​Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.  

​The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.  

​The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.  

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​Apple’s App Store generated $1.4 trillion in sales, up from $1.3 trillion last year, with $149 billion in sales for digital goods.  

​The Ring 5, which Oura describes as the world’s smallest smart ring, is 40% smaller than its predecessor and starts at $399.  

​The legendary abandons its more than 20 year tradition of keeping its funds to about $425 million.  

​The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch.  

​Lovable and Google signed an expanded multi-year deal athat involves a 5x expansion of Lovable’s footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.  

​Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government contracts, but according to Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check, most of them will get lost in the Valley of Death between prototype contract […]