​Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators and algorithmic feeds, the startup is betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo sharing, and AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships.  

​Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series D, and Murphy has had a front-row seat as the company went from a pre-revenue, […]  

​The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to “support a leaner, more focused operating model” as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.  

​The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.  

​As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among US companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.  

​Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assisted content.  

​OpenAI will spend the equivalent of Sweden’s GDP on infrastructure through 2030.  

​The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it’s impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there’s no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.  

​a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade’s $3.5 million seed round.