Co-founded by a former Uber Freight product manager, and backed by Uber’s lead seed investor, FleetWorks is quickly scooping up customers in the trucking world.
Aquawise will show off its AI-driven water quality tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Aquawise uses satellite images and a physics-based AI model to monitor and predict water quality at aquaculture farms.
Instagram to show PG-13 content by default to teens, adds more parental controls
Instagram users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 ratings applied to movies, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use.
SpaceX wraps action-packed Starship V2 era as program moves to V3
Farewell, V2: SpaceX on Monday night sent Starship’s current configuration on one last test flight, in a mission that the company says hit all its key goals, moving the program into its next phase.
Smart ring maker Oura raises $900M from Fidelity
Oura is raising new funding of $900 million as its valuation reaches nearly $11 billion
Google to invest $15B in Indian AI infrastructure hub
Google’s investment in India will roll out over the next five years, through 2030.
India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries
Lachy Groom backs Airbound in $8.65M seed round as it launches pilot in Bengaluru.
Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures for up to $965M as alternative VC exits surge
Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm with $7 billion in assets under management, CNBC was first to report on Monday. The deal underscores the growing importance of secondary markets and buyouts as traditional venture exits remain sluggish. The investment bank is paying $665 million in cash and […]
Grindr’s owners may take it private after a financial squeeze
Grindr’s majority owners are scrambling to take the LGBTQ+ dating app private after a stock decline triggered a personal financial crisis, according to a report from Semafor.
Oura is winning young women and losing gym rats, and it’s fine with that
Oura’s chief commercial officer doesn’t seem particularly worried about capturing every demographic. Instead, she’s focused on keeping Oura’s core users happy while organically attracting new segments. And young women are becoming part of that core market.