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Maisa AI gets $25M to fix enterprise AI’s 95% failure rate

September 1, 2025 • 5 mins
Maisa AI is built on the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation, also US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up

August 29, 2025 • 4 mins
Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users,has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico. Companies cancelled $5 billion worth of clean tech manufacturing projects in the U.S. in Q2, mirroring a pullback in the broader manufacturing sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
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How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change, also, Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls

August 29, 2025 • 6 mins
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions. In other news, Assort Health now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Terraton wants to be the McDonald’s of biochar, also Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing

August 28, 2025 • 8 mins
Terraton sees promise in biochar, but the technology has struggled to scale. The startup thinks a franchise model could be what unlocks biochar's potential. Also, Uncaged Innovations is working with Hyundai to develop alternatives to leather with a fraction of the environmental impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Robomart unveils new delivery robot to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats, also

August 28, 2025 • 8 mins
Robomart's RM5 autonomous delivery robot can carry up to 50 pounds and deliver multiple customer orders at once. Also, OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing South Asian tech market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access and more tech news

August 27, 2025 • 8 mins
Eyebot secured $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk. Also, Pintarnya raised $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia. The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series A funding, helps workers find full-time and side gigs while offering financial solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains and Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth

August 27, 2025 • 6 mins
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Also, Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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As India bans real-money games, Dream Sports, MPL start pulling the plug

August 26, 2025 • 6 mins
Several Indian startups, including Dream Sports, MPL, and Zupee, are shutting down their real-money games after parliament passed a bill banning such games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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YC-backed Oway raises $4M to build a decentralized ‘Uber for freight’

August 26, 2025 • 6 mins
The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full -- something Oway wants to change with its 'ride-share for freight' software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it’s not a bad idea.

August 25, 2025 • 3 mins
Berlin-based non-profit search engine Ecosia has asked a U.S. judge to turn Chrome into a foundation it controls, funding billions in climate projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Group14 lands $463M to make silicon anodes for EVs, also, SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents

August 25, 2025 • 6 mins
The battery materials startup raised significant Series D funding to expand its manufacturing capability. At the same time, it bought out partner SK's stake in a joint venture. The company helps automate complex enterprise workflows (like continuous integration and testing) — or, in other words, it makes DevOps capabilities more efficient as AI technology takes hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
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New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone

August 22, 2025 • 5 mins
Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains, plus Garage raises $13.5M to help firefighters buy equipment

August 22, 2025 • 7 mins
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Also, YC backed Garage is a marketplace that sells specialized equipment commonly used in local governments and public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages

August 21, 2025 • 5 mins
A new gadget called Dex allows kids to take pictures of objects and the AI translates the word into different languages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M and is still looking to hire agents as employees, also, Databricks CEO says fresh $1B will help him attack a new AI database market

August 21, 2025 • 9 mins
Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product. Also, The round, which pushes Databricks' valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's found an enormous untapped AI agent market to spend the funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand it AI-powered sleep tech

August 20, 2025 • 5 mins
The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

August 20, 2025 • 3 mins
David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Les Amis, the app helping women form friendships, launches in New York ... and more

August 19, 2025 • 7 mins
Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events. Also, why did Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell? The company raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it's AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

August 19, 2025 • 6 mins
This is the premise of Focus Friend, a productivity app created by Honey B Games and Hank Green, the longtime online creator/entrepreneur/educator/sock salesman. Though the app was soft launched last month, Focus Friend is only now gaining momentum on the App Store charts — likely because Green and his brother, author John Green, are posting about it more — reaching No. 4 among all free apps and No. 2 among productivity apps. Also,...
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Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever ... and more news

August 18, 2025 • 9 mins
It humorously calls this family the Model Zoo because one is like the size of a fly's brain and the other the size of a chicken's. Also, Ultrahuman acquires viO HealthTech to launch enhanced cycle and ovulation tracking. Cycle and Ovulation Pro is available starting Friday as a premium PowerPlug in the Ultrahuman app for $3.99 per month or $39.99 per year for users in the U.S., U.K., EU, Australia, and Canada; and Loveable projects...
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