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Airbnb-backed WeRoad raises $58M to take its group travel platform to the US

WeRoad, the Milan-based group travel startup, has raised a $58 million Series C round led by Airbnb as it prepares for its first major expansion

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What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work

AI’s biggest champions have argued for some time that the technology will usher in an era of unprecedented productivity gains, richly rewarding workers who harness

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Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event in Los Angeles. Amid the

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SolarSquare in talks to raise up to $60M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest

SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup that helps households and housing societies adopt solar power, is in advanced talks to raise fresh capital after securing

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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

One of Berlin’s rising-star, early stage startups, Peec AI, just crossed $10 million in annualized revenue, according to internal dashboard data seen and verified by

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Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market

Finnish phone maker HMD today launched its first smartphone, called the Vibe 2 5G, which comes preloaded with Indian AI company Sarvam’s chatbot Indus. Both

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Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1 billion valuation with KKR backing

Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha has announced an $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, valuing the London-based company at more

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‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts

Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn’t stop at YouTube. Like the rest of Google, YouTube’s search bar is getting infused with

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Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Solar will become the largest source of power in the next decade, surpassing coal, oil and natural gas, according to a new report from BloombergNEF.

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South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses

Imagine you’re riding a motorcycle at 160 kilometers per hour when an arrow appears, floating on the road ahead, telling you exactly where to turn.