Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol

Dub.co is an open-source URL shortener and link attribution engine packed into one

Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best

Hyperline secures $10 million for its automated billing platform

Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates AI-powered digital twins

EV startup Harbinger’s obsession with simplicity fuels $100M Series B and eBay acquires Caramel

Nelly raises $51 million to digitalize medical practices across Europe; Float Financial lands US$48.5M Series B

AWS pledges to spend $5B in Mexico, launches new Mexico server region

Venture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups

Raspberry AI raises $24M from a16z to accelerate fashion design

Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure

Gumloop, founded in a bedroom in Vancouver, lets users automate tasks with drag-and-drop modules

Grand Games, the Turkish startup behind Magic Sort, drinks up $30M

Overhaul raises another $55M to help companies like Dyson and Microsoft fight supply chain theft

PrettyDamnQuick snaps up $25M to speed up online checkout

Xocean raises $119M to capture ocean data with uncrewed surface vessels

CES 2025: Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a ‘brain interface’

Fermata uses computer vision to detect diseases and pests in plants

RoboForce raises $10 million to create a robot workforce

Bluesky bump from X exodus is slowing down, data shows