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Digital artist Beeple put his face on a $100K robot dog next to Elon Musk and Picasso โ it sold first
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The project marks at least the second time Winkelmann has become the art world’s main character.
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Ex-Googlerโs Yoodli triples valuation to $300M+ with AI built to assist, not replace, people
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Yoodli counts Google, Snowflake, and Databricks among its customers.
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Sources: AI synthetic research startup Aaru raised a Series A at a $1B โheadlineโ valuation
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The one-year-old startup, which does market research on simulated populations, had a multi-tier valuation round, sources tell TechCrunch.
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Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses
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The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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AWS needs you to believe in AI agents
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AWS announced a wave of new AI agent tools at re:Invent 2025, but can Amazon actually catch up to the AI leaders? While the cloud giant is betting big on enterprise AI with its third-gen chip and database discounts that…
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Walmart-backed PhonePe winds down its Pincode app in yet another e-commerce step back
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PhonePe has shut down its Pincode app over two years after its debut.
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Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity
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The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity’s retrieval augmented generation (RAG) as a culprit.
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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
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The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo’s performance around school buses. Waymo said it issued a software update to its fleet to improve performance.
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Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR
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Micro1 started the year with roughly $7 million ARR. Now, it claims to have surpassed $100 million in ARR, double what it reported in September.
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Nexus isnโt going all-in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups
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Nexus Venture Partners manages $3.2 billion in capital across its funds and has invested in more than 130 companies over the years.

