After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal.
Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick
When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.
Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months
Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit.
Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.
Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund
London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.
Apple Maps may be about to get ads
Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”
Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones
Leaked “DarkSword” exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers.
Zipline snaps up another $200M to fuel its drone delivery expansion
The funding adds to a previous round, announced in January, that valued the drone startup at $7.6 billion.
Bernie Sanders’ AI ‘gotcha’ video flops, but the memes are great
Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks he’s tricked Claude into revealing the AI industry’s secrets, but he really just exposed how agreeable chatbots can become.
New Resources for Families on How to Connect with Children about AI
[[{“value”:” Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday life, and it will play a role in nearly every career pathway young people pursue in the future. For many families, that raises a simple question: how do we start the conversation? STEM Next is excited to introduce two new resources designed to help parents feel confident supporting their children as…