​The expansion will cover customers in newly served states such as Idaho and Massachusetts.  

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​The round was led by FPV Ventures co-founder and managing partner Wesley Chan.