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- On one hand, US-based, Black-founded startups have already raised $643M, 70% of what was raised in the entirety of last year. But dig a little deeper into the numbers, and you'll find that in the words of @crunchbase's head of research: "...data has shown a persistent decline in
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- Our Startup Battlefield competition is coming to Australia, and we're partnering with @stripe to find the country's most exciting early-stage startups. We're particularly excited about AI, SaaS, fintech, and consumer tech startups with a commercial product in market, though we're
- The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
- Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms
- Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models
- SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised
- UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16
- Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion
- Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
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