Tech

Tavily, which is helping AI agents connect to live web data, raised a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners and Alpha Wave, taking its total funding to $25M (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-7 AI

Sydney-based Lorikeet, which provides AI agents as “customer concierges”, raised a AU$54M Series A led by QED Investors at a AU$200M valuation (www.afr.com)
2025-8-7 AI Sydney

AppLovin Q2: revenue up 77% YoY to $1.26B, vs. $1.22B est., adjusted EBITDA up 99% YoY to $1.02B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; APP drops 5%+ after hours (www.barrons.com)
2025-8-7

Toronto-based Blue J, which provides AI-powered tax research software, raised a $122M Series D led by Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures at a $300M+ valuation (betakit.com)
2025-8-7 Tax AI Toronto

Sources: NIST withheld publishing an AI safety report and several other AI documents at the end of Biden's term to avoid clashing with the Trump administration (www.wired.com)
2025-8-7 Trump AI

Duolingo reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $252.3M, above $240.7M est., raises FY 2025 revenue forecast to $1.01B-$1.02B, above est.; DUOL jumps 14%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-7

Smartsheet says Mark Mader will retire as CEO and from the board of directors at the end of September, and names Apptio co-founder Sunny Gupta as acting CEO (www.geekwire.com)
2025-8-7

Rillet, which is building AI ledger software to automate accounting tasks, raised a $70M Series B co-led by a16z and Iconiq, a source says at a ~$500M valuation (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-7

The NHTSA certifies Amazon's Zoox self-driving vehicles for demonstration use and closes a probe from 2022 into whether they complied with federal requirements (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-7

Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $1.59B vs. $1.61B est., gross bookings up 12% to $4.5B, rides up 14% to 234.8M vs. 235.9M est.; LYFT drops 4%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-7

Trump Media says it is beta testing Truth Search AI, a new search feature powered by Perplexity, on the web version of Truth Social (www.404media.co)
2025-8-7

Disney plans to launch its new flagship sports streaming service ESPN on August 21 for $29.99 per month, or $35.99 per month when bundled with Disney+ and Hulu (www.cnbc.com)
2025-8-7

Disney says it is “fully integrating” Hulu into Disney+, plans to launch a “unified” Disney+ and Hulu app in 2026 and migrate Hulu's live TV subscribers to Fubo (variety.com)
2025-8-7

Apollo Global agrees to acquire a majority stake in Stream Data Centers, which builds, leases, and operates data center campuses, in its first such acquisition (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

OpenAI offers ChatGPT for enterprise to US federal agencies at a nominal cost of $1 per year, to boost its adoption after the US GSA approved OpenAI as a vendor (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

Google launches its asynchronous coding agent Jules out of beta, with a free plan capped at 15 daily tasks and higher limits for Google AI Pro and Ultra users (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-7

Google unveils a Guided Learning mode within its Gemini chatbot to help students and commits $1B over three years to AI education and training efforts in the US (www.fastcompany.com)
2025-8-7

DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $3.28B vs. $3.16B est., total orders up 20%, and forecasts Q3 gross order value above est.; DASH jumps 8%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-7

Airbnb reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $3.1B, vs. $3.03B est., Q3 outlook above est., warns growth rates may not keep up this year; ABNB drops 6%+ after hours (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

A US jury finds Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm guilty of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transfer operation that laundered $1B+ via Tornado Cash (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

Google says total organic click volume from Search to websites has been “relatively stable” YoY and it's sending “slightly more quality clicks” than a year ago (blog.google)
2025-8-7

Taiwan says TSMC will not have to pay 100% tariffs on US chip imports, as it has set up US plants; UMC may see reduced impact through its cooperation with Intel (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

President Trump says he will impose a “tariff of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors”, exempting firms like Apple that “committed to build” in the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

Apple commits $2.5B to produce all iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass at Corning's Kentucky facility, part of its plan to invest $600B in the US over four years (www.apple.com)
2025-8-7

Apple commits to spending another $100B on US manufacturing and announces a new manufacturing program designed to bring more of Apple's supply chain to the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-7

Four Radioactive Wasp Nests Found Near US Nuclear Storage Site (hardware.slashdot.org)
2025-8-3

AI Tools Gave False Information About Tsunami Advisories (slashdot.org)
2025-8-3 AI

Satellites, Drones, and AI: the New 'High-Tech Quest to Fight Wildfires' (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-3 AI Drone

How Palantir has benefited since President Trump took office, securing new and expanded government contracts and becoming the S&P's top-performing stock of 2025 (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-8-3 Trump

New Steam on Linux Market Share Stats 'Likely the Largest Surveyed Figure Ever' (linux.slashdot.org)
2025-8-3 Linux

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