The round could give the company a valuation of about $1 billion, a decrease from the company’s previous $1.35 billion valuation. 

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Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to promote its products. But the mayor, Ulises Cabrera of Moreno Valley, now claims Flock wrongfully terminated him, partly because he refused to use his position as mayor to benefit Flock, according to a lawsuit Cabrera filed […]

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“These are the kind of jobs that we shouldn't need people to do anymore," founder Leo Ma said about dangerous factory jobs.

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Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries.

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A New York Times investigation found that dozens of potential pedophiles have prolifically exploited the child influencer industry.

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Lyft is suing the city of San Francisco, claiming the city unfairly charged the rideshare company over $100 million in taxes.

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Elon Musk’s jets took over 355 flights this year, with 31 of those flights heading to or from near Mar-a-Lago. 

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A Wired investigation found that Google Maps can be near impossible to use in the West Bank, especially since the start of the war. Users told the publication that the navigation app would direct them into walls, fail to account for time-consuming checkpoints, or steer them onto restricted roads leading to Israeli settlements, which can […]

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Principle Venture Partners will write early-stage checks anywhere from $100,000 to “single digit millions.”

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Founders now have a way to ensure that their investors haven’t taken money from countries like China, Russia, Iran, or Cuba.  Over 20 venture firms have signed the Clean Capital Certification, attesting that they have not and will not take money from foreign adversaries. Some of the firms that have signed include Marlinspike Partners, Humba […]

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On Monday, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son announced that his company would invest $100 billion into the US over the next four years. 

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What scared him most was what some said about the government’s role in AI, and what he described as a young staff who were “out for blood. ”

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These startups have fascinating new technologies, business models, founder stories or are pushing an industry forward in exciting ways.

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Humba Ventures is a sister-firm to Susa Ventures, the seed-stage firm that has backed companies like Robinhood, Human Interest and Flexport. 

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If you can be the first person to get an AI bot named Freysa to say ‘I love you,’ you’ll win anywhere from $3,000 to tens of thousands of dollars.  

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Meta’s Nick Clegg talked about how Musk is “playing an outsized role in both the election and now the formation of the new US administration.” 

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Today longtime Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman announced on X he would be transitioning from partner to partner emeritus.

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Yurts has raised a $40 million Series B led by XYZ Venture Capital to provide the DoD with gen AI.

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European investigators believe that a Chinese commercial ship purposefully dragged its anchor in order to slash through two critical data cables.

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Beyond patriotism, there’s another huge reason to join a defense startup: it pays really, really well.

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