The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools
AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Meta tests a standalone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos
Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a dedicated feed that displays AI videos from others.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work
The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric
The administration's $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China's influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans
The ransomware attack at Conduent allowed hackers to steal a "significant number of individuals’ personal information" from the govtech giant's systems. Conduent handles personal and health data of more than 100 million people across America.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn't discovered until early February.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis
Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival "dishonest" and "authoritarian."
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Mundi Ventures closes on €750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund
Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a €750 million first close toward its €1 billion target.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs
Having raised a €30 million Series A round led by CapitalG, business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized European startups founded by Stripe alumni.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
The Wayback Machine debuts a new plugin designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem
WordPress is helping the non-profit fight the scourge of "link rot."
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogram, Fal and dozens of others. A16z general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking […]
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.
Tinder looks to AI to help fight ‘swipe fatigue’ and dating app burnout
Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches.
Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.