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AI BITES

1. Rabbit R1 Hops into AI Assistant Game, Camera Wearable on Deck

2. AI Arsenal Grows: Nvidia Snaps Up Israeli Software Firm

3. Nvidia Snags Run:ai for $700M, Streamlines AI Workload Woes

4. Meta's Ray-Bans Get Smarter: Improved AI Now in Public Beta

5. Apple Grows Its Own Brains: On-Device AI for Smarter iPhones

6. Adobe's Firefly 3: Supercharging Creativity with AI

7. SoftBank Goes Big on AI: $1 Billion Bet Powered by Nvidia

8. Drug Discovery Gets a Shot in the Arm: Xaira Rises with $1 Billion

9. Cisco CEO Gets Blessing from Pope Francis, Commits to AI Ethics at Vatican

10. Nooks Scores $22 Million to Make Sales Calls Less Awkward (and More Productive)

11. Captain Kirk Faces Copyright Khan: AI Art on Shatner's Album Sparks Rebellion

12. Perplexity Soars to Unicorn Status with $63M, Making Enterprise Search Shine a Light

13. Snowflake Makes a Splash in AI with "Arctic LLM": Winter is Coming for Your Data

14. Parloa Pockets $66 Million to Make Your Next Call with a Bot a Breeze

15. AI for Everyone? French Startup FlexAI Raises $30M to Break Down Compute Barriers

16. Matterport Beams Up to Big Bucks: CoStar Snags 3D Scanning Giant at 212% Premium

17. Webflow acquires Intellimize to add AI-powered webpage personalization

18. Langdock Raises $3M: The Future of Work is Interoperable with LLMs

19. Bonjour, AI: Apple Gobbles Up French Startup for Brainpower Boost

20. Burger Bots Take Over! Kernel Serves Up Plant-Based Goodness with Robotic Flair (

STARTUPS BITES

1. Basement to Boardroom: The $4.5M Journey of a Homegrown Coffee Startup

2. Square to Squarespace: Dripos Aims to Be Your All-in-One Business Toolkit with $11M

3. Eniac Scores Double Dose of Funding: $220M to Fuel Early-Stage Startups

4. No More DIY Dev Tools: Stainless Powers SDKs for OpenAI, Anthropic, and More

5. Game Over for App Store Fees? Sanlo's Webshop Tool Empowers Developers

6. No More Captchas for Bots: Anon Streamlines Authentication for the Age of Automation

7. Beyond Textbooks: Campus Secures $23M to Build the Future of Community Colleges

8. Texture Wants to Be the Tinder of Renewables: Swiping Right on a Sustainable Future

9. Snap Escapees Create Next-Gen Bitmoji: Easel Lets You Be You (with AI)

10. Widow Power: DayNew Launched by Founders Who Turned Loss into Healing

11. Bump Up Your Finances: Creator Economy Gets a $3M Boost with Bump

12. Pomelo Pays Up: $35M Secures "Send Now, Pay Later" for International Money Transfers

13. Parenting Made (Slightly) Easier: Clarity Pediatrics Raises $10M for Online ADHD Care

14. Prime Time for Solar Skies: Ex-Amazonians Take Flight with $4.5M for Stealthy Solar Plane

15. Big Rigs Get Bigger Breaks: Outpost Lands $12.5M to Fix Trucker Parking Woes

16. Beyond the Mask: Startup Emerges to Combat Deepfakes, Fueled by Founder's Story

17. Tallinn Tech Takes Aim: Salesforge Secures €470k to Revolutionize B2B Sales with AI

18. Plant-Based with a Bite: Cultimate Foods Secures €2.3M to Deliver Meatless Muscle

19. Hustle for Your Hustle: London Startup Secures €1.67M to Help Students Land Dream Jobs

20. Beyond Battle Royales: Red Rover Nets €14M to Chart a New Course for Survival Games

WEB3 BITES

1. CZ Faces 3-Year Slam! DOJ Wants Binance Boss Behind Bars

2. Terraform Founder Do Kwon in Legal Limbo: Fights Extradition in Montenegro

3. Crypto Goes Mainstream in Latin America: Nubank Breaks Barriers with Bitcoin Withdrawals and Deposits

4. DOJ Seizes Samourai Wallet: $2 Billion Money Laundering Scheme Alleged

5. Vitalik Buterin Blasts ZKasino Over Misuse of ZK Tech

6. OneCoin Collapses: William Morro Pleads Guilty to Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Fraud

7. Ripple Flips the Script: Offers $10 Million After SEC Demands $1.9 Billion

8. EU Cracks Down on Crypto Crime: KYC Your Way to Compliance, CASPs

9. Laser Focused Funding: Nomura and Laser Digital Back Tevaera's $5M Gaming Push

10. Euros for Your Sats: Strike Brings Bitcoin Payments to European Shores

11. Guarding the Gates of DeFi: Fireblocks Unveils Threat Protection Tools

12. Chainlink Connects the Dots: Cross-Chain Protocol Now Spans 9 Blockchains

13. Dorsey Doubles Down on BTC: Block Unveils New Bitcoin Mining System

14. Cash Out or Bitcoin Out? Square Lets Stores Auto-Convert Sales to Crypto

15. Melania Trump Adds Sparkle to NFT Market with Necklace Offer

16. Crypto Crackdown in Nigeria: Central Bank Wants Banks to Spill the Tea

17. Jupiter Merges with Ultimate Wallet: Power Play for Mobile Crypto Trading

18. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Proposes Tracking U.S. Budget on Blockchain

19. From GuildFi to Zentry: New Superlayer Unites Gamers and Rewards Across the Board

20. Shiba Inu Unleashes TREAT: $12 Million Raised for Privacy-Focused Blockchain

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