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Kandou AI raises $225 million to bet that copper can outlast the optical revolution
The class of 2025 is using AI in job interviews, and a startup industry is cashing in
Lucyd captures 44% Amazon market share in smart safety glasses category, positions for major retail expansion in 2026
Meta grants executives up to $921 million in stock options on the same day it lays off 700 workers
PaperShell secures €40.3M EU grant to build its first full-scale factory
SoftBank secures $40B bridge loan to fund its OpenAI bet
ActiveCampaign’s free trial lets you test AI-powered marketing automation before you commit
Keith raises £2M to become the UK’s most automated law firm
OpenAI backs a nine-month-old startup building swarms of AI agents at a $650 million valuation
Ysios Capital launches €100M fund to build biotech companies from Spanish science
Laigo Bio closes €17M seed to advance SureTACs
tozero launches Europe’s first industrial battery recycling plant
OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt
Blossom Health raises $20 million to put AI copilots alongside psychiatrists
AI amplifies whatever you feed it, including confusion
Xero partners with Anthropic to put small business finances inside Claude
Shield AI raises $2 billion to scale its autonomous combat pilot Hivemind
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