"Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now," founder Francesco Vitali said. "So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important."
“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,” Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”
Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month that hit $100 million in revenue.
After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.
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General Intuition’s next milestone is twofold: generating new simulated worlds for training other agents and autonomously navigating entirely unfamiliar physical environments.
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In less than a decade, AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says, and is doing so through an unusual VC model.
Kuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year.
If the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion.
Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking world records and lean on a business model reminiscent of Red Bull’s, using the […]
Can performance-enhancing drugs push the limits of human potential? The creators of the Enhanced Games say yes — and they’re building a new sporting event to prove it. Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching […]
Viven's seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital.
Liberate’s AI agents automate tasks for P&C insurers, working across sales, service, and claims.
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Coinbase's latest investment lifts CoinDCX's valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.
Coco Robotics is working toward automating its fleet of delivery robots using its millions of miles of collected data.
OpenAI will purchase 10 gigawatts' worth of AI accelerator hardware from semiconductor Broadcom.
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